ANTWERP.- From 23 May to 20 September 2026, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) presents Antony Gormley. Geestgrond. This exhibition, created especially for the KMSKA, juxtaposes key works and new creations by Antony Gormley with the museum's collection and the architecture of the renovated building. Geestgrond is curated by internationally renowned Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, former artistic director of dOCUMENTA (13). The result is an exhibition in which sculpture, body and space constantly interact with each other. For over fifty years, Antony Gormley (born 1950) has been captivating British and international audiences alike with his sculptures, installations and drawings. In addition to exhibitions at venues such as the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the British artist is also celebrated for his impactful works in public spaces, such as the monumental Angel of the North (1998) in Gateshead (Northern England) an ... More
Diego Giacometti (1902–1985), “Table Grecque”, brown patinated bronze with glass top, 45 × 111.8 × 81.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 200,000–300,000.
GENEVA.- Piguet Hôtel des Ventes announced an important selection of Swiss art in its upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art sale. Among the highlights is “Table Grecque” by Diego Giacometti (1902–1985), created circa 1965 in brown patinated bronze and estimated at CHF 200,000–300,000 (lot 22). Recently rediscovered and authenticated by Piguet’s specialists, it will be offered at a saleroom auction for the first time on 10 June, starting at 6 pm. Considered one of the leading creators of artist-designed furniture in the 20th century, Diego Giacometti sought throughout his long and prolific career to create objects that were both beautiful and functional. His work is distinguished by a poetic vocabulary combining classical references, animal motifs, and remarkable delicacy in modelling. His tables, particularly sought after today, are characterized by elegant structures with finely sculpted legs and a subtle balance between ... More
Nicolas Party. Courtesy: the Artist and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels Photo credit: Hugard & Vanoverschelde.
BRUSSELS.- In his fourth exhibition with Xavier Hufkens, entitled Toile d’araignée [spider web], Nicolas Party presents five distinct groups of works, each occupying a specific spatial and conceptual position within the galleries. Structured as a sequence of rooms rather than a linear narrative, the presentation unfolds through a series of visual and thematic correspondences. While certain motifs are familiar, others appear for the first time, marking new directions in the artist’s practice. The opening gallery features an unprecedented ensemble of pastels based on images from the Belgian poet and novelist Georges Rodenbach’s Bruges-la-Morte (1892), a key Symbolist novel notable for incorporating photographs into the text. Through cropping and abstraction, Party shifts the focus from architectural representation towards reflection, with water occupying a central and transformational role: shapes dissolve, blur and become amorphous. Bridges, by contrast, function as stable, structur ... More
Pablo Picasso, Le peintre et son modèle dans un paysage, oil on canvas, 35 x 45 5⁄8 in. (89 x 116 cm.), Painted in Mougins on 10 May 1963, Price Realized: $3,369,000
NEW YORK, NY.- On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, Christie's New York embarked on the second day of 20/21 Spring Marquee Week with outstanding results—totaling $63 million for both sales. The day began with Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper in the morning, which achieved an exceptional outcome of $21.2 million—outperforming expectations and establishing the highest total ever in the sale's history. The afternoon continued with the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale, which also surpassed its high estimate to achieve $41.7 million. Together, the sales realized $63 million, bringing the running total of the week to $1,184,142,311. The morning began with the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale achieving unprecedented levels of success from the outset, achieving a total of $21,252,105, selling 97% by lot, 92% by value. The sale was led by a colorful Picasso from ... More
BERLIN.- teNeues announces American Amazon: A Groundbreaking Visual Dispatch from North America’s Most Endangered Biodiversity Stronghold. As global climate discourse intensifies, teNeues is proud to announce the release of American Amazon, a definitive and urgent photographic record of the wild southeastern United States. Renowned conservation photographer Mac Stone delivers a stark warning through two decades of unprecedented fieldwork: while international attention remains fixed on the tropics, a biological powerhouse of equal significance is vanishing quietly. Photographer Mac Stone recalls the genesis of this realization with a haunting clarity: “The first time I heard the phrase ‘American Amazon,’ I was waist-deep in blackwater, slogging through a guzmania swamp in the Fakahatchee Strand of the Everglades”. The American Amazon is no mere landscape; it is a scientifically proven global epicenter for life, harbori ... More
