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The Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, will co-organize a major retrospective of Colombian artist Olga de Amaral opening September 10, 2026.
Phillips has announced the auction debut of Lee Bontecou’s Plate 166 (1961) during its Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York this May.
Lisson Gallery will feature a dual-artist presentation of works by Tony Cragg and Sean Scully at the 2026 edition of TEFAF New York.
Matthew Marks Gallery announces an exhibition of multi-panel paintings by Ellsworth Kelly, featuring works produced between 1953 and 2014.
The Whitney Museum of American Art will present 'Andy Warhol Family Album,' an exhibition featuring 732 Polaroid photographs dating primarily from 1972 to 1973.
Artist Glenn Ligon partnered with 12 participants from the Harlem-based nonprofit Artistic Noise for a self-portrait printing project hosted at Hauser & Wirth and The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Phillips has announced the sale of an oversized 1929 Patek Philippe wristwatch, signed by Tiffany & Co., as part of The New York Watch Auction: XIV.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has named Dr. Melissa Chiu as Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, effective September 1, 2026. Dr.
MoMA PS1 has selected Nigerian-American artist Precious Okoyomon to launch its new Courtyard Commission series in July 2026. The site-specific installation will feature a living forest and a large-scale interactive bear sculpture designed in collaboration with the nursery issima.
The Guggenheim New York has appointed Patrick Rosal as its 2026 Poet-in-Residence, marking the fifth year of the program supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.
The Nasher Sculpture Center will host a conversation between artist Giuseppe Penone and director Carlos Basualdo on April 11, 2026, to mark the installation of the sculpture 'Equivalenze e gesti vegetali'.
The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced a forthcoming solo exhibition scheduled to open in 2026. The museum's press office released the preliminary schedule for the exhibition cycle, though specific programming details remain under development.
The Drawing Center will host a major survey of works on paper by the late artist Pope.L from June 26 to September 27, 2026. Titled 'Certainly an Act', the exhibition features over 200 works spanning from the early 1980s to 2023, including drawing-based films, writings, and archival materials.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will open a major exhibition in June 2026 exploring the evolution of Pop art from its 1960s origins to contemporary global practices.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present 'Robert Rauschenberg: Life Can’t Be Stopped' from October 10, 2025, to April 5, 2026. The exhibition features over a dozen works from the museum's collection alongside loans from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to mark the artist's 100th birthday.
The Museum of Modern Art has announced 'Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid,' an exhibition featuring nearly 100 objects selected by the artist from the museum's permanent collection.
The Aspen Art Museum will host 'Raw Is the Red,' a site-specific sculptural installation by artist Shahryar Nashat on its roof terrace from November 21, 2025, to April 26, 2026.
The Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation have announced a new curatorial partnership beginning with the exhibition "Ellsworth Kelly: Eight Decades," running from March 8 to July 19, 2026.
The Whitney Museum of American Art and Hyundai Motor Company have announced a site-specific commission by artist Kelly Akashi for the 2026 Whitney Biennial, running from March 8 to August 23, 2026.
The global art market returned to growth in 2025 with total sales reaching an estimated $59.6 billion, a 4% increase following two years of decline. Public auction sales rose 9% to $20.7 billion while dealer sector sales grew 2% to $34.8 billion, though private sales fell 5% to $4.2 billion.
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation will distribute its entire collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern art among the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Brooklyn Museum.
The New Museum will host a large-scale exhibition titled 'New Humans: Memories of the Future' spanning the entire museum building in New York. The presentation features more than 15 new commissions from international artists including Ryan Gander, Camille Henrot, and Wangechi Mutu.
Officials have gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the New Museum’s expanded site at 235 Bowery. The institution remains the only museum in Manhattan devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation have established a new biennial prize that will award £1 million over the next decade to five artists.
Sprüth Magers has unveiled a selection of new contemporary works, including Anne Imhof’s first color painting in her 'Poppy Runner' series and George Condo’s 2025 'psychological Cubism' portrait, Abstract Human.
Dia Chelsea will present 'David Lamelas: The Machine' from March 6, 2025, marking the first comprehensive U.S. survey of the Argentine conceptual artist's six-decade career.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will host a survey of Elizabeth Murray’s work from March 4 through May 25, 2026. The exhibition focuses on the artist's development of multi-canvas compositions and 'shattered shapes' created over a 20-year period.
