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Saturday, June 13, 2026 · No. 163
Europe

Art News from Venice

8 stories across Contemporary, Venice, New York, and London. Latest: Almine Rech to Host Francesco Vezzoli Book Signing on Rhine River Cruise.

Almine Rech to Host Francesco Vezzoli Book Signing on Rhine River Cruise

Almine Rech to Host Francesco Vezzoli Book Signing on Rhine River Cruise

Almine Rech will host Francesco Vezzoli signing his publication Museums of Tears on June 17, 2026, starting at 5 pm.

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Thaddaeus Ropac to Present Memorial Exhibition of Georg Baselitz 'Hero' Paintings

Thaddaeus Ropac to Present Memorial Exhibition of Georg Baselitz 'Hero' Paintings

June 11, 2026. Thaddaeus Ropac will stage a memorial exhibition of Georg Baselitz's mid-1960s 'hero' paintings later this year. The announcement follows the artist's death a week before the opening of his exhibition Eroi d’Oro on San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, which runs until September 27.

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Galerie Max Hetzler Spotlights Albert Oehlen 'Badende' Edition and Multiple Exhibitions

Galerie Max Hetzler Spotlights Albert Oehlen 'Badende' Edition and Multiple Exhibitions

On June 10, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler reported that Albert Oehlen released the artist edition Badende in collaboration with Texte zur Kunst. The work appears in an edition of 100 plus 20 AP and 2 PP and shows a figure against a turquoise background.

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Fondazione Querini Stampalia Launches Ding Yi Catalogue with Lisson and ShanghART

Fondazione Querini Stampalia Launches Ding Yi Catalogue with Lisson and ShanghART

Fondazione Querini Stampalia presents a book launch on 20 June at 11:30am for the exhibition catalogue ‘Cosmotechnics: Ding Yi as a Planetary Code’.

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Tate Britain to Open Major Exhibition on Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant Partnership

Tate Britain to Open Major Exhibition on Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant Partnership

Tate Britain will present Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury, the first major exhibition to examine the five-decade creative partnership of the two artists.

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Lisson Gallery Announces Extensive Presentation for Art Basel 2026

Lisson Gallery Announces Extensive Presentation for Art Basel 2026

Lisson Gallery returns to Art Basel 2026 with a presentation of new and historic works by artists from its international programme, spanning painting, sculpture, textiles and photography.

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Thaddaeus Ropac Announces Anna Jermolaewa's Performance Installation at Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale

Thaddaeus Ropac Announces Anna Jermolaewa's Performance Installation at Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale

May 28, 2026. A nude performer wearing a belt with a metallic sphere climbs a rope to a giant bell in the Austrian Pavilion as part of Giardini, striking the bell hourly to produce a resonant alarm after a period of gray noise and silence.

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Fotofestiwal to Present John Akomfrah and Hania Rani Installation in Łódź

Fotofestiwal to Present John Akomfrah and Hania Rani Installation in Łódź

On June 1, 2026, Fotofestiwal announced an audio-visual installation of Sir John Akomfrah’s work at the historic Art Nouveau power station of Karol Wilhelm Scheibler in Łódź’s Fuzja district.

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