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Pipe, Paris, September-November 1886 Oil on canvas, 46 × 38 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
ARLES.- Modern art was partially born in a climate of dissent as artists, from bohemia to the Dada movement, broke with the rules of polite society. Some transgressive artists chose to stray from the straight and narrow, becoming underdogs, outlaws, and ruffians and reigniting endless chaos. In so doing, they allowed art to fulfill one of its primary functions in our modern society: to destabilize convictions, to reconsider what seems to be received knowledge, to broaden our awareness, and to shatter conventions. Such an attitude, as it has persisted from the late twentieth century to the present day, is at the heart of this exhibition. Who wrote to his friend Émile Bernard in 1888 that he ‘[...] deeply despise[d] rules, institutions, &c., in short [that he was] looking for something other than dogmas […]’,² was determined to renew the possibilities of what art could be. He managed to do it; in the span ... More
Helena Newman, Sotheby's Chairman of Impressionist & Modern Art Worldwide, fields bids during Modern Evening Auction. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction delivered a strong result during marquee week, bringing in $303.9 million against a presale estimate of $242 million to $320.2 million and posting a 98% sell-through rate. The sale marked a 63% increase over the equivalent sale last May and more than doubled the total achieved in the comparable November auction. The result lifted Sotheby’s running total for its marquee sales to $839.6 million. The evening was led by Henri Matisse’s La Chaise lorraine, a painting from the Barbier Mueller Collection that had not appeared on the market for nearly half a century. Estimated in excess of $25 million, the work soared to $48.4 million, becoming the second-highest price for a painting by Matisse ever achieved at auction. Four bidders competed for more than ten minutes before the painting sold to a telephone bidder. Another major highlight was Pablo Picasso’s Arlequin (Buste), from ... More
The sale's top lot was a stunning copper and red fluorescent Plexiglas Donald Judd stack from 1969, which sold for $12,825,000 after over four minutes of bidding, establishing a new record price for a Judd stack.
NEW YORK, NY.- Following two days of record-breaking sales across eras and categories, Christie's continued its billion-dollar Spring Marquee Week with back-to-back evening sales on Wednesday, May 20 showcasing works from the post-war and contemporary eras: Defined Space: The Collection of Henry S. McNeil, Jr. followed by Marian's Richters & the 21st Century Evening Sale. Together, the two sales achieved $162,698,350, selling 98% by lot. The $136,808,450 total for the 21st Century Evening Sale was 42% higher than last May's sale, and the highest 21st Century Evening Sale total at Christie's New York in five years. Together with Monday's Evening Sales and Tuesday's Day Sales—including the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale, the highest ... More
Page from Gerhard Richter's Atlas.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s celebrated photorealist landscape paintings from the 1960s to the 2000s, which are displayed alongside a considered selection of works from his series of Abstrakte Bilder (Abstract Paintings, 1976–2017). On view at the gallery’s 537 West 20th Street location in New York, Gerhard Richter: Landschaften is curated by David Zwirner and David Leiber, a partner at the gallery, in close collaboration with the artist. The exhibition features loans from significant private and museum collections, including paintings that were recently on view in the artist’s acclaimed retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, in 2025–2026, as well as works lent from Richter’s personal collection. Richter began to engage the subject of landscape almost six decades ago in the late 1960s, creating atmospheric compositions based on snapshots from his travels. These paintings evoke art-historical precedents—p ... More
