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On October 12, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the presentation of Tom Sachs's '31 Rue Cambon,' an installation staged recently in the artist's SoHo studio in New York.
On October 14, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced "Rinus Van de Velde: Films," the first publication devoted to the artist's film work since 2019. It includes film stills, drawings, sculptures, props, studio and exhibition views, and a vinyl pressing of Joachim Badenhorst's soundtracks.
On October 14, 2026, Art Basel announced a partnership with Live Nation to present "GOD HATES SPACE," an immersive audiovisual installation by the interdisciplinary duo GENER8ION, formed by producer Surkin and filmmaker Romain Gavras.
On October 13, 2026, Centre Pompidou published a feature detailing nine instances of the building's influence on pop culture since its 1977 opening.
On October 13, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Lawrence Lek will feature in 'Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia' at M+ Museum of Contemporary Art, Hong Kong.
On October 13, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that ROSÉ is the musical guest of the 2026 Art+Film Gala. The event honors artist Vija Celmins and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a broad slate of Matthew Barney presentations across North America, Europe, and Asia. Barney was inducted as an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters at its annual ceremonial in May 2024.
On October 12, 2026, White Cube announced that Louise Giovanelli is this year's recipient of the Robson Orr TenTen Award, with a commission for a new print for the Government Art Collection.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a wave of Matthew Barney presentations, headlined by an eight-hour screening of 'River of Fundament' at Masonic Hall in New York with New People's Cinema Club and Unsound New York. The 2014 film gets its second New York outing.
On October 13, 2026, Lafayette Anticipations announced “Towards a Sea”, the first institutional solo exhibition in France by Japanese painter Yu Nishimura.
On October 13, 2026, KM21 announced it will present the first major solo exhibition by British-Nigerian artist Karimah Ashadu in the Netherlands. The exhibition, running from October 24, 2026 to April 11, 2027, will feature two monumental moving-image works: MUSCLE (2025) and Plateau (2021–22).
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery released a feature from Frieze magazine in which writer Lynne Tillman reflects on her decades-long friendship with the late artist Susan Hiller. Tillman recalls meeting Hiller in the early 1970s in London, where they discussed art, film, and literature.
The Southbank Centre, in partnership with Armenian Arts and Film London, presents 'Mixtape: An Evening of Poetry and Music from Beirut' on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London. The event features poet Perla Kantarjian and sound artist Olivia Melkonian.
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Marina Abramović's 'Balkan Erotic Epic. The Stage Version' will open on October 13, 2026, at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, inaugurating the 2026/2027 Performing Arts Season.
Bonhams will offer the personal archive of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in a live auction at its London saleroom on February 3, 2027, with an online auction ending February 4.
On October 8, 2026, Aguttes announced it will auction a Giorgio de Chirico portrait of Ginetta Rondi Gariboldi, mother of film critic Gian Luigi Rondi, on November 28. The 1973 painting was created after a personal meeting in Sorrento and given by de Chirico to Rondi.
On October 7, 2026, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art announced the display of C.B. Evans' major work 'Hyperlinks or It Didn't Happen' in the museum's Great Hall.
On October 6, 2026, the Centre Pompidou announced a comprehensive retrospective of Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis, running until October 20 at the mk2 Bibliothèque in Paris.
On October 5, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Sir John Akomfrah's five-channel film installation, 'Arcadia' (2023), will premiere at the Natural History Museum, London, on November 5, 2026.
On October 5, 2026, White Cube announced that paintings by Louise Giovanelli feature in British Art Show 10, 'A Chorus of Strangers', at the Mead Gallery in Coventry, where the exhibition opened on October 2, 2026 and runs through January 10, 2027.
On October 2, 2026, the Art Gallery of New South Wales announced 'Nolan: Origins', the first major exhibition dedicated to Sidney Nolan's formative years in Australia.
On September 24, 2026, M+ announced the inaugural M+ Restored Festival, celebrating the culmination of a three-year initiative supported by CHANEL to restore Hong Kong New Wave films.
On October 1, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that artists Dana Awartani, Josh Kline, and Wael Shawky have been named to the inaugural TIME100 Art: The Most Influential People in Art of 2026, a list recognizing individuals shaping the art world.
On October 1, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced the finalists for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2026, including the duo Brognon Rollin (Stéphanie Rollin and David Brognon).
On October 1, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced that Josèfa Ntjam is one of four nominees for the 2026 Prix Marcel Duchamp, France's most prestigious contemporary art award. The winner will be revealed, during Paris Art Week.
New People's Cinema Club and Unsound New York will host a screening of Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler's 2014 film 'River of Fundament' at the Masonic Hall in New York on November 14–15, 2026.
On September 28, 2026, Centre Pompidou published an interview with actor, screenwriter, and director Thomas Ngijol. The interview accompanies the museum's retrospective dedicated to Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis.
M+, Asia's global museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong, announced its Cinema Autumn Edition running from October to December 2026.
On September 17, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced the Early Bird Pass offer for the ninth edition of Sharjah Film Platform (SFP9), an annual festival of independent cinema and experimental filmmaking.
The Museum of Modern Art has announced dates for its 2027 film festival lineup. The 23rd edition of To Save and Project, presenting newly preserved and restored films from around the world, will run from January 7 to 31, 2027.
M+, Asia's global museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, has announced the seventh to ninth films under its M+ Restored initiative, supported by CHANEL.
On August 31, 2026, M+ in Hong Kong announced its M+ Cinema Summer Edition, running from July to September 2026.
Oliver Beer's film 'The Cave' was filmed in one of the best-preserved prehistoric caves in southwestern France, home to some of the world's earliest known artworks.
On August 13, 2026, the Getty Villa released a panel discussion featuring staff members analyzing Christopher Nolan's film 'The Odyssey'.
Thaddaeus Ropac gallery has announced 'The Last Human Kiss', an exhibition examining the kiss as a symbol of love, intimacy, devotion, betrayal, and belonging across millennia.
On March 25, 2026, Artforum released an episode of Under the Influence featuring artist, filmmaker and writer John Akomfrah. He discusses admired works including Andrea Mantegna’s The Lamentation of Christ and J. M. W.
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