This historically important and monumental Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company “Moorish” chandelier from the First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N.Y., circa 1892, became the sale’s top lot when bidders drove the price to $500,000.
PITTSFIELD, MASS.- Despite the severely cold weather that has gripped much of the Northeast of late, the action at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery was hot at its Fine and Decorative Arts Auction on February 7. The auction surpassed its high estimate to total $4.6 million with about two-thirds of the sale results coming from Tiffany Studios wares, primarily lighting. It takes a lot to surprise John Fontaine, auctioneer and owner of Fontaine’s, but even he admitted to being surprised to see that the Tiffany items as a group accounted for $3 million of the total sales. “This auction was amazing and we were very pleased with the results,” he said. “You expect that the very good items will bring very good prices but even the mid-range items did very well, outperforming their estimates in many cases.” Bidders came out in droves with more than 9,500 registered bidders from 67 ... More
Jens Juel, Johan Tobias Sergel (1740-1814), 1794. Oil on canvas. Photo: Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- In Spring and Summer 2026, Nationalmuseum will present a major exhibition on sculptor and draughtsman Johan Tobias Sergel. Sergel was a central figure in Swedish art during the late 18th century and is also considered one of the most important sculptors of his time on an international scale. A smaller version of the exhibition will be shown in autumn 2026 at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York. The exhibition offers a comprehensive view of Sergel’s life and art—from his early years in Stockholm in the 1750s and 1760s, through his many years abroad, above all in Italy in the 1770s, to his commissions for King Gustav III upon his return to Stockholm. One of the goals of the exhibition is to place Sergel’s life and work in a broader cultural and historical context. His relationships with ... More
TOKYO.- Pace will host Robert Nava’s first solo show in Japan at its Tokyo gallery from February 19 through April 1, 2026. The presentation will feature new paintings and works on paper created by the artist between 2023 and 2026, showcasing fantastical scenes of beauty and chaos that invite viewers to reconnect with the limitless imagination of their childhoods. Nava’s works are populated by real and imagined creatures, angels, witches, and other beings rendered in energetic color. Often imbued with a sense of philosophical and psychological charge, his figures suggest a dark, contemplative, and existential mood despite their vibrancy, liveliness, and humor. Rendered at a range of scales, the works that the artist will show in Tokyo are at once inviting and unsettling, defying traditional ... More
BOULDER, CO.-Artemis Fine Arts will open its upcoming auction of Native American, ethnographic, and ancient art on February 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM CST, bringing together a broad selection of cultural artifacts, antiquities, and artworks spanning continents and centuries. The Boulder-based sale includes material from Native American, Northwest Coast, Pre-Columbian, Oceanic, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, and Asian traditions, alongside ethnographic objects, fossils, and fine art. All works have been legally acquired and are legal to sell. The auction’s highlights reflect Artemis Fine Arts’ characteristic blend of archaeological material, historical objects, and modern artworks, appealing to collectors interested in both ancient civilizations and more recent ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- MUBI presents The Mastermind, the upcoming book release from MUBI Editions, publishing 20 January 2026 in North America and 17 February 2026 in the UK/ROW. Kelly Reichardt, one of America’s most celebrated independent filmmakers, is renowned for her intimate portraits of ordinary lives. At the heart of her work are the close collaborations with cast and crew that shape her films. The Mastermind is a beautifully designed box set of four booklets documenting the making of Reichardt’s 2025 film, which premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and stars Josh O’Connor. The Mastermind is an in-depth record of the film’s creation and an evocative capsule of time and place. Through personal reflections, photographs, and fragments of memory and ephemera, Reichardt and the project’s collaborators reveal the skill, care, and camaraderie that defined their filmmaking process. The book features a critical ... More
Ursula von Rydingsvard, Untitled, 2022. Cedar, 95 x 32 x 32 in (241.3 x 81.3 x 81.3 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Lelong, New York, announces a new solo exhibition by the esteemed sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard, presenting recent works in the artist's signature medium, cedar, alongside a selection of new drawings. Known for her monumental sculptures that are grand in scale but intimate in their details, von Rydinsgvard takes a highly intuitive, personal approach to her work, her dedication to the act of making paramount in her practice. Of her drive, the artist explains "[I make art] because I don't want to be doing anything with my life—that the building of my art work feels like the most consequential thing I could be doing with my time." Through her painstaking processes of cutting and assembling, standardized industrial wood beams are transformed, reinvigorated with organic, supple energy and emotional charge. This exhibition coincides with Ursula von Rydingsvard: states of becoming at the Bruce ... More
BRUSSELS.- Beauty and Ugliness have always fascinated people, yet their meanings shift over time. From 20 February to 14 June 2026, Bozar presents Bellezza e Bruttezza, a historical exhibition that explores how artists from Italy and Northern Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries depicted these extremes. From refined ideals to deliberate caricatures. A rare opportunity to see extraordinary and precious works of Botticelli, Titian, Da Vinci, Tintoretto, Cranach the Elder, Matsys, and many others, displayed in Belgium for the first and only time. The exhibition traces how the standards of Beauty and Ugliness evolved from the last quarter of the 15th century to the end of the 16th century—key transitional periods—by juxtaposing in a rich and compelling confrontation the ways in which ... More
RM Sotheby’s brings a standout Ferrari to The Biltmore (Coral Gables): a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider (chassis 1431 GT), offered from 19 years of careful stewardship in a top-tier collection. Estimate: $6M–$7M.