Antonio Mancini (Italian, 1852-1930), Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a man), 1881. Oil on canvas, 15-3/4 x 12 in.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions’ June 5 Important European Art Signature® Auction brings together exceptional works spanning four centuries of European painting and sculpture, led by distinguished private collections, rediscoveries and works carrying significant art historical scholarship. The sale is anchored by the recently rediscovered John Constable study for The Cornfield, the subject of a dedicated Heritage release issued earlier this month, but the auction also features a remarkable range of material spanning the Italian Baroque, Dutch Golden Age, Orientalism, French Naturalism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism and twentieth-century Modernism. “This auction truly demonstrates the extraordinary breadth of European art collecting,” says Marianne Berardi, Heritage’s Co-Director of European Art. “Alongside the Constable discovery are works that tell equally compelling stories — paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints ... More
LONDON.- Christie's presents Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art: Online, an online sale of 62 lots bringing together works by leading modern masters and contemporary artists from across the Gulf, the Levant, Iraq, Iran and North Africa. Marking 20 years since Christie's inaugural Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art auction in the United Arab Emirates in 2006, this season's sale reflects the category's continued depth, innovation, and global resonance. Spanning generations and geographies, the sale traces the development of artistic practice across the Middle East and North Africa, from early modernist movements in Cairo and Baghdad to contemporary experimentation in Beirut and Doha. The works on offer encompass painting, sculpture, photography and works on paper, revealing the richness and diversity of the field. Samia Halaby, River Rapids, 2021 (estimate: £80,000–120,000): A dynamic example of Halaby's mature abstraction, River ... More
Liu Wenqi (born 1985), La valse du temps N. 11. Porcelain. Signed. Dimensions: 27 × 47 cm.
PARIS.- On the occasion of its upcoming auction, the Asian Art department at Artcurial is inaugurating a new curatorial cycle entitled “Dialogues — Echoes of the Classical and Contemporary Perspectives”, conceived as a space of transition and resonance between heritage and creation. This first edition highlights the Chinese artist Liu Wenqi, whose porcelain works engage in dialogue with a group of Qingbai porcelains from the Song dynasty presented in the auction. Conceived as a bridge between past and present, the programme “Dialogues — Echoes of the Classical and Contemporary Perspectives”, initiated by the Asian Art department at Artcurial, seeks to reveal the aesthetic and conceptual resonances that unite ancient works and contemporary creations. Through this transhistorical dialogue, it outlines a space for reflection in which the continuities of material, form, and sensibility unfold, revealing, through their interweaving, the encounter of temporalities and i ... More
Min Oh, Simulaneity, 2026. Time-based installation; nine-channel film, 150 minutes, 12-channel sound. Courtesy of ARKO Art Center.
SEOUL.- What is noise? In music, noise is sound that is not attuned, dissonance lying outside of harmony; on screens, it is a material trace that resists clear representation. Latching onto signals from outside the order, noise is an intervention and a resistance that seeks to return meaning to mere clamor. Untuned Time presents the work of Min Oh and Camille Norment, who read noise as a critical threshold from which new states emerge, a field where the potential oscillates within instability. Today, algorithmic feeds and recommendation systems constantly return us to what we already know, trapping us in cycles of predictable pleasure, while the material vibrations of reality disappear behind the smooth surface of the screen. In an era overflowing with noise, what we are truly losing may be the very capacity to sense noise in its true meaning. Through the practices of these two artists, the exhibition reconsiders noise not as something to be erased ... More
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Studio Museum in Harlem acquires Karon Davis sculpture Sable Venus LOS ANGELES, CA.- Wilding Cran Gallery announced that Sable Venus (2016–2024) by Karon Davis has joined the permanent collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. The life size plaster figure depicts a gold painted woman rising from a crest of a wave, her right hand raised as though lifting the form above her, braids cascading down her back fastened with puka shells. The work references Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Robin Coste Lewis's National Book Award winning poem Voyage of the Sable Venus, a meditation on the depiction of the Black female figure across centuries of Western art. Created over eight years, the sculpture speaks to Davis's use of plaster as a material tied to ancient practices of preservation and memory. This acquisition was made possible by Lianne Barnes, with thanks to Thelma Golden and the Studio Museum in Harlem. ... More
