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On October 5, 2026, Christie's announced its October 20/21 Marquee Week, a series of seven evening, day and online auctions taking place live at King Street in London from 14–16 October 2026 during Frieze Week, with online sales running from 1–21 October.
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.
On October 1, 2026, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) announced the opening of IMPRINT, the latest iteration of the Koyo Kouoh Atelier.
Aguttes announced its first auction dedicated to animation cels, drawings, and storyboards, led by its Pop Culture & Memorabilia department.
Aguttes will auction a René Lalique Art Nouveau brooch on October 29, originally designed as the central element of a dog collar necklace.
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 9, 2026, Aguttes announced its expanded presence in Spain's collector car and motorcycle market, highlighting sales including a 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS for €1,020,000 and Mr. A.'s motorcycle collection for over €328,000.
On October 9, 2026, Maison Aguttes announced that its founder, auctioneer Claude Aguttes, will deliver a lecture at Collège Stanislas in Paris on October 15, 2026.
On October 9, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac issued a press release by critic Jonathan Jones devoted to Georg Baselitz's series 'The Heroes.' Jones describes the body of work as 'perhaps the most powerful and unforgettable works' of the German artist, who died earlier in 2026.
Aguttes announced that its October 15, 2026 "Arts de la table" sale will feature five lots by 19th-century Brussels silversmith Joseph Germain Dutalis (1780-1852), a major figure in European silverware who served monarchies including King William I of the Netherlands and King Leopold I of Belgium.
Phillips announced a live auction scheduled to take place in Paris on October 21. The sale will be held at the auction house's Paris location, though specific lots or estimates have not yet been disclosed.
On October 6, 2026, Christie's announced its first exhibition in Asia dedicated to modern South Asian art, 'Masterpieces of Modern South Asian Art: Highlights from the Dabriwala Collection'.
Aguttes announced the upcoming sale of a Jacques Boquay violin through its String Quartet Instruments & Bows department. The violin, made by the early 18th-century Parisian luthier, will be offered on November 30, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.
On October 8, 2026, French auction house Aguttes announced the private sale of a Torchic Gold Star PSA 10 Pokémon card from the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.
Aguttes will auction a 19th-century silver plate for serving hot chestnuts, crafted by the renowned Parisian silversmith Odiot, on October 15, 2026, at its Gennevilliers saleroom. The plate, designed to imitate a folded napkin, features hinged compartments to keep chestnuts warm.
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.
Hauser & Wirth founders Iwan and Manuela Wirth have published 'A Cookbook for Iwan', a recipe collection drawing on contributions from an international network of artists, collectors, curators, and chefs.
On October 6, 2026, Aguttes announced it will offer Zinédine Zidane's No. 10 Adidas jersey from the 2006 World Cup final in an online sale running October 27–November 7, 2026.
On October 7, 2026, the Getty Research Institute highlighted its collections tracing six centuries of censorship, from the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books to Cold War samizdat publications.
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.
On October 8, 2026, Aguttes announced it will auction a Giorgio de Chirico portrait of Ginetta Rondi Gariboldi, mother of film critic Gian Luigi Rondi, on November 28. The 1973 painting was created after a personal meeting in Sorrento and given by de Chirico to Rondi.
On October 8, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced extended opening hours for its London gallery during Frieze week.
On October 7, 2026, White Cube announced an exhibition of Miroslaw Balka at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro in Podgorica. The exhibition, '1978/2026/Otwock+', runs from October 9, 2026 to January 18, 2027, across two venues: Petrović Castle and Perjanički Dom.
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.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is presenting "The Brockman Gallery: Los Angeles, 1967–1990," the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to the history and impact of the Brockman Gallery.
On October 8, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science announced a settlement agreement to finance the renovation of the museum building in Amsterdam.
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 8, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced the appointment of Jane Ellis as its new Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer.
On October 7, 2026, V&A East Museum announced the extension of its free Thursday-night DJ residency series, upperground, running until December 17, 2026, with a new line-up featuring Cheza Lucina, Drybabe, sweetestcape, Elijah, Crash Tracy, and Ryan Lovell.
On October 6, 2026, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art announced a new collection exhibition, “Les rêves n’ont pas de titre – Dreams have no title,” curated by director Poul Erik Tøjner.
On October 8, 2026, Art Basel and UBS released the Survey of Global Collecting 2026, authored by Dr. Clare McAndrew of Arts Economics.
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.
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.
A rare silver-plated teapot designed by Christopher Dresser, one of only three known examples, will be sold by Lyon & Turnbull on October 14, 2026, as part of its Design Since 1860 auction.
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 7, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced "Paul R. Williams: Architect for Living," the largest and most comprehensive museum presentation of the architect's work.
On October 7, 2026, Aguttes highlighted the renovated Maison Guimet at the Guimet Museum in Paris. The former Hôtel d’Heidelbach, built in 1913, reopened in May 2026 after extensive renovation.
Grisebach will offer Yves Klein's 'Untitled Shroud Anthropometry (ANT SU 30)' from 1960 in its 'Selected Works' sale on November 26, 2026, with an estimate of €2,000,000–3,000,000. The work is one of the few 'Anthropométries Suaires' still in private hands.
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.
On October 7, 2026, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art announced the display of C.B. Evans' major work 'Hyperlinks or It Didn't Happen' in the museum's Great Hall.
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.
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi shared the architectural vision for Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by the late Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry. Located in the Saadiyat Cultural District, the museum is inspired by Abu Dhabi's landscape, climate and coastal setting.
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.
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, the Centre Pompidou announced a comprehensive retrospective of Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis, running until October 20 at the mk2 Bibliothèque in Paris.
On October 6, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced the opening of Richard Long's exhibition "ROCKS RIVER" at The Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, on October 9, 2026.
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A press release from Serpentine Galleries was issued containing only contact information for Head of Communications Nicolas Smirnoff and Press Manager Esther Saunders-Deutsch. No exhibition, event, appointment, or other institutional announcement was included.
Christie's press center website displays a registration form for journalists seeking access to press materials, along with a cookie consent manager and links to corporate information.
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