Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), Bildnis Gertrud Loew (Gertha Felsőványi) 1902. Oil on canvas. Estimate: £20–30 million ($27–40m).
LONDON.- This summer in London, Sotheby’s will stage a landmark exhibition and sale of masterpieces from the renowned Lewis Collection. Estimated in excess of £150m / $200m, this will be the most valuable single collection ever offered in London, bringing together some of the greatest achievements in modern figurative painting. Select highlights from the collection will be unveiled to the public at Sotheby’s headquarters in New York’s historic Breuer Building on 2 May, ahead of exhibition and sale in London in June. Highlights on view in New York will include Gustav Klimt’s ethereal full-length society portrait Bildnis Gertrud Loew (Gertha Felsőványi) from 1902 (est. £20–£30m); Egon Schiele’s audacious early masterpiece Danaë, in which all of the artist’s nascent talent is crystalised (est. £12–18m); a major painting by Amedeo Modigliani – Homme à la pipe (Le notaire de Nice) – unseen for almost half a century (est. £12–18m), and Fran ... More
LONDON.- Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation announced the selection committee for the Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize. The jury comprises Michelle Kuo, Venus Lau, Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine), Jon Rider (FLAG Art Foundation) and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Over the next decade, a total of £1 million (£200,000 biennially) will be awarded to five recipients providing unmatched support at a pivotal moment in their careers. This is the UK’s largest contemporary art prize given to a single artist. The jury convened in London on Thursday 23 April to select the inaugural prize winner which will be announced on 12 May. The prize is intended to provide artists, at a significant stage in their careers, with the freedom, time, and material support to develop a substantial new body of work, exhibit it, and then explore new ideas or directions in their practice. Artists selected for the prize by the jury will be of any generation or age, from all geographies, will have been exhibiting professiona ... More
Antique Ruby, Enamel and 14k Brooch-Pendant. Estimate $1,800-$2,200.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present the Estate Jewelry of Joan A. Nitis on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:30 am PDT. The sale features 135 lots – almost all from the estate of Joan A. Nitis of San Francisco. Offerings include women’s gem-set jewelry, some items for men, several accessories, and numerous groupings. Jewelry lots include necklaces and chains, rings, bracelets and bangles, pendants, brooches, earrings, pocket watches and chains, wrist watches and straps, and cufflinks. Most are 18k or 14k gold, silver or platinum; many are set with precious stones such as diamond, amethyst, ruby, emerald, pearl, jade, coral, tourmaline, blue topaz, or sapphire. Other pieces include mother-of-pearl, bone, hardstone or rock crystal. Some pieces are antique or vintage. Noted jewelry names include Tiffany, Hermès, Gumps, Alexis Bittar, Christian Dior, and Trifari. There are also many groupings o ... More
Chris Ofili (*1968 Manchester), Trump, 1998, oil, acrylic, polyester resin, glitter, paper collage, map pins and elephant dung on canvas, 243.5 × 182.3 × 18 cm, estimate €300,000 – 500,000.
VIENNA.- Modern and Contemporary Art, alongside important jewellery and watches, will feature in the major spring auctions of the Contemporary Week at Dorotheum in Vienna from 19 to 21 May 2026, followed by Editions on 10 June. One of the central works in the Contemporary Art sale on 20 May 2026 is by Julian Schnabel. Created four years ago, it is one of his characteristic paintings composed of ceramic shards from the 'Victory Plate Paintings' series (€180,000–260,000). Schnabel’s unconventional use of materials is a defining feature of his oeuvre. The vibrant quartz-pink blossoms and the luminous azure of the background evoke the optimism of warm summer days. This aspect that may also be read politically: the artist began this series in 2020 on the day Donald Trump lost the presidential election. Oscillating between beauty and decidedly unorthodox painterly materials are the works of the British 'Sensation' artist Chris Ofili, in which Black culture, religion, history and pop co ... More
LONDON.- Today a landmark UK-wide touring programme from Art Fund, the national charity for museums and galleries, launches at Penlee House Gallery & Museum in Penzance with the opening of Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art (until 27 September 2026). The collaborative exhibition explores the barriers women artists have faced over the last 150 years and celebrates the lasting impact of their work today. Bringing together over 60 works from the collections of Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum and Kirkcaldy Galleries, Making Her Mark is the first of a series of 12 major touring shows that will travel to museums and galleries across the UK over the next five years as part of Art Fund’s Going Places programme, made possible with major support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Julia Rausing Trust. One of the most ambitious touring programmes of its kind, the £5.36m Going Places initiative brings together 20 museums from all four nations ... More
Installation view Lebt und arbeitet in Wien: Contemporary Art from Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier 2026.