Marc Selwyn Fine Art to present Joey Terrill solo exhibition LOS ANGELES, CA.- Marc Selwyn Fine Art will present Chisme y Memorias, the gallery’s second exhibition with Los Angeles–based artist Joey Terrill, opening May 22 at 9953 South Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills. In this new body of work, Terrill presents ten paintings that unfold as deeply personal narratives—part memoir, part social history—drawn from decades of lived experience within queer, Chicano, and artistic communities. As in his earlier work, Terrill’s practice remains rooted in autobiography, but here the tone is reflective and expansive, shaped by the artist’s recent milestone of turning seventy. The exhibition’s title, Chisme y Memorias, speaks to the intertwined nature of storytelling, gossip, remembrance, and community—an understanding that life itself is constructed through shared histories, relationships, and recollection. Two central themes run throughout ... More
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston opens first major retrospective of conceptual artist Mary Ellen Carroll HOUSTON, TX.- Contemporary Arts Museum Houston announces Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People, the first major museum exhibition to survey over four decades of work by acclaimed conceptual artist Mary Ellen Carroll. The exhibition charts the import and impact of Carroll’s exploration of some of the most urgent issues of our time, including environmentalism, architectural and technological infrastructure, immigration, and urban legislation, as well as the artist’s engagement with questions of sexuality and gender, identity and being. Mary Ellen Carroll works across various mediums including performance, photography, architecture, writing, video, public art, and policy. In no way comprehensive, this list attests to what is often described as the multidisciplinary and heterogenous nature of their work, its tendency to incorporate modes of working ... More
Kumu Art Museum to open Kristi Kongi's most ambitious solo exhibition to date TALLINN.- Chromatic Drift is a solo exhibition by Estonian painter Kristi Kongi (b. 1985), opening at the Kumu Art Museum on May 22, 2026. The exhibition evokes a holistic sensory and spatial experience centred on colour, a hallmark of Kristi Kongi’s oeuvre. Extending beyond the canvas, colours and motifs have spilled onto the floor, walls, windows and the outdoor space. Chromatic Drift is Kristi Kongi’s most ambitious solo exhibition to date, presenting new works created specifically for this display. According to the artist, the first part of the title, “chromatic,” refers to the intensity and richness of colour, while “drift” stems from a poetic mode of being within unmapped territory. The curator Ann Mirjam Vaikla on the exhibition: “The paintings radiate a certain darkness, in which pure spectral colours have been replaced by earthbound tones, such as purple, brown and burgundy. ... More
MAXXI explores Saint Francis through the lens of contemporary art ROME.- Saint Francis of Assisi is often remembered through familiar images: the humble friar, the lover of nature, the saint who spoke to birds and saw all living things as part of one shared creation. But a new exhibition at MAXXI in Rome looks beyond that traditional iconography to ask a broader question: what can the gaze of Saint Francis still teach contemporary art — and contemporary life? Opening to the public on May 22 at Extra MAXXI, “Creatures, Creators. Saint Francis and Contemporary Art” brings together works by major Italian artists from the postwar period to today, including Alberto Burri, Giorgio Morandi, Mario Giacomelli, Maria Lai, Piero Manzoni, Mario Schifano, Ettore Spalletti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Stefano Arienti, Paolo Canevari and Bruna Esposito. The exhibition, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, runs through September 20, 2026. ... More
TEFAF New York reports strong sales and high museum attendance at 10th anniversary fair NEW YORK, NY.- The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) presented its signature New York fair at the Park Avenue Armory, May 15–19, 2026, with an invite-only preview on May 14. Nearly 90 exhibitors from 14 countries brought exceptional works spanning modern and contemporary art, design, jewelry, and antiquities. “Against an evolving global backdrop, TEFAF New York continues to demonstrate the enduring demand for artistry, culture, and connoisseurship, with strong sales reported throughout the fair,” said Leanne Jagtiani, Director of TEFAF New York. “Now in our tenth year, we are proud to be a cornerstone of New York Art Week and a reflection of the vitality of the global art market.” TEFAF New York brings together the global art community. During the fair’s run, representatives from more than 260 museums and institutions attended, including leadership ... More
