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Novelist, memoirist and film-maker Xiaolu Guo will deliver the 2026 New Statesman/Goldsmiths Prize Lecture in a live stream on November 1, 2026 at 7.45pm, hosted by Southbank Centre.
On November 5, 2026, Getty announced findings from its Creative Engagement Forum, held October 3, 2026 in Los Angeles. The event gathered over 350 educators and advocates to discuss arts education amid AI and California's Proposition 28.
On November 5, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced the return of First Takes at Sharjah Film Platform 9 (SFP9), a programme featuring 12 short experimental films by UAE-based students and recent graduates.
On October 29, 2026, Christie's Hong Kong presented three prestigious single-owner collections of Chinese ceramics and works of art, achieving a combined total of HK$737.8 million (US$94 million) across three seasons.
Ryan Gander's exhibition 'Maybe' opens at Towner Eastbourne on November 14, 2026, marking the artist's first UK solo exhibition in nearly 20 years. The show spans three rooms on the top floor and extends into public spaces, featuring new works alongside existing and rarely seen pieces.
On October 29, 2026, the Centre Pompidou published an interview with French artist Elsa Werth (b. 1985) tied to the online exhibition “Nos chimères sont-elles ce qui nous ressemble le mieux ?” (“Do Our Chimeras Most Resemble Us?”), co-organized with KADIST.
On October 29, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced the premiere of "Digital Flesh," a short film on artist Tishan Hsu as part of Art21's Extended Play digital series.
On October 23, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced an exhibition of works by David Salle that apply a personalised AI model to his Tapestry Paintings (1989–91), inspired by eighteenth-century Imperial Russian tapestries.
On October 22, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac published an essay by David Salle in which the artist argues that AI will not replace good artists.
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced New Work: 2026, Tishan Hsu's first solo exhibition in Piraeus, Greece, presented with The Intermission.
Serpentine Galleries announced the launch of the Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship, a new flagship programme supported by a three-year partnership with Glass Castle.
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