19 stories across Amsterdam, Contemporary, Stedelijk Museum, and Old Masters. Latest: TEFAF Reveals 2026 Fair Acquisitions: Art Institute of Chicago Gets Its First Fontana.
On October 21, 2026, TEFAF announced museum acquisitions made at its 2026 Maastricht and New York fairs, led by the Art Institute of Chicago's purchase of Lavinia Fontana's 'Christ Expelling the Merchants from the Temple,' offered by Trinity Fine Art and the first Fontana painting to enter that c.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has appointed Chris Dercon and Barbera Wolfensberger to its Supervisory Board.
On October 14, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Rebecca Warren's works "Vingt-Cinq" (2006) and "The Lovers" (2003) have entered the collection of the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, and are currently on view.
On October 8, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science announced a settlement agreement to finance the renovation of the museum building in Amsterdam.
On September 30, 2026, the Rijksmuseum and the Museo Nacional del Prado announced a joint research partnership focused on women in art and history.
On September 30, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced a reorganization splitting its former Collections & Research Department into two separate departments effective August 1, 2026.
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The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is presenting a KIDS Festival around Yayoi Kusama, powered by ABN AMRO, running from 10 to 18 October.
On September 14, 2026, the Rijksmuseum announced the appointment of Barbara Borghese (born 1971) as its new Head of Conservation & Science, effective mid-November.
On September 14, 2026, the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis announced the joint acquisition of Hendrick Avercamp's "Colf Players on the Ice," painted circa 1625.
On September 1, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced the appointment of Prof. Dr Christoph Grunenberg, Director of Kunsthalle Bremen, as a member of its Supervisory Board.
On August 31, 2026, M+ in Hong Kong announced the touring of three newly restored 4K films from its M+ Restored initiative: Jacob Cheung's 'Cageman' (1992), Allen Fong's 'Just Like Weather' (1986), and Tsui Hark's 'The Butterfly Murders' (1979).
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has placed on view the complete series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), one of the 19th century's most important Japanese printmakers.
On August 26, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced its Fall 2026 and 2027 program, featuring a landmark retrospective of Yayoi Kusama (September 11, 2026–January 17, 2027) that includes early works never seen in Europe and a new Infinity Mirror Room.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced the death of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died at an undisclosed age. Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama developed a distinctive visual language of polka dots, pumpkins, and mirrored environments over a career spanning more than seven decades.
On August 25, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum announced the seventh edition of its Post/No/Bills series, featuring a site-specific installation by artist Kexin Hao titled 'Anatomy of Obstruction'.
On August 25, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced a trio of exhibitions for the 2026-2027 season. The largest European retrospective of James McNeill Whistler in thirty years, "Whistler.
The Van Eeghen family has donated an extremely rare early 17th-century drawing book to the Rijksmuseum, the museum announced on August 18, 2026.
On August 13, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum published the first extensive study of Vincent van Gogh's signatures, revealing that he signed only 133 of his 840 known paintings—approximately 15 percent.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has added multiple works to its collection. Several pieces are on loan from the City of Amsterdam. Additional acquisitions were purchased with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and the M.B.T. de Groot Family/Rijksmuseum Fonds.
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