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Rudi Fuchs, the influential museum director, died in 2026 at age 84. Fuchs directed the Van Abbemuseum, the Haagse Gemeentemuseum, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and led Documenta 7 in 1982.
On October 20, 2026, MILLON announced it will present three major works by Pham Hau (1903-1995), a leading figure in the revival of Vietnamese lacquer art, in Paris, London, and Hanoi in November 2026.
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 23, 2026, White Cube announced that Yoko Matsumoto's touring exhibition 'The Day I Saw the Evening Star' will open at The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama on November 28, 2026, and run through February 28, 2027.
SFMOMA has announced a major retrospective of Yoshitomo Nara, opening in Fall 2027 in the museum's Floor 7 galleries.
On October 21, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced the return of its annual British Arrows Awards screenings, running November 27, 2026 through January 2, 2027.
On October 15, 2026, M+, the museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, announced its fifth anniversary celebrations. The museum, which opened in 2021, has welcomed over 12.5 million visitors.
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has published a detailed description of Paul Cézanne's 'Pommes et oranges' (Apples and Oranges), a still life from 1899 that the museum calls the most important such work from the artist's late 1890s.
On October 13, 2026, Phillips announced early highlights for its Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, scheduled for 18 November in New York.
Phillips' November Evening Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art in New York on November 18, 2026, will be headlined by Amedeo Modigliani's limestone sculpture 'Tête', estimated at $28–35 million.
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