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Good morning. Rudi Fuchs, who gave Documenta 7 its cool rigor and the Stedelijk its spine, has died at 84.

IN MEMORIAM

Rudi Fuchs, Former Stedelijk Museum Director, Dies at 84

via Stedelijk Museum

Rudi Fuchs, the influential museum director, died in 2026 at age 84. Fuchs directed the Van Abbemuseum, the Haagse Gemeentemuseum, and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and led Documenta 7 in 1982. He championed neo-Expressionism and unconventional exhibition-making, pairing works across styles in his "Couplets" series. At the Stedelijk, his 1993 inaugural exhibition "Het Materiaal" repainted galleries in pastel colors and broke with chronology. He acquired works by Georg Baselitz and other German artists, and supported young Dutch artists. His plan for a new wing by Álvaro Siza was never built, and he stepped down in 2003 after organizing the first survey of Tracy Emin's work.

Fuchs ran the Van Abbemuseum, the Haagse Gemeentemuseum and the Stedelijk, and directed Documenta 7 in 1982; the Stedelijk confirmed the death. Few directors shaped postwar Dutch collections so directly.

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The Signal

“Eva Gonzalès has waited since 1883 for a retrospective; the Van Gogh Museum and Petit Palais finally give her one in February.”

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The pattern this week

110 stories in seven days, and the drift is institutional: 41 exhibitions against 13 auction results, with €29.6M changing hands across the sales. New York (20), Paris (16) and London (15) still carry the week; Madrid's four is the only southern European showing.

The Market

€29.6M across 13 auctions this week

This week · 110 stories · 41 exhibitions opening · busiest city: New York

Malba Acquires Diana Aisenberg's 'Paraíso' (1984) for Permanent Collection

Malba bought a 1984 Aisenberg through its own acquisitions committee, not a donor gift — Buenos Aires institutions increasingly set their own terms on the secondary market.

MALBA

€20,687,410 Artcurial Art Week Auctions Total €20.7M, Led by Basquiat and Van Dongen Artcurial · earlier this week

Ewa Juszkiewicz Painting Acquired by Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Almine Rech · earlier this week

Featured

Van Gogh Museum Presents First Eva Gonzalès Retrospective

On October 28, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced the first retrospective of Eva Gonzalès (1847–1883), running February 12–June 20, 2027. Titled 'Eva Gonzalès. A New Perspective,' it is organized…

Why it matters
Gonzalès has never had a retrospective; the Petit Palais and Van Gogh Museum are doing it jointly, which means the loans — and the market attention — split between Paris and Amsterdam.

via Van Gogh Museum · Exhibition

Getty Curator's Search for Degas Blue Leads La Maison du Pastel to Create 'Seafoam'

On October 28, 2026, Getty announced that a curator's search for a missing shade led La Maison du Pastel in Paris to create a new pastel color, tentatively named Seafoam. Assistant Curator of…

Why it matters
A curator's hunt for one Degas blue just produced a new commercial pastel at La Maison du Pastel — the Getty's research is quietly seeding products for artists' suppliers.

via Getty · Museum

The Wire

1.

Sharjah Art Foundation Names Abderrahmane Sissako Director in Focus for Film Platform 9 — Sharjah Art Foundation

2.

White Cube Announces Christian Marclay's 'The Clock' at Beaverbrook Art Gallery — White Cube

3.

Kunsthaus Zürich to Present Ralph Lemon and Kevin Beasley's 'Residuum (Tell it anyway)' — Kunsthaus Zürich

4.

Phillips to Present 'Artists of the Upper East' Exhibition in Shanghai During Art Week — Phillips

Earlier this week

1.

Lisson Gallery: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Reopens After Hiroshi Sugimoto Redesign — Lisson Gallery

2.

Art Basel Qatar Unveils 2027 Exhibitor List, Launches Year-Round Collector Program — Art Basel

3.

Lisson Gallery Announces 'Ulay, Ulay & Abramović' at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin — Lisson Gallery

4.

Christie's to Auction Anthology of Design with Lalanne Sheep Estimated $3-5M — Christie's

The Week Ahead

Today

Gagosian Announces Pratt Institute Will Honor Derrick Adams at Legends Event Gagosian

Today

Sadie Coles HQ: Alvaro Barrington to Debut in Africa at Limbo Museum, Accra Sadie Coles HQ

Today

Lisson Gallery Announces Susan Hiller 'Lost and Found' Survey at Warsaw's Zachęta Lisson Gallery

Today

Victoria and Albert Museum to Close Most Sites During Strike on 29-30 October Victoria and Albert Museum

Tomorrow

Nationalmuseum's 'Fantasy and Reality: The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel' Opens at Morgan Library & Museum Nationalmuseum

Tomorrow

Serpentine, Zaha Hadid Foundation, and AA to Host 2-Day Symposium on Hadid's Legacy Serpentine Galleries

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On the Rise

Trending Institutions ▲ Thaddaeus Ropac (17) · ▲ Lisson Gallery (9) · ▲ White Cube (9) · ▲ Galerie Max Hetzler (5) · ▲ Almine Rech (4) · ▲ Bonhams (4) · ▲ Getty (4)

Georg Baselitz — Georg Baselitz is a German painter and sculptor best known for his expressive, figurative works and his signature technique of painting subjects upside down to emphasize… Profile →

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