Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899), Le Battage du Bles (Wheat Thrashing [or Wheat Thrashing in the Camargue]), a study for the large composition, oil on canvas ($20,000-30,000)
ASHEVILLE, NC.-Brunk Auctions is honored to present more than 200 lots from the Estate of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter on February 25, offered between British & Continental fine and decorative arts on February 24 and Americana and Southern on February 26. Paintings and furniture made by the President, a rare gold inaugural medal, personal fishing and hunting gear, signed editions from his personal library, dinner and glass ware, ephemera, decorative arts, woodworking tools, and jewelry and accessories worn by the President and Mrs. Carter are on offer. The auction provides an unparalleled opportunity to own things acquired or made by one of the most famous and influential people of the 20th Century, who remained humble despite his celebrity. In addition to President and Mrs Carter’s estate are about three dozen lots from an estate featuring 35 photos, let ... More
COPENHAGEN.- Anna Thommesen created colours and patterns inspired by nature. Over the course of five decades, she wove a series of exceptional abstract works. A major new exhibition at SMK brings her life’s work into the spotlight once again. On 7 February 2026, SMK – National Gallery of Denmark opened the most comprehensive exhibition to date featuring the Danish visual artist Anna Thommesen (1908–2004). The exhibition coincides with the publication of the book Anna Thommesen – Weavings, featuring contributions by Dorthe Aagesen and Anders Gaardboe Jensen (eds.), Lynne Cooke, Mark Mussari, Philip Pihl, Ane Preisler Skovgaard, and Karen Vad. Through a series of essays, the book offers nuanced insight into Thommesen’s artistic practice and discusses her place in art history in light of the textile medium’s significance within twentieth-century visual art. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of Thommesen ... More
PARIS.- Months after a dramatic theft shook the Louvre, the historic crown of Empress Eugénie is on its way back to its former glory. The jewel, recovered after the October 19, 2025 break-in, survived the incident with most of its precious elements intact, allowing conservators to plan a full restoration rather than a reconstruction. The crown was found at the foot of the Apollo Gallery, not far from the display case from which it had been forcibly removed. Investigators also recovered a decorative palmette nearby. Although the piece had been crushed and visibly deformed during the theft, experts quickly confirmed that nearly all of its original components remained present.
After the police released the crown to the Louvre’s Department of Decorative Arts on October 20, 2025, museum officials carried out an initial condition assessment led by department director Olivier Gabet ... More
Nasser Azam with "The Contrast" (1982). Courtesy of Ben Uri Gallery and Museum.
LONDON.- A significant dialogue on migration, belonging, and heritage is taking shape in London as the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum—Europe’s first institution dedicated to immigrant artists—moves beyond gallery walls. The groundbreaking open-air exhibition – titled “Always Changing. Always Welcoming” --curated by Sarah MacDougall is currently on display at the O2 Centre in Northwest London, transforming a busy urban thoroughfare into a curated space of public reflection. While the exhibition features a broad spectrum of the immigrant contribution to British visual culture, and includes works by Tam Joseph, Elisabeth Tomalin, and Frank Auerbach, the practice of renowned artist Nasser Azam serves as a vital focal point. Azam’s work functions as a bridge between his personal history and the collective memory of the city. Having moved from Pakistan to London in 1970 at just five years old, Azam recalls the early "sensory flashes" ... More
RICHMOND, VA.- The Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University announces the publication of Living to Learn: Art & Education for the Common Good, a multi-author study of 25 years of contemporary art, and Dear Mazie,: Sanctuary, Speculation, and Sky, an experimental reader that explores the legacy of artist and educator Amaza Lee Meredith (1895-1984). Jessica Bell Brown, Executive Director, remarks “The ICA is committed to extending the dialogue and exchange of artist collaborations and exhibitions through our growing cadre of publications. Together, these new sterling releases underscore the power of art and education to reflect the artists, thinkers, institutions, spaces and relationships that make it possible.” Living to Learn: Art & Education for the Common Good is edited by VCU Associate Professor of Painting and Printmaking Noah Simblist and published by Inve ... More
