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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.
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.
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.
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.
Almine Rech will host a conversation on Robert Indiana at its Paris gallery on October 17, 2026.
On October 5, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that artist Josh Kline will join Dia Beacon curators Liv Cuniberti and Stephen Kwok for a conversation on October 17. The talk, the first of The Waterline Sessions, accompanies Dia's long-term exhibition *Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999*.
On September 30, 2026, Getty highlighted its podcast offerings across five series, including Recording Artists, OMMM, If Objects Could Talk, ReCurrent, and Art + Ideas. The institution launched its first podcast, Art + Ideas, in June 2016, and has since produced hundreds of episodes.
Kader Attia will speak at the Auditorium Lafayette Anticipations in Paris on October 20, 2026, from 2 to 6 pm, in an event tied to Engadin Art Talks. Galleria Continua, the artist's gallery, provided the details.
On October 2, 2026, Gagosian announced that the University of Michigan Museum of Art will host a discussion with artist Rick Lowe on the occasion of his exhibition "Black Wall Street Journey: Re and De Imagining Black Progress".
On September 29, 2026, White Cube announced that artist Gabriel Orozco will be joined in conversation with writer and curator Briony Fer at White Cube Bermondsey on October 12, 2026, to celebrate Frieze London and the launch of his new publication 'Chronotopic'.
Engadin Art Talks will host a satellite event at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris on October 20, 2026, complementing its main gathering in Zuoz, Switzerland.
On September 28, 2026, Gagosian announced a conversation between artist Michael Craig-Martin and art historian Ben Luke to celebrate Craig-Martin's digital installation "Music" (2026).
Ibrahim Mahama will participate in Art Basel Paris's 'Artist one-on-ones' series on October 23, 2026, at the Grand Palais in Paris.
On September 16, 2026, the National Gallery of Victoria announced the inaugural NGV x Kérastase Power Talks, a biannual event series featuring leading female voices in art, design and culture.
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