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On October 21, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the final performance of Florentina Holzinger's SEAWORLD VENICE at the Austrian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale.
Lisson Gallery announced on October 22, 2026, that Otobong Nkanga has created a new commission for the opening of Kanal – Centre Pompidou in Brussels. The installation centers on a series of wooden looms, inviting participants to weave personal and collective narratives into an evolving textile.
On October 21, 2026, TEFAF announced major museum acquisitions from its 2026 fairs in Maastricht (March 14–19) and New York (May 15–19). The fairs, covering 7,000 years of art, attracted over 600 museum directors and 130 patron groups.
On October 21, 2026, TEFAF announced that works by Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana, and Sonia Delaunay have been acquired by public museums, facilitated through its recent fairs in New York and Maastricht.
On October 20, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced the ninth edition of Sharjah Film Platform (SFP9), running from October 30 to November 8, 2026, at Mirage City Cinema and VOX Cinemas in Sharjah.
Heritage Auctions has cataloged six lots of four dollar gold pieces across separate auctions, identified by auction numbers 336, 422, 349, 444, 1175, and 1219. Each lot is listed under the category of Four Dollar Gold Pieces within the broader Three and Four Dollar Gold section.
On October 16, 2026, Gagosian announced a conversation between artist Richard Wright and Christine Riding, director of collections and research at the National Gallery, London, to mark the tenth anniversary of Wright's site-responsive work No Title (2016).
Sean Scully will present an exhibition of large-scale paintings, works on paper, writing, and sculpture at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in autumn 2027.
On October 15, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a range of projects by artist and writer Edmund de Waal, headlined by a solo exhibition at The Huntington in Los Angeles opening October 18, 2026.
The new contemporary art center Large on Île Seguin opens its inaugural exhibition, "Moteur Imaginaire," on October 17, 2026, running through March 7, 2027.
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.
Bonhams will auction a single lot of 204 bottles (34 cases) of 31-Year-Old Springbank whisky, distilled in 1994 and bottled in November 2025, with an estimate of £90,000–120,000.
On October 5, 2026, Aguttes announced that it will hold an on-site auction of the collection assembled by Nicolas Chenivesse at the Château de Charmes in the Drôme region on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
On September 10, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced the formation of the Committee for the Preservation of Modern Architectural Heritage in the Emirate of Sharjah.
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