TOKYO.- Donald Judd (19281994), known as a leading artist of the twentieth century, left New York in the 1970s and moved to Marfa, Texas, near Mexico. There he repurposed buildings for living and working, and established the Chinati Foundation for the permanent installation of his work and that of other artists such as Dan Flavin, John Chamberlain, and Ilya Kabakov. Each of the spaces Judd pursued in this way has now, after half a century, remain as Judd intended in Marfa. In addition to a selection of Judd's early paintings from the 1950s and the three dimensional works from the 1960s through the 1990s, this exhibition introduces his spaces in Marfa through drawings, plans, videos, and materials. The works and materials presented in this exhibition allow visitors to discover Judd's ... More
PADUA.- Beginning February 18, the Altinate | San Gaetano Cultural Center in Padua will open what organizers describe as the largest and most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to M.C. Escher and his celebrated visions of impossible worlds. Titled M.C. ESCHER. All the Masterpieces, the show brings together more than 150 works spanning the Dutch artist’s career, offering visitors a full journey through the imagery, ideas, and visual puzzles that made Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972) one of the most beloved graphic artists of the twentieth century. The exhibition features many of Escher’s best-known prints, including Hand with Reflecting Sphere, Day and Night, Metamorphosis II, and Relativity, alongside numerous other works that reveal how the artist blended art, mathematics, and ... More
Incredible early consignments include the ex-London Motor Show 1955 Aston Martin DB3S.
LONDON.- Taking place alongside the legendary Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, RM Sotheby’s returns to the Grimaldi Forum from 24-25 April 2026 for what promises to be another truly remarkable offering of some of the world’s greatest motor cars. The Monaco sale has always attracted incredible cars from across the decades of motorsport history, and the 2026 auction is also set to feature some truly great competition machinery. The 1955 Aston Martin DB3S chassis #111 is one of only 20 customer DB3s models ever built, and a car which featured on the Aston Martin stand at the 1955 British Motor Show at Earls Court. Widely regarded as one of the the most beautiful sports racing cars ever created, the DB3S features a 2,992-cc six-cylinder engine producing 210 brake-horsepower, and was a hugely successful model in competion, where it was driven by some of the greatest names in the history of the sport. Exhibited on the Aston Martin stand at the 1955 British Motor Show at ... More
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (Go-Go Dancing Platform).
NEW YORK, NY.- Hauser & Wirth is presenting Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ “Untitled” (Go-Go Dancing Platform), 1991, one of the most significant works by an artist whose career spanned less than a decade yet continues to shape conversations about participation, intimacy and public space thirty years after his death from AIDS at the age of 38. “Untitled” (Go-Go Dancing Platform) consists of a painted blue platform framed by 48 light bulbs. When the work is installed, a dancer may appear once a day, at unscheduled times—wearing silver lamé and listening to music of their own choosing through headphones—ascending the platform for brief unchoreographed performances in which they are only dancing for themselves. The dancer draws forth surprise, desire and projection. When unoccupied, the platform remains a sculpture defined by the possibility of activation, evoking art-historical precedents and ‘isms’—particularly minimalism—while subtly challenging them. Wh ... More
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Portrait of Ida Ilsted, the Artist's future Wife, 1890. Oil on canvas. 106.5 x 86 cm SMK, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen.
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting the first major retrospective in Spain devoted to Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916). Ninety oil paintings and drawings by the artist and some of his contemporaries offer a comprehensive overview of the output of a painter who created just over 400 works in his 51 years of existence. Considered one of the most important Danish artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Hammershøi gradually fell into obscurity after the emergence and consolidation of the avant-garde movements. Since the 1980s several exhibitions in Denmark and elsewhere have brought the artist’s work to the attention of a public which, in the case of Spain, has only had the opportunity to see it on a few occasions. The ambiguity of Hammershøi’s paintings allows for multiple avenues of interpretation, which have been enriched in recent decades by the search for connections with ... More
Wassily Kandinsky, Le rond rouge (1939; estimate: £10,500,000-15,500,000).
