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Tue Jul 28: Guggenheim New York Announces 'The Water Listeners' Poetry Series by Poet-in-Residence Patrick Rosal • Thu Jul 30: Gagosian Artist Sally Mann to Discuss New Book at Martha's Vineyard Book Festival ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 
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July 26, 2026

 
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KMSKA Antwerp Opens Antony Gormley Exhibition 'Geestgrond' as Creative Archive

via Thaddaeus Ropac

On July 24, 2026, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) in Belgium announced 'Geestgrond', a special exhibition dedicated to British sculptor Antony Gormley (b. 1950). Rather than a conventional survey of finished works, the presentation functions as a creative archive, displaying sketches, iterative trials, and material imprints that trace the evolution of Gormley's practice over five decades. The exhibition includes a small sketchbook with swift human silhouettes that later became monumental iron structures and multi-meter sculptures, offering visitors insight into the artist's process from initial idea to finished form.

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The Number

26

exhibitions opening this week

Today's dispatch  New York (3) · Antwerp (2) · Los Angeles (2) · Seoul · Hong Kong

Market Snapshot

4 stories today | 3 exhibitions opening

This week · 34 stories · 1 auction · 26 exhibitions opening · most-active city: New York

Just Opened
Jul 25 Tate Modern Unveils Lina Lapelytė's 'Serendipity Island' Participatory Installation — Tate
Jul 24 Monster Chetwynd's 'A Feather in your Hat!' Opens at Estonia National Museum on July 24, 2026 — Sadie Coles HQ
By Region
Americas Joël Andrianomearisoa Selected for High Line Plinth Commission in New York via Almine Rech
Europe Fondation Louis Vuitton to Present 'Gustave Fayet: Collector - Designer' Exhibition via Fondation Louis Vuitton
Asia-Pacific Thaddaeus Ropac Presents Lee Kang So Exhibition at LOTTE Museum of Art for Frieze Seoul via Thaddaeus Ropac
Middle East & Africa quiet today
Featured
National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study Names 2026-2027 Fellows

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, announced on July 13, 2026, its cohort of over 30 fellows for the 2026-2027 academic year. The…

via National Gallery of Art · Award

Christian Marclay's 'The Clock' to Screen at LACMA, White Cube Announces

On July 13, 2026, White Cube announced that Christian Marclay's 24-hour video installation "The Clock" (2010) will be presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from July 26 to August…

via White Cube · Today

Matthew Barney Unveils 'ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax' Sculpture in Aspen for AIR 2026

Matthew Barney presents a new large-scale sculpture, ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax, for AIR 2026 at Rose Ranch in Aspen, Colorado. The work is sited on a field marked by athletic end zone…

via Gladstone Gallery · Tomorrow

This Week Ahead
Tue Jul 28 Guggenheim New York Announces 'The Water Listeners' Poetry Series by Poet-in-Residence Patrick Rosal via Guggenheim
Thu Jul 30 Gagosian Artist Sally Mann to Discuss New Book at Martha's Vineyard Book Festival via Gagosian
Fri Jul 31 Gladstone Gallery Announces Courtyard Commission at MoMA PS1 Opening July 31, 2026 via Gladstone Gallery

Full calendar →

Trending Artists ▲ Wolfgang Tillmans (3) · ▲ Oliver Beer (3) · ▲ Cindy Sherman (3) · ▲ Robert Rauschenberg (2) · ▲ Florentina Holzinger (2) · ▲ Pablo Picasso (2) · ▲ Vivienne Westwood (2)

Trending Institutions ▼ Thaddaeus Ropac (9) · ▲ Tate (8) · ▲ Louvre Abu Dhabi (6) · ▲ Galerie Max Hetzler (5) · → Bonhams (4) · ▲ Gladstone Gallery (4) · ▲ Almine Rech (3)

Artist Spotlight
Wolfgang Tillmans · 3 mentions this week

Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer recognized for his diverse body of work that documents contemporary life and investigates the fundamental properties of the photographic medium.

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In Case You Missed It
1. Thaddaeus Ropac Presents Lee Kang So Exhibition at LOTTE Museum of Art for Frieze Seoul — Thaddaeus Ropac
2. M+ to Present Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus Exhibition in September 2026 — M+
3. Fondation Louis Vuitton to Present 'Gustave Fayet: Collector - Designer' Exhibition — Fondation Louis Vuitton
4. Louisiana Museum Presents Nalini Malani's First Solo in Scandinavia, Featuring 'Of Woman Born' — Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
5. Joël Andrianomearisoa Selected for High Line Plinth Commission in New York — Almine Rech

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