VIENNA.- The exhibition The Great Michelangelo Is Dead! Avant-Garde and Academicism aims to give new form to an age-old debate. It will not use academicism a pejorative label for all that is outdated, nor credit the avant-garde with a monopoly on the new. Rather, the objective is to uncover the creative dynamic playing out between these two poles – both in a deep historical perspective and as it currently demarcates positions in the field of contemporary art. The occasion is a tercentenary of what is now the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna – the anniversary of the drafting of its statutes, modelled on those of the French academy, by Jacob van Schuppen in 1726. Yet the exhibition presents not a detailed history of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna but a journey through the history of the academy (and the academies) as well as its anti-academic adversaries in fifteen chapters that pinpoint key junctures. In so doing, it also frames a new perspective on the academy’s current role and its ... More
LONDON.-Varvara Roza Galleries has opened APPLECORE II, a new exhibition of paintings by London-based Czech British artist Hynek Martinec. Curated by Ben Tufnell, Martinec’s debut exhibition with the St James’s gallery runs until 20 October 2026. Bringing together classical painting techniques and contemporary questions about originality, authorship and human creativity, the exhibition takes one of art history’s most enduring symbols — the apple — as its starting point. At a time when artificial intelligence is transforming how images are made and circulated, Martinec considers the place of painting in an increasingly digital world. The new works transform familiar objects into complex, often unsettling compositions. Drawing on biblical imagery, Renaissance painting and still life traditions, they explore knowledge, temptation, memory and transformation. The exhibition develops ideas first explored in Cy ... More
Pair Paul Millet for Sevres Gilt Bronze Flambe Vases. Circa 1920. Estimate $400-$600.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present the Gloria Hebert Estate & Other Collections on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 10:30 am PDT. The sale offers over 275 lots of decorative arts from the Gloria Hebert Estate, plus jewelry and other items from other collections and estates of Northern California. Gloria Hebert owned Arcady Antiques in Montecito, California, for nearly 20 years. Artworks include oil and watercolor paintings, prints, lithographs, pastels, several French advertising posters and bronze sculptures, and busts of marble or metal. Among the artists are Donald Jurney, Armin Hansen, Franco Barasciutti, Andrei Wilenius, Carolyn Wyeth, Henry Vickers, Hedwig Wollner-Beuk, and others. There is a wide selection of decorative arts: Paul Millet vases; Lalique plates; miniature figures of dogs; paperweights; Moorcroft vessels; European ... More
Lucien Clergue, Nu Zébré, New York (27/30 MF), 1998. Gelatin silver print, printed later, 20 x 16 in. copyright Atelier Lucien Clergue, courtesy of Throckmorton Fine Art.
NEW YORK, NY.-Throckmorton Fine Art presents Lucien Clergue: A Life Through the Lens, featuring rare vintage gelatin silver prints by renowned French photographer Lucien Clergue (1934–2014). Lucien Clergue: A Life Through the Lens, on view from October 1, 2026, through January 16, 2027, brings together 45 vintage prints, from his iconic Nus de la mer (Nudes in the Sea) series to poetic studies of the Camargue marshes, bullfighting motifs, and surrealist compositions. Printed soon after the negatives were exposed, the images showcase Clergue’s command of high-contrast chiaroscuro and rich, tactile tones. Sensual, serene, and timeless, they evoke the Mediterranean and a quieter past while marking the emergence of modern European figurative photography. Born in Arles, ... More
Van der Hoeven joined the Van Gogh Museum in June 2015. He started as an Assistant Researcher, subsequently became an Assistant Curator and has worked as a Researcher since 2019.
AMSTERDAM.- Joost van der Hoeven has been appointed as Head of the new Research Department as of 1 August 2026. Van der Hoeven joined the museum in 2015 and became a Researcher in 2019. The former Collections & Research Department was split into two departments on August 1: Collections and Research. The Collections Department, which will continue to be headed by Marije Vellekoop, is responsible for the presentation and expansion of the collection, as well as for exhibition development. The new Research Department focuses on art-historical and technical research into Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. This new organisation aims to strengthen both key areas and achieve a better balance between the various departments within the Van Gogh Museum’s Collection Group, which includes the Collections and Research Departments. Joost ... More
A rare large blue and white 'dragon' dish, China, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735) estimate: £150,000-200,000.
