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Southbank Centre will host 'Relaxed Sessions: A Festive Cracker' on December 5, 2026, at 11am in The Clore Ballroom. The free, ticketed family event features games, dances, and craft activities led by multi-talented performer Len Blanco, a drag king, musician, comedian, and actor.
On November 9, 2026, Christie's announced it will offer the only known handwritten final draft of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech in a single-lot sale on January 22, 2027.
The Southbank Centre in London will host a free family Saturday Session titled 'Drawing Futures' led by architectural educators MATT+FIONA on November 7, 2026, at 1:30pm.
On November 4, 2026, Getty announced a talk and tasting with chef Bricia López at the Getty Center on November 15, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.
On November 4, 2026, Getty announced a talk and tasting by Los Angeles chef Bricia López at the Getty Center on November 15, 2026.
The V&A's 'Constantinople to Istanbul' exhibition opens November 7, 2026, at V&A South Kensington, spanning AD 330 to 1922 with over 200 objects from the Byzantine and Ottoman empires.
Millon's MASTERS sale, taking place on November 24, 2026, in Paris, will present 43 lots spanning from Middle Kingdom Egypt to early 20th-century silverwork.
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will offer Cartier Portico Mystery Clock No. 4 at The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV on November 7–8, 2026, at Hotel President in Geneva, with an estimate of CHF 1,800,000–3,200,000.
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, Phillips announced it will present "Artists of the Upper East: Independence & Resonance in a Contemporary Context" at Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li, from November 10–12, 2026, during Shanghai Art Week.
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