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On July 30, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the opening of Fonds Bustamante, a new foundation by French artist Jean-Marc Bustamante, in the 12th-century Église Sainte-Croix in central Arles.
The Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft held its 130th annual general meeting on May 26, 2025, where members approved the 2024 annual report and financial statements.
Yvonne Jordan, a teacher and lead practitioner at Central Foundation Girls’ School in Tower Hamlets, London, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Slade Director’s Studio Summer Residency.
The Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the patron association of the Kunsthaus Zürich, has agreed to discussions with the Foundation E. G. Bührle Collection following an independent review of the collection's provenance. Historian Prof.
The New Museum in New York announced that 'Arrivederci, Piggies!' will open on September 24, 2026, alongside 'Arthur Jafa: I Am Tony' and 'The Bowery: Devil’s Mile'.
On July 28, 2026, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi announced that Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will open on December 11, 2026, in the Saadiyat Cultural District.
On December 3, 2024, Kunsthaus Zürich announced it will join the 'Connect' program, a dance training initiative for people living with Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.
On May 12, 2025, Kunsthaus Zürich announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new endowment foundation, seeded with CHF 30 million by Marianne and Martin Haefner.
On October 23, 2024, the Mori Art Museum announced that current chairperson Mori Yoshiko will retire on December 31, 2024. Mori Kyoko, a member of the museum's Board of Trustees since June 2019, will assume the role of chairperson on January 1, 2025.
Mori Yoshiko, Chairperson Emerita of the Mori Art Museum and Director of the Mori Building Company, passed away at 9:27 am on December 23 from pneumonia. She was 85 years old.
On 26 May 2025, the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Foundation E. G. Bührle Collection announced a new set of guidelines governing the long-term loan of 205 works from the Bührle collection at the Kunsthaus Zürich.
On July 24, 2026, M+ and Centre Pompidou announced a multi-year strategic partnership, building on a 2024 MoU.
The Mori Contemporary Art Foundation (MoriCAF) and Mori Art Museum in Tokyo will present an exhibition of work by Katayama Mari, winner of the inaugural Mori Art Award Grand Prize, from October 31, 2026, to March 28, 2027.
The Mori Art Museum in Tokyo will present 'Mariko Mori: All That Shines,' the artist's first major retrospective in Japan since 2002, from October 31, 2026, to March 28, 2027. Organized in collaboration with the Solomon R.
Tate has unveiled its first show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Tate Britain Garden, designed by nine-time gold medal winner Tom Stuart-Smith.
On June 12, 2026, the Hilti Art Foundation announced the exhibition 'Abstract,' featuring some 60 works and highlighting three significant new acquisitions by Carmen Herrera, Wassily Kandinsky, and Mark Rothko.
On June 22, 2026, The Helis Foundation announced the inclusion of works by Julian Opie in the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition (PCSE) in downtown New Orleans.
Tate announced the appointment of Jessica Morgan, current Director of Dia Art Foundation, as its tenth Director, effective January 1, 2027. Morgan, 57, succeeds Maria Balshaw CBE and will lead the institution's four galleries: Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St Ives.
On July 15, 2026, Tate announced the appointment of Daisy Desrosiers as the Britton Family Curator at Large, North America. Based in the United States, Desrosiers will focus on developing North American art in Tate’s collection through new research and acquisitions.
Frieze has released a series of features and videos in conjunction with Frieze New York 2026. The fair includes a special commission by an artist and photographer depicting Latinx and global diasporic women of New York City.
Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland announced that the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has donated three sculptures from the artist's Glut series to the ARTIST ROOMS collection.
On July 14, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has donated three works from the artist's "Gluts" series (1986–87) to Artist Rooms, a collection jointly managed by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland.
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