LONDON.- Fine Asian Art at Christie's London on 6 November marks Christie's regular return to Asian Art in London. This sale celebrates the rich breadth of Asian artistic traditions, comprising approximately 150 exceptional works spanning Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings; Himalayan, Indian and Southeast Asian Buddhist Art; and Japanese Art, showcasing outstanding quality, rarity, and provenance. This dynamic sale format builds on the success of The Flacks Family Collection II: Curtain Call in May. Estimates range from £1,000 to £350,000. The pre-sale public view will be open from 31 October to 5 November. Over 90 Chinese works will be presented, including distinguished collections of huanghuali furniture. Centuries of Taste: Legacy of a Private Collection is led by a large 17th century trestle-leg table of exquisite proportions (estimate: £250,000-350,000). A distinguished ... More
FRANKFURT.- Anna Hulačová’s figurative sculptures combine influences from Surrealism, Socialist Realism, and Czech folk art to create a distinctive cosmos of their own. From October 1, 2026, to January 10, 2027, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting the artist’s first solo exhibition in Germany, coinciding with the Czech Republic’s appearance as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026. Hulačová, who grew up on a farm, draws on a deep connection to plants and animals in her artistic practice, exploring the relationship between humans, nature, and technology from an ecofeminist perspective. Her work addresses the loss of biodiversity, declining insect populations, and the consequences of industrial agriculture. The bee—a symbol of collective labor, ecological crisis, and mystical immortality—is a central metaphor in her work, but its role extends beyond the symbolic: Hulačová creates her works in collaboration with ... More
Mira Schendel (1919–1988) was one of the most prolific artists and visionaries of the twentieth century.
LONDON.- Lisson announced representation of the Estate of Mira Schendel, collaborating globally with Gomide & Co, São Paulo. In 2027, Lisson New York will present an extensive survey of the artist’s works on paper, including a never-before-seen series of drawings. Paper, after all, was one of the defining media of Schendel’s oeuvre: not only was it featured in many of her most important works but it helped distinguish her from her contemporaries. To shed further light on Schendel’s practice ahead of this forthcoming solo show, Lisson will spotlight the artist’s work in a group exhibition in November this year. Also this Autumn, Luxembourg + Co., London, will present Mira Schendel: In Transit (opening 12 October), featuring paintings and works on paper from the 1950s through the 1980s, alongside a complementary display of Schendel’s work in a solo presentation at Frieze Masters. The presentation marks Schendel’s first exhibition in London in over a decade, following ... More
Pee-wee's Big Adventure replica bicycle with 2011 Visionary Spike TV Scream Award, ridden by Paul Reubens at the 2011 Spike TV Scream Awards.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions announced today “Paul Reubens' Big Auction,” honoring the life and career of actor, comedian, writer, and producer Paul Reubens, presented in celebration with The Groundlings, the landmark improvisation and sketch comedy theatre in Los Angeles where Reubens first found his voice as a performer. The auction takes place live Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at The Groundlings Theatre and online at juliensauctions.com. The celebration begins at The Groundlings Theatre, where Julien’s and The Groundlings will present an exclusive exhibition showcasing highlights of Paul Reubens’ historic archive from Wednesday, October 14 through Wednesday, October 28, leading up to the auction. On the evening of October 14, The Groundlings will host a special screening of several episodes of the original Pee-wee’s Playhouse series followed by a panel discussion celebrating Reubens’ ... More
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction: Yoshitomo Nara’s Present as the top lot of the night.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s latest Hong Kong sales closed with a combined total of HK$955.98 million (US$124.28 million), the auction house’s highest total in the category in the city since fall 2023. Across four sales, 91% of lots found buyers, with the overall result coming in nearly 35% above the March 2026 total. The Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction accounted for the largest share, bringing HK$671.33 million (US$87.27 million). The top lot was Yoshitomo Nara’s Present, which sold for HK$71.66 million (US$9.32 million), above its high estimate. Nara’s The Crated Room in Iceland/Drawing Room followed at HK$61.9 million, while Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin (TWPOT) achieved HK$60.68 million. The evening sale also produced several auction records. Hu Xiaoyuan’s Wood - Rift I sold for HK$1.664 million, while Li Hei Di’s The Heaviest of Burdens Crushes Us, We Sink Beneath It, It Pins Us to the Ground reached HK$3.328 million after 18 bids. Vu ... More
Dr. Jane Goodall with binoculars. Photo: The Jane Goodall Institute.
