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On October 6, 2026, Christie's announced its first exhibition in Asia dedicated to modern South Asian art, 'Masterpieces of Modern South Asian Art: Highlights from the Dabriwala Collection'.
Aguttes announced the upcoming sale of a Jacques Boquay violin through its String Quartet Instruments & Bows department. The violin, made by the early 18th-century Parisian luthier, will be offered on November 30, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.
On October 8, 2026, French auction house Aguttes announced the private sale of a Torchic Gold Star PSA 10 Pokémon card from the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.
The Austrian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale offers an hourly performance centered on a giant bell. As the hour approaches, a gray, indefinable sound resonates through speakers. A nude woman wearing a belt with a metallic sphere climbs a rope to the bell, enters it, and hangs upside down.
Hauser & Wirth founders Iwan and Manuela Wirth have published 'A Cookbook for Iwan', a recipe collection drawing on contributions from an international network of artists, collectors, curators, and chefs.
Bonhams will offer the personal archive of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in a live auction at its London saleroom on February 3, 2027, with an online auction ending February 4.
On October 7, 2026, the Getty Research Institute highlighted its collections tracing six centuries of censorship, from the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books to Cold War samizdat publications.
On October 7, 2026, White Cube announced that Danh Vo has received the 13th annual Isamu Noguchi Award. Vo received the award alongside fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto at The Noguchi Museum's annual benefit in Long Island City, New York, on October 6, 2026.
On October 8, 2026, Aguttes announced it will auction a Giorgio de Chirico portrait of Ginetta Rondi Gariboldi, mother of film critic Gian Luigi Rondi, on November 28. The 1973 painting was created after a personal meeting in Sorrento and given by de Chirico to Rondi.
On October 7, 2026, White Cube announced an exhibition of Miroslaw Balka at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro in Podgorica. The exhibition, '1978/2026/Otwock+', runs from October 9, 2026 to January 18, 2027, across two venues: Petrović Castle and Perjanički Dom.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is presenting "The Brockman Gallery: Los Angeles, 1967–1990," the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to the history and impact of the Brockman Gallery.
Lehmann Maupin will host an artist talk between Lari Pittman and Enrique Juncosa on Thursday, October 29, from 5–6 PM at its New York gallery at 501 West 24th Street.
White Cube has announced global representation of Japanese artist Shigeo Otake (b. 1955, Kobe).
On October 8, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced a new solo exhibition of Austrian artist Nick Oberthaler (born 1981) at its Pantin space in Paris.
On October 7, 2026, V&A East Museum announced the extension of its free Thursday-night DJ residency series, upperground, running until December 17, 2026, with a new line-up featuring Cheza Lucina, Drybabe, sweetestcape, Elijah, Crash Tracy, and Ryan Lovell.
On October 6, 2026, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art announced a new collection exhibition, “Les rêves n’ont pas de titre – Dreams have no title,” curated by director Poul Erik Tøjner.
On October 7, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the first UK exhibition devoted exclusively to Georg Baselitz's Heroes series, which the artist created in 1965–66 at age 27.
Kenny Scharf will lead Art Sundae, a free public art-making workshop presented by Art Production Fund, at Rockefeller Center in New York every Saturday in October starting October 10, 2026, from 10 am to 12 pm.
On October 7, 2026, Phillips announced a sale series of modern and contemporary prints, featuring Salvador Dalí’s Surrealist Chess Set, masterworks by Giorgio Morandi, and a notable group of works by Andy Warhol.
A rare silver-plated teapot designed by Christopher Dresser, one of only three known examples, will be sold by Lyon & Turnbull on October 14, 2026, as part of its Design Since 1860 auction.
On October 7, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced "Paul R. Williams: Architect for Living," the largest and most comprehensive museum presentation of the architect's work.
Grisebach will offer Yves Klein's 'Untitled Shroud Anthropometry (ANT SU 30)' from 1960 in its 'Selected Works' sale on November 26, 2026, with an estimate of €2,000,000–3,000,000. The work is one of the few 'Anthropométries Suaires' still in private hands.
On October 5, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that Denzil Forrester, a painter known for capturing the energy of London's nightlife and the tensions of the 1981 Brixton Riots, has joined its roster.
On October 7, 2026, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art announced the display of C.B. Evans' major work 'Hyperlinks or It Didn't Happen' in the museum's Great Hall.
The New Museum has announced its 2027 Triennial, titled 'The Outside Expands,' which will feature more than 30 artists and collectives, making it the most international edition to date.
