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On October 13, 2026, Getty announced a new episode of its Close Looking video series, featuring Senior Curator of Paintings Davide Gasparotto discussing Parmigianino's "Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene" (c. 1535–40).
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 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 14, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced "Rinus Van de Velde: Films," the first publication devoted to the artist's film work since 2019. It includes film stills, drawings, sculptures, props, studio and exhibition views, and a vinyl pressing of Joachim Badenhorst's soundtracks.
An exhibition featuring paintings from the past five years, including new works that respond to Serpentine Galleries' location and architecture, has been mounted at the institution in London.
On October 13, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac published an essay by critic Jonathan Jones on Georg Baselitz, the German painter who died this year, in connection with the London exhibition of his 'The Heroes' history paintings, which he helped plan.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler highlighted Günther Förg across three museum and exhibition presentations.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Friedrich Kunath's first solo museum exhibition in the United States, "I'll Romanticize This Later," will open at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a wave of milestones for Danielle Mckinney.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Vivien Zhang is featured in two concurrent presentations in London.
On October 13, 2026, Lafayette Anticipations announced “Towards a Sea”, the first institutional solo exhibition in France by Japanese painter Yu Nishimura.
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Otobong Nkanga's exhibition 'I dreamt of you in colours' has opened at Malmö Konsthall in Sweden, on view through March 28, 2027.
On October 9, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac published a statement featuring critic Jackie Wullschlager's description of Georg Baselitz's monumental single-figure paintings.
On October 8, 2026, Pace Gallery announced the exhibition 'In an Overcast Sky' by Kylie Manning at the B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music in Athens.
On October 8, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced a new solo exhibition of Austrian artist Nick Oberthaler (born 1981) at its Pantin space in Paris.
White Cube has announced global representation of Japanese artist Shigeo Otake (b. 1955, Kobe).
On October 7, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the first UK exhibition devoted exclusively to Georg Baselitz's Heroes series, which the artist created in 1965–66 at age 27.
On October 7, 2026, Phillips announced a sale series of modern and contemporary prints, featuring Salvador Dalí’s Surrealist Chess Set, masterworks by Giorgio Morandi, and a notable group of works by Andy Warhol.
On October 5, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that Denzil Forrester, a painter known for capturing the energy of London's nightlife and the tensions of the 1981 Brixton Riots, has joined its roster.
Tate Britain has opened 'The 90s: Art and Fashion', the first exhibition to explore the art, photography and fashion of the 1990s in Britain.
On October 6, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Susan Hiller's work is the subject of 'Bad Dreams', a major survey opening at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin on October 17, 2026.
On October 5, 2026, White Cube announced that paintings by Louise Giovanelli feature in British Art Show 10, 'A Chorus of Strangers', at the Mead Gallery in Coventry, where the exhibition opened on October 2, 2026 and runs through January 10, 2027.
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid has opened "Marlene Dumas: Durmiendo con el enemigo / Sleeping with the Enemy," a thematic survey of around eighty works spanning the 1970s to the present.
On October 2, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Lee Ufan's 'Fragments of Infinity' will open at Casa e Parque de Serralves in Porto on October 16, 2026.
On September 30, 2026, Pace Gallery announced Adam Pendleton's exhibition 'Some Wild Kind of Language,' opening at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on October 10, 2026.
Lisson Gallery presents new paintings by Dalton Paula for his solo show at Frieze London 2026. The series draws inspiration from Luiz Gama, a 19th-century Brazilian lawyer who fought for the freedom of enslaved people.
Phillips has announced an auction featuring standout works by David Hockney from prestigious private collections. The sale includes a selection of paintings and works on paper.
On October 1, 2026, the Kunsthaus Zürich announced 'Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch. Flow of Paint = Flow of Life', the first exhibition to directly relate the works of the Austrian painter Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) and the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944).
Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in London has opened an exhibition of Georg Baselitz's "Heroes" series from 1965–66, marking the first U.K. show devoted solely to this body of work. The presentation includes loans from Tate and several major German museums, and comes months after the artist's death.
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.
On September 29, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced "EYES FOR YOU", the first major European solo exhibition of Joyce Pensato since her death in 2019, at the Falckenberg Collection, Deichtorhallen Hamburg.
On September 28, 2026, White Cube announced that Tracey Emin (b. 1963, London) will have her debut solo exhibition at its Paris gallery, coinciding with Art Basel Paris 2026.
Bonhams will hold three live sales during Asia Week New York on September 14 and 15, 2026, at its flagship galleries at 111 West 57th Street.
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