Precious Okoyomon has been selected for the 82nd edition of the Whitney Biennial, scheduled to run from March 8 to August 23, 2026. The exhibition features 56 artists and collectives and is co-organized by Whitney curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer.
Artist Arthur Jafa and poet Simone White will hold a public conversation at The Museum of Modern Art in New York on June 25 at 6:30pm ET. The discussion centers on the exhibition 'Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid,' currently on view at the museum.
Storm King Art Center has announced 'Message from the Mud', a site-specific installation by Anicka Yi scheduled to run from May 17 through November 9, 2026.
The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas will host 'Rauschenberg Sculpture' from January 31 to April 26, 2026, marking the centennial of the artist's birth. Curated by Dr.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present the two-channel video installation 'Zidane, a 21st century portrait' from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
Lisson Gallery has detailed a series of solo exhibitions and digital content featuring artists including Ai Weiwei, Shirazeh Houshiary, and Cory Arcangel. The program includes Ai Weiwei’s 'Disposition', Shirazeh Houshiary’s 'Breath', and Pedro Reyes’s 'DISARM' project.
Hauser & Wirth has announced a series of upcoming global exhibitions and projects, including a survey of artist Sonia Boyce at Tate and Zoe Leonard’s participation in the 2026 Venice Biennale.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a conversation between artist Cy Gavin and Debbie Millman on March 22, 2026. The discussion will focus on Gavin's artistic practice and the role of aesthetics in interpreting natural and built environments.
Perrotin has released a comprehensive schedule of museum exhibitions featuring its artists across twelve international institutions through May 2026.
Hauser & Wirth Menorca announced it welcomed 72,000 visitors and hosted 460 events in 2025 through partnerships with local and national cultural organizations.
The Whitney Museum of American Art has introduced free admission every Friday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on the second Sunday of every month. While admission is free during these periods, visitors are required to book tickets in advance due to capacity limits.
Lisson Gallery will host the US premiere of Sir John Akomfrah’s multi-channel installation 'Listening All Night To The Rain' starting March 4, 2026, in New York.
The Whitney Museum of American Art will present 'High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100' from October 18, 2025, to March 9, 2026. The exhibition marks the centennial of Alexander Calder’s miniature performance work created between 1926 and 1931 using wire, wood, and found objects.
The Whitney Museum of American Art will host 'Ken Ohara: CONTACTS' from October 10, 2025, to February 8, 2026, marking the artist's first solo exhibition at a U.S. institution.
The Whitney Museum of American Art has launched a redesigned food and beverage program featuring a flagship Frenchette Bakery and the eighth-floor Studio Bar.
The Whitney Museum of American Art will present 'Grace Rosario Perkins: Circles, Spokes, Zigzags, Rivers' from October 18, 2025, to February 8, 2026.
The Whitney Museum of American Art has finished a full renovation of Roy Lichtenstein’s former home and studio at 741/745 Washington Street in Greenwich Village. The facility will serve as the permanent base for the museum's Independent Study Program (ISP), which has operated since 1968.
The Whitney Museum of American Art, in collaboration with Hudson River Park, has installed a permanent public artwork by David Hammons titled Day's End (2014–21). Located on the Hudson River waterfront, the open-frame steel structure measures 52 feet high, 325 feet long, and 65 feet wide.
The Whitney Museum of American Art will launch a ten-week series of events beginning May 1 to celebrate its decade in New York's Meatpacking District. The programming includes live music, artist-led activities, and expanded access through Free Friday Nights and Free Second Sundays.
The Museum of Modern Art has named Evangelos Kotsioris as the director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment.
The Museum of Modern Art has named Cécile Godefroy as the new Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Godefroy joins the institution from the Musée national Picasso-Paris, where she currently serves as Head of the Department of Research and Archives.
Lisson Gallery is currently hosting the exhibition 'Listening All Night To The Rain' by artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah in New York through April 25, 2026.
Mexican artist Pedro Reyes has transitioned his practice to focus on traditional stone carving at his Coyoacán studio, following a career established in conceptual 'social sculptures.' Utilizing local volcanic stone and Nahuatl pictograms, Reyes produces modernist works influenced by Mesoamerican.
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