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Sharjah Art Foundation Opens 10,000-Square-Metre Archive and Collection Building

via Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Art Foundation opened its new Archive and Collection Building on November 12, 2026. The purpose-built facility spans nearly 10,000 square metres and is dedicated to the preservation, research, and care of the foundation's growing collection and archival holdings. The building houses the Sharjah Art Foundation Archive, which documents artists, exhibitions, and events related to the foundation's history, including the Sharjah Biennial. Designed by the foundation's team in collaboration with SpaceContinuum Design Studio, the building brings together specialists, archivists, and conservators and offers public access through guided tours and workshops by advance booking.

Sharjah has spent fifteen years collecting what its neighbours only exhibit; the new building is where that patience becomes usable to scholars, not just visitors.

Museum

The Signal

“Ten auctions, €406.4M across seven days — and Tuesday's Paris design sale is where the quieter money will be.”

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The pattern this week

The week ran 99 stories, 38 of them exhibition openings, with New York (22) and London (21) still setting the pace; auctions were thin at 10, museum news at 9. Notably absent: any mainland China dateline, and only three Berlin stories all week.

The Market

€406.4M across 10 auctions this week

This week · 99 stories · 38 exhibitions opening · busiest city: New York

Aguttes to Offer Charlotte Perriand, Puiforcat, Ron Arad in 20th-Century Design Auction

Perriand's 1952 'Nuage' bookcase is the tell: French design keeps clearing at regional houses while the same form sets records at Christie's and Sotheby's.

Aguttes

PIN. Benefit Auction 2026 Features Works by Kiefer, Ruscha, Grosse at Pinakothek der Moderne Gagosian

$14,246,250 Christie's Asian Art Sales in New York Total $14.2 Million Christie's · earlier this week

Featured

Lisson Gallery Artists Ikemura, Abramović in 'Feminist Futures Forever' at Belvedere 21

On November 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that its represented artists Leiko Ikemura and Marina Abramović are featured in 'Feminist Futures Forever', a major group exhibition at Belvedere 21 in…

Why it matters
A 238-artist survey in Vienna puts Abramović and Ikemura in a state-funded frame — the kind of museum placement that steadies an estate's pricing through a soft quarter.

via Lisson Gallery · Exhibition

Smithsonian American Art Museum Opens 'Handwork: Contemporary Craft' at Renwick Gallery

On November 12, 2026, the Smithsonian American Art Museum announced the opening of "Handwork: Contemporary Craft" at its Renwick Gallery on November 13, 2026. The installation features 51 objects…

Why it matters
The Renwick keeps drawing on its own shelves — 51 objects, no loans — which is what a national museum does when acquisition budgets tighten and craft's market price climbs.

via Smithsonian American Art Museum · Exhibition

The Wire

1.

Canaan J Brown and Emily Alice Mitchell Named First Recipients of John Akomfrah Research Fellowship — Lisson Gallery

2.

British Art Show 10 to Open in Swansea in February 2027, Touring Multiple UK Cities — Southbank Centre

3.

Aguttes to Auction Fabienne Verdier's Triptych 'Vide vibration n°1' on November 18 — Aguttes

4.

Southbank Centre Hosts Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist Readings on November 8 — Southbank Centre

Earlier this week

1.

Christie's New York to Auction Only Handwritten Draft of MLK's 'I Have A Dream' Speech on Jan. 22, 2027 — Christie's

2.

Guggenheim 2026 Benefit Honors Alex Katz and Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak — Guggenheim

3.

Hauser & Wirth Announces Worldwide Representation of rafa esparza — Hauser & Wirth

4.

Museum Brandhorst Opens 'In My Head' with Works by Nicole Eisenman, Martine Syms — Sadie Coles HQ

The Week Ahead

Today

Chloe Wise's 'PsyFi*' Film Installation to Premiere in New York at 86th Street Cinema Almine Rech

Today

Sadie Coles HQ: Alex Da Corte's 'Sun and Shadow' Opens at Palazzo della Ragione in Bergamo Sadie Coles HQ

Today

La Biennale di Venezia Announces Final Ten Days Programme for 61st International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia

Today

Kestner Gesellschaft Hosts Artist Talk with Karimah Ashadu on November 13, 2026 Sadie Coles HQ

Tomorrow

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

Sat Nov 21

Phillips Unveils Independent Watchmaking Highlights for Hong Kong Watch Auction: XXIII Phillips

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On the Rise

Alex Katz — Alex Katz is a prominent American figurative artist recognized for his large-scale paintings characterized by bold simplicity, flat planes of color, and a minimalist… Profile →

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