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Bonhams' Fine Books and Manuscripts sale on 14 November achieved £1,488,000 overall, led by a collection of Alan Turing's autograph material related to the Delilah project.
On July 8, 2026, Christie's announced that its latest books and manuscripts sale in London achieved the highest total ever for a various-owner auction in that category.
On July 27, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced 'The Making of a Medieval Manuscript,' an exhibition examining the production of manuscripts from about 500 to 1500. The exhibition opens Aug. 4, 2026, at the Getty Center in Los Angeles and runs through March 14, 2027.
Tate Modern will open "Light & Magic: The Birth of Art Photography" on October 14, 2026, marking the first major exhibition to explore Pictorialism as a global photographic movement.
On July 17, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that artist Marc Brandenburg has selected seven objects from his personal collection for a feature in Sleek magazine.
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.
Artcurial will auction the collection 'Le goût Rothschild en héritage, Un pied-à-terre sur le Champ-de-Mars' on September 22, 2026, in Paris. The sale spans furniture, decorative arts, Old Master paintings, books, and autographs assembled over generations of the Rothschild family.
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