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On June 24, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that an adapted version of Florentina Holzinger's "Seaworld Venice"—created for the Austrian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale—will tour three venues.
Hauser & Wirth has announced representation of artist Leonardo Drew.
Lempertz will hold an auction of Central African art on July 1 in Brussels. The top lot is a 19th-century royal Ngongo figure from northern Kasai-Occidental in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, estimated at 120,000 to 150,000 euros.
On June 9, 2026, curators Matthew Affron, Michelle Kuo, and Ann Temkin join art historian Thierry de Duve for a conversation about the Marcel Duchamp exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The event is part of the Brooklyn Rail’s online series New Social Environment.
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