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On August 19, 2026, the National Portrait Gallery in London announced a conversation between photographer Tyler Mitchell and curator Ekow Eshun, scheduled for September 4, 2026, from 7 to 8pm.
Frieze announced details of the fifth edition of Frieze Seoul, scheduled for September 2–5, 2026, at COEX in Gangnam. The fair will feature over 125 galleries from 30 countries, with more than 70% based in the Asia-Pacific region and over 50 exhibitors with permanent spaces in Seoul.
Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced a landmark monographic exhibition, "Picasso, the Figure," tracing Pablo Picasso's lifelong preoccupation with the human form.
On July 10, 2024, the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the City and Canton of Zurich and the Foundation E. G.
Sean Scully, the renowned British painter, will join Martina Droth, Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA), for an intimate conversation on October 28, 2026, from 5–6 pm ET at the YCBA Lecture Hall in New Haven.
On August 5, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Thomas Struth has received the Soane Honors Award for Photography.
On July 30, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a conversation between artists Walton Ford and Glenn Brown, to be held at 6:30 p.m. on September 16, 2026, at the gallery's location at 41 Dover Street, London. The event coincides with Ford's solo exhibition at the gallery.
On July 23, 2026, Gagosian announced that Sally Mann will speak with Jill Medvedow, director emerita of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, about her latest book "Art Work: On the Creative Life" (2025) at the Martha's Vineyard Book Festival's Author Series.
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