Asya Geisberg Gallery opens Basis, a solo show of porcelain sculptures by Gabriela Vainsencher NEW YORK, NY.- Asya Geisberg Gallery is presenting “Basis”, an exhibition of porcelain sculpture by Gabriela Vainsencher. The artist’s second exhibition at the gallery shows Vainsencher transitioning from a bodily oriented depiction of fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood, to a more structural and formally experimental exploration. Vainsencher embellishes with varying textures, pinching the clay with her fingers, carving images into the clay, juxtaposing matte and shiny glazes, to suggest drawing, painting, or printmaking. The white marks of ultrasounds evoke charcoal, and swirl as if in some primordial soup within the black of the womb. Vainsencher alternates between two gestures at antiquity - the amphora vase shape, and the portrait cameo - pivoting to asymmetric, unbalanced, and odd silhouettes. Themes echo from the past few years with an amplification ... More
Serpentine launches online game on critical thinking by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley LONDON.- Serpentine releases I DIDNT REALISE YOU THOUGHT LIKE THAT an online game and shareable tool for critical thinking, developed by artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, in partnership with nonprofit organisation Beyond Code Collective (Beyond Code), and supported by Glass Castle Foundation. I DIDNT REALISE YOU THOUGHT LIKE THAT will be available to play on web and mobile. It marks the next chapter of THE DELUSION, the multiplayer video game project addressing polarisation and societal rifts, which was presented at Serpentine North from September 2025 to January 2026. The project’s release on digital platforms signals Serpentine’s continued commitment to supporting art beyond gallery walls, fostering space for public discourse, while advancing Beyond Code’s mission to expand access to technological literacy and tools for future technologists ... More
Frans Hals Museum combines groundbreaking video work by Sin Wai Kin with masterpieces from its own collection HAARLEM.- From 22 May to 30 August 2026, the Frans Hals Museum will present the first Dutch solo presentation of the internationally renowned artist Sin Wai Kin. In Sin Wai Kin: Still Life, the moving portraits enter into a dialogue with the museum’s collection, merging the symbolism of 17th-century painting, the glamour of drag and science fiction. Artist Sin Wai Kin (1991, Toronto, Canada) brings fantasy to life in moving images. In doing so, the artist regularly draws on art history and pop culture to critique cultural narratives. In Sin’s work, in which they themselves often play a leading role, make-up and costumes play an important role. Sin was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2022; they are in the collections of Tate ... More
Crystal Bridges expands craft holdings with major acquisitions across ceramics, glass, fiber, metal & more BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges announces a significant expansion of its craft collection through new acquisitions by leading artists working across ceramics, glass, fiber, metal, and wood. Led by Jen Padgett, Windgate Curator of Craft, the acquisitions reinforce the museum’s commitment to championing artists whose work is grounded in skilled making and the creative exploration of material and process. The works highlight the breadth and innovation of contemporary craft practices while deepening Crystal Bridges’ broader mission to present a more expansive understanding of American art. The acquisitions come as Crystal Bridges prepares to unveil its historic expansion, led by Safdie Architects, and transform the museum experience, opening June 6 and 7, 2026. Crystal Bridges will expand access to five centuries of American art by adding another 114,000-square-feet of new space and showcasing a transformed way for visitors to interact with every part of the building – facilitating surprise ... More
Leila Heller Gallery opens solo exhibition by Kevork Mourad in Dubai DUBAI.- Leila Heller Gallery is presenting The Echoes of Silent Bells, a solo exhibition by Kevork Mourad. Opening in Dubai in May 2026, the exhibition brings together a new body of paintings, sculptural works, installations, and hand-cut compositions that reflect Kevork Mourad’s ongoing exploration of memory, displacement, cultural preservation, and the emotional architecture of history. Through layered visual narratives and intricate material processes, The Echoes of Silent Bells traces the fragile intersections between personal remembrance and collective cultural identity. Born in Qameshli, Syria, and shaped by the cultural richness of Aleppo as well as his Armenian heritage, Kevork Mourad’s practice emerges from a deep ... More
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