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July 14, 2026

THE LEAD

Tate Modern to Present UK's First Major Ana Mendieta Exhibition in Over a Decade

via Tate

Tate Modern will open the UK's first major exhibition dedicated to multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) in over a decade, running from July 15, 2026 to January 17, 2027. Featuring over 120 works, the show is arranged thematically through symbolic locations and includes her iconic Silueta Series (1973-80), newly remastered films, rarely seen paintings and drawings, late sculptures, and restaged installations. The exhibition highlights Mendieta's 'earth-body' works, which outline her body in the landscape using natural elements, and explores her experience of displacement after being exiled from Cuba to the United States at age 12. Co-curated by Valentine Umansky, Michael Wellen, and Elsa Collinson, the exhibition is supported by the Ana Mendieta Exhibition Supporters Circle, Tate International Council, and Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational.

Tate Modern's Ana Mendieta exhibition, opening tomorrow, is the institution's most consequential Latina feminist survey since its own 2017 Frida Kahlo show—expect crowd metrics and secondary-market interest to follow.

Exhibition

The Number

€20.5M

across 8 auctions this week

Signal of the Day

London's summer show roster tilts heavily institutional today: 10 exhibition openings this week, zero from commercial galleries in the top-tier list.

The Week in Brief

The Pattern

Exhibition openings dominate (29 of 54 stories), but London alone accounts for 10 of those—New York has only 7 total stories. Auctions are sparse at 8, and no single house has announced a headline evening sale for this month yet.

Looking Ahead

Tomorrow's anchor: Tate Modern opens Ana Mendieta. Later this week: Hauser & Wirth's Glenn Ligon youth project on Friday, and Daniel Buren's solo show at Musée des Impressionismes Giverny same day.

— The Cultural Signal AI Editor

Today's dispatch New York (9) · London (8) · Amsterdam (2) · Los Angeles (2) · Shanghai

Market Snapshot

12 stories today | 1 auction result | 7 exhibitions opening

This week · 54 stories · 8 auctions (€20.5M aggregate) · 29 exhibitions opening · most-active city: London

Sale highlight: at Christie's — $1,000,000-2,000,000

Just Opened

Jul 12

Lisson Gallery and Absent Gallery Exchange Spaces for Summer Exhibitions in Guangzhou and Shanghai — Lisson Gallery

By Region

Americas

Getty Museum Presents 'Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions' Exhibition, July 14–Oct. 18, 2026 via Getty

Europe

Christie's Cuts Carbon Emissions 39% Since 2019, New Report Details Progress via Christie's

Asia-Pacific

quiet today

Middle East & Africa

quiet today

Featured

Kajsa Ollongren Appointed Chair of Rijksmuseum Supervisory Board

Kajsa Ollongren will become the new Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Rijksmuseum effective October 1, 2026, succeeding Alex Wynaendts, whose eight-year term is ending. Ollongren, who has served…

Why it matters
A Dutch politician with EU foreign-policy credentials, not a museum director or philanthropist, now chairs one of Europe's most-visited museums—signals governance prioritizes diplomatic networks over curatorial lineage.

via Rijksmuseum · Appointment

ARTnews Surveys Robert Rauschenberg's Legacy on Centennial 'Rauschenberg 100'

On July 10, 2026, ARTnews published a survey of Robert Rauschenberg's career on the occasion of "Rauschenberg 100," a celebration of the artist's centennial year. Rauschenberg (1925–2008) produced an…

Why it matters
Rauschenberg's centennial year is driving gallery retrospectives at Thaddaeus Ropac and museum reappraisals, but his 10,000-work corpus means the market has not yet settled on a canonical late-career price ladder.

via Thaddaeus Ropac · Other

Christie's to Sell Original 'Big Book' Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous from Jim Irsay Collection

On June 17, 2026, Christie's announced that the original working manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous, known as "The Big Book," will be the final lot of The Jim Irsay Collection: Icons of History sale…

Why it matters
A non-art manuscript with spiritual provenance—the founding text of AA—achieved an Irsay-collection hammer price that will test whether cultural artifacts can cross into the fine-art auction bracket.

via Christie's · Auction Result

This Week Ahead

Tomorrow

Tate Modern to Stage UK’s First Major Ana Mendieta Exhibition in Over a Decade via Tate

Thu Jul 16

Museo La Tertulia Schedules Solo Exhibition in Cali, Artist Unspecified via Galleria Continua

Fri Jul 17

Hauser & Wirth Artist Glenn Ligon Partners with Artistic Noise for Youth Self-Portrait Project via Hauser & Wirth

Fri Jul 17

Derrick Adams to Speak at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego on July 17 via Gagosian

Fri Jul 17

Zhanna Kadyrova Group Exhibition 'Pietre di pane' Opens July 17 at Galleria Civica di Trento via Galleria Continua

Fri Jul 17

Daniel Buren Solo Exhibition Opens July 17 at Musée des Impressionismes Giverny via Galleria Continua

Sat Jul 18

Lisson Gallery to Lead Guided Tour of Daniel Buren's 'Pages in situ' Exhibition in London via Lisson Gallery

Full calendar →

Next Week

Thu Jul 23

Galleria Continua Presents 'Villa Marigola' Solo Show at Lerici Music Festival via Galleria Continua

Fri Jul 24

Monster Chetwynd's 'A Feather in your Hat!' Opens at Estonia National Museum on July 24, 2026 via Sadie Coles HQ

Fri Jul 24

MoMA PS1 Announces Precious Okoyomon's Largest Outdoor Installation, Opening July 24 via MoMA

Sat Jul 25

Latvian National Museum of Art Opens Exhibition of Guerlain Contemporary Drawing Donation via Galleria Continua

Mon Jul 27

Matthew Barney's 'ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax' to Debut at AIR 2026 in Aspen via Sadie Coles HQ

Tue Jul 28

Lisson Gallery Artist Lucy Raven Stages Murderers Bar Film-Performance in Aspen July 28 via Lisson Gallery

Trending Institutions ▲ Bonhams (10) · ▲ Thaddaeus Ropac (10) · ▲ Kunsthaus Zürich (8) · ▲ Sadie Coles HQ (8) · ▲ Christie's (4) · ▲ Tate (4) · ▲ Art Institute of Chicago (3)

Artist Spotlight

Louise Lawler · 3 mentions this week

Louise Lawler is known for her photographs that document the display and context of other artists' works in museums, galleries, and collectors' homes.

Read profile →

The Wire

1.

Getty Museum Presents 'Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions' Exhibition, July 14–Oct. 18, 2026 — Getty

2.

Whitney Museum Announces West Side Fest July 10–12 With Free Admission and Special Programs — Whitney Museum

3.

Louvre Abu Dhabi Announces 2026-2027 Exhibition Season Featuring Global Art Dialogues — Louvre Abu Dhabi

4.

Antony Gormley Opens 'Drawing on Space' at Museum SAN Cheongjo Gallery, Wonju — Thaddaeus Ropac

5.

Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery to Present Florentina Holzinger's First Solo Exhibition, 'Uncomfortable Conversations' — Thaddaeus Ropac

6.

Christie's Cuts Carbon Emissions 39% Since 2019, New Report Details Progress — Christie's

7.

Pace Gallery Releases Anicka Yi Film on Paul Thek Exhibition in New York — Pace Gallery

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