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On October 15, 2026, Judd Foundation announced a book signing for the second edition of "Donald Judd Spaces" at the Broken Arm in Paris on October 23, 2026, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will feature Flavin Judd, artistic director of Judd Foundation, and is free to attend.
On October 14, 2026, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Danh Vo will create the 2027 Genesis Facade Commission, the eighth in the series.
Phillips announced on October 15, 2026, that a 100%-sold auction was led by Gerhard Richter's 'Mathis' from the collection of Marcel Brient. The sale set new artist records for Joseph Yaeger and Eva Helene Pade.
On October 15, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a range of projects by artist and writer Edmund de Waal, headlined by a solo exhibition at The Huntington in Los Angeles opening October 18, 2026.
On October 13, 2026, Phillips announced early highlights for its November sale, including headlining works by Amedeo Modigliani, David Hockney, Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and Derek Fordjour.
On October 14, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Sarah Crowner's collaboration with choreographer Pam Tanowitz, "Messengers, Maidens and the End of Something Else," will premiere at Lincoln Center in New York on November 8, 14, and 20, 2026.
On October 14, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a series of Eddie Martinez projects in the US and Austria. At Boston Seaport, Martinez installed two site-specific commissions, "Seaport Bouquet" (2025) and "Seaport Shuffle" (2025–2026), alongside a temporary exhibition of paintings.
On October 13, 2026, Phillips announced it will auction a Rolex Daytona reference 6239, the first known example ever awarded to the winner of an automotive race.
The Whitney Museum will present 'artport: A History of Internet Art', a survey of net art marking the 25th anniversary of its online gallery space artport.
On October 13, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that artists Karimah Ashadu and Klara Liden are featured in 'Graffiti', an exhibition at Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
Haegue Yang's solo exhibition 'Through' opens at Dia Beacon on October 10, 2026, and remains on view through June 12, 2028. It is Yang's first solo presentation with Dia Beacon and the first time an artist has conceived a new body of work spanning the museum's two stacked architectural levels.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a wave of milestones for Danielle Mckinney.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a broad slate of Matthew Barney presentations across North America, Europe, and Asia. Barney was inducted as an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters at its annual ceremonial in May 2024.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a wave of Matthew Barney presentations, headlined by an eight-hour screening of 'River of Fundament' at Masonic Hall in New York with New People's Cinema Club and Unsound New York. The 2014 film gets its second New York outing.
The MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will open "Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work," the artist's first major institutional solo exhibition in the United States.
On October 13, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Alex Da Corte's 'Hot Dog with Ketchup' (2026) is now on view on the facade of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, facing Gansevoort Street and the High Line.
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced New Work: 2026, Tishan Hsu's first solo exhibition in Piraeus, Greece, presented with The Intermission.
Bonhams will present its live American Art sale on November 3 in New York at its U.S. flagship galleries, 111 West 57th Street. The 107-lot auction spans 19th-century Hudson River School painting, the Ashcan School, and Modernism.
On October 5, 2026, Christie's announced 'Heroes and Lovers,' a private collection of nine masterpieces spanning 500 years, estimated at approximately $100 million. The collection includes works by Pablo Picasso, Tilman Riemenschneider, Cornelis Cornelisz.
Bonhams will offer the personal archive of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in a live auction at its London saleroom on February 3, 2027, with an online auction ending February 4.
On October 7, 2026, White Cube announced that Danh Vo has received the 13th annual Isamu Noguchi Award. Vo received the award alongside fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto at The Noguchi Museum's annual benefit in Long Island City, New York, on October 6, 2026.
Lehmann Maupin will host an artist talk between Lari Pittman and Enrique Juncosa on Thursday, October 29, from 5–6 PM at its New York gallery at 501 West 24th Street.
Kenny Scharf will lead Art Sundae, a free public art-making workshop presented by Art Production Fund, at Rockefeller Center in New York every Saturday in October starting October 10, 2026, from 10 am to 12 pm.
The New Museum has announced its 2027 Triennial, titled 'The Outside Expands,' which will feature more than 30 artists and collectives, making it the most international edition to date.
At 6:30pm, Gagosian will host a conversation between Deana Lawson and photographers Paul Graham and Collier Schorr at its 541 West 24th Street location in New York.
On October 6, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Yu Hong's 'Make a Wish' (2023) will be exhibited alongside Caravaggio's 'The Seven Works of Mercy' at Pio Monte della Misericordia in Naples.
On October 5, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that artist Josh Kline will join Dia Beacon curators Liv Cuniberti and Stephen Kwok for a conversation on October 17. The talk, the first of The Waterline Sessions, accompanies Dia's long-term exhibition *Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999*.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will present "Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Spaces Between," the first museum survey of the artist's work in the city in three decades.
The New Museum has received multi-year support for its 2026-27 Artist Residencies from the Daniel Xu and Flora Huang Foundation as part of a partnership that also funds resulting presentations.
On September 24, 2026, M+ announced the inaugural M+ Restored Festival, celebrating the culmination of a three-year initiative supported by CHANEL to restore Hong Kong New Wave films.
On October 1, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that artists Dana Awartani, Josh Kline, and Wael Shawky have been named to the inaugural TIME100 Art: The Most Influential People in Art of 2026, a list recognizing individuals shaping the art world.
