Artcurial will host an auction featuring 20th-century design works by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne on May 21, 2026. The sale is led by a bronze sculpture of a monkey by François-Xavier Lalanne, estimated at €600,000–800,000, and a unique gilded bronze chandelier by Claude Lalanne.
Tate Britain will present a major retrospective of James McNeill Whistler from May 21 to September 27, 2026, marking the largest European exhibition of the artist in three decades.
Artcurial will auction a 2.75-meter section of the original 1889 spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower on May 21, 2026. The piece, known as section no. 1, formerly connected the second and third floors and was dismantled during modernization work in 1983.
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