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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 · No. 222

Architecture

All Architecture news curated by The Cultural Signal — real-time press release coverage across the global art world.

13 stories across Architecture, Contemporary, Los Angeles, and Modern. Latest: Getty Research Institute Stewards Harry Gesner Archive, Preserving Southern California Modernist Legacy.

Getty Research Institute Stewards Harry Gesner Archive, Preserving Southern California Modernist Legacy

Getty Research Institute Stewards Harry Gesner Archive, Preserving Southern California Modernist Legacy

The Getty Research Institute holds the archive of architect Harry Gesner (1925–2022), whose homes—including the Scantlin House on the Getty Center property—define a distinctly Southern Californian modernism.

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M+ to Present Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus Exhibition in September 2026

M+ to Present Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus Exhibition in September 2026

M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, will open "Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus" on September 12, 2026, running through January 2027.

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Getty Conservation Institute Examines Challenges in Preserving African American Historic Sites

Getty Conservation Institute Examines Challenges in Preserving African American Historic Sites

The Getty Conservation Institute's Fall 2025 issue of Conservation Perspectives examines efforts to conserve African American historic sites in Los Angeles, including 224 locations once listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book.

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Uffizi Galleries Removes Landmark Construction Crane After Nearly Two Decades

Uffizi Galleries Removes Landmark Construction Crane After Nearly Two Decades

The Uffizi Galleries has completed the removal of a 60-meter crane weighing 518 quintals from the square opposite the museum in Florence.

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MoMA Establishes $200,000 Annual Architecture Prize Funded by Legacy Emilio Ambasz Foundation

MoMA Establishes $200,000 Annual Architecture Prize Funded by Legacy Emilio Ambasz Foundation

The Museum of Modern Art has received a major gift from the Legacy Emilio Ambasz Foundation to establish the Ambasz-MoMA Annual Prize for Nature-Reconciled Architecture.

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Getty Center to Close for One Year Starting March 2027 for Campus Modernization; Getty Villa to Remain Open

Getty Center to Close for One Year Starting March 2027 for Campus Modernization; Getty Villa to Remain Open

The Getty Center will close to the public beginning March 15, 2027, with reopening planned for spring 2028.

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LACMA, Getty, and USC Fisher Museum Announce Coordinated Paul R. Williams Exhibition Series for 2026

LACMA, Getty, and USC Fisher Museum Announce Coordinated Paul R. Williams Exhibition Series for 2026

Three major Los Angeles art institutions will present a coordinated series of exhibitions on architect Paul R. Williams from August 2026 through July 2027. The participating museums are Getty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and USC Fisher Museum of Art.

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Serpentine Names LANZA atelier to Design 25th Anniversary Pavilion in London

Serpentine Names LANZA atelier to Design 25th Anniversary Pavilion in London

Serpentine Galleries has selected Mexico City-based LANZA atelier, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo, to design the 2026 Pavilion at Serpentine South. Titled a serpentine, the structure will open to the public on June 6, 2026.

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