VIENNA.- Kunsthalle Wien presents the most extensive survey of the Viennese contemporary art scene organised by the institution in over a decade. For six months, across all of its spaces in the Museumsquartier and at Karlsplatz, Lebt und arbeitet in Wien will bring together over 130 artworks by 56 artists who live and work in Vienna, including painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, photography, performance, sound, film and video. Accompanied by a public programme of talks, performances and events, it places emphasis on the city as a dynamic space of production where art is shaped by a critical approach to the forces of conservatism and a sense of its own agency. Initially organised by Kunsthalle Wien in 2000, the fifth edition of Lebt und arbeitet in Wien builds upon a longstanding tradition of celebrating Vienna’s lively artistic discourse and diverse community of artists. Curated by Daniel Baumann, Michelle Cotton and Monika Georgieva, it focuses on new and recent works with 38 arti ... More
HAMBURG.- With the exhibition “Photo: Hans Hansen”, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) is devoting a large-scale retrospective to one of the leading photographers in post-war Germany. From 17 April to 1 November 2026, viewers will be able to discover around 220 iconic photographs from a career spanning over six decades. In international ad campaigns for companies including Lufthansa, Nikon, Volkswagen and Erco, Hans Hansen revolutionised product photography in the 1960s and shaped the collective visual memory of entire generations. Examples from these campaigns are supplemented in the show with works demonstrating Hansen’s close collaboration with designers such as Tapio Wirkkala. Tools, correspondence, sketches, archival material and selected objects from Hansen’s own private collection are also on view to provide deeper insights into his working process. The photographer applies his distinctive minimalist, objective visual language to exploring his chosen means ... More
PARIS.- On May 21st, 2026, Artcurial will present a selection of works by the legendary artistic duo Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, as part of its Art Deco / Design auction. Their poetic and dreamlike universe remains one of the most singular expressions of 20th-century design. Among the highlights, the sale features a rare Singe attentif II by François-Xavier Lalanne, alongside a remarkable ensemble of lighting pieces by Claude Lalanne from the same private collection. A defining highlight of the Art Deco / Design auction, Singe attentif II (1999) epitomizes François-Xavier Lalanne’s sculptural universe, where the animal kingdom becomes both language and metaphor. Cast in bronze with a green patina, monogrammed and numbered EA 1/4 A, the sculpture presents a contemplative monkey, suspended between observation and introspection. It distills the wit, intelligence, and quiet surrealism that define the Lalannes’ aesthetic vocabulary. The singularity of this sculpture also stems fro ... More
The institution advances efforts to rebuild the Edward Durell Stone building.
PONCE, PR.- The Museo de Arte de Ponce announced the start of the reconstruction of the main galleries of its Edward Durell Stone Building. This project entails the repair and structural reinforcement of the emblematic building in response to the impacts caused by earthquakes in recent years. Following extensive structural safety studies and various fundraising initiatives, the Museum is launching the reconstruction project to ensure the protection of its collections, the safety of its visitors, and the adaptation of its spaces to contemporary building standards. “After six years, reaching this moment brings a deep sense of satisfaction. My grandfather, Don Luis A. Ferré, founded this Museum with the conviction that art transforms lives and that Puerto Rico deserved an institution of this magnitude. By beginning the repair of the galleries that the 2020 earthquakes took from us, we reaffirm that purpose and continue his vision. This is an act of permanence: art and his dream of a museum for P ... More
Jill Magid. Photo: Tom Scanlan.
NEW YORK, NY.- Olney Gleason announced the representation of artist, writer, and filmmaker Jill Magid (b. 1973). The artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery, Notice of a Citizen, will open at 509 West 27th Street on June 11, 2026, anticipating the release of her career-spanning monograph, With Full Consent, (September 2026; Creative Time and Dancing Foxes Press). Considering the ambiguous relationship between a citizen and the presidency through a series of sculptures, neon works, and drawings, Notice of a Citizen draws on the forms, language, and objects that structure public appearances in the White House Rose Garden – historically referred to as “the people’s garden.” Magid’s practice interrogates structures of power on an intimate level. Working across sculpture, installation, performance, text, and moving image, Magid forms long-term relationships with governmental and corporate systems – among them police departments, intelligence agencies, surveillance ... More
Markus Brunetti, Molfetta, Duomo die San Corado, 2011-2026, Archival Pigment Print.
