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Bonhams will hold its 20th and 21st Century Evening Sale on November 18 at its U.S. flagship at 111 West 57th Street in New York, marking the department's second season at the new headquarters.
Sharjah Art Foundation announced an open call for its Collection Research Fellowship, a two-year programme beginning March 2027. The first cycle will focus on the studio and archive of Emirati artist Hassan Sharif, which includes artworks, objects, documents, and his personal library.
The United Kingdom's Royal Mail has released a set of eight postage stamps featuring Duran Duran's iconic album artwork, including the cover of 'Paper Gods' (2015), designed by Alex Israel.
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) announced details of its major upcoming exhibition "Punk to Pop", opening on 13 March 2027 and running through 2 January 2028. The exhibition will trace the music and style revolution from 1972 to 1985, featuring around 300 objects across three acts.
The Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia will present Arthur Jafa's acclaimed video work "Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death" from November 6, 2026, through April 25, 2027.
Novelist, memoirist and film-maker Xiaolu Guo will deliver the 2026 New Statesman/Goldsmiths Prize Lecture in a live stream on November 1, 2026 at 7.45pm, hosted by Southbank Centre.
Julie Curtiss has been selected, along with six other artists, to create a monumental, site-specific work for John F. Kennedy International Airport's New Terminal One in New York.
Galerie Max Hetzler announced that a major painting and four complementary works on paper by André Butzer are now part of the permanent collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA.
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo's The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV, held on November 7 and 8, 2026, achieved a total of CHF 92,045,568 ($112,277,184), becoming the first live watch auction to surpass $100 million.
The Musée d'Orsay has acquired a collection of works by French architect Jules Bourdais, including a maquette for a monumental lighthouse proposed for Paris in 1885, along with elevation drawings and plans from around 1881.
Tate has been awarded £1.4 million from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) to fund 12 new doctoral studentships over four years, starting in October 2027.
The National Portrait Gallery in London holds two portraits of Henrietta Elizabeth ('Harriet') Leveson-Gower (née Cavendish), Countess Granville (1785–1862), a prominent society hostess.
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.
On November 5, 2026, the Getty Museum announced 'Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography' at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, on view through January 3, 2027.
On October 29, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced "A Light in the Dark: Joseph Wright of Derby," an exhibition showcasing the 18th-century English artist's candlelight paintings.
On November 5, 2026, Millon announced the sale of Jean Hélion's monumental painting 'Petite musique de nuit' (1966-1967) in its November 24, 2026 auction in Paris. The work, estimated at €300,000 to €500,000, measures three by five meters and depicts a Bastille Day night scene on Belle-Île.
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 Musée d'Orsay holds the Fonds Auguste Delaherche, which includes a 1907 letter from critic Louis Vauxcelles thanking the ceramist for a pot. The fonds spans documents from 1651 to 1973, covering the career of Auguste Delaherche, a notable French ceramic artist.
Southbank Centre is presenting 'Accounts' (2025) by Alex Margo Arden as part of British Art Show 10. The installation features 11 mannequins previously used in displays at the National Motor Museum, now tethered together with a tug-of-war rope.
Southbank Centre is presenting Ufuoma Essi as part of British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers.
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.
On October 31, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the publication of a comprehensive volume on artist Miquel Barceló. The book covers Barceló's five-decade career, including his paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and ceramics.
Almine Rech has announced that Brian Calvin's 2013 oil painting "End of Messages" is now part of the collection of the Consortium Museum in Dijon, France. Executed in oil on canvas, the work measures 152 x 123 cm (59 7/8 x 48 3/8 in).
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has added 14 works to its permanent collection, spanning paintings and drawings by major 19th- and early 20th-century artists.
On October 27, 2026, Kunsthaus Zürich announced an exhibition by Ralph Lemon and Kevin Beasley titled 'Residuum (Tell it anyway)', running from November 20, 2026 to January 3, 2027 in the museum's Müller building.
Bonhams presents 'Piety and Pewter,' an online auction featuring The Hayes Collection of Fine & Early Works of Art and the Palmer Pewter Collection, running October 13-27, 2026 on bonhams.com.
On October 26, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that Oliver Beer's 'Resonance Project: The Cave' will open at Kiasma in Helsinki on November 6, 2026, running through March 28, 2027.
MILLON dispersed the René Chateau film memorabilia collection across three auctions from April to October 2026, achieving a combined total of over €690,000.
On October 27, 2026, the National Gallery of Victoria announced Ben Quilty: The Unimpressionist, a world premiere exhibition opening March 25, 2027 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Fed Square.
On October 19, 2026, the Centre Pompidou published the first episode of 'L'art des lieux,' a series exploring historic artist communities, focusing on Paris’s Impasse Ronsin.
The Musée du Louvre will open 'Louvre Photo', an exhibition exploring the museum's relationship with photography from its invention to the present day, on November 4, 2026, running through May 3, 2027.
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