At 6:30pm, Gagosian will host a conversation between Deana Lawson and photographers Paul Graham and Collier Schorr at its 541 West 24th Street location in New York.
On October 6, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Yu Hong's 'Make a Wish' (2023) will be exhibited alongside Caravaggio's 'The Seven Works of Mercy' at Pio Monte della Misericordia in Naples.
Tate Britain has opened 'The 90s: Art and Fashion', the first exhibition to explore the art, photography and fashion of the 1990s in Britain.
On October 6, 2026, the Centre Pompidou announced a comprehensive retrospective of Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis, running until October 20 at the mk2 Bibliothèque in Paris.
On October 6, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced the opening of Richard Long's exhibition "ROCKS RIVER" at The Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, on October 9, 2026.
On October 6, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Susan Hiller's work is the subject of 'Bad Dreams', a major survey opening at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin on October 17, 2026.
On September 30, 2026, Christie's announced its Hong Kong 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, held September 29, 2026, totaled HK$726.4 million ($92.6 million), up 28% year-on-year with 100% of lots sold.
Almine Rech will host a conversation on Robert Indiana at its Paris gallery on October 17, 2026.
The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection in Paris is presenting the exhibition "Remember Me," which includes Nan Goldin's work "Syndrome de Stendhal." The piece is a slideshow juxtaposing classical masterpieces from the Renaissance and Baroque with portraits of Goldin's friends and lovers, acc.
On October 5, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Sir John Akomfrah's five-channel film installation, 'Arcadia' (2023), will premiere at the Natural History Museum, London, on November 5, 2026.
On October 5, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced a permanent, long-term partnership with Erewhon, a Certified B Corporation and organic retailer, to establish a presence on the museum's campus.
On October 5, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Ryan Gander's exhibition 'Maybe' will open at Towner Eastbourne next month. Gander's practice is characterized by a quizzical relationship to knowns and unknowns, often engaging with children's perspectives and pedagogical themes.
On October 5, 2026, White Cube announced that paintings by Louise Giovanelli feature in British Art Show 10, 'A Chorus of Strangers', at the Mead Gallery in Coventry, where the exhibition opened on October 2, 2026 and runs through January 10, 2027.
On October 5, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that artist Josh Kline will join Dia Beacon curators Liv Cuniberti and Stephen Kwok for a conversation on October 17. The talk, the first of The Waterline Sessions, accompanies Dia's long-term exhibition *Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999*.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will present "Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Spaces Between," the first museum survey of the artist's work in the city in three decades.
Artcurial will hold its 15th edition of the Marrakech auction at La Mamounia on December 30, 2026, offering over 20 works by Jacques Majorelle, including a circa 1930 mixed-media piece from his famous series, estimated at €80,000–120,000.
The New Museum has received multi-year support for its 2026-27 Artist Residencies from the Daniel Xu and Flora Huang Foundation as part of a partnership that also funds resulting presentations.
On September 30, 2026, Getty highlighted its podcast offerings across five series, including Recording Artists, OMMM, If Objects Could Talk, ReCurrent, and Art + Ideas. The institution launched its first podcast, Art + Ideas, in June 2016, and has since produced hundreds of episodes.
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid has opened "Marlene Dumas: Durmiendo con el enemigo / Sleeping with the Enemy," a thematic survey of around eighty works spanning the 1970s to the present.
The Photographers' Gallery in London will present a major exhibition of William Eggleston's work, marking the 50th anniversary of his landmark exhibition and book 'William Eggleston's Guide' (1976).
A group exhibition featuring the work of French-Moroccan photographer and video artist Leila Alaoui is on view at the Centre d'art contemporain de l'Île Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, from October 17, 2026 to March 7, 2027.
Galleria Continua will present an exhibition at Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière in Paris from October 20 to October 25, 2026. The venue is located at 83 Bd de l’Hôpital.
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will present a group exhibition titled 'The Land, the Kitchen, the Table,' featuring Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova. The exhibition runs from October 10, 2026 to March 14, 2027, at the museum in Schiedam, Netherlands.
Kader Attia will speak at the Auditorium Lafayette Anticipations in Paris on October 20, 2026, from 2 to 6 pm, in an event tied to Engadin Art Talks. Galleria Continua, the artist's gallery, provided the details.
On October 2, 2026, Gagosian announced that the University of Michigan Museum of Art will host a discussion with artist Rick Lowe on the occasion of his exhibition "Black Wall Street Journey: Re and De Imagining Black Progress".
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