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Almine Rech has announced three projects by artist Tomokazu Matsuyama in New York. At Columbus Circle, a six-foot soccer ball sculpture titled "Softly Distance" was commissioned for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
The new contemporary art center Large, located at Pointe des Arts on Île Seguin, opens with its inaugural exhibition 'Moteur Imaginaire,' curated by Cecilia Alemani.
On July 14, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced an exhibition of new works by David Salle, titled "Painting in the Present Tense," at the Palazzo Cini in Venice.
On July 20, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced the publication of Eddie Martinez's debut monograph, "Eddie Martinez: 20 Years of Painting," which focuses solely on the artist's paintings and is divided into key themes.
Serpentine Galleries has opened 'processing…', an open-access archive display in the Education Space at Serpentine South, running from July 20 to September 6, 2026.
Cory Arcangel presented a new site-specific installation at Kappa FuturFestival in Turin, Italy, one of Europe's leading electronic music festivals. Titled "fulgura frango" (2026), the work is a custom-cast bronze bell installed on the festival's Lab Stage, adjacent to the DJ decks.
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Kunsthaus Zürich recorded 539,953 visits in 2025, one of the highest totals in its history, the museum announced on January 21, 2026. The Marina Abramović retrospective attracted 59,490 visitors in 2025 (118,903 overall), while the permanent collection drew 363,588.
On June 4, 2026, Pace Gallery released an 'Artists on Artists' film by Anicka Yi exploring the exhibition 'Paul Thek: Dream of Vanishing,' on view at Pace’s New York gallery through August 14.
On November 3, 2025, Kunsthaus Zürich announced its 2026 annual programme, which places classic and contemporary art in dialogue.
The Royal Academy of Arts has announced its 258th Summer Exhibition, opening on June 9, 2026. The 2026 edition explores the theme of 'Interconnectedness,' examining relationships between people, art, and the wider world.
Kunsthaus Zürich recorded 513,162 visitors in 2024, one of the highest annual attendance figures in its 100-plus-year history, up from 504,349 in 2023. The most successful exhibition of the year was “Matthew Wong – Vincent van Gogh. Letzte Zuflucht Malerei,” which drew 63,496 visitors.
On June 22, 2026, the Centre Pompidou in Paris highlighted Louise Bourgeois's 1992 drawing "Altered States" (États modifiés), executed in red ink and fabric dye on paper, ahead of a major exhibition of the artist's graphic works.
On May 27, 2026, Matthew Marks Gallery announced an exhibition of Berlin-based artist Thomas Demand. The exhibition runs from May 27, 2026, to January 24, 2027, and fuses the visual power of theatre and opera with Demand's artistic methods.
Lucy Raven and Deantoni Parks will present a live film-performance of Raven's 'Murderers Bar' (2025) on July 28, 2026, at T-Lazy-7 Ranch in the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado, hosted by the Aspen Art Museum.
Thaddaeus Ropac Milano presents "Dialogues are Mostly Fried Snowballs," an exhibition pairing works by Marcel Duchamp and Sturtevant.
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has acquired a collection of 19th-century photographs documenting the construction of the Eiffel Tower and the Gare d'Orsay, the museum's former railway station.
The Musée d'Orsay has undertaken the restoration of Gustave Courbet's monumental painting "A Burial at Ornans" (1849–1850), a key work of the French realist movement. The project aims to return the painting as closely as possible to its original state and ensure its long-term preservation.
Internationally renowned artist Stephan Balkenhol has created an installation of figures from the world of opera, now on view at Residenzplatz and in the state-rooms of the DomQuartier Salzburg.
On July 17, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced a photographic series titled "The Great Sleep" by French photographer Romain Laprade (born 1988), commissioned exclusively for the museum.
On July 3, 2026, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen announced a memorial display dedicated to Georg Baselitz, who died recently.
Jenkin van Zyl's first major solo exhibition, 'Surrender,' has opened at Edel Assanti in London, featuring an immersive installation centered on Japanese love hotels and queer desire.
On July 16, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced 'Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise,' the Los Angeles–based artist's first major museum exhibition.