LONDON.- Today the Science Museum in London unveiled a stunning portrait of pioneering conservationist Dr Jane Goodall on the first anniversary of her death, honouring a scientist whose discoveries transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and the natural world. Now on free display, the portrait has been donated to the museum and joins the Science Museum Group Collection. Widely regarded as one of the world's most influential conservationists, Dr Jane Goodall was celebrated around the world for her long-running study of chimpanzees. Her observations of the primates challenged accepted ideas about the distinction between humans and other animals. The large-scale portrait, created by French-born artist Mr Brainwash, who rose to prominence through Banksy's Academy Award-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, depicts Dr Goodall opposite a chimpanzee amid lush vegetation and the artist's signature graffiti-inspired imagery. The chimpanzee represents David Greybea ... More
Astronauts, Gemini, 2025. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: George Nalbadis.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- On October 17, the Walker Art Center will present its inaugural Design Triennial, titled Beyond Materialism. Guest-curated by leading design voice Joseph Grima, in close collaboration with the Walker’s Asli Altay, the presentation explores the importance of spirituality, emotional connectedness, and communal engagement to contemporary design. It features approximately 95 new and recent works by 26 designers and collectives representing more than ten countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Nigeria, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Beyond Materialism includes seven designers showing in the US for the first time, including Espace Aygo, Stef Fusani, Shao-Chun Hsu, Jonghoo Jeong, Maximilian Marchesani, Moon Seop Seo, and Christoph Wimmer-Ruelland, and two commissions created especially for the show by VESSEL (James Bridle and Navine G. Dossos) and Lucas Muñoz Muñoz. Among the other featured ... More
Mateusz Dworczyk, »Selbstportrait mit Nelke«, 2018, Digitalfotografie, Pigmentdruck, 40 × 30 cm.
SALZBURG.- As the granddaughter of a “Pied-Noir” (a term used to describe the French population in Algeria during the violent French colonial rule from 1830 to 1962), Margot Wallard seeks to reflect the fluidity and mutability of memory and to expand it through a new perspective. During her visits to Oran between 2018 and 2020, she explored the city with her camera and, while her biographical search for traces of the past, encountered a new generation: present, complex, and self-determined. This resulted in portrait series centered around the Bonbon Café, she photographed street scenes, urban vegetation, and the still-evident traces of the colonial past in the cityscape. In her exhibition, Margot Wallard interweaves her grandmother’s photo archive with her own images from Algeria and with photographs she took of her grandmother during her final years in France. The oldest surviving photograph was made by Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), marking the beginning of an epochal media i ... More
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Rijksmuseum and Museo Nacional del Prado announce major research partnership on women in art AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum and the Museo Nacional del Prado announce an in-depth research partnership focusing on women in art and history. This collaboration builds on the long-standing commitment of both museums to increase the representation of women in their collections on a permanent basis. By joining forces, the museums will contribute through new research to a richer and more inclusive understanding of the shared Dutch and Spanish history. The museums will develop an international fellowship programme for postdoctoral researchers and an exhibition in the Rijksmuseum on female leadership in the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century. The collaboration brings together several strands, such as the organisation of expert meetings, a fellowship programme, and an exhibition in the Rijksmuseum. The fellowship ... More
Goldin names Charles Blane as Coin and Numismatic Consignment Director RUNNEMEDE, NJ.- Goldin announced the appointment of Charles Blane as Coin and Numismatic Consignment Director. One of the most recognizable figures in the coin industry, Blane brings extensive expertise in coins, banknotes, and medals to the role. Throughout his nearly two decades in the industry, Blane has brought over $100 million in consignments to auction, including some of the most prestigious single owner numismatic collections. Prior to joining Goldin, Blane began his career at Christie’s in 2007 before becoming Managing Director, Americas, at Spink, where he developed deep industry knowledge and connections. Career highlights include The Rauf Al Mannai Collection of Coins & Banknotes, The George Blaine Collection of Chinese Coins, The Omar Waddington Collection of Scottish & Irish Banknotes, and the Michael E. Bonine Collection ... More
Galeria Municipal do Porto presents its autumn 2026/winter 2027 programme PORTO.- Galeria Municipal do Porto (GMP) unveils its autumn and winter programme, comprising three exhibitions alongside a public programme including live performances, a study programme, talks and listening sessions. The season begins with the final weeks of the summer exhibitions. Physical Culture: Porto Edition, by Augustas Serapinas, and the installation Sharing, by Pia Camil, are on view until 18 October, while Lydia Ourahmane’s For Voice can be visited until 25 October. On 11 November, GMP opens three new exhibitions. Leonor Parda’s debut institutional exhibition, Nightwood, borrows its title from Djuna Barnes' novel and brings together a group of new works. Combining sculpture, video and sound, Parda reconfigures found objects and assorted materials, from steel and concrete to resins and textiles, echoing the copy-paste logic of the internet ... More
