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Frieze London 2026, running October 14–18, 2026 at The Regent's Park, features 172 galleries from 42 countries and regions, according to the organizer.
On October 22, 2026, Pace Gallery announced "Torkwase Dyson," the artist's first solo presentation in Austria, at Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria.
On October 20, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced the ninth edition of Sharjah Film Platform (SFP9), running from October 30 to November 8, 2026, at Mirage City Cinema and VOX Cinemas in Sharjah.
On October 17, 2026, Phillips announced a Saturday Sale led by Georg Baselitz and Michelangelo Pistoletto, alongside a world auction record for Hassan Sharif. The announcement did not disclose a sale total, estimates, or individual hammer prices.
Isabelle Frances McGuire, a Chicago-based sculptor known for her Whitney Biennial installation of witches and floating villagers, has opened the interactive solo show 'Joy is a Puppet' at Bel Ami in Los Angeles.
On September 28, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced further details of the 17th edition of Sharjah Biennial (SB17), curated by Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento under the theme "What remains, sits restive." The biennial will run from January 21 to June 13, 2027, across 11 venues in Shar.
The upcoming Wuhan Biennale will take 'Temporary Ferry' as its curatorial theme, according to a press release. The title draws on Wuhan's cultural identity and its historical significance as a major transit city.
Mandy El-Sayegh is among the commissioned artists for the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB 2026), themed "Angels and Mara," which explores dialectical opposites between goodness and the undesirable.
On August 14, 2026, the Whitney Museum of American Art and Little Island announced a new midnight performance by comedian Julio Torres and artist Martine Gutierrez as part of the Whitney Biennial 2026.
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