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09/04/2022
What is Earth Hour 2022 and how does the event help the planet?
Find out the date of the WWF event and how to get involved – plus, does it actually help the environment?
Sophie Dickinson
Written by Sophie DickinsonMonday 21 March 2022
09/04/2022
Opening towards the end of the year, this brand-new gallery in southern India was founded by businessman Abhishek Poddar. He’s known for his eclectic collection of art and photography and more than 18,000 of his own pieces will be on display here. Expect everything from textiles to sculpture and painting. Can’t make it out to Bengaluru? The museum is going to have digital exhibits on its website, so you can get your culture fix remotely.
09/04/2022
Expected to open in July 2022, the Hong Kong Palace Museum will house nine galleries, full of rare books, traditional calligraphy and imperial treasures on loan from the Forbidden City in Beijing. It’s family-friendly, too: the complex will feature education rooms, nursery spaces and interactive experiences aimed specifically at kids. Keep an eye out for international collaborations – the first is an exhibition curated with the Louvre.
09/04/2022
6. National Museum of Norway, Oslo
This year, the National Museum of Norway will open on Oslo’s waterfront, becoming the largest museum in the Nordics. The museum collection includes a whopping 100,000 objects, with highlights including the Norwegian Baldishol tapestry and an array of Golden Age Flemish landscapes. But the standout feature of the new building is the 2,400-square-metre ‘Light Hall’ at the top – a truly dazzling setting for the museum’s many masterpieces.
09/04/2022
5. Museum of Broadway
When visitors head to a Broadway show next summer, they may want to consider getting there a few hours early. That way, they’ll be able to spend some time exploring the brand-new Museum of Broadway, the first-ever institution dedicated to the history of the Great White Way. Exhibits include ‘The Making of a Broadway Show’ and a history of musical game-changers. It’s certain to be an informative and entertaining peek behind the curtain.
09/04/2022
4. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The expansion of the Art Gallery of New South Wales has cost a cool A$247 million (£130 million or $177 million). That’s a lot of cash. But the renovation is properly stunning. Visitors enter via a vast glass façade, which hangs above a pair of decommissioned Second World War oil tanks. Collections by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are given precedence in the new gallery spaces, and green roofs, rainwater harvesting and solar panels also make it one of Australia’s most sustainable buildings.
09/04/2022
3. Maison Gainsbourg, Paris
The Parisian townhouse where the feted (and more than occasionally controversial) French singer Serge Gainsbourg has been closed off to the public since his death in 1991. This spring, though, it’ll finally open as a museum dedicated to his life and work. The project has been led by his daughter – the actor and singer Charlotte – and the main attraction will surely be Serge’s famously eccentric living area, with its piano, art deco bar and huge collection of sculptures.
09/04/2022
2. Grand Egypt Museum, Giza
When it finally opens in November 2022, the Grand Egypt Museum will be the biggest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilisation. It’s located in Giza, within snooping distance of the great pyramids and a 40-minute drive from the capital, Cairo. The museum’s rotating display will comprise 50,000 artefacts, but most importantly, this will be the first time that all 5,000 pieces of King Tutankhamun’s treasure will be displayed in the same place since its discovery – death mask included.
09/04/2022
1. Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
The Istanbul Museum of Modern Art was an icon of the Karakoy waterfront, before it was relocated temporarily to build a new state-of-the-art complex, designed by legendary architect Renzo Piano. The return of the Modern is set to enliven a seaside stretch that has also seen the recent opening of Galataport, a multipurpose development with a long pedestrian promenade along the Bosphorus, as well as a bevy of shops and restaurants. The space will also hold a library, cinema, design store and several event spaces.
09/04/2022
The 8 best new museums opening around the world in 2022
From Serge Gainsbourg’s long-shuttered home to the brand-new Museum of Broadway, these are the coolest museums and galleries opening this year
16/02/2022
The fourth place in the list of the tallest skyscrapers in the world in 2021 is occupied by the Wuhan Center office center located in the business part of the city of Wuhan (PRC). The height of the building is 468 m (88 floors), the total area is 343,900 m2.
Construction of the building began in 2012. One of the tallest skyscrapers in the world was commissioned in 2019. The tower has:
conference rooms and commercial offices;
shopping centers;
VIP-class residential apartments;
five-star hotel.
16/02/2022
The third position in the list of the tallest skyscrapers in the world is the KL118 Tower (MERDEKA PNB 118) in Malaysia. The height of this 118-storey building is 644 m. Construction began in 2014, and the skyscraper was commissioned in 2020.
The first 100 floors house the offices of an investment company, the remaining 18 floors are occupied by a hotel. The building has 18 escalators and 83 high-speed elevators.