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Kelly Akashi's 2026 bronze sculpture 'Undergrowth (Headlands)' is included in the Headlands Art Center Benefit Auction 2026, announced on June 4, 2026. The work, measuring 24 × 14 × 14.5 inches, was created using lost-wax and direct burn-out casting with a wire-brushed finish.
Thaddaeus Ropac Milano presents "Dialogues are Mostly Fried Snowballs," an exhibition pairing works by Marcel Duchamp and Sturtevant.
On June 30, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that Anselm Kiefer has chosen Milan's Sala delle Cariatidi—a room supported by forty war-damaged Caryatid columns—to present a series of large-scale panels honoring female alchemists largely erased from history.
On June 20, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the exhibition Dialogues are mostly fried snowballs at its Milan gallery.
Thaddaeus Ropac has formed a collaboration with the newly established Leoncillo Foundation to represent sculptor Leoncillo Leonardi (1915–1968). The first project is an exhibition opening in September 2026 at the gallery's Milan location.
A solo show curated by Sabato De Sarno and presented by Vanity Fair runs at Piscina Cozzi, Viale Tunisia 35, Milano, Italy. The exhibition occupies the historic swimming pool venue from April 21, 2026 to April 26, 2026.
The exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del desiderio presents a selection of iconic works by the American photographer at Palazzo Reale in Milan from January 29 to May 17 2026. Curated by Denis Curti the show forms the second part of a trilogy that began in Venice and continues in Rome.
Andro Wekua's solo exhibition By the Window is on view at Ordet in Milan from February 19, 2026 to April 11, 2026. Presented in collaboration with the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, the exhibition brings together sculpture, painting, collage, and film.
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