On October 1, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced the publication of "Emanations: On Leonilson," a booklet featuring an essay by Andrew Durbin, accompanying the ongoing exhibition of works by Brazilian artist José Leonilson at Lisson New York.
On September 30, 2026, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris is marking its 30th anniversary with “Penn & Fashion,” an Irving Penn retrospective focused on his work for American Vogue.
Lyon & Turnbull will sell a pioneering print created by David Hockney on his iPad and signed in pencil in its inaugural Prints/Editions sale in London. The work, "Oranges (iPad Drawing No 643)", from Hockney's 2011 still life series, carries an estimate of £40,000 to £60,000.
Martha Diamond's first European solo exhibition opened at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere, Finland, on September 19, 2026, and runs through January 17, 2027.
New People's Cinema Club and Unsound New York will host a screening of Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler's 2014 film 'River of Fundament' at the Masonic Hall in New York on November 14–15, 2026.
On September 29, 2026, Malba (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires) announced that during its 25th anniversary gala on September 17, founder and president Eduardo F. Costantini confirmed a major expansion beneath Plaza Perú.
Lisson Gallery announced representation of the Estate of Mira Schendel in collaboration with Gomide & Co, São Paulo.
On September 29, 2026, Art Basel announced the exhibitor line-up and program highlights for its 2026 Miami Beach edition, taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 4–6, with VIP Preview Days on December 2 and 3.
On September 22, 2026, Christie's announced it will offer The Collection of Herbert Lust during New York's Fall Marquee Week of Sales. The collection is led by Alberto Giacometti's bronze "Figure, demie grandeur (no.
On September 25, 2026, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announced the appointment of Maria Kanakis Yang as Deputy Director.
The High Line presents a billboard by Christopher Williams titled MODEL, on view from September through November 2026 at 18th Street and 10th Avenue in New York.
On September 23, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced Tom Sachs' latest project "31 Rue Cambon," a recreation of Chanel's Paris flagship boutique.
On September 24, 2026, Gagosian announced that the Jamaica Bay–Rockaway Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service will host a public arts festival on October 3, 2026, at Floyd Bennett Field in New York.
On September 14, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that Robert Rauschenberg's 'Caryatid Cavalcade I / ROCI Chile' (1985) has been installed on long-term loan from the Rauschenberg Foundation in the Christopher Lightfoot Walker Lobby at Lincoln Center Theatre in New York.
Phillips announced a live sale of photographs on October 8 featuring masterworks by Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, and Sally Mann, among others.
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York has opened 'Erwin Wurm: Chamber Play with Jackson Pollock and Samuel Beckett', an exhibition that brings together three artists exploring the human condition through action, absurdity, and existential complexity.
Hauser & Wirth has invited the public to participate in 'Your Cookbook for Iwan,' a digital global community cookbook inspired by art.
On September 23, 2026, TEFAF announced the renewal of multi-year agreements ensuring the long-term continuity of TEFAF Maastricht at MECC Maastricht until 2036 and TEFAF New York at Park Avenue Armory until 2031.
On September 22, 2026, Gagosian announced that the Metropolitan Opera has commissioned Anna Weyant to create a painting for the Gallery Met Banners project, celebrating the company's first new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth in nearly twenty years.
Danielle Mckinney has been named to the inaugural TIME100 Art 2026 list, which recognizes the most influential figures shaping the global art landscape. The announcement was made on September 22, 2026.
The Frick Collection in New York will mount "Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500," the first exhibition dedicated to Siena as a center of bronze sculpture during the Italian Renaissance.
Bonhams will present "Cyndi Lauper: Suitcase of Memories," a collection of fashion, accessories, entertainment memorabilia, and personal mementos from the singer's career.
The Whitney Museum has organized 'Charles Burchfield: Elemental,' an exhibition of ten watercolors from its permanent collection. The works, created between 1916 and 1960, trace the artist's lifelong reverence for the natural world, from flowering meadows to turbulent skies and shifting seasons.
On September 16, 2026, White Cube announced that New York City Center has commissioned artist Sarah Morris to create a new site-specific painting for its Grand Tier Lobby.
Phillips announced its upcoming watch auction scheduled for November 7 and 8, featuring an exceptionally rare Patek Philippe Ref. 1436 split-seconds chronograph in stainless steel and the only known Ref. 2497 signed by Gumbiner. A newly discovered Rolex Ref.
Hauser & Wirth has announced worldwide representation of Los Angeles-based painter Lucy Bull, working in close collaboration with David Kordansky Gallery.
On September 14, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that 'Homeroom: Artists Against the Bomb' is now on view at MoMA PS1 in New York.
On September 11, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced Tom Sachs's new project, an ersatz Chanel store at 31 Rue Cambon on Centre Street in New York's SoHo neighborhood.
Phillips announced its upcoming Modern & Contemporary Art auction, scheduled for September 26, 2026. The sale will feature works by Tom Wesselmann, Rashid Johnson, Derek Fordjour, Yves Klein, and Cecily Brown, among other highlights.
Tom Sachs has opened an installation at 245 Centre Street in Lower Manhattan featuring over a dozen plywood suits inspired by Chanel designs, including pieces named for Anna Wintour and Marge Simpson.
On September 11, 2026, the gallery announced that artist and designer Tom Sachs has opened “31 Rue Cambon,” a Chanel-inspired pop-up exhibition in a building on Centre Street in New York, a few blocks north of Canal Street.
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