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The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will host the annual Bathtub Lecture on November 12, 2026, featuring Dominique Petit-Frère, founder and director of Limbo Museum in Accra, Ghana.
On October 28, 2026, Getty announced that a curator's search for a missing shade led La Maison du Pastel in Paris to create a new pastel color, tentatively named Seafoam.
On October 28, 2026, Malba announced the acquisition of Diana Aisenberg's painting 'Paraíso' (1984) for its permanent collection.
On October 28, 2026, MALBA announced a partnership with the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in New York to expand its Residencia de Escritores Malba (REM) to the United States.
On October 28, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced that Oscar-nominated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako will be the Director in Focus for the ninth edition of Sharjah Film Platform (SFP9), running from October 30 to November 8, 2026.
On October 28, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced the first retrospective of Eva Gonzalès (1847–1883), running February 12–June 20, 2027. Titled 'Eva Gonzalès.
Rudi Fuchs, the influential museum director, died in 2026 at age 84. Fuchs directed the Van Abbemuseum, the Haagse Gemeentemuseum, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and led Documenta 7 in 1982.
On October 27, 2026, Kunsthaus Zürich announced an exhibition by Ralph Lemon and Kevin Beasley titled 'Residuum (Tell it anyway)', running from November 20, 2026 to January 3, 2027 in the museum's Müller building.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has acquired Zio Ziegler's painting "The Descent from the Cross" (2025) through Almine Rech, the gallery representing the artist. The work, executed in oil, acrylic, and crayon on linen, measures 152.4 by 91.4 centimeters.
On October 27, 2026, the Studio Museum in Harlem announced that its annual Gala, held October 26 at The Glasshouse in New York, raised $4 million to support exhibitions, programs, scholarship, and public outreach.
On October 27, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, reopens October 31, 2026, after a four-year revitalisation led by artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto.
On October 27, 2026, Nationalmuseum announced that the Morgan Library & Museum in New York will open 'Fantasy and Reality: The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel' on October 30, 2026.
On October 27, 2026, the National Gallery of Victoria announced Ben Quilty: The Unimpressionist, a world premiere exhibition opening March 25, 2027 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Fed Square.
On October 26, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced that trade unions Prospect and PCS have suspended planned industrial action for October 29-30 to allow further negotiations.
Tate has received a donation of 50 artworks by artists active in India during the 18th and 19th centuries, gifted outright by Charles Greig, an art historian and scholar of British India.
Uffizi Galleries will lend six sixteenth-century drawings to "Go Nagai – Sun, Heart and Steel", an exhibition dedicated to the Japanese manga creator at Lucca Comics & Games, running October 28–November 1, 2026, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Lucca.
Gerard Walschap (1898-1989), the Flemish novelist and critic, is represented in the National Portrait Gallery in London as a sitter in one portrait. The museum's collection record lists no additional portraits of him.
On October 15, 2026, the Smithsonian American Art Museum announced a site-specific performance by artist Nick Cave and composer Kahil El’Zabar, titled 'Mammoth,' scheduled for October 24, 2026, in the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard.
Fondation Louis Vuitton has launched a holiday program for its exhibition 'Gustave Fayet: Collector - Designer. Icons of Modern Art,' running from October 17 to November 1, 2026.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) announced on October 21, 2026, that it is projecting Lydia Yakonowsky's digital artwork "Precarious Balance Theory" onto the facade of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion nightly until 11 p.m., through April 4, 2027.
On October 15, 2026, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced 'Rembrandt and the Ancients', its first major Rembrandt exhibition in over 20 years. The show, running November 7, 2027, to February 6, 2028, features over 125 works, including 70 by Rembrandt, many new to the US.
On October 21, 2026, the Studio Museum in Harlem announced that Turiya Adkins, Timothy Yanick Hunter, and Clifford Prince King have been selected as the 2026–27 participants in its Artist-in-Residence program.
On October 22, 2026, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced the acquisition of "Soil Horizon(Cleveland)," a site-specific commissioned work by artist Teresita Fernández.
On October 20, 2026, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced 'Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier: Rococo Goldsmith in Focus,' the first exhibition to unite an extraordinary group of the artist's works.
Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection in Paris and New York-based Blank Forms are presenting a concert featuring Martin Rev, co-founder of the electro post-punk duo Suicide, alongside an opening set by Lary 7 in his first European performance in ten years.
Southbank Centre's British Art Show 10 includes three installations by Birmingham-born artist Osman Yousefzada that link colonial trade networks to modern communications infrastructure.
The Musée d'Orsay has released a document from its archives recording the payment of author's rights (droits d'auteurs) to poet and critic Paul Valéry for his work 'Degas Danse Dessin', paid on 31 January 1938.
Tate St Ives opens a major retrospective of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), the first exhibition to span the full breadth of her eight-decade career.
On October 23, 2026, the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced a $20 million gift from Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky to establish the Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Learning and Engagement Center in the museum’s north wing.
On Friday, October 23, the Getty Center will screen the documentary 'Nova '78' and host a performance by no wave artist Julia Heyward. Heyward, who co-emceed the 1978 Nova Convention that the film documents, will perform her electronic-vocal monologue from the event.
SFMOMA has announced a major retrospective of Yoshitomo Nara, opening in Fall 2027 in the museum's Floor 7 galleries.
On October 22, 2026, Kunsthaus Zürich announced its 2027 programme, spanning Rembrandt, Alberto Giacometti, Judith Bernstein, Selma Selman and Ai Weiwei across its four buildings.
On October 22, 2026, Getty published a playlist tracing the no wave movement, timed to its October 23 screening of the documentary 'Nova '78'.
On October 22, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced that all its sites will be affected by industrial action on 29-30 October 2026.
On October 22, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac (gallery) announced the opening of a purpose-built pavilion for Anselm Kiefer's monumental painting 'Schwarze Flocken' (Black Flakes, 2007) in Künzelsau, Germany.
On October 22, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced a landmark gift of more than 200 works of historical and contemporary digital art from members of its LACMA Digital Leaders (LDL) group and other key figures in the digital community.
On October 22, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced multiple permanent-collection acquisitions for artist André Butzer.
On October 22, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced a free costume trail, 'Freddie Mercury | Splendid Things', opening at its South Kensington location on October 24, 2026 and running through January 17, 2027.
On October 22, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced the learning programme for its ninth Sharjah Film Platform (SFP9), featuring five courses and a masterclass running from October 23 to November 22, 2026, at venues in Sharjah.
The Musée d'Orsay has made available three architectural drawings by British architect John Turtle Wood recording his restitution of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, executed around 1863.
On October 21, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced the return of its annual British Arrows Awards screenings, running November 27, 2026 through January 2, 2027.
The Uffizi Galleries in Florence has acquired Luca Giordano's "Christ and the Samaritan Woman," a fresco tondo painted around 1685 on a portable wicker support known as a "paniera." The work, presented at TEFAF Maastricht 2026, was purchased and donated by the Amici degli Uffizi - Friends of the .
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has appointed Chris Dercon and Barbera Wolfensberger to its Supervisory Board.
On October 21, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced the presentation of Rwandan-British dancer, singer, and choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza in her solo work Toi, moi, Tituba…, running October 28–30 at 7:30 pm in the McGuire Theater.
Eduardo Costantini, founder and president of Malba – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, has been awarded a distinction from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
On October 21, 2026, M+ announced a three-year extension of its partnership with CHANEL, elevating CHANEL to Lead Partner.
On October 21, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced an open call for proposals for the ninth edition of Focal Point, the foundation's annual art book fair. The fair will take place from December 11 to 13, 2026, at Bait Obaid Al Shamsi in Arts Square, Sharjah.
On October 15, 2026, M+, the museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, announced its fifth anniversary celebrations. The museum, which opened in 2021, has welcomed over 12.5 million visitors.
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