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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
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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
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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
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Sotheby’s New York renovation by OMA unveiled
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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)
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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
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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.
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Ezequiel Farca + Cristina Grappin bring a taste of Mexico’s design scene to ProyectosLA
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Graham Baba Architects designs Seattle gallery for glass artist Lino Tagliapietra
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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
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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
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SANAA to resurrect Hexagon pavilion for Moscow’s Garage Museum extension
Japanese firm SANAA will overhaul the Hexagon pavilion, a 1920s Ivan Zholtovsky-designed structure in Gorky Park, for a Garage Museum extension
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6a Architects’ MK Gallery design inspired by modern heritage of British town Milton Keynes
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Smart move: an 18th-century townhouse has been revived as Mayfair’s grandest gallery
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dear diary: photographers get personal at Fondazione Prada’s new space
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Ebony L Haynes shakes up tradition at David Zwirner’s new Manhattan outpost
At David Zwirner’s new downtown New York space, 52 Walker, director Ebony L Haynes is restyling the traditional gallery model in an incubator for experimentation
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Spliced climates and decomposed images: Noémie Goudal at Edel Assanti’s new London gallery
French artist Noémie Goudal’s new show ‘Post Atlantica’ – which inaugurates Edel Assanti’s new Fitzrovia gallery – is a deep exploration of climate, philosophy and natural history
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A new Hong Kong gallery is a space for ‘conversation and new perspectives’
Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin and his son inaugurate their new gallery with work by late Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-Ki
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Auctioneer Phillips unveils New York home at 432 Park Avenue
Renowned auctioneer Phillips reveals its dramatic new headquarters by studioMDA, set on the ground level of 432 Park Avenue in New York
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Kunsthalle Praha: the electric new addition to Prague’s art scene
Housed in a former electrical substation, Kunsthalle Praha is sparking new creative energy in the Czech capital. Its striking inaugural group show celebrates 100 years of electricity in art
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David Chipperfield opens up infinite possibilities with his extension for London’s Royal Academy of Arts
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Young architect Benni Allan's practice merges art, wellbeing and space
Architecture is adapting, and a new wave of young practices in London emerges. They are armed with bold ideas, digital tools, new studio set ups and innovative designs. In our new series, join us in hailing this nexus of exciting studios from the UK capital through an ongoing series of weekly profiles. Emerging studio EBBA and its founder, Benni Allan, artfully infuse architecture with an interdisciplinary attitude and notions of wellbeing.
