Gallery architecture
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Stephen Friedman Gallery by David Kohn is infused with subtly playful elegance
Stephen Friedman Gallery gets a new home by David Kohn in London, filled with elegant details and colourful accents
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Maebashi Galleria blends art and living in Japan’s Gunma
Maebashi Galleria by Akihisa Hirata launches in Gunma, as a new complex fusing art galleries with residences
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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Marseille’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) reopens with a pop
Amidst social turmoil, Marseille’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) reopens following a four-year facelift with a pop-coloured show by Paola Pivi
By Benoit Loiseau Published
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Bosco Sodi’s monumental new Mexico City studio is a multifunctional feat
As Bosco Sodi unveils his new Studio CMDX in Atlampa, Mexico City, we speak to the artist about how the vast Alberto Kalach-designed former warehouse is a feat in multitasking
By Juliana Piskorz Published
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Roger Ballen’s Inside Out Centre for the Arts opens in Johannesburg
The Inside Out Centre for the Arts, founded by artist Roger Ballen, is Johannesburg’s newest hub for art related to the African continent
By Daniel Scheffler Published
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Last chance to see: Laure Prouvost's Light Hall commission at National Museum in Oslo
The Turner Prize-winning artist takes over the cavernous space atop Oslo’s new National Museum with an ethereal installation
By Will Jennings Published
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Francis Gallery Los Angeles is a haven of harmony, natural materials and Korean art
We speak to gallerist Rosa Park, founder of the new Francis Gallery Los Angeles, which has opened with a show of six emerging and established Korean artists
By Tilly Macalister-Smith Last updated
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2022 NGV Architecture Commission is an evolving, artist-led reimagining of a Greek icon
Temple of Boom, the 2022 NGV Architecture Commission, is an evocative reimagining of The Parthenon designed by architects Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang with interventions by Australian artists
By Martha Elliott Published
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Tallinn Art Hall brings change and bright pink to the Estonian capital
The Tallinn Art Hall has a bright pink, brand-new home, courtesy of Estonian architecture studio Salto
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Architecture Club designs a new atelier for artist Monika Sosnowska in Warsaw
An architectural exercise in purity and restraint, Polish sculptor Monika Sosnowska’s new atelier is a simple concrete volume, and the first-built project of Basel-based architects Karolina Slawecka and Pawel Krzeminski under their new studio. Photographed by Hélène Binet, the radically simple atelier was featured in the Smart Art-themed November issue of Wallpaper* magazine (W*248)
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Amant Art Campus in Brooklyn encourages community engagement
A cultural incubator’s new Brooklyn venue, the Amant Art Campus, encourages community engagement, courtesy of architecture studio SO-IL
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The Kai Art Center opens in a renovated submarine factory in Tallinn
Tallinn-based KAOS Architects leads a sensitive restoration of an avant garde industrial building by the sea for the new Kai Art Center. Once a submarine-making warehouse for the Russian Tsar, the concrete building with 6m ceiling heights and gracefully arching roof was an ideal spot for the previously nomadic contemporary arts organisation.
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Ezequiel Farca + Cristina Grappin bring a taste of Mexico’s design scene to ProyectosLA
By Janelle Zara Last updated
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Graham Baba Architects designs Seattle gallery for glass artist Lino Tagliapietra
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Gagosian 541 West 24th Street shows off architectural simplicity by Caplan Colaku
Gagosian 541 West 24th Street in New York shows off its sophisticated space, by Caplan Colaku Architecture, with Damien Hirst’s ‘Forgiving and Forgetting’
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Peter Marino designs Lehmann Maupin’s new Chelsea gallery in New York
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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wHY's new Los Angeles arts campus for David Kordansky Gallery
Mid-City's David Kordansky Gallery expands to a design by wHY's Kulapat Yantrasast, spanning a three-volume arts campus that allows for flexibility in cultural programming
By Carole Dixon Last updated
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Hiroshi Sambuichi reveals Cisternerne extension in Denmark
Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and Cisternerne director Astrid la Cour reveal plans for a new exhibition space in Denmark
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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6a Architects’ MK Gallery design inspired by modern heritage of British town Milton Keynes
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Smart move: an 18th-century townhouse has been revived as Mayfair’s grandest gallery
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Seattle’s art deco Asian Art Museum gains a modern extension
LMN Architects brings the Seattle Asian Art Museum into the 21st century with a modern glass and sandstone extension that makes a surprisingly seamless addition to an iconic art deco institution at the heart of public culture in the Pacific North West region
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Best Cultural Draw: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
The K1 multi-use arts complex, by Teo Yang and Ourstudio, for Kukje Gallery, Seoul wins ‘Best cultural draw’ in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
By TF Chan Last updated
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Gathering: the new Soho gallery blending art and social activism
Gathering, the newest gallery resident in London’s Soho, will focus on contemporary art exploring systemic social issues. Ahead of Tai Shani’s inaugural show, we speak to founders Alex Flick and Trinidad Fombella about their vision for the gallery
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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SANAA's Sydney Modern bridges art, views and architecture
Linking art and views, SANAA’s Sydney Modern gallery brings a layered perspective to a culturally significant harbour site
By Kate Goodwin Last updated
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Artists’ earthly creations take over treehouse gallery Ik Lab in Tulum
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Warmth and fun at Studio Shamshiri’s Shulamit Nazarian Gallery
The new Shulamit Nazarian Gallery space in Los Angeles by Studio Shamshiri combines party fun and domestic comfort
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Dear diary: photographers get personal at Fondazione Prada’s new space
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated