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48 stories across Post-War, Contemporary, Modern, and New York. Latest: Thaddaeus Ropac Announces François Morellet Works Included in Museum Exhibition for Centenary.
On July 5, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that a selection of works by François Morellet (1926–2016) has been included in a museum’s collection exhibition to mark the centenary of the French artist’s birth.
Hauser & Wirth and 303 Gallery have confirmed the death of artist Mary Heilmann, who passed away on August 14, 2026, on Long Island, New York, at the age of 86. She is survived by her nieces and nephew.
On August 14, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced "Cezanne et nous," an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris pairing works by Paul Cezanne (1839–1906) with paintings by Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig.
Gladstone Gallery has organized an exhibition of works by Alighiero Boetti on long-term view at Dia Beacon in New York.
Georg Baselitz (1938–2026), the German painter and sculptor whose upside-down motifs and provocative political themes reshaped European art after World War II, has died. The gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, which represented him, announced the news alongside a new exhibition at Gl.
Bonhams will present a day of sales dedicated to Prints & Multiples at New Bond Street on June 23, 2026, featuring the largest single-owner collection of Jean Cocteau ceramics ever offered at auction.
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On August 4, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac published a feature on Robert Rauschenberg's "Bed," one of his earliest Combines from the mid-1950s.
Thaddaeus Ropac London presents the UK debut of Polish artist Teresa Pągowska (1926–2007) in the exhibition 'Teresa Pągowska: Shadow Self', curated by Oona Doyle.
The Getty Research Institute holds the archive of architect Harry Gesner (1925–2022), whose homes—including the Scantlin House on the Getty Center property—define a distinctly Southern Californian modernism.
On July 28, 2026, White Cube announced a retrospective of Georg Baselitz (1938–2026) at the Sehwa Museum of Art in Seoul, running from August 13 to December 27, 2026. This is the first exhibition of the artist's work in South Korea since his death earlier this year.
Thaddaeus Ropac Milano presents "Dialogues are Mostly Fried Snowballs," an exhibition pairing works by Marcel Duchamp and Sturtevant.
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.
Artcurial will auction the entire private collection of Belgian collector Thierry Dehaeck, estimated at €15–25 million. The sale comprises 60 collector cars, over 100 automobilia items, and a 1953 carousel, assembled over four decades with a focus on rarity, authenticity, and documentation.
Bonhams Knightsbridge will present 'A Feast for the Eyes', an online auction running from October 13 to October 23, 2025, centered on the theme of food. The sale features still life artworks, rare cookbooks, vintage kitchenware, and culinary ephemera.
Artcurial will hold its first auction dedicated entirely to ceramics on October 23, 2026, in Paris.
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has placed Vincent van Gogh's 1888 painting "La Nuit étoilée" (Starry Night) at the center of its collection narrative, emphasizing the work's serene depiction of the Rhône river at night. The oil-on-canvas, measuring 73 by 92 cm, was donated in 1975 by M. and Mme.
Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale in New York achieved $287.4 million, exceeding the pre-sale estimate by 14%. The sale was led by a work from the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which sold for $117.2 million.
Bonhams will offer thirty original paintings by Bob Ross in collaboration with American Public Television throughout a series of sales beginning this November and through 2026.
Thaddaeus Ropac has formed a collaboration with the newly established Leoncillo Foundation to represent sculptor Leoncillo Leonardi (1915–1968). The first project is an exhibition opening in September 2026 at the gallery's Milan location.
Lempertz will hold an auction of Central African art on July 1 in Brussels. The top lot is a 19th-century royal Ngongo figure from northern Kasai-Occidental in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, estimated at 120,000 to 150,000 euros.
Artcurial will offer the Louis Grandchamp des Raux collection at auction on October 24, 2026 at 4pm at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer in Geneva. The sale brings together nearly seventy-five works by forty-four artists spanning Impressionism to Symbolism, the Nabis and the Pont-Aven School.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents a selection of Asger Jorn paintings in the high-ceilinged final room of the North Wing. The works on view include Die Gedanken sind frei (1970-1971) and Øjets blikstille (1971), both donated by The Merla Art Foundation.
Keith Haring in 3D opens June 6, 2026 at Crystal Bridges in Arkansas and continues through January 25, 2027.
On December 16, 2025, Hauser & Wirth reported that its Education Lab at Somerset had hosted 2,603 learners across 101 visits since the May 17, 2025 opening of the exhibition ‘Niki de Saint Phalle & Jean Tinguely. Myths & Machines’.
