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MALBA Founder Eduardo F. Costantini Receives Hispanic Society's Sorolla Medal in New York

via MALBA

On October 30, 2026, MALBA announced that Eduardo F. Costantini, founder and president of the museum, received the Sorolla Medal from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in recognition of his significant contributions to Hispanic art and culture. The distinction was presented during the Hispanic Society's annual 2026 gala, held on October 29, 2026, at The Metropolitan Club in New York. Costantini is the founder and president of Malba, the Buenos Aires museum devoted to Latin American art.

A Buenos Aires museum founder collecting a Spanish museum's medal in New York says plainly where Latin American patronage now sits: at the center of the table.

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The Signal

“Three Hirshhorn openings on one Saturday make Washington's sculpture garden the busiest museum address of the week.”

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The pattern this week

The week ran on exhibitions — 44 of 105 stories — with Paris (24) and New York (19) absorbing most of the traffic; auctions were thin at 14 and €29.7M aggregate. Institutional news clustered in Washington and Venice rather than in the salerooms, and the big galleries spent the week announcing talks, not sales.

The Market

€29.7M across 14 auctions this week

This week · 105 stories · 44 exhibitions opening · busiest city: Paris

€1,000,000 – 1,500,000 Artcurial's Lalanne & Bestiary Sale to Offer François-Xavier Lalanne's 'Capricorne' Estimated at €1M-1.5M

Lalanne's top beasts have held near €1M; Artcurial's estimate tests whether Paris design buyers still outbid the decorative-arts trade in a crowded November calendar.

Artcurial

CHF 1,800,000–3,200,000 Phillips to Offer Cartier Portico Mystery Clock No. 4 at Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV Phillips

TEFAF 2026: Art Institute of Chicago Acquires Lavinia Fontana's 'Christ Expelling Money Changers' TEFAF · earlier this week

Featured

Galleria Continua Presents Shilpa Gupta in 'Traces of Us' at Jaipur Sculpture Park

The Sculpture Park at Jaigarh Fort in Jaipur will present the group exhibition 'Traces of Us' from November 19, 2026, through January 18, 2027. The show features artist Shilpa Gupta, known for…

Why it matters
Jaigarh Fort is a heritage venue, not a fair booth — Galleria Continua is betting Indian collectors will travel for site-specific work rather than wait for a Mumbai preview.

via Galleria Continua · Exhibition

Pace Gallery Previews Elmgreen & Dragset's 'Eight' at Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden

On October 30, 2026, Pace Gallery provided a preview of Elmgreen & Dragset's new monumental sculpture 'Eight' (2026), commissioned for the revitalized Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn…

Why it matters
The rebuilt garden now carries a permanent Elmgreen & Dragset beside the Sugimoto redesign; watch whether donor-funded sculpture gardens become this decade's main commissioning channel.

via Pace Gallery · Exhibition

Lisson Gallery: Sir John Akomfrah in Conversation at The Courtauld

On October 30, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Sir John Akomfrah will participate in the second Manton Centre for British Art Lecture at The Courtauld in London on 17 November 2026. The artist…

Why it matters
The Manton Centre lecture is a soft-power slot — Lisson is putting Akomfrah in front of Courtauld curators well before any acquisition conversation would surface.

via Lisson Gallery · Other

The Wire

1.

Ryan Gander's 'Maybe' Opens at Towner Eastbourne, First UK Solo Show in Nearly 20 Years — Lisson Gallery

2.

Gagosian Announces Jordan Wolfson Artist Talk on Donald Judd at Dia Chelsea — Gagosian

3.

Louise Bonnet and Liz Larner Works in MOCA LA 'In These Times' Exhibition, Galerie Max Hetzler Says — Galerie Max Hetzler

4.

Cleveland Museum of Art Presents 'Furnishing American Synagogues' with Jewish Museum, New York — Cleveland Museum of Art

5.

Galleria Continua Presents 'Unruly Waters' Group Exhibition at Qatar Museums Gallery — Galleria Continua

6.

Galleria Continua: Carlos Garaicoa Artist-in-Residence at DC Art Foundation, Solo Show Nov 29–Jan 31 — Galleria Continua

7.

Millon's November 20 Art Nouveau Sale Features Gallé 'Calumet de Paix' Vase (€40,000-60,000) — Millon

8.

Millon's MASTERS Sale at Hôtel Drouot to Feature Art Nouveau and Art Deco Works on Nov 6 — Millon

9.

Centre Pompidou Publishes Elsa Werth Interview on AI, Labor and Everyday Objects — Centre Pompidou

Earlier this week

1.

Galerie Max Hetzler Announces Edmund de Waal's London Talk, Huntington Show, and French Honor — Galerie Max Hetzler

2.

La Biennale di Venezia Establishes Two Visitors' Lions for 61st Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia

3.

Nelson-Atkins Announces 2027–28 Slate: Van Gogh Show, Pompidou Tour, Abolition Photography — Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

4.

White Cube Announces Doris Salcedo Talk with Madeleine Grynsztejn at New York Exhibition Opening — White Cube

The Week Ahead

Opened Oct 30

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

Opened Oct 31

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Opens Major Mariko Mori Retrospective 'All That Shines' Mori Art Museum

Today

Elmgreen & Dragset's 'Eight' Acquired by Hirshhorn Museum, Galerie Max Hetzler Announces Galerie Max Hetzler

Today

WIELS to Present Portia Zvavahera Solo Exhibition Spanning Paintings and Ceramics David Zwirner

Today

Hauser & Wirth Launches Global Community Cookbook Project 'Your Cookbook for Iwan' Hauser & Wirth

Today

Hirshhorn Museum to Open Yoshitomo Nara: Sentinels of Stillness with Three New Sculptures David Zwirner

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On the Rise

Trending Institutions → Thaddaeus Ropac (11) · ▲ Lisson Gallery (8) · ▲ White Cube (7) · ▲ Almine Rech (6) · ▲ Galleria Continua (6) · ▲ Millon (6) · ▼ Galerie Max Hetzler (5)

Edgar Degas — Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist renowned for his mastery of pastel drawings and oil paintings, particularly those depicting dancers and scenes of modern… Profile →

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