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The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has acquired a collection of 19th-century photographs documenting the construction of the Eiffel Tower and the Gare d'Orsay, the museum's former railway station.
The Musée d'Orsay announced the acquisition of 333 historical photographs from a private collection, featuring works by early photographers such as Robert Jefferson Bingham, Henri de La Blanchère, and Adolphe Hervier.
On July 17, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced a photographic series titled "The Great Sleep" by French photographer Romain Laprade (born 1988), commissioned exclusively for the museum.
On July 16, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced 'Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise,' the Los Angeles–based artist's first major museum exhibition.
Marwan Bassiouni's series 'New Dutch Views', featuring photographs of Dutch landscapes framed by Islamic motifs, patterned walls and prayer rugs, is the subject of an exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag.
Frieze has released a series of features and videos in conjunction with Frieze New York 2026. The fair includes a special commission by an artist and photographer depicting Latinx and global diasporic women of New York City.
On July 15, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced "FLO," a photographic-essayistic book project documenting the artistic development of Florentina Holzinger and her ensemble over eight years.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, opened 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction' on July 14, 2026, running through September 13, 2026. The exhibition features approximately 60 gelatin silver photographs drawn from 13 of Sugimoto's series, spanning from the late 1970s to the present.
Tate Modern will open the UK's first major exhibition dedicated to multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) in over a decade, running from July 15, 2026 to January 17, 2027.
On May 29, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced an exhibition of approximately 200 photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989). Titled "Robert Mapplethorpe.
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 June 10, 2026, Art21 announced the premiere of its new episode "Human Nature," the third installment of Season 12 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century." The episode features four artists, including Josh Kline, who explore themes of humanity's impact on the environment, social and economic syste.
On July 8, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery detailed the impact of choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger’s work at the Venice Biennale.
The Musée d'Orsay has published a listing of works featuring urban and landscape views from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including photographs by Thomas Annan of Glasgow streets (circa 1868–1871) and views of Paris, Pau, and Venice by artists such as Adolphe Humbert de Molard and René Laliq.
On July 3, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Rineke Dijkstra's 2012 photograph 'Isabel, Berlin, Germany, June 26, 2003' has entered the collection of the Collezione Ettore Molinario in Milan, a collection spanning photography from its origins to the present.
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has extended its exhibition 'Splendeurs et misères' through July 5, 2026.
June 18, 2026, New York-based photographer Jack Pierson has installed a Word Collage spelling “Hope” using vintage signage along a prominent corridor leading into the center’s museum.
The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, presents Mariko Mori: All That Shines from October 31, 2026 to March 28, 2027. The exhibition is the first major retrospective of the artist in Japan since 2002 and is organized in collaboration with The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
The Getty Museum has published an article examining the use of white across art history, from Paleolithic cave drawings made with calcite and chalk to lead white pigment in European painting and modern photographic prints.
On June 17, 2026, the Getty Museum released details of a technical study on a hard-paste porcelain gu-form vase from China dating to 1662–1722.
On June 16, 2026, Getty Publications released Marching West: The Los Angeles Civil Rights Movement in Photographs, a new book co-authored by Karin L. Stanford and Mark Speltz.
On June 17, 2026, the Rijksmuseum announced new research into historically underrepresented subjects including queer history based on its collection from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Bonhams will offer the personal collection of Terence Stamp (1938-2025) for the first time at its Knightsbridge location.
On June 16, 2026, Rineke Dijkstra's work is featured in the group exhibition Cocktail Prolongé: F. C. Gundlach Special at Deichtorhallen Hamburg. The show forms part of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg and presents around 300 works from the collection of fashion photographer F.C.
On June 15, 2026, A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town opened three projects under its 1, 2, 3 series, each organized by an in-house curator with practitioner collaborators.
On June 12, 2026, Luminato Festival and Wedge Curatorial Projects announced a public conversation between Tyler Mitchell and artist-curator Liz Ikiriko. The event is scheduled for June 18, 2026, at 7pm at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto.
Jerry McMillan died in February at his home in Pasadena at the age of 89. The Getty Research Institute acquired his archive in 2015, which consists of approximately 7,000 negatives, 150 contact sheets, and 375 prints along with ephemera.