Artcurial auctions reached a total of €9,108,015. Nicolas de Staël’s 1949 work sold for €1,085,680. Rembrandt Bugatti’s Marabouts Centrepiece with six silver sculptures fetched €794,400.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is currently exhibiting works by Danish artist Asger Jorn in the Old Villa and the beginning of the North Wing. Jorn, a focal point in the collection since the museum opened in 1958, is represented primarily through paintings.
On November 28, 2024, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum announced the joint exhibition Anselm Kiefer - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, which runs from March 7 to June 9, 2025.
The double exhibition Anselm Kiefer – Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, a collaboration between the Stedelijk Museum and the Van Gogh Museum, was voted winner of the Museumtijdschrift Exhibition Prize 2025 by the public. The prize was awarded on October 15 at the Kunsthal Rotterdam.
Matthew Marks Gallery is exhibiting works by Ellsworth Kelly under the title The Naming of Colors. The presentation includes Red Yellow Blue White and Black from 1953, an oil on wood six-panel construction measuring 19¾ × 39 inches.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents two winter exhibitions celebrating the layered histories of its Impressionist and Postimpressionist art holdings.
The Stedelijk Museum has redesigned its presentation of art from 1950 to 1980 to feature works unseen for decades paired with new acquisitions.
The Guggenheim in New York is presenting the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Life Can’t Be Stopped from October 10, 2025 to April 5, 2026. The show features over a dozen seminal works from the museum’s collection together with key loans from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
Art Basel has unveiled the 290 participating galleries, including 21 new joiners, for its 2026 flagship show in Basel. The edition adds gallery representation from Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
The Stedelijk Museum announced on August 18, 2025, that 99 works of art and design have joined its collection presentation Tomorrow Is a Different Day. Three-quarters of the visual arts works are by women, and many are recent acquisitions shown publicly for the first time.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents the group exhibition Beyond the Manosphere – Masculinities Today from April 17 to August 2, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has received Beach Scene (1961) and Hommage à H.M. (1971) from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. The donation marks the first time paintings by the American artist will enter a Dutch public collection. The works go on view at the museum starting September 22.
Sprüth Magers presents new and recent works including Poppy Runner III (2025) by Anne Imhof, Abstract Human (2025) by George Condo, Noses & Ears, Etc.
Turner Contemporary presents Learning to See, an exhibition by Bridget Riley running November 22, 2025 to May 4, 2026 in the Selman Gallery, Irene Willett Gallery, South Gallery, North Gallery and Balcony.
The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas will present the exhibition Rauschenberg Sculpture from January 31, 2026 to April 26, 2026. Senior Curator Dr.
The exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del desiderio presents a selection of iconic works by the American photographer at Palazzo Reale in Milan from January 29 to May 17 2026. Curated by Denis Curti the show forms the second part of a trilogy that began in Venice and continues in Rome.
Tate Britain has opened the first major survey exhibition of British artist Hurvin Anderson.
Tate Britain will present the exhibition Art Now: Onyeka Igwe from September 19, 2025 to May 17, 2026. The show features a new film installation by the London-based artist that explores the University of Ibadan through its tropical modernist architecture and multiple contradictory histories.
Lisson Gallery opened Oliver Lee Jackson's first solo exhibition in Asia at its Shanghai space on March 7, 2026. The show presents paintings spanning nearly three decades together with a previously unseen sculptural screen and runs through April 25. Jackson, born in 1935 in St.
The catalogue 'Susan Hiller: Dedicated to the Unknown' accompanies the exhibition organised by Museo Helga de Alvear and curated by Andrew Price. The exhibition ran at Museo Helga de Alvear in Cáceres from 28 June to 3 November 2024 and at Culturgest in Lisbon from 15 March to 22 June 2025.
Tate Britain in London will present a major survey exhibition of works by Sonia Boyce DBE RA opening on 24 March 2027 and running through 22 August 2027.
Hauser & Wirth announced the passing of New York-based artist Pat Steir shortly before her 88th birthday. Steir is survived by her husband Joost Elffers and niece Lily Sukoneck-Cohen.
Artcurial will hold a series of Modern & Contemporary Art auctions in Paris on April 16 and 17, 2026.
Bonhams will stage the live auction MORE THAN RED: A Single Owner Collection of Exceptional Works by Yayoi Kusama on 28 March 2026 and the selling exhibition Hsiao Chin: Great Ego in Infinity from 18 March to 9 April 2026 in Hong Kong.
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