MIAMI, FLA.- RM Sotheby’s returns to ModaMiami for its third edition, once again hosting the auction at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Among the standout Ferrari offerings is the exceptional 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, chassis 1431 GT, a highly coveted open-air 250 GT that helped define the intersection of competition-bred engineering and Riviera-level elegance. The car will cross the block at the ModaMiami auction on Friday, February 27, 2026. “The long-wheelbase California Spider is one of the most beautiful Ferraris ever built, with the elegance and purpose that defined Ferrari at its peak,” said Gord Duff, President, RM Sotheby’s. “Chassis 1431 GT stands out with covered headlamps and the distinction of being the final inside-plug V-12 California Spider, backed by the right caretakers and a proven ... More
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Gagosian announced its participation in Frieze Los Angeles 2026 with a selection of works by California masters including Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Gehry, David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, and Wayne Thiebaud, in dialogue with new and recent works by artists from the gallery’s Los Angeles stable or who have exhibited at the Beverly Hills location, including Louise Bonnet, Chris Burden, Urs Fischer, Piero Golia, Mark Grotjahn, Jennifer Guidi, Lauren Halsey, Alex Israel, Nancy Rubins, Sterling Ruby, Jim Shaw, Honor Titus, Mary Weatherford, Jordan Wolfson, and Jonas Wood. The presentation celebrates California’s continuing vitality as an artistic hub by exploring multiple facets of its cultural influence. Israel’s painting Paramount Pictures (2025) is the first new work from Noir (2024–), a series of streetscapes exploring ... More
Berthe Morisot, Jeune fille cueillant des oranges. Estimate: €600,000–800,000.
PARIS.- Christie's announces its Marquee Week 20/21, which will take place in Paris from 14 to 17 April, following the London Marquee Week 20/21 held from 5 to 7 March with a rich series of international sales. The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale is one of its highlights, featuring in particular a masterpiece by René Magritte, Les grâces naturelles (£6,500,000–9,500,000). In Paris, with six sales (including one online), five collections and more than 400 works, Christie's once again underscores the importance of this spring event, now firmly established as one of the highlights of the Paris art calendar, alongside the Paris Art Week in October. Thus, Christie's strengthens the momentum initiated a few years ago, which saw this week dedicated to 20th and 21th century art achieve more than €58M in Paris in April 2025. Offering fascinating journeys through the century, Christie's Marquee Week 20/21 has become, in spring, from London to Paris, one of the key moments of the global market. ... More
Consolidated sales of $7.1 billion, strong profitability and balance sheet position. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby's today announced full year 2025 results, reporting consolidated sales of $7.1 billion, an 18% increase versus 2024. The company achieved revenue of $1.4 billion, a 21% increase versus 2024. “In the second half of 2025, early market momentum accelerated into broad-based strength across categories and regions. It was a record second half for Sotheby’s, marked by the highest bidder demand we have ever experienced,” said Charles F. Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Sotheby’s. “Beyond the encouraging market backdrop, we opened our stunning New York galleries at the Breuer, adding to our recent openings in Paris, Hong Kong and Zurich. We also deepened our commitment to the Middle East, including hosting inaugural auctions in Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, and grew new areas of our business including Sotheby’s Media. These achievements reflect the extraordinary talent and dedication of our global team, whose expertise continues ... More
Danziger Gallery will be presenting a selection of silver gelatin estate prints by Seydou Keïta at AIPAD 2026.