LONDON.- Christie's will present Wassily Kandinsky's large scale canvas Le rond rouge (1939) as the leading highlight of its 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 5 March 2026. Offered with an estimate of £10,500,000-15,500,000, the painting is one of the most striking works from the final phase of Wassily Kandinsky's career. Created while the artist was living in Paris with his wife Nina, Le rond rouge captures the vibrancy and dynamism of Kandinsky's mature abstract language at a moment of profound artistic renewal. After leaving Germany in 1933 to escape the increasingly hostile political climate, Kandinsky settled in Paris, where he immersed himself in the fervent avant-garde art circles of the city. His Parisian years were also marked by a significant shift in style, as he developed a new visual vocabulary that pushed his work in unexpected directions. During this period, Kandinsky became increasingly fascinated by biology, nature, and theories of creation. Inspired by scientific journ ... More
ZURICH.- In 2026, alongside its dynamic and diverse exhibition programme, the Kunsthaus Zürich is turning the spotlight on the museum’s centrepiece: the collection, in all its breadth and uniqueness. The works of Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) are moving to a new home in the Chipperfield building of the Kunsthaus. The initial presentation opens on 6 February, as a concentrated exhibition of key works from the Surrealist period, as well as the world-famous sculptures from the years after 1945. It is explicitly designed to be the starting point of a larger project: in autumn 2026, the exhibition will be newly curated and substantially enlarged to present the artist’s entire artistic oeuvre in four consecutive rooms. Alberto Giacometti is one of the leading artists of the 20th century. Born in 1901 in the Val Bregaglia, Graubünden, he worked as a sculptor, painter and draughtsman in Paris and became world-famous ... More
LONDON.- Threads of Life is Berlin-based Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota’s first major solo exhibition in a London public gallery. The intricate takeover sees the artist weave immersive works from floor-to-ceiling across the Hayward Gallery’s top floor, following recent critically-acclaimed exhibitions in Beijing, Osaka, Tokyo and Paris. Accompanied by new large-scale sculptures, drawings, early performance videos and photographic documentation, Shiota’s signature weblike works respond to the gallery’s iconic brutalist architecture in a truly atmospheric presentation. Shiota is a leading figure in the international art scene who returns to the Hayward Gallery for the first time since her participation in the group show Walking in My Mind (2009). Best-known for her large-scale installations which engulf ordinary objects - such as shoes, keys, beds, chairs and dresses - within huge ... More
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Picture This: Creative minds in conversation at The National Gallery LONDON.- The National Gallery today announces the launch of a new in conversation series, Picture This, with broadcaster and host of the BBC’s This Cultural Life, John Wilson. Leading figures from a wide variety of fields, including fashion, science, music, literature, gastronomy and film, will join John once a month to reflect on their life and work through the lens of a National Gallery painting. This new series will open with John in conversation with iconic British model, advocate and writer Erin O’Connor MBE. She rose to fame in the nineties when fashion was performance-led. She danced through flames, walked on water and flew through the air for fashion houses including Alexander McQueen, Galliano and Christian Dior. The National Gallery’s first artist-in-residence Maggi Hambling CBE will join John in April to discuss Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 63, and its ... More
Piguet to offer the personal treasures of the last King of Italy at auction GENEVA.- Piguet Auction House will present, at its upcoming online March auctions (March 5 to 18), an exceptional and never-before-seen set of decorations and orders of chivalry that belonged to His Majesty King Umberto II, the last King of Italy. Remaining in the family until today, these historic treasures will be revealed to the public for the first time and offered at auction in a world-exclusive sale in Geneva! Each of these decorations was personally intended for its recipient: the heir to the throne of Italy. They will be on display in the Piguet salons from 12 to 15 March 2026, prior to their sale during the week of 16 March. Assembled in 44 major lots, this remarkable collection vividly illustrates the prestige and international influence of the Italian monarchy in the 20th century. "It is extremely rare to offer a collection as important and prestigious within a single auction. The most ... More