Kate MacGarry presents early paintings by French abstractionist Bernard Piffaretti LONDON.- Kate MacGarry is presenting Bernard Piffaretti’s third solo exhibition at the gallery, featuring paintings from the 80s and 90s, a foundational period in the artist’s practice. Each work begins with a single vertical line painted down the centre, an unfolding from canvas to canvas that has neither beginning nor end. This line of demarcation becomes a symbol of Piffaretti’s desire to make a “metapictorial work”, one that questions and experiments with the idea of the picture itself. A composition is painted on one side of the line, le premier temps, before being recreated on the other, le second temps. The first pictorial gesture becomes the matrix for the second. The interval between the two stages of the painting becomes visible. This recreation allows the artist to reconsider the first composition and improvise upon it, admitting imperfection into the process. Which side is painted ... More
$716,750 for Captain America leads Heritage's Sept. 24-27 Comics and Comic Art auctions to $18.17 million DALLAS, TX.- A CGC 9.0 copy of Captain America No. 1 — a high point in the Merrimack Valley Collection, a recently discovered trove of Golden Age treasures — hit $716,750, leading Heritage Auctions’ Sept. 24–26 Comic Books Signature® Auction to a total of $8,425,785. Combined with the Sept. 25–27 Comic Art Signature® Auction’s $9,748,344, the two auctions took in a combined total of $18,174,129 over four days. Jerry Robinson’s original art for the cover for Detective Comics No. 68 from 1942, which featured Two-Face’s first cover appearance and second appearance overall, led the Comic Art auction, realizing $475,000. “The Merrimack Valley Collection is a wonderful discovery,” says Heritage Auctions Vice President Aaron White. “For an original-owner collection that spent the last 75 or 80 years in a cardboard box, the condition of the books was stunning. ... More
Fady Nassif Collection brings Egyptian and Middle Eastern banknote rarities to Heritage's World Paper Money Auction DALLAS, TX.- A celebrated collection of historic Egyptian and Middle Eastern banknotes, heralded for its combination of rare issued notes and material documenting how currency was designed and produced, will be among the top attractions when it crosses the block in Heritage’s World Paper Money Signature® Auction Oct. 14–15. The Fady Nassif Collection includes a wide array of notes, the majority of which are from Egypt. The collection features some of the earliest Egyptian notes, as well as some that are exceedingly elusive to collectors. “This auction includes appealing lots from A to Z — literally, with exceptional banknotes from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, and an incredible range of nations in between,” says Craig Eustace, ... More
Museo Picasso Málaga to host study day on the artistic dialogues between Munch and Picasso MALAGA.- Museo Picasso Málaga will bring Edvard Munch and Pablo Picasso into closer conversation this month with a study day examining the artistic and personal connections between two of modern art’s most influential figures. Taking place on October 30, the event is organized in connection with the museum’s temporary exhibition MUNCH-PICASSO and will gather scholars and curators from the Munch Museum in Oslo and the University of Málaga, along with the exhibition’s curator, Paloma Alarcó. Rather than approaching the two artists only through broad stylistic comparisons, the program will focus on some of the more specific themes that emerge from the exhibition, including the role of women in their lives and work, the representation of the human body, and the ways in which Picasso may have looked toward Munch’s work. Alarcó will open ... More
Hurvin Anderson and Orla Kiely awarded Royal College of Art Honorary Doctorates LONDON.- The Royal College of Art has awarded Honorary Doctorates to acclaimed artist Hurvin Anderson RA and iconic print designer Orla Kiely OBE. The prestigious distinctions were conferred by Sir Peter Bazalgette, Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council at the RCA, during a ceremony held at the iconic Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank. Honorary Doctorates represent the highest recognition the College can bestow upon an individual, celebrating exceptional accomplishments, profound cultural impact, and sustained excellence in creative fields. Each year, the RCA honours select leaders and innovators with Honorary Doctorates and Honorary Fellowships alongside graduating students during Convocation. Both 2026 recipients are distinguished RCA alumni whose work has significantly shaped global visual culture. Hurvin Anderson RA, who graduated in MA Painting at the RCA in 1998, is renowned for his evocative, layered paintings that explore identity, memory, and the Caribbean diaspora. Recently ... More
The Metropolitan Museum of Art elects Misty Copeland as Civic Trustee NEW YORK, NY.- The Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it has elected Misty Copeland as a Civic Trustee. The election took place at the October 1, 2026, meeting of the Board and was announced by Co-Chairs Candace K. Beinecke and Hamilton (“Tony”) E. James. “Misty is a trailblazing dancer whose deep commitment to supporting and engaging with the arts has enriched the cultural landscape both in New York City and beyond,” said Board Co-Chairs Beinecke and James. “It is our great pleasure to welcome her to the Board, and we look forward to working with her as stewards of the Museum.” Misty Copeland is a dancer, author, producer, and philanthropist. Among her professional achievements, she made history as the first Black woman to be promoted to principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theater. Additionally, ... More
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