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Bonhams presented its Fine Jewellery, London sale on 8 July, with a David Morris cultured pearl and diamond necklace achieving £40,960 against a £25,000-35,000 estimate. A natural pearl necklace with diamond clasp sold for £39,680, more than tripling its £7,000-10,000 estimate.
Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland announced that the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has donated three sculptures from the artist's Glut series to the ARTIST ROOMS collection.
Christie's Hong Kong 2026 spring luxury week live auctions achieved a combined total of HKD 958 million (USD 124 million), the auction house announced.
The Barbican Centre announced that Japanese artist Yuko Mohri will present a major new exhibition, "In Concert," in The Curve from October 1, 2026, to January 24, 2027.
Kunsthaus Zürich recorded 539,953 visits in 2025, one of its highest annual totals. The most-attended exhibition was the Marina Abramović retrospective, which drew 118,903 visitors overall (59,490 in 2025). The permanent collection attracted 363,588 visitors.
On 19 June 2026, Shirazeh Houshiary will be in conversation with Sir Gabriele Finaldi at The National Gallery's Friday Lates series in London.
On July 11, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced it will present a solo exhibition of works by Austrian choreographer and performer Florentina Holzinger, marking her first solo show with the gallery.
On July 10, 2026, ARTnews published a survey of Robert Rauschenberg's career on the occasion of "Rauschenberg 100," a celebration of the artist's centennial year.
On August 29, 2025, Kunsthaus Zürich announced the appointments of Hendrik Folkerts as Chief Curator of Programme and Maja Wismer as Head of Collection and Research. They will work alongside Director Ann Demeester to advance the museum's curatorial vision and future initiatives.
On February 5, 2025, Kunsthaus Zürich announced that it recorded 513,162 visitors in 2024, one of the highest attendance figures in its history, up from 504,349 in 2023.
The Whitney Museum of American Art announced West Side Fest will take place July 10–12, 2026, offering free admission and a range of special programs, performances, and activities for all ages.
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr's Paris Fine Watches sale on June 17, 2026, achieved €1,557,458, making it one of the most successful watch auctions held by Bonhams in Paris.
Tate Modern will present free performances of Yvonne Rainer's seminal dance work "Trio A" in the Turbine Hall on July 10 and 11, 2026, marking the 60th anniversary of the piece's creation.
Bonhams Classics Week achieved a total of £9,799,750 across seven live and four online auctions, with the top lot being Georgios Klontzas's triptych 'The Fall and Redemption of Man (the Spada Triptych)' which sold for £1,863,400, setting a world auction record for the artist.
Bonhams' 'American Stories: Celebrating 250 Years of Independence' sale concluded on June 30 in Massachusetts, achieving $2.4 million and surpassing its pre-sale estimate.
On July 9, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Alvaro Barrington has been commissioned for the thirteenth edition of the Sonsbeek Biennial in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
On July 8, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Matthew Barney will present a new large-scale sculpture, 'ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax,' as part of AIR 2026 in Aspen, Colorado, running July 27–31.
Serpentine Galleries has announced Park Nights 2026, an experimental live programme of performances inside the 25th Serpentine Pavilion, designed by the LANZA atelier of Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo.
Monster Chetwynd's immersive installation 'A Feather in your Hat!' opens at the Estonia National Museum in Tartu, Estonia, on July 24, 2026, running through January 24, 2027.
On July 8, 2026, Art Basel announced a feature article in which four artists with current summer exhibitions discuss the books and writings that have shaped their artistic practice and thinking. The piece also reveals the titles each artist plans to read this summer.
On July 8, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery detailed the impact of choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger’s work at the Venice Biennale.
On June 29, 2026, Florentina Holzinger, representing the Austrian Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale, unveiled her site-specific series "Étude" as part of an opening performance.
On June 29, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that Florentina Holzinger's site-specific installation and performance 'Seaworld Venice' will tour internationally.
Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale in New York achieved $287.4 million, exceeding the pre-sale estimate by 14%. The sale was led by a work from the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which sold for $117.2 million.
The Victoria and Albert Museum announced a landmark national tour of over 100 highlights from its David Bowie archive, titled "David Bowie: On Tour," which will travel to venues across the UK beginning in November 2026.
On July 1, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced a new exhibition by Zadie Xa at the Esker Foundation.
Hauser & Wirth presented a performative event at its Limmatstrasse gallery in Zurich on March 21, 2026, responding to KOO JEONG A's exhibition 'KANGSE X'.
Performance artist Florentina Holzinger will present a new site-specific project, Étude for Bregenz and Lake Constance, on July 11, 2026, at the Bregenz Lakeside Promenade.
On June 25, 2026, the 61st Venice Biennale opened with a pre-day performance of Florentina Holzinger's 'SEAWORLD VENICE' at the Austrian Pavilion.
On June 24, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that an adapted version of Florentina Holzinger's "Seaworld Venice"—created for the Austrian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale—will tour three venues.
On June 24, 2026, the Barbican Centre announced further programme details for "Repercussions," a multi-day takeover led by Turner Prize-winning artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his nonprofit Earshot.
On June 12, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac released an interview with a performance artist exploring solidarity through the collective presence of women of various ages and body types.
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.
Thaddaeus Ropac is hosting a one-off screening of Oliver Beer's video opera The Cave during 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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