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On September 30, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced a reorganization splitting its former Collections & Research Department into two separate departments effective August 1, 2026.
On September 28, 2026, Sharjah Art Foundation announced further details of the 17th edition of Sharjah Biennial (SB17), curated by Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento under the theme "What remains, sits restive." The biennial will run from January 21 to June 13, 2027, across 11 venues in Shar.
On September 28, 2026, the Getty Research Institute announced a special guided viewing of Yoko Ono materials from its collections, scheduled for September 30, 2026, from 12 to 4 pm.
Aguttes announced an auction of 120 magnums of La Chablisienne's Chablis Les Vénérables 2017, which traveled aboard the schooner Persévérance between the North Pole and the South Pole.
On September 23, 2026, the Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced new research into Odilon Redon's drawings, revealing that the artist frequently worked on pink, blue, and other colored papers that have since faded.
![Getty, NYU, UCLA to Host Black Portraiture[s] Conference on Black Built Environment](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Deborah_Willis.jpg)
On September 22, 2026, the Getty announced the upcoming conference Black Portraiture[s]: Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment, cohosted with New York University and UCLA.
On September 18, 2026, MALBA announced a major expansion and institutional transformation. The museum will be expanded by Frida Escobedo Studio, doubling its exhibition space.
On September 17, 2026, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced the release of "Becoming Artsy, Episode 506," which traces the history of green pigments in art across nearly 2,000 years.
On September 14, 2026, the Rijksmuseum announced the appointment of Barbara Borghese (born 1971) as its new Head of Conservation & Science, effective mid-November.
On September 14, 2026, the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis announced the joint acquisition of Hendrick Avercamp's "Colf Players on the Ice," painted circa 1625.
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