ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- A long-delayed project to build three colossal museums on an arid Persian Gulf island will be finished by 2017, officials say, realizing the designs of some of the world's leading architects while underlining the ambitions of this city to emerge as a global capital. The new date, which will be announced Wednesday,...
GUANGZHOU, China -- It says something about the state of architecture today that the most alluring opera house built anywhere in the world in decades is in a generic new business district at the outer edge of this city, has no resident company and a second-rate program. And because this is China, a country that is still undergoing cultural growing...
The vernissage for Michelangelo Pistoletto's ''Da Uno a Molti'' (From One to Many) exhibition at Maxxi, the city's new contemporary art museum, proved the ideal setting for Rome's art crowd to see and be seen. Indeed, it was something of a narcissist's paradise. Guests at the opening party last month were issued themed brooches made of mirror glass...