
Tate Wins £1.4M UKRI Grant for 12 Art Research Studentships
Tate has been awarded £1.4 million from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) to fund 12 new doctoral studentships over four years, starting in October 2027.
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Tate has been awarded £1.4 million from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) to fund 12 new doctoral studentships over four years, starting in October 2027.

The National Portrait Gallery in London holds two portraits of Henrietta Elizabeth ('Harriet') Leveson-Gower (née Cavendish), Countess Granville (1785–1862), a prominent society hostess.

On October 29, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced "A Light in the Dark: Joseph Wright of Derby," an exhibition showcasing the 18th-century English artist's candlelight paintings.

The National Portrait Gallery in London features the Bluestocking circle, a sitter grouping of 33 individuals from the 18th century.

On November 3, 2026, the Getty Museum published a curator-led selection of food-related objects from its holdings across paintings, drawings, manuscripts, and decorative arts.

On November 3, 2026, the Cleveland Museum of Art announced the acquisition of 734 photographs of China dating from the 1850s through the early 1920s from dealer Stephan Loewentheil.

On October 29, 2026, Christie's Hong Kong presented three prestigious single-owner collections of Chinese ceramics and works of art, achieving a combined total of HK$737.8 million (US$94 million) across three seasons.

The Musée d'Orsay has acquired three autograph letters from actor Lucien Guitry to painter Claude Monet, spanning an undated note, a 1905 letter, and a November 16, 1920 letter.
On October 29, 2026, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced 'Furnishing American Synagogues: Jewish Ceremonial Art,' an installation presented with the Jewish Museum, New York.

MILLON RIVIERA in Nice will offer nearly 200 works from a family collection of Maurice Denis at auction on December 14, 2026. Spanning the late 1880s to the 1940s, the sale includes about fifty important paintings and a large group of drawings, studies and sketches.

On October 28, 2026, Getty announced that a curator's search for a missing shade led La Maison du Pastel in Paris to create a new pastel color, tentatively named Seafoam.

Thaddaeus Ropac presents TANZ!, an exhibition examining the reciprocal relationship between dance and visual art across more than 150 years. Beginning with Edgar Degas's dancers, the survey proceeds through the international avant-garde to contemporary practice and includes live performances.

On October 20, 2026, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced 'Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier: Rococo Goldsmith in Focus,' the first exhibition to unite an extraordinary group of the artist's works.
On October 22, 2026, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced the acquisition of "Soil Horizon(Cleveland)," a site-specific commissioned work by artist Teresita Fernández.

The Musée d'Orsay has released a document from its archives recording the payment of author's rights (droits d'auteurs) to poet and critic Paul Valéry for his work 'Degas Danse Dessin', paid on 31 January 1938.

On October 22, 2026, Kunsthaus Zürich announced its 2027 programme, spanning Rembrandt, Alberto Giacometti, Judith Bernstein, Selma Selman and Ai Weiwei across its four buildings.
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