NEW YORK, NY.- Danziger Gallery announced its continued official representation in America of the Seydou Keïta estate along with the Nathalie Obadia Gallery in Europe. Almost all the images in Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens, currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum – and in Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination at the Museum of Modern Art in New York come from this estate. Both are currently on view. Since his photographs were first seen in the west 30 years ago, Seydou Keïta has been acknowledged as one of the great practitioners of the medium, his work collected and shown by the world’s leading museums. Born circa 1921, Seydou Keïta lived in Bamako, Mali, where from 1948 through the 1950s he ran a successful portrait studio taking pictures of local individuals and families. Essentially self-taught, Keïta developed his trademark style photographing his sitters in daylight against a variety of backdrops from plain drapes to vibrant African ... More
Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo.
MANCHESTER, NH.- The Currier Museum of Art announces the endowment of its Senior Curator position by prominent philanthropists and collectors of seventeenth-century Dutch art, Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo—the first endowed position in the museum's history as it approaches its centenary in 2029. The endowment—transformative in both its scope and long-term vision—will support the leadership, research, and programming essential to the museum's curatorial vision for generations to come, enabling deep engagement with the collection, groundbreaking exhibitions, and scholarly contributions that advance the field of art history. "Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo have been extraordinary partners to the Currier for many years," said Jordana Pomeroy, Director and CEO of the Currier. "Their generosity extends far beyond financial support. They have shared their remarkable collection and their passion for making Dutch art accessible." Longtime Currier supporters, the Van Otterloos ... More
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Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) Tel Aviv-Yafo opens exhibition of works by Absalon TEL AVIV.- The exhibition Absalon: Solutions and Problems presents three video works created by Absalon in the final two years of his life (1992–93)—Solutions, Noises, and Battle. Each shows Absalon himself engaged in actions of varying intensity, in which the body becomes an arena of battle, a scream, or a problem to be solved. Absalon (born Meir Eshel) died in Paris in 1993 of AIDS, only 29 years old, leaving behind a limited yet highly influential oeuvre. In the last year of his life he created the body of work with which he is most closely identified, centered on six prototypes of habitable cells—white-painted wooden structures, simply designed in accordance with the dimensions of his body and his basic needs: "All the houses are made with this desire to impose physical constraints which will mean that this house will be very real to me." He planned to install these cells ... More
A velvet ant, a flower and a bird at the Potter Museum of Art MELBOURNE.- The University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art announced A velvet ant, a flower and a bird an ambitious new exhibition curated by Chus Martínez. Opening February 19 and running until June 6, 2026, A velvet ant, a flower, and a bird remembers a historical genre: the Medieval bestiaries. Through the multifold collections of the University of Melbourne and a series of newly commissioned works, the exhibition situates cognition as a process emerging through networks of human and nonhuman systems, including the digital. Flowers, ants and birds constitute a parliament of beings, each carrying literal and symbolic weight that encourages us to reimagine what intelligence means. Each museum floor presided over by one of these natural entities, creates an ecosystem in which the analogue and the digital interrelate to give rise to a fantastic mental realm. ... More
ARCOmadrid 2026: 45 years giving voice to contemporary art MADRID.- ARCOmadrid will hold its 45th edition from 4 to 8 March 2026 reaffirming its position as one of the leading international events in contemporary art. Organised by IFEMA MADRID, the fair will present a carefully curated selection of projects, consolidating its role as a benchmark platform for contemporary creation and as a meeting point between diverse artistic scenes and contexts, together with the voices that drive them. A total of 211 galleries from 30 countries will convert Madrid into the international capital of contemporary art. On this occasion, 175 galleries make up the General Programme, in addition to the curated sections: ARCO2045: The future, for now, with 17 galleries; Opening. New galleries, with 19, and Profiles | Latin American Art, with 12 galleries. Spanish representation this year stands at 34% of the offer, while the international segment ... More
Kambui Olujimi receives Bemis Center's $25,000 Ree Kaneko Award OMAHA, NEB.- Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts announced multidisciplinary artist Kambui Olujimi as the 2025 recipient of its annual Ree Kaneko Award. As part of Bemis Center’s Alumni Program, this prestigious award provides $25,000 in unrestricted financial support to increase the capacity of a Bemis alum’s practice. Olujimi first joined the Bemis community as an artist-in-residence in 2009 and later returned as a participating artist in the group exhibitions Time + Space: Futures in 2016 and All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy in 2021. Over the years, his interdisciplinary practice — spanning painting, sculpture, installation, photography, writing, video, and performance — has gained national and international recognition for its incisive examinations of history, myth, and the social conventions that shape collective memory. Working across ... More
