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On October 13, 2026, La Biennale di Venezia announced the final ten days programme for the 61st International Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh, running from November 13 to November 22, 2026 at the Arsenale.
The Southbank Centre, in partnership with Armenian Arts and Film London, presents 'Mixtape: An Evening of Poetry and Music from Beirut' on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London. The event features poet Perla Kantarjian and sound artist Olivia Melkonian.
Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, a Grade I listed venue opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, is presenting a series of orchestral concerts.
Lawrence Power, Resident Artist at Southbank Centre, will present 'Lock-in' at the Purcell Room, a hybrid performance in which live music meets pre-recorded footage from his Lockdown Commission series.
Southbank Centre will present a free concert by London-based rapper JÉVON on November 5, 2026, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Southbank Centre will present Manchester Collective and percussionist Sidiki Dembélé in concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on October 4, 2026.
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.
The Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre in London will host a series of performances from October 9 to November 29, 2026.
Pianist and composer Olivia Belli will make her Southbank Centre debut at the Purcell Room in London with a program of earlier works and tracks from her new Sony Classical album 'Daimon'.
Manchester Collective will present 'Black Gold' at Southbank Centre's Purcell Room in London on December 6, 2026, at 6pm.
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Marina Abramović's 'Balkan Erotic Epic. The Stage Version' will open on October 13, 2026, at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, inaugurating the 2026/2027 Performing Arts Season.
The Austrian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale offers an hourly performance centered on a giant bell. As the hour approaches, a gray, indefinable sound resonates through speakers. A nude woman wearing a belt with a metallic sphere climbs a rope to the bell, enters it, and hangs upside down.
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 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.
Hauser & Wirth Publishers will open a pop-up shop at 62 South Audley Street, London, from 12 to 17 October 2026 as part of the Mount Street Neighbourhood Arts Festival, held during Frieze and PAD London.
On October 1, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced the finalists for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2026, including the duo Brognon Rollin (Stéphanie Rollin and David Brognon).
Sharjah Art Foundation's fifth edition of Perform Sharjah will present 16 performances, including eight world premieres and seven regional premieres, across venues in Sharjah from October 11 to November 29, 2026.
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, La Biennale di Venezia announced that the Austrian Pavilion will be open from September 30 to November 22, Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm (last admission 4:45 pm), with daily performances running continuously.
On September 28, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced further details of the 17th edition of Sharjah Biennial (SB17), curated by Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento under the theme "What remains, sits restive." The biennial will run from January 21 to June 13, 2027, across 11 venues in Shar.
On September 28, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Marina Abramović's major exhibition 'Transforming Energy' is on view at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice until October 19, 2026.
On September 28, 2026, White Cube announced a solo presentation of new paintings and works on paper by Ilana Savdie at Frieze London 2026.
Bonhams' 19th Century & British Impressionist Art Sale on 23 September 2026 at its New Bond Street location in London saw strong results, with the top lot being Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky's 'An oxwagon traversing a ford on a moonlit evening,' which sold for £635,400—five times its pre-sale e.
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis announced a new dance commission by artist and choreographer Moriah Evans, whose work uses choreography to investigate the body as a site of political, social, and existential inquiry.
On September 23, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced it will present HUG, a collaborative project featuring indie-folk musician Devendra Banhart, guitarist-composer Gyan Riley, and producer Noah Georgeson, on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:30 pm in the McGuire Theater.
On September 17, 2026, White Cube announced Yuko Mohri's solo exhibition 'In Concert' at The Barbican's Curve gallery, running from October 1, 2026, to January 24, 2027.
On September 17, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that its represented artist Florentina Holzinger presented the performance piece 'Seaworld Venice' at the Venice Biennale.
On September 16, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Georgia Gardner Gray will present her performance 'Cookie' at The High Line in New York across three evenings: September 30, October 1, and October 2, 2026, at 7:30 pm.
Florentina Holzinger, the artist representing Austria at the 2026 Venice Biennale, opened her exhibition "Seaworld Venice" with a site-specific performance, "Étude," staged on a barge in the Venetian Lagoon.
On September 9, 2026, the Getty Villa announced a collaboration with the Latino Theater Company to stage 'Antígona: en el lenguaje de los dioses,' a reinterpretation of the Greek tragedy set in pre-conquest Tenochtitlán.
On September 10, 2026, Gagosian announced a one-night-only event, 'emajendat,' by artist Lauren Halsey at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 29, 2026.
On September 8, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced River Mouth, Unseen Green, an exclusive two-night musical collaboration led by guitarist and composer Nels Cline and producer and multi-instrumentalist Yuka Honda.
On September 3, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that artist Sarah Crowner will create the décor for 'Pastoral', a performance at the Barbican Theatre in London, featuring choreography by Pam Tanowitz and a score by Caroline Shaw. The performance reinterprets Beethoven's Symphony No.
On Sunday 13 September 2026, artist Ryan Gander will join writer and comedian Holly Walsh for a one-off performance and discussion at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea.
Oliver Beer's film 'The Cave' was filmed in one of the best-preserved prehistoric caves in southwestern France, home to some of the world's earliest known artworks.
On August 14, 2026, the Whitney Museum of American Art and Little Island announced a new midnight performance by comedian Julio Torres and artist Martine Gutierrez as part of the Whitney Biennial 2026.
Thaddaeus Ropac is presenting a one-off screening of Oliver Beer's video opera The Cave alongside the artist's London exhibition The Sky in the Cave.
June 3, 2026, Tate Modern unveiled gadzi, an original installation by nora chipaumire, recipient of the Infinities Commission 2026.
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