SINGAPORE — A new space exploring the relationship between art and digital technology opened this week at the National Gallery of Singapore with a first installation that presents Singapore's traditional performing arts via new technology.

TORONTO, CANADA — Images zoom in on Black history in Canada and the U.S.

PHILADELPHIA, USA — The Museum of the American Revolution is gearing up to open its doors to the public this spring and will debut one of its most fascinating displays: George Washington's war tent.

WINDSOR, CANADA — The Chimczuk Museum is inviting everyone to its first birthday party, which will feature free admission and an array of family activities on Saturday.

WINNIPEG, CANADA — How do we celebrate diversity through biodiversity? That was the question at the heart of Canada’s Diversity Gardens, the centrepiece of Assiniboine Park’s $200-million redevelopment campaign.

BERMUDA — The Bermuda National Gallery will be hosting a talk entitled “The Value of Art & Culture: A Presentation for Public Engagement” on March 2nd, saying that “audience members will be asked to consider Bermuda’s challenges, and brainstorm how arts and culture might be used as a tool to stimulate change.”

ALBERTA, CANADA — Signs held by ralliers at Women's Marches in Alberta with messages like "Princess Leia sent me" or "Girls just want to have fun-damental rights" could one day find their way into the Royal Alberta Museum.

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM — In light of recent announcements of additional investment in the Northern Powerhouse and the forthcoming departure of Maria Balshaw from Manchester Art Galleries and the Whitworth to take up her new role at Tate, now is an ideal time to reflect on cultural spending and leadership in the north of England.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — Mexico City’s flourishing scene of independent art spaces isn’t short on attention today. Lulu, Biquini Wax EPS, Lodos, and Casa Maauad, for example, have become familiar names for art and mainstream media alike.

QUEENS, USA — Rarely do art museums have bilingual community organizers on their payroll. The Queens Museum employs two.

UNITED KINGDOM — The number of visitors to the UK’s major museums and galleries fell by more than 2 million last year, the first decline in almost a decade.

INTERNATIONAL — The growth of user-generated content and social media, known rhetorically as Web 2.0, has also impressed the logic of corporate personhood onto art institutions.

INTERNATIONAL — Whether it’s the Louvre in Paris, the Prado Museum in Madrid or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, museums are major tourist destinations. There are ways to get the most out a museum visit, according to Natasha Schlesinger, an art historian, curator and the founder of ArtMuse, a company that provides private tours of museums and galleries in New York City and Europe.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — It has been announced that the city of London will receive its first piece of architecture designed by Santiago Calatrava. A £1 billion landmark is planned for the greenwich peninsula and will feature a new tube and bus station, theater, cinema, and a multitude of commercial facilities and retail outlets.

TORONTO, CANADA — Irish businessman in talks to reopen 205 Yonge St. as museum, boutique hotel.

INTERNATIONAL — Canadian architect has an international reputation through projects such as the AGO in Toronto, the Dancing House in Prague and the Guggenheim Museum in Spain.

AUSTRALIA — Demonstrating the potential of virtual reality (VR) outside of gaming, Australian VR archeological startup, Lithodomos VR is working to create archaeologically accurate reconstructions of the ancient world. In fact, they recently managed to raise $679,000 ($900,000 Australian dollars) to make their vision a reality.

INTERNATIONAL — When the world outside looks frightful, you might be tempted to put on the blinders. The accelerating development of virtual reality technology — which lets you escape into another world through a blackout headset — is finally rumbling the art world, always more skeptical than cinema and television about new technologies.

CLEVELAND, USA — Integrating technology has become a standard expectation in art museums. However, the Cleveland Museum of Art pushes the envelope so much further.

BAMYAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN — A cultural centre at the Unesco World Heritage site in Afghanistan where the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas is due to open to the public in summer 2018.

CANADA — After decades of public policy nurturing, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada’s cultural sector is mature and ready to take off on the world stage.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — As the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) faces an uncertain future, arts groups are bracing for the loss of federal grants that support hundreds of exhibitions, performances, residencies and local arts councils each year.

NEW YORK, USA — A jam-packed show at New York University’s Grey Art Gallery surveys a defining epoch in the geographical mythos. 

PARIS, FRANCE — The property developer Emerige group plans to build an extensive art centre and 13,000 sq. m art hotel on Île Seguin, an island in the western suburbs of Paris that once housed the Renault car factory.

UNITED KINGDOM — Traditionally a place of fishing and heavy industry, the Thames Estuary could be transformed into a hub for artists and creatives under ambitious plans announced today.