NEW YORK, NY.- Yossi Milo is presenting FACADES IV, Markus Brunetti’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, which will be on view through Saturday, June 20, 2026. This exhibition comes after more than twenty years of joint work on the FACADES series by Markus Brunetti and his partner and collaborator, Betty Schöner. The exhibition will also be marked by the release of FACADES I + II, a limited-edition catalogue raisonné presenting Brunetti’s works to date. Markus Brunetti’s (b. 1965; Bavaria, Germany) new works further his mission to document Europe’s religious architecture, and FACADES IV emphasizes his visions of prominent churches, monasteries, and cathedrals in Italy, France and Spain. These buildings are representative of Europe’s foremost religious architecture, and Brunetti has finally realized them in the FACADES series after having spent more than two decades constantly refining his self-devised photographic technique. Together, Brunetti and Schöner travel Europe ... More
Heritage’s May 22 Silver Auction Is a Journey Through Silver’s Most Expressive Forms.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage’s May 22 Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu Signature® Auction is a richly layered sale that explores silver as both a cultural language and a design medium, moving from the symbolic grandeur of the 19th century through the refined modernism of the 20th, culminating in a major private collection of Georg Jensen. “The auction unfolds in two complementary catalogs: the first devoted to masterworks of fine silver and objects of vertu, and the second to an important private collection of Georg Jensen silver assembled by Yousif and Myrna Hamati,” says Karen Rigdon, Vice President of Fine Silver & Decorative Arts at Heritage Auctions. “It’s a chance to explore silver’s evolution — not only in design, but as a collecting field that has withstood the volatility of the silver market.” The first catalog offers a compelling journey through silver’s most expressive moments, from grand statements of prestige to refined works of modern design. Leadin ... More
Marilyn Monroe Signed and Inscribed Photograph for Norman Rosten.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions will present one of the most intimate and consequential Marilyn Monroe archives ever to reach the public: The Marilyn Monroe Collection from the Estate of Norman and Hedda Rosten, offered in the June 1 Hollywood/Signature® Auction. Timed to the 100th anniversary of Monroe’s birth, this extraordinary trove—unseen for more than six decades—spans 1955–1962 and reveals a profoundly personal portrait of the woman behind the legend. The collection includes handwritten letters, private notes, poetry, watercolors, documents and personal effects—many previously unknown and never before offered at auction. These materials capture Monroe in her own voice: candid, searching, witty and vulnerable. Her writings reflect deeply on love and loss, including her devotion to Arthur Miller and heartbreak following her marriage to Joe DiMaggio. She confronts subjects ranging from a lost pregnancy to emotional fragility and mortality, while also revealing her creati ... More
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Montclair Art Museum announces retirement of longtime Chief Curator Dr. Gail Stavitsky MONTCLAIR, NJ.- The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) today announced that Dr. Gail Stavitsky, the Museum's Chief Curator, will retire on July 1, 2026, after an extraordinary tenure spanning more than 30 years. Dr. Stavitsky joined MAM in May 1994 as Curator of Collections and Exhibitions and was elevated to Chief Curator in 1998, a role in which she helped shape the Museum's curatorial identity, expand its national reputation, and deepen its commitment to American and Native American art. Over the course of her career at MAM, Dr. Stavitsky curated more than 200 exhibitions, establishing the Museum as a leading center for the study and presentation of American art and material culture. Recognized as a leading scholar of American modernism, she was the lead curator for the landmark exhibition Cézanne and American Modernism (2009), accompanied by a major publication. She also curated and served as primary author for Matisse and American Art (2017), the first exhibition and catalogue to examine the profound imp ... More
Dayton artist transforms ephemeral organisms into vitreous enamel and bronze DAYTON, OH.- The Contemporary Dayton will present Teresa Olavarria: Lichen, featuring new work by Dayton-based artist Teresa Olavarria and presented as our May Member Spotlight Exhibition that celebrates the vibrant creativity of our local and regional artist community. The exhibition opens Wednesday, May 6 with a public reception from 6–8 PM. Working in vitreous enamel on copper and patinated cast bronze, Olavarria translates the ephemeral qualities of lichen into enduring materials. Her meticulous processes include layering and firing glass onto metal, and casting bronze from wax models, resulting in richly textured forms that echo the organic structures found in nature. Through this transformation, fragile organisms are preserved in metal, becoming both study and tribute. “The works in Teresa Olavarria: Lichen invites viewers to reconsider what they see and what they overlook,” says Heather Jones, Curator and Director of Programs and Engagement at The Contemporary Dayton. “I ... More
