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Saturday, July 25, 2026 · No. 205
Europe

Art News from Berlin

3 stories across Contemporary, Performance Art, Venice, and Florentina Holzinger. Latest: Florentina Holzinger's 'Seaworld Venice' Draws 2,000 Daily Visitors at Austrian Pavilion.

Florentina Holzinger's 'Seaworld Venice' Draws 2,000 Daily Visitors at Austrian Pavilion

Florentina Holzinger's 'Seaworld Venice' Draws 2,000 Daily Visitors at Austrian Pavilion

Thaddaeus Ropac announced on July 21, 2026, that Florentina Holzinger's performance "Seaworld Venice" at the Austrian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale has drawn an estimated 2,000 visitors daily since May.

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Kunsthaus Zürich Reaches Restitution Agreement with Heirs of Jewish Collector Carl Sachs for Monet Painting

Kunsthaus Zürich Reaches Restitution Agreement with Heirs of Jewish Collector Carl Sachs for Monet Painting

The Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the patron association of the Kunsthaus Zürich, on 5 June 2024 agreed with the heirs of Jewish industrialist and art collector Carl Sachs on a 'just and fair solution' for Claude Monet's 'L'Homme à l'ombrelle' (1865/1867).

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Giulia Andreani to Discuss Work at Finissage of Berlin Exhibition 'Sabotage'

Giulia Andreani to Discuss Work at Finissage of Berlin Exhibition 'Sabotage'

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.

ExhibitionContemporaryBerlinInstitutional