Channing Hansen to unveil immersive 'Cosmogony Geometry' at Felix LA 2026 LOS ANGELES, CA.- For Felix LA 2026, wMarc Selwyn Fine Art will present Cosmogony Geometry, 2026, an installation custom-made for Room 1238 at the Roosevelt Hotel, alongside other works by the artist. Conceived as “the spiral of creation,” the installation traces a journey inward—"from earthly reality at its threshold toward a still, unknowable center that evokes the moment before expansion and fragmentation, a return to the point preceding the Big Bang.” Works from the artist’s Cosmic Fabric series will also be on display in which Hansen uses NASA's 3D modeling data of cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR), (the residual heat of creation left over from the Big Bang,) to create his designs. Channing Hansen’s artistic process is fundamentally rooted in his materials, as he immerses himself in the complex journey of transforming raw fleece ... More
Exhibition 'Discovering Ancient Egypt' now extended until 3 May 2026 LEIDEN.- The exhibition ‘Discovering Ancient Egypt’ at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden (the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities) has been extended until 3 May 2026 due to strong public demand. Following a successful international tour that drew more than 1.5 million visitors, the exhibition continues to draw enthusiastic audiences in the Netherlands. Visitors now have an extra seven weeks to explore ‘Discovering Ancient Egypt’, an immersive display of hundreds of objects from the museum’s celebrated collection. Highlights include beautifully painted coffins and statues, exquisite jewellery, papyrus fragments and animal mummies, complemented by key loans from Dutch and international museums. Together, these extraordinary objects bring the life, religion and culture of ancient Egypt vividly to life, enriched by the latest discoveries and research. The museum ... More
Karim Boumjimar reimagines the gallery as a living architecture at Viborg Kunsthal VIBORG.- A system of elevated wooden frameworks runs through the corridors. These structures operate simultaneously as supports and as passageways: they direct movement, frame sightlines, and produce partial concealments. Visitors move under, around, and along- side them, becoming aware of their own bodies in relation to architecture. The structures function less as display furniture than as spatial choreography, guiding circulation while also shadowing it. The exhibition unfolds across a sequence of extended rooms, bringing together ceramics, drawings, wooden structures, soil, and a video work still in process. Rather than forming a linear narrative, the works create a contained temporality in which identity, cruising parks, memory, and institutional space exist as parallel environments. Across the walls and ceramic vessels, human and non-human figures ... More
The FLAG Art Foundation opens two new exhibitions NEW YORK, NY.- The FLAG Art Foundation is presenting S-Curve, a group exhibition bringing together artworks from the 18th century to present day that reflect on the human body in an active state of repose. Encompassing an array of eras, media, and formal approaches, the exhibition illustrates the elasticity of an art historical trope and underscores the complexities and possibilities present in contemporary depictions of the body. While both academic and scientific representations of the human body privilege anatomical exactness—with strict attention paid to what can be codified and standardized—artists throughout history have just as often taken the body to be a gateway to so many fantastic and surreal forms. The artists in S-Curve interpret the figure at rest through its historically familiar expressions, such as the reclining nude, to more contemporary and challenging ... More
Counterpublic presents 2026 edition Coyote Time SAINT LOUIS, MO.- Counterpublic, a triennial exhibition based in St. Louis, Missouri, announced its third edition—Coyote Time—presenting new commissions and historical reinterpretations by 50 contemporary artists across key St. Louis sites from September 12 - December 12, 2026. Collectively curated by Jordan Carter, Raphael Fonseca, Stefanie Hessler, Nora N. Khan, and Wanda Nanibush, Coyote Time builds on Counterpublic’s mission to connect art with lasting systemic change. The title derives from artist Alice Bucknell’s 2026 Triennial commission, marking the moment in a video game when a character leaps off a cliff and is suspended in midair, unsure of what comes next. This moment of anticipation guides the exhibition, positing uncertainty as a space for experimentation and possibility. Amid global political and societal upheaval, the 2026 Triennial ... More
See J.M.W. Turner and John Constable side-by-side on the big screen for the first time LONDON.- Born within a year of each other – J.M.W. Turner in 1775 and John Constable in 1776 – these great artists used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them and to bring landscape to the forefront of art for the first time. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, Turner & Constable is the unmissable new feature documentary exploring Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives alongside the groundbreaking Tate Britain exhibition. Turner & Constable will be in over 300 cinemas nationwide from 10th March 2026. From the award-winning film company and unique arts brand Exhibition on Screen (Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, Caravaggio) this must-see film examines the work of two of Britain’s most revered artists. As Tate Britain brings these greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition, in London until April ... More
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