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4 stories across Modern, Francis Bacon, Contemporary, and Paris. Latest: Artcurial to Offer Toulouse-Lautrec Lithograph with Rare Trial Proofs on May 20.
On May 19, 2026, Artcurial announced it will auction a rare set of five trial proofs and a signed final version of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's colour lithograph 'La Femme à la Fourrure' on May 20, 2026, at 5pm.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is presenting works from its collection in the South Wing under the title 'House Beautiful', drawn from Martha Rosler's photomontage series.
On September 9, 2025, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced the acquisition of Francis Bacon’s triptych Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969) as a bequest from the late Elaine Wynn. Wynn was a philanthropist and co-chair of LACMA’s board of trustees.
Artcurial's Impressionist & Modern Art and Post-War & Contemporary Art auctions totalled €11,245,009 including fees. A rediscovered 1889 panel by Paul Gauguin titled Untitled (Head of a woman – Lisa Sainsbury) sold for €1,006,240.
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