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50 stories across Contemporary, Sculpture, London, and Painting. Latest: Stephan Balkenhol Installs Opera-Inspired Figures at Salzburg's Residenzplatz and DomQuartier.
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 3, 2026, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen announced a memorial display dedicated to Georg Baselitz, who died recently.
On July 16, 2026, Gagosian announced that artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn has been commissioned to create the cover for the Rolling Stones' album 'Foreign Tongues,' released July 10, 2026, on Polydor/Universal Music.
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.
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, Thaddaeus Ropac announced "FLO," a photographic-essayistic book project documenting the artistic development of Florentina Holzinger and her ensemble over eight years.
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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 June 4, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced the exhibition "Motherscape" by Japanese Swiss artist Leiko Ikemura at the Albertina in Vienna. The show features paintings, drawings, sculpture, and an animated film, with scenography by the artist's husband, architect Philipp von Matt.
On July 14, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has donated three works from the artist's "Gluts" series (1986–87) to Artist Rooms, a collection jointly managed by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland.
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.
Tokyo Node will present 'Tony Oursler: Between Technology and Spiritual Knowledge - Magic, Media, and Art' from July 3 to September 27, 2026.
On 19 June 2026, Shirazeh Houshiary will be in conversation with Sir Gabriele Finaldi at The National Gallery's Friday Lates series in London.
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.
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 May 29, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced an exhibition of approximately 200 photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989). Titled "Robert Mapplethorpe.
On July 10, 2026, ARTnews published a survey of Robert Rauschenberg's career on the occasion of "Rauschenberg 100," a celebration of the artist's centennial year.
Sean Scully will present the complete Stack painting series, selected Cactus paintings, and his new Natured series of drawings at Château La Coste, France. The exhibition, curated by Michel Gauthier, opens August 23, 2026, and is organized by Thaddaeus Ropac gallery.
On July 12, 2025, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that artist Toby Ziegler has been awarded the 2025 Jean-François Prat Prize in Paris. The prize recognizes contemporary painting.
On May 23, 2026, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) announced the opening of 'Geestgrond', a comprehensive exhibition of works by Antony Gormley.
On 8 July 2026, Anish Kapoor shared rare insight into his work with author and psychoanalyst Darian Leader at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
On June 10, 2026, Art21 announced the premiere of its new episode "Human Nature," the third installment of Season 12 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century." The episode features four artists, including Josh Kline, who explore themes of humanity's impact on the environment, social and economic syste.
Pace Gallery has released an Artists on Artists film featuring Anicka Yi, who explores the exhibition "Paul Thek: Dream of Vanishing" on view at Pace in New York through August 14, 2026.
Kelly Akashi's sculpture 'Undergrowth (Headlands)' (2026) is included in the Headlands Art Center Benefit Auction 2026, announced on June 4, 2026. The bronze work, measuring 24 × 14 × 14.5 inches, was created using lost-wax and direct burn-out casting with a wire-brushed finish.
On July 11, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced an exhibition of Joan Snyder's paintings, drawn from her 'Strokes' series begun in the late 1960s.
Otobong Nkanga (born 1974, Kano, Nigeria) will receive the Sikkens Prize 2026 on October 26, 2026, the Sikkens Foundation announced July 10, 2026. The prize honors an artist or collective pioneering in the field of color.
On July 9, 2026, White Cube announced Hospital Rooms' tenth-anniversary campaign '10 Years. 10 Artists. 10,000 Artworks', which will bring ten posters by ten artists into every NHS inpatient mental health hospital in England.
On July 10, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced the publication of a new catalogue for Tal R's solo exhibition "The Elephant in the Room" at Millesgården, Stockholm.
Carroll Dunham's new monograph "Studio on Another Planet" has been published, featuring his latest body of work that depicts a fictional sculptor's interplanetary voyage of self-discovery.
On June 26, 2026, Charles Ede, a London-based antiquities gallery, released a statement from its director explaining why the antiquities market operates differently from the broader art market.
On July 6, 2026, Dior published details of its Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026/27 collection, designed by Jonathan Anderson, which takes inspiration from the work of American artist Lynda Benglis.
Almine Rech has announced that Alejandro Cardenas's 2024 painting 'Elements of Chance' has entered the Blanca and Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. The work, executed in oil on linen measuring 127 x 101.6 cm, will be placed on loan to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain.
On July 8, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the opening of 'Nymphäum', a new exhibition by Anselm Kiefer at its Pantin gallery. The exhibition features large-scale, multi-sensory paintings that the artist describes as ophthalmic, haptic, immersive, and olfactory.
On July 9, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Alvaro Barrington has been commissioned for the thirteenth edition of the Sonsbeek Biennial in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
On July 9, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Paloma Varga Weisz is participating in the 31st edition of ROHKUNSTBAU at Schloss Altdöbern in Altdöbern, Germany. The exhibition, titled "die Kunst des Überschreitens" (The Art of Transgression), is on view until November 1, 2026.
On July 9, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced Swiss Institute's 40th anniversary exhibition 'Regift' at LUMA Westbau in Zurich. Co-produced by Swiss Institute and Luma Foundation, the exhibition revisits the 2009 original organized by John Miller and Piper Marshall at SI in New York.
Almine Rech announced that Francesco Vezzoli's 2012 work 'Olga Forever (Olga Picasso, ca. 1930 II)' has entered the collection of the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM). The mixed-media piece combines oil on canvas, laserprint, and embroidery collage, measuring 121 x 84 cm.
On July 8, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Matthew Barney will present a new large-scale sculpture, 'ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax,' as part of AIR 2026 in Aspen, Colorado, running July 27–31.
Hauser & Wirth has announced it will present two major exhibitions with American artist George Condo in 2027 at its Paris and Palo Alto locations.
On June 16, 2026, Pace Gallery released a film in its Artists on Artists series featuring Lee Ufan discussing the work of South Korean ceramicist Park Young Sook.
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