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Serpentine Galleries will open 'Change Ringing', the first UK institutional exhibition of new and recent works by Justin Caguiat, at Serpentine South from 8 October 2026 to 10 January 2027.
The Guggenheim New York announced a season of free and low-cost public programs running from August through December 2026, including a block party, teen events, and architecture tours.
Ahead of Zurich's Street Parade, Art Basel published a feature tracing a century of crossover between art and club culture, examining the current DJ-booth boom in the art world.
Gladstone Gallery will open a new expanded space in Seoul's Hannam-dong district on August 31, 2026, doubling its exhibition area. Designed by Minsuk Cho and Seoul-based architecture firm Mass Studies, the new gallery occupies two floors in the 739-28 Hannam Building.
On August 4, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum published a feature highlighting photographs from its collection that capture Malibu's evolution from a rural ranch to a global surfing destination.
Alicja Kwade will debut a solo exhibition at the Fondazione progetti Beverly Pepper in Todi, Italy, on August 28, 2026. The show runs through October 25, 2026, and is installed across two venues: Piazza del Popolo and Sala delle Pietre.
Thaddaeus Ropac has opened an exhibition of works by Oliver Beer at its Mayfair gallery, featuring the artist's Resonance Paintings (all 2026) alongside a continuous sound installation.
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, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi announced that Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will open on December 11, 2026, in the Saadiyat Cultural District.
M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, will open "Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus" on September 12, 2026, running through January 2027.
Artcurial has listed a Moorish palace in Marrakech's Palmeraie district, set within one hectare of landscaped grounds.
On July 17, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced a photographic series titled "The Great Sleep" by French photographer Romain Laprade (born 1988), commissioned exclusively for the museum.
Louvre Abu Dhabi has launched a free mobile application offering guided tours, podcasts, and an AI-powered artifact scanner in seven languages: Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Russian, German, and Hindi.
Sean Scully will present the complete Stack painting series, selected Cactus paintings, and his new Natured series of drawings at Château La Coste, France. The exhibition, curated by Michel Gauthier, opens August 23, 2026, and is organized by Thaddaeus Ropac gallery.
Louvre Abu Dhabi has launched a kayaking tour around its iconic dome and waterfront galleries, offering visitors a unique perspective on the museum's architecture from the Arabian Sea.
The Getty Conservation Institute's Fall 2025 issue of Conservation Perspectives examines efforts to conserve African American historic sites in Los Angeles, including 224 locations once listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book.
The Uffizi Galleries has completed the removal of a 60-meter crane weighing 518 quintals from the square opposite the museum in Florence.
The Museum of Modern Art has received a major gift from the Legacy Emilio Ambasz Foundation to establish the Ambasz-MoMA Annual Prize for Nature-Reconciled Architecture.
The Getty Center will close to the public beginning March 15, 2027, with reopening planned for spring 2028.
Three major Los Angeles art institutions will present a coordinated series of exhibitions on architect Paul R. Williams from August 2026 through July 2027. The participating museums are Getty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and USC Fisher Museum of Art.
Serpentine Galleries has selected Mexico City-based LANZA atelier, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo, to design the 2026 Pavilion at Serpentine South. Titled a serpentine, the structure will open to the public on June 6, 2026.
Chesa Marchetta, the second hotel from Artfarm following The Fife Arms in Braemar, Scotland, opened this winter 2025 in Sils Maria, Switzerland.
Hauser & Wirth acquired Palazzo Forcella De Seta in Palermo in early 2026.
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