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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 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 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'.
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.
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, Aguttes announced that it will hold an on-site auction of the collection assembled by Nicolas Chenivesse at the Château de Charmes in the Drôme region on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
Artcurial will hold its 15th edition of the Marrakech auction at La Mamounia on December 30, 2026, offering over 20 works by Jacques Majorelle, including a circa 1930 mixed-media piece from his famous series, estimated at €80,000–120,000.
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 September 28, 2026, White Cube announced that Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera will present "The Secret Life of Plants. Anselm Kiefer in the Grothe Collection", the first monographic exhibition dedicated to Anselm Kiefer in Barcelona.
On September 30, 2026, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris is marking its 30th anniversary with “Penn & Fashion,” an Irving Penn retrospective focused on his work for American Vogue.
The Fondation Louis Vuitton will reopen on October 9, 2026, with “Gustave Fayet, Collectionneur - Créateur. Icônes de l’art moderne,” an exhibition devoted to the collector and artist Gustave Fayet (1865-1925).
Bonhams will present a rare gilt-bronze sculpture by Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu, titled 'Anyanwu', as the lead lot in its Modern and Contemporary African Art sale on Wednesday 21 October at its New Bond Street, London saleroom.
Phillips announced a live sale of photographs on October 8 featuring masterworks by Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, and Sally Mann, among others.
The Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera in Barcelona has opened an exhibition of works by Anselm Kiefer, drawn primarily from the private collection of Hans Grothe. Titled 'The Secret Life of Plants.
Aguttes will auction the Nancy Varenne-Brunot collection in Neuilly-sur-Seine on October 27, 2026. The 18-lot sale spans 50 years of contemporary art, from Arman's New Realism to Gérard Schlosser's narrative figuration, Jean Fautrier's abstraction and Jean-Pierre Raynaud's conceptual works.
Bonhams will offer the private collection of Scandinavian art formed by Norwegian collectors Iwona and Bjarne Rieber in a single-owner sale titled 'Northern Light: Important Works from the Bjarne & Iwona Rieber Collection' on Tuesday, October 27, at Bonhams New Bond Street in London.
Artcurial will auction the entire private collection of Belgian collector Thierry Dehaeck, estimated at €15–25 million. The sale comprises 60 collector cars, over 100 automobilia items, and a 1953 carousel, assembled over four decades with a focus on rarity, authenticity, and documentation.
Artcurial, in partnership with Lempertz, will present the African and Oceanic art collection assembled by Belgian collector Jean-Jacques Rotthier from the 1970s in Paris on 8 September during Parcours des Mondes.
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