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Aguttes is offering Max Ernst's 'Projet pour un monument à W. C. Fields' in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The 1957 painting is one of five the artist dedicated to the American comedian W. C. Fields. The work was exhibited at Galerie Creuzevault in 1958 and reproduced in Art International that same year.
Galerie Max Hetzler announced that a major painting and four complementary works on paper by André Butzer are now part of the permanent collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA.
Almine Rech has announced that Brian Calvin's 2013 oil painting "End of Messages" is now part of the collection of the Consortium Museum in Dijon, France. Executed in oil on canvas, the work measures 152 x 123 cm (59 7/8 x 48 3/8 in).
Millon's L'Europe de l'Art Nouveau sale in Paris on November 20, 2026, is led by Émile Gallé's 'Le Calumet de Paix' vase (€40,000-60,000). The 82-cm piece, signed and dated 1900, features Baudelaire's verses and tobacco flower decoration, and was shown at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
On October 21, 2026, the Centre Pompidou, M+, and MoMA announced a new cultural alliance to co-organize exhibitions and programs, deepen collaborative research and conservation, and facilitate long-term loans.
On October 29, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler will discuss their film River of Fundament at Public Records in New York on November 15, 2026.
On October 29, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Rineke Dijkstra's work is featured in several group exhibitions.
Almine Rech has announced that Keita Morimoto's painting "Distance from Light" (2025) is now part of the collection of SOLO Independencia in Madrid, Spain. The work, executed in acrylic and oil on linen, measures 291.2 x 218.5 x 4.3 cm, or approximately 114 1/2 x 86 x 1 1/2 inches.
On October 20, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Sean Scully has been named an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France’s highest cultural honors, presented by Minister of Culture Catherine Pégard.
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.
Martha Diamond's first European solo exhibition opened at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere, Finland, on September 19, 2026, and runs through January 17, 2027.
Georg Baselitz (1938–2026), the German painter and sculptor whose upside-down motifs and provocative political themes reshaped European art after World War II, has died. The gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, which represented him, announced the news alongside a new exhibition at Gl.
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