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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.
Southbank Centre's Winter Light exhibition transforms the Riverside Terrace in London with outdoor artworks that play with light and colour. The exhibition runs from October 28, 2026 to January 31, 2027, and is free to visit.
On November 6, 2026, MALBA announced that it will participate in the 22nd edition of Noche de los Museos on November 14, 2026, opening its doors free of charge.
On November 6, 2026, the Swiss Institute announced that Albert Oehlen will be honored at its Benefit Gala and Auction on November 7, 2026, at the Rainbow Room in New York.
Blank Forms will honor artists Jim Shaw and Keiji Haino at its 9th Annual Benefit Gala on November 9, 2026, at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York. The gala celebrates the experimental, decades-long careers of both artists, recognizing their contributions to interdisciplinary practice.
On November 6, 2026, Lisson Gallery and the Royal College of Art (RCA) announced a free one-day symposium titled 'Wild Woods Forlorn,' celebrating John Akomfrah's exhibition 'Arcadia' at the Natural History Museum and a forthcoming publication of the same name.
Tate has announced the 2026–27 programme for its Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational, with Hyundai Motor's partnership extended until 2036.
On November 5, 2026, Gagosian announced a conversation about René Magritte scheduled for Monday, November 16, 2026, from 6:30 to 7:15 pm at its Grosvenor Hill gallery in London.
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection in Paris will present 'Infini', an exhibition exploring the concept of infinity through some 60 works from the Pinault Collection, running from March 3 to August 29, 2027.
Bob Dylan will perform five shows at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall in London from December 3 to December 8, 2026.
The London Literature Festival Book Swap returns to Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall from October 28 through November 1, 2026, inviting readers to bring one book and take one home.
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.
On November 1, 2026, the National Gallery in London announced an exhibition pairing Helen Frankenthaler's 'Hint from Bassano' (1973) with Jacopo Bassano's 'The Flight into Egypt' (about 1544–45), on loan from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena.
On October 30, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Sir John Akomfrah will participate in the second Manton Centre for British Art Lecture at The Courtauld in London on 17 November 2026.
On October 29, 2026, White Cube announced that Doris Salcedo will discuss her exhibition at White Cube New York with Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, on November 12, 2026. The free talk, scheduled for 6–7 p.m.
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 28, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced the first retrospective of Eva Gonzalès (1847–1883), running February 12–June 20, 2027. Titled 'Eva Gonzalès.
On October 27, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, reopens October 31, 2026, after a four-year revitalisation led by artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto.
On October 26, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced that trade unions Prospect and PCS have suspended planned industrial action for October 29-30 to allow further negotiations.
Tate has received a donation of 50 artworks by artists active in India during the 18th and 19th centuries, gifted outright by Charles Greig, an art historian and scholar of British India.
Millon and Boisgirard-Antonini announced a charity auction for the Petits Frères des Pauvres association, to be held on October 25, 2026, at the Pavillon Baltard in Nogent-sur-Marne.
Gerard Walschap (1898-1989), the Flemish novelist and critic, is represented in the National Portrait Gallery in London as a sitter in one portrait. The museum's collection record lists no additional portraits of him.
On October 15, 2026, the Smithsonian American Art Museum announced a site-specific performance by artist Nick Cave and composer Kahil El’Zabar, titled 'Mammoth,' scheduled for October 24, 2026, in the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard.
Fondation Louis Vuitton has launched a holiday program for its exhibition 'Gustave Fayet: Collector - Designer. Icons of Modern Art,' running from October 17 to November 1, 2026.
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 23, 2026, the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced a $20 million gift from Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky to establish the Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Learning and Engagement Center in the museum’s north wing.
On October 22, 2026, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation released the first installment of the Robert Rauschenberg Catalogue Raisonné, covering the artist's paintings and sculptures from 1948 to 1953.
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