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On June 19, 2026, Christie's announced that its Paris jewelry sale, held on June 29, 2026, achieved a total of €10,505,948, doubling its pre-sale estimate.
On September 30, 2025, Kunsthaus Zürich announced the appointment of Remo Longhi as its new Head of Operations, effective January 2026.
On June 7, 2026, Lempertz announced that its Evening Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art, held on June 5, 2026, generated total proceeds of over €10 million, including the Day Sale and Photography auction.
At its 131st General Assembly on June 8, 2026, the Kunsthaus Zürich reported 539,500 visitors in 2025, the second-highest attendance in its history and the highest of any Swiss art museum.
Bonhams will auction a rare Lotus 49B Formula 1 car, chassis number '49-R8', at its Festival of Speed sale on June 27. The car is the last Lotus to be sold from the collection of the late John Dawson-Damer and has never before been offered at auction.
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.
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 17, 2026, IFEMA MADRID announced that the ARCOmadrid and ARCOlisboa teams will continue under the leadership of Gonzalo Cabrera, Director of Culture and Education, and fair director Maribel López.
On July 14, 2026, White Cube announced that Raqib Shaw's exhibition 'Night Sonnets' will open at Compton Verney in Warwickshire, UK, on September 19, 2026, and run through February 21, 2027.
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.
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.
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 7, 2026, Christie's reported that an Old Masters auction held in London on June 30, 2026, saw a painting by an unknown 17th-century Dutch artist sell for £431,000 ($575,000), approximately four times its estimate.
On July 7, 2026, Phillips announced its 230th anniversary year results, achieving a 90% global sell-through rate. The auction house reported that 40% of buyers were first-time clients. Landmark private collections from Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr.
The Musée d'Orsay has corrected the date of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's painting "Rousse (La toilette)" from 1896 to 1889, according to a museum release.
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 June 26, 2026, Christie's announced that its Handbags Online: The Paris Edit 2026 sale achieved a total of €5,836,666, setting a new world record for an online handbag auction.
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