The Querini Stampalia Foundation presents its spring-fall 2026 exhibition season VENICE.- Starting May 5 at the Cinema Querini Stampalia: a unique multi-screen cinema showing an anthology film. The fanciful quality of four distinct stories will act as a daydream engaging the public as if they were the directors and editors of another, new film, in which emerge not only unconscious psychological processes but also experiences in a realm where reality and imagination merge. The device challenges the concepts of unity, continuity and totality of the artwork, examining the tension between multiplicity and synopsis and the shifting of interwoven thematic fragments. In a workshop-like environment, the episodes bring kaleidoscopic incisiveness to an experience of reality, undermining the idea of plot and linear time, and fostering a multifaceted vision of reality in which each episode and even each frame is an experiment in life, a small thought-image. It offers a view through the lens of Venetian glass, shaped by the breath, the movement of the body and the precision of a watchfu ... More
Palazzo Grassi-Punta della Dogana, Pinault Collection presents three-day programme in Venice VENICE.- From Thursday, May 7 until Saturday, May 9, Palazzo Grassi—Punta della Dogana, Pinault Collection presents three consecutive days of performances and musical interventions, in dialogue with the ongoing exhibitions of artists Michael Armitage, Paulo Nazareth and Lorna Simpson. The programme transforms the spaces of Pinault Collection in Venice into venues for listening and experimentation, where sound and movement become tools for connecting with the artworks and the public. On the occasion of the exhibition Michael Armitage. The Promise of Change, the famous Ugandan ensemble Nakibembe Xylophone Troupe performs in the atrium of Palazzo Grassi with the embaire, a monumental wooden xylophone played simultaneously by up to twelve musicians for an unprecedented immersion in the works and universe of Michael Armitage. Rooted in a centuries-old musical tradition from eastern Uganda, Nakibembe is among the few groups in the world sustaining this remarkable instrument. Their performances w ... More
Flora Yukhnovich explores creational myths in new Victoria Miro Venice exhibition VENICE.- Victoria Miro presents Egg, an exhibition by Flora Yukhnovich of new paintings conceived in dialogue with a site-specific wall painting. The genesis of this exhibition lies in storytelling – myths and fairy tales, with an emphasis on stories detailing fantastical conceptions and births – specifically the ways in which narratives undergo transformation over time. Yukhnovich is drawn to the underlying ideologies of these creational stories and the ways in which, often, they strive to explain life’s mysteries while failing to account for the far stranger reality of lived experience. For the artist, this notion of concept versus practice finds salient parallels in painting, where the physicality of the painted mark can hold inherent contradictions and uncertainties, by turns precarious or profound, that live beyond simple interpretation. In the way that archetypal tales establish enduring narrative frameworks, their recurring dynamics and motifs changed by context as they mo ... More
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts appoints Essence Harden as Senior Curator SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) announces the appointment of Essence Harden as Senior Curator, beginning May 18, 2026. Harden is a renowned contemporary art curator, known for their interest in pushing the boundaries of visual language and their deep commitment to engaging artists in the curatorial process. Most recently, Harden served as curator for the 2026 editions of EXPO Chicago and the Focus section for Frieze LA, and co-curated The Hammer Museum’s major biennial Made in LA in 2025. Harden’s appointment at YBCA marks their homecoming to the Bay Area. Currently based in Los Angeles, Harden grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, CA and attended the University of California, Berkeley for undergrad and graduate school. While at UC Berkeley, Harden’s Ph.D research focused on 1970s Los Angeles art collective Studio Z and Black visual studies, areas that have continued to impact their curatorial focus today. “YBCA’s commitment to experimentation reflects a beli ... More
The Bahamas returns to Venice Biennale with a tribute to the late John Beadle VENICE.- Marking the second presentation of The Bahamas at the Venice Biennale following a 13-year hiatus, the Pavilion is an intergenerational dialogue between Bahamian artists John Beadle (1964–2024) and Lavar Munroe (b. 1982), curated by Dr. Krista Thompson. Both artists’ practices are grounded in the visual and social traditions of The Bahamas and the broader African diaspora, engaging in themes of collaboration, commemoration, and material transformation. Beadle was a revered figure within The Bahamas’ artistic community and an inspiration to many, including Munroe. He was part of a community of makers who create costumes for Junkanoo, the centuries-old biannual national processional festival, which he described as “the cultural bedrock of The Bahamas.” Junkanoo informed his commitment to collaborative artmaking and his use of discarded materials such as cardboard, as seen in works such as Cuffed, Held in Check (2018) and Body Space III: Under Lock and Key (2012). ... More
