New French Museum Embraces Architecture
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At a low-key ceremony on Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France inaugurated La CitÃ© de lâArchitecture et du Patrimoine, (the City of Architecture and Heritage) in Paris, which reopened after an $114 million, decade-long makeover.
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BEIJING, CHINA.- A protective plastic wrap is placed over a model of the Concorde aircraft, at the National Museum in Beijing, in preparation for the 09 October opening of the Design D'En France art exhibition.
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France and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement Tuesday to open a branch of the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, despite criticism that the French government is peddling the country's artistic treasures.Comment
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The New Acropolis Museum is a quiet work, especially by the standards of its flamboyant Swiss-born architect, Bernard Tschumi.
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France's culture minister will approve the construction of an annex to the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, his office said Saturday, despite criticism in art circles that the government is playing loose with France's artistic treasures.
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Masterpieces are going mobile at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
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The Seattle Art Museum's ambitious expansion illustrates how small regional museums can stay engaged with their communities.
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Despite inevitable compromises, Yoshio Taniguchi, the architect of the newly redesigned Museum of Modern Art, is pleased with the end result.
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To kick off Paris fashion week, the Louis Vuitton foundation announces a new building from the superstar architect
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Taller than the Eiffel Tower and longer than the Champs Elysee, the Millau viaduct was today opened by President Jacques Chirac to acclaim as marvel of art and architecture.
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When the collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, outgrew its space, architect Steven Holl faced a challenge.
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Perched on the shore of Boston Harbor, the first new art museum built in Boston in nearly a century opens this month with a collection of modern painting, sculpture, photography and video.
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Abu Dhabi signed a deal with France on Tuesday to build a spinoff of its most famous museum, the Louvre, in the Gulf emirate better known for oil than art.
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One of the world&#39;s most famous art museums, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, has undergone a major redesign by a Japanese architect.
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The Museum for African Art unveiled plans on Thursday for a new home in Manhattan, becoming the first major addition to New York's Museum Mile in 50 years.
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The newly donated collection of Abstract Expressionist paintings at the Metropolitan Museum is largely a delight from beginning to end.
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A landmark exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York tackles surprising contemporary issues.