Sadie Coles HQ is presenting KINDRED. Alayo Akinkugbe, author of Reframing Blackness, participates alongside Lily McMenamy. The project also references BUTT.
Tate Britain will stage the first exhibition to explore the art, photography and fashion of the 1990s from October 8, 2026 to February 14, 2027.
The original dye transfer print artwork for the inside cover of David Bowie's Aladdin Sane album leads Bonhams' The Mona Lisa of Pop: The Duffy Archive sale at Bonhams New Bond Street in London. The top lot carries an estimate of £250,000-300,000.
The National Portrait Gallery in London has acquired the only known photographs of Ada Lovelace through a private treaty sale facilitated by Bonhams.
The National Portrait Gallery in London has acquired the only known photographs of Ada Lovelace through a private treaty sale facilitated by Bonhams.
Artspace and The Kitchen have released the limited edition In the palm of my hand, 2026 by American artist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Garrett Bradley. The edition captures Bradley’s cinematic language in still form, with focus on light, tension, and atmosphere.
The ALBERTINA Museum in Vienna is presenting a major exhibition of works by New York-based artist Richard Prince. The show, on view until August 16, 2026, comprises some 150 works spanning the 1970s to the present, with an emphasis on his photographic oeuvre.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has named CrossLypka, Em Kettner and Chanell Stone as the recipients of the 2026 SECA Art Award. The three artists were selected by curators Alison Guh and Delphine Sims after a review of more than 140 nominees and studio visits with 16 finalists.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is presenting works from its collection in the South Wing under the title 'House Beautiful', drawn from Martha Rosler's photomontage series.
Tom Holert examines Harun Farocki’s views on the function of film and images, referencing a 2014 Berlin Documentary Forum panel where Farocki discussed the early twentieth-century shift of film toward entertainment and education.
The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will present Carrie Mae Weems' The Cool Blue Wind opening June 19, 2026. The work is a photographic collage printed on silver and gold metallic paper accompanied by original music.
Barbara DuMetz's 1977 Kraft Foods Advertisement is included in the Getty Center exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, on view through June 14, 2026.
Zeitz MOCAA presents We Proceed in the Footsteps of the Sunlight, the first museum survey exhibition of Ghanaian-German artist Zohra Opoku.
Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection presents the group exhibition 'Remember Me' featuring around 700 works by more than 70 artists.
Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection presents the exhibition 'Remember Me' featuring approximately 700 works by more than 70 artists.
The Stedelijk Museum and Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken present the annual selection of the most carefully designed Dutch publications of 2024.
An educational endowment fund based at the Musée Maillol is launching an annual series of Hypotheses and Demonstrations. The series invites museum professionals to share experiences, reflections and research with the public around a common theme.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is presenting a series of exhibitions drawn from its collection and featuring international artists. A large-scale display of works acquired between 2022 and 2025 runs December 2, 2025 to April 6, 2026.
Getty Publications has released Marching West: The Los Angeles Civil Rights Movement in Photographs by Karin L. Stanford and Mark Speltz.
Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town is presenting a season of exhibitions beginning with Spring Is Rebellious: The Art & Life of Albie Sachs, which opens 24 July 2025 and runs through 31 August 2026.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is presenting the exhibition Something Missing? by Sophie Calle. The show is organized in collaboration with Turner Contemporary and De Pont Museum.
A solo show curated by Sabato De Sarno and presented by Vanity Fair runs at Piscina Cozzi, Viale Tunisia 35, Milano, Italy. The exhibition occupies the historic swimming pool venue from April 21, 2026 to April 26, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum presents Erwin Olaf – Freedom from October 11, 2025 until April 6, 2026.
Lisson Gallery is presenting 'Who Does Not Love a Tree?', a new exhibition of work by the late Canadian artist Rodney Graham. The show includes monochrome C-prints such as Oak, Milcombe, captured in Oxfordshire in 1990 and inverted as though hanging upside-down.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907, an exhibition exploring the emergence of film in 19th-century Paris.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is extending its exhibition Erwin Olaf – Freedom by five weeks due to sustained high visitor interest. Originally scheduled to close on March 1st, the show will now run until April 6th.
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