Yoshitomo Nara leads Bonhams 20th & 21st Century Art Evening Sale NEW YORK, NY.- Words Mean Nothing at All, a painting by pioneering contemporary Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara (b.1959) will lead Bonhams 20th & 21st Century Art Evening Sale on May 20 in New York at its new U.S. flagship location, 111 West 57th Street. Estimated at $4,000,000 – 6,000,0000 and monumental in scale, the present work was executed in 2012, one year after the Great East Japan Earthquake – a moment of profound personal and artistic reassessment for Nara. Reflecting a quieter, more introspective turn in Nara’s practice and an important point of inflection in his career, the painting engages themes of memory, solitude, and the limits of language. Also bringing together a rare density of Nara’s most iconic motifs, including the solitary girl, a tree, text fragments, birds, mountains, and a four-leaf clover, it stands out as an exceptionally rich and emotionally resonant work from this period of his practice. Another standout highlight in the sale will be ... More
Serralves unveils program for 50-hour-long arts festival, 20th edition PORTO.- The Serralves Foundation today unveiled the program for the 20th edition of Serralves em Festa, one of the Foundation's flagship initiatives. Taking place this year from May 29 to 31, the festival will once again transform Serralves’ cultural campus into a nonstop stage for 50 consecutive hours of performances, installations, and artistic activations. Highlights of this milestone edition include gravity-defying tightrope performances by Les Filles du Renard Pâle Company; a rare live set from legendary Detroit-based electronic music group Cybotron; a special concert from You Origin (Stephen O'Malley and Alponom), and a performance by Italian choreographer Alessandro Sciarroni, recipient of the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Since its first edition in 2004, Serralves em Festa has sought to present avant-garde culture in its most diverse and multifaceted expressions to a wide audience. By attracting visitors from all backgrounds, geographies, and generat ... More
Survey exhibition explores photography, migration, and colonial legacies TORONTO.- The Image Centre presents a major survey of Montreal-based artist Dawit L. Petros, winner of the 2025 Scotiabank Photography Award—one of Canada’s most prestigious honours recognizing outstanding contributions to contemporary photography. On view at the IMC (33 Gould Street, Toronto) from May 6 through August 1, 2026, the exhibition spans more than two decades of Petros’s practice and features over 60 photographs and serigraphs. Tracing the legacies of colonial history across Africa, Europe, and North America, the exhibition highlights Petros’s research-driven approach. Drawing on extensive travel, his layered artworks combine archival photographs, colour interventions, and minimalist compositions to question photography’s documentary authority and challenge outdated historical narratives. “Over the past two decades, Petros has emerged as a leading voice in contemporary photography,” says IMC Curator Gaëlle More ... More
Jochen Zeitz's Western Americana heads to auction BOSTON, MASS.- This spring, the renowned collection of Western Americana, assembled over several decades by former Harley-Davidson and PUMA CEO, philanthropist and leading conservationist, Jochen Zeitz, will be offered at auction through Boston-based RR Auction. The collection traces the turbulent decades of the nineteenth-century American frontier, when vast landscapes were undergoing rapid transformation through exploration, settlement, and conflict. Manuscripts, early photography, and artifacts included in the sale illuminate the personalities and events that shaped the American West. Among the figures represented are George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Bat Masterson and members of the James-Younger Gang. One highlight is an 1885 contract signed by Sitting Bull agreeing to travel with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show under the management of John M. Burke. The agreement set Sitting Bull’s salary at $50 per week and allowed hi ... More
On a day like today, American painter Frederic Edwin Church was born
May 04, 1826. Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 - April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. Church's paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views. He debuted some of his major works in single-painting exhibitions to a paying and often enthralled audience in New York City. In his prime, he was one of the most famous painters in the United States. Frederic Church “Heart of the Andes”, 1857, Metropolitan Museum of Art, framed by Eli Wilner & Company with an original period frame designed by Church.
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