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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.
Grisebach announced its Winter Auctions 2026 in Berlin, held November 26–27, 2026, featuring 275 works with a combined low estimate of about €15 million. The lead lot is Yves Klein's 1960 'Untitled Shroud Anthropometry (ANT SU 30)', estimated at €2–3 million.
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 15, 2026, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced 'Rembrandt and the Ancients', its first major Rembrandt exhibition in over 20 years. The show, running November 7, 2027, to February 6, 2028, features over 125 works, including 70 by Rembrandt, many new to the US.
Hayward Gallery at London's Southbank Centre has announced a major survey of Chris Ofili, the artist's largest London solo exhibition since 2010.
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.
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