Kunsthaus Zürich will present 'Evergreens. Selected Works from the Collection' from September 11, 2026 to January 10, 2027, offering a fresh juxtaposition of masterpieces from its holdings.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has opened the David Geffen Galleries to members, a key development in the museum's ongoing expansion.
Marwan Bassiouni's series 'New Dutch Views', featuring photographs of Dutch landscapes framed by Islamic motifs, patterned walls and prayer rugs, is the subject of an exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag.
On July 16, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that artist Giulia Andreani will participate in a finissage event for her first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, 'Sabotage', at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.
Frieze has released a series of features and videos in conjunction with Frieze New York 2026. The fair includes a special commission by an artist and photographer depicting Latinx and global diasporic women of New York City.
Thaddaeus Ropac is presenting Georg Baselitz's final sculptural work, 'Stravinsky' (2026), in the foyer of the Großes Festspielhaus during the Salzburg Festival.
On July 15, 2026, the J.
The Musée du Louvre will host an exhibition showcasing works by guest artists Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton, created during two-year residencies in the museum. The exhibition, held in the Salle de la Chapelle, runs from September 24 to December 14, 2026.
Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul opened 'By Sooyoung Choi Studies', a solo exhibition of Alex Katz featuring small-scale studies painted from the 1990s to the present, running until August 1.
On July 14, 2026, the Mori Art Museum announced that its ongoing Ron Mueck exhibition surpassed 200,000 visitors as of July 9, 2026. Co-organized with the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, the show marks the artist's first major solo presentation in Japan in 18 years.
On July 14, 2026, White Cube announced that Raqib Shaw's exhibition 'Night Sonnets' will open at Compton Verney in Warwickshire, UK, on September 19, 2026, and run through February 21, 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced its 2027 exhibition programme spanning three sites: V&A South Kensington, V&A East Museum, and V&A Dundee.
Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland announced that the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has donated three sculptures from the artist's Glut series to the ARTIST ROOMS collection.
The Barbican Centre announced that Japanese artist Yuko Mohri will present a major new exhibition, "In Concert," in The Curve from October 1, 2026, to January 24, 2027.
On July 13, 2026, White Cube announced that the Wallace Collection in London will present 'Metamorphoses', an exhibition of porcelain sculptures by Rachel Kneebone, running from September 23, 2026 to April 25, 2027.
On July 13, 2026, White Cube announced an exhibition of works by Sara Flores at proyectoamil in Ardez, Switzerland, from July 25 to August 31, 2026.
The Saint Louis Art Museum will present 'Unsettling the City: Julie Mehretu's "Epigraph, Damascus"', an exhibition centered on the artist's monumental six-panel print from 2016.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, opened 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction' on July 14, 2026, running through September 13, 2026. The exhibition features approximately 60 gelatin silver photographs drawn from 13 of Sugimoto's series, spanning from the late 1970s to the present.
On July 13, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac released a new episode of its 'Under the Influence' series featuring New York-based painter Joan Snyder.
On July 14, 2026, White Cube announced that the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, will present 'Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer”', a major retrospective running from September 19, 2026 through January 3, 2027.
On July 13, 2026, White Cube announced that Christian Marclay's 24-hour video installation "The Clock" (2010) will be presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from July 26 to August 23, 2026. This marks the first Los Angeles presentation of the work since 2015.
LongHouse Reserve has installed a painted steel sculpture by Sean Scully titled '48' (2024) in its garden, on view from July 14, 2026, through December 24, 2028.
On June 20, 2026, Museum SAN announced 'Drawing on Space', a solo exhibition by Antony Gormley that marks the largest presentation of the artist's work in Korea to date.
On June 20, 2026, Antony Gormley opened his solo exhibition "Drawing on Space" at the Cheongjo Gallery of Museum SAN in Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea.
On July 10, 2026, White Cube announced a two-person exhibition, 'Images and Other Conversations,' at Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK, running from July 11 to October 11, 2026.
Tate Modern will open the UK's first major exhibition dedicated to multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) in over a decade, running from July 15, 2026 to January 17, 2027.
On July 11, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced it will present a solo exhibition of works by Austrian choreographer and performer Florentina Holzinger, marking her first solo show with the gallery.
On June 29, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced “Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions,” an exhibition of the French Symbolist’s works from charcoal noirs to luminous pastels.
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