CLASS OF 2021

The new generation of cultural centres experimenting with the gallery experience

NXT MUSEUM

AMSTERDAM

Dedicated to digital media, this new culture hub is firmly forward looking – think room-sized screens, virtual art and immersive sound installations, all housed within a vast former recording studio in the city’s creative district, Amsterdam Noord. nxtmuseum.com

BOURSE DE COMMERCE

PARIS

Delays only bolstered the buzz around this ambitious project from Kering founder and lifelong collector François Pinault, which finally opened in February. Tadao Ando’s conversion of the frescoed former stock exchange is just sensational. boursedecommerce.fr

HUMBOLDT FORUM BERLIN

The path to establishing new museums is notoriously lengthy, but Berlin’s latest landmark has been in the works since 2002. This reconstruction of a Prussian palace will house a vast collection of non-European art over 40,000 square metres. humboldtforum.org

MUNCH MUSEUM

OSLO

Edward Munch is Norway’s proudest artistic export, so it’s no wonder that the proposed move of his eponymous gallery garnered fierce debate. The new museum on Oslo’s Bjørvika waterfront houses more than half of his life’s works. munchmuseet.no

LUMA ARLES

A twisting, mirrored tower designed by Frank Gehry is the latest – and starriest – addition to arts complex Luma, which has seen the gradual metamorphosis of an old rail yard in the southern French city. It’s said to be a shining tribute to the region’s mountain range. luma-arles.org