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Isabelle Frances McGuire, a Chicago-based sculptor known for her Whitney Biennial installation of witches and floating villagers, has opened the interactive solo show 'Joy is a Puppet' at Bel Ami in Los Angeles.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a broad slate of Matthew Barney presentations across North America, Europe, and Asia. Barney was inducted as an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters at its annual ceremonial in May 2024.
On October 7, 2026, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art announced the display of C.B. Evans' major work 'Hyperlinks or It Didn't Happen' in the museum's Great Hall.
On October 1, 2026, the Centre Pompidou announced the nominees for the 26th edition of the Prix Marcel Duchamp, France's most prestigious contemporary art prize.
On September 30, 2026, Phillips announced that works by Chinese video art pioneer Zhang Peili, Western post-war masters Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall, and contemporary artists Atsushi Kaga and Lauren Quin achieved outstanding results in a recent sale.
On September 16, 2026, the Louisiana Museum of Art in Humlebaek, Denmark, announced the ongoing exhibition of Arthur Jafa's work "APEX," on view until September 27, 2026. The American artist Arthur Jafa (b. 1960) is recognized for his exploration of Black American culture through film and video.
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.
Thaddaeus Ropac is presenting a one-off screening of Oliver Beer's video opera The Cave alongside the artist's London exhibition The Sky in the Cave.
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