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On September 2, 2026, White Cube announced a survey exhibition of Yoko Matsumoto's career, titled 'The Day I Saw the Evening Star', at the Iwaki City Art Museum in Iwaki, Japan.
On September 3, 2026, Gagosian announced the publication of Valentina Castellani's book "Trading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery." The illustrated survey traces the evolution of the Western art market from the medieval era to the present day, analyzing how social, cultu.
On August 31, 2026, M+ announced "Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia," a Special Exhibition opening at the West Gallery in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District from October 17, 2026 to April 4, 2027.
On August 28, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that the Sehwa Museum of Art in Seoul will present a Georg Baselitz retrospective, the neo-expressionist's first institutional exhibition since his death in April.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has covered its entire glass façade in multicolored polka dots designed by Yayoi Kusama Studio, ahead of the opening of a major survey of the artist's work on September 11, 2026.
On May 19, 2026, Artcurial announced it will auction a rare set of five colour lithograph trial proofs by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec on May 20, 2026, at 5pm, as part of its "Editions and Multiples" sale.
On August 20, 2026, White Cube announced an exhibition by Josiah McElheny titled 'Instrument Object' at The Kitchen in New York, running from September 10 to November 7, 2026.
Kunsthaus Zürich recorded 539,953 visits in 2025, one of the highest annual totals in its history. The Marina Abramović retrospective drew 118,903 visitors (59,490 in 2025), while the permanent collection attracted 363,588.
On April 8, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced that its retrospective 'Erwin Olaf – Freedom' has concluded.
MOCA Cleveland will present "Tishan Hsu: permeable surface" from August 28, 2026 through March 7, 2027. The exhibition spans Hsu's four-decade career, including his first and most recent video works: "Folds of Oil" (2005) and "emergent mesh" (2025).
The Mori Art Museum in Tokyo will present 'Mariko Mori: All That Shines', Japan's first major retrospective of the artist since 2002. Organized in collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the exhibition opens October 31, 2026 and runs through March 28, 2027.
On December 19, 2022, Kunsthaus Zürich announced it recorded approximately 520,000 admissions in the 2022 calendar year, the highest figure in its century-long history and surpassing the previous record of 504,000 set in 1982. Membership in the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft rose 5% to 25,800.
The Whitney Museum of American Art announced on July 30, 2026, that it will present "Sonya Kelliher-Combs: TITIQ/MARK," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in New York.
The Whitney Museum of American Art announced an exhibition titled "artport: A History of Internet Art" to mark the 25th anniversary of its online gallery space artport, which launched in 2001.
Thaddaeus Ropac has announced a new exhibition section titled 'Picasso after Picasso: The Infinite Echo of a Master,' which brings together twenty-two artists and collectives from across the East and West.
On August 7, 2026, Pace Gallery announced that five represented artists are featuring in the 61st Venice Biennale and collateral exhibitions.
On August 28, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Matthew Barney's 1988 video work 'SCABACTION' is included in the 16th Gwangju Biennale, titled 'You Must Change Your Life,' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's poem.
On August 19, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a series of Eddie Martinez projects, led by a presentation at the Albertina Klosterneuburg pairing 350 works on paper by Martinez with drawings by Georg Baselitz, part of 'Donated with Love.' His debut monograph, 'Eddie Martinez: 20 Years of Paint.
On August 26, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced its Fall 2026 and 2027 program, featuring a landmark retrospective of Yayoi Kusama (September 11, 2026–January 17, 2027) that includes early works never seen in Europe and a new Infinity Mirror Room.
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