Lethaby Gallery presents A Common Thread, an exhibition rooted in craft and material practice LONDON.- Lethaby Gallery at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London presents A Common Thread, a new exhibition exploring how material practice and craft processes respond to urgent socio-political and environmental concerns. Spanning art, design, architecture, fashion, performance and material experimentation, A Common Thread reflects on how materials carry histories, techniques and how craft-based practice continues to shape contemporary creative work. The exhibition brings together over 30 works by Central Saint Martins’ students, staff and graduates, each framing craft as a shared language - one that connects disciplines, cultures and ways of working. Set within a global conversation on materials and making, the exhibition foregrounds practices that draw on inherited knowledge while embracing ethical approaches and experimentation. ... More
'Women's Dreams' unites defiant Polish and East German artists of the 1980s SZCZECIN.- Women’s Dreams stages an imagined encounter between female artists active in the 1980s in East Germany and Poland—one that the political circumstances of the time made impossible. The exhibition brings together works by Polish artists Ewa Zarzycka, Ewa Partum, and Izabella Gustowska alongside those of German practitioners Christine Schlegel, Cornelia Schleime, Gabriele Stötzer, Tina Bara, and the collective Künstlerinngruppe Erfurt. Their works share a critical stance toward the social and political norms imposed on women, coupled with a determination to assert control over their own image. The artists challenged the portrayal of women in socialist media, resisted prescribed gender roles, confronted discrimination, and expressed their desires with remarkable clarity and courage. The 1980s were shaped by martial law and the closing of borders ... More
Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán to represent Romania at the Venice Biennale VENICE.- Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán will represent Romania at the 2026 Venice Biennale 2026 with Black Seas—Scores for the Sonic Eye, curated by Corina Oprea and Diana Marincu. The exhibition unfolds as a polyphonic installation of visual, sonic, and sculptural elements. The pavilion is structured around the understanding of the Black Sea as a plural, networked hydroscape, shaped by the rivers that flow into it, carrying Europe’s intertwined colonial and political histories. These currents extend toward the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, situating the Sea within broader systems of circulation, migration, and exchange that historically connected it to Venice, as well as to routes between Asia and Europe. Within this field, movements of water, ecological processes, geopolitical histories, and more-than-human forces intersect, forming a space that is at once historical ... More
Dike Blair's new oil paintings at Karma explore the architecture of vision NEW YORK, NY.- In Dike Blair’s observations of windowsills, elevators, airport lounges, construction scenes, and other precisely circumscribed settings, time is suspended. The oil paintings here were developed over the course of the past two years. Emphasizing framing devices, surfaces, and the complex interrelationships between and within compositions, these works self-reflexively nod toward the parameters of vision and painting alike. No singular narrative asserts itself over this collection of images—instead, relationships both formal and conceptual proliferate. Unlike recent shows focused on outdoor scenes, these paintings primarily depict shallow spaces like corners, walls, and architectural thresholds. Motifs like drinks and flowers double or triple: Blair synthesized elements from three separate paintings to create the fluffy peonies in one work, covertly ... More
Toshiaki Noda challenges Arita's porcelain legacy at Alison Bradley Projects NEW YORK, NY.- Alison Bradley Projects shared Toshiaki Noda: (re)(de)constructing. This is the artist’s first presentation with the gallery, on view from February 19th through April 4th, 2026. Working from within the material and cultural legacy of Japanese ceramics, the artist produces indexical sculptures—objects that register gesture, process, and transformation through their form and surface. Noda grew up in Arita, the porcelain capital of the world, as part of an Arita ware-dealing family. In the tradition-rich town, porcelain has long been synonymous with perfection. Yet the works in this exhibition pursue a different logic: imbued with verve and material intensity, they deconstruct conventional ceramic production. Rather than moving toward refinement or resolution, forms are fragmented, reassembled, and reimagined through a process of repetition and play. On view is a series ... More
MIT Museum's 'Split │ Second' explores the human construct of time CAMBRIDGE, MASS.- The MIT Museum announces Split | Second, the final exhibition presented during the TIME thematic season. On view from February 19, 2026 until January 4, 2027, Split | Second explores how humans measure, regulate, and rethink time, connecting scientific instruments and contemporary artworks displayed in four exhibition sections — Earth Time, Mechanical Time, Electric Time, and Atomic Time. From sundials and pendulum clocks to atomic oscillations and flowing rivers, Split | Second traces humanity’s evolving relationship with time, revealing that while the passage of time may be a natural process, the precision of time measurement is a deeply negotiated human construct. Florencia Pierri, Associate Curator of Science and Technology, MIT Museum, said: “Time is something we all take for granted as an intrinsic part of modern life, but Split | ... More
Alexander Ross explores biomorphic abstraction at Miles McEnery Gallery NEW YORK, NY.- Miles McEnery Gallery announces an exhibition of new paintings by Alexander Ross, on view 19 February through 28 March 2026 at 525 West 22nd Street. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated publication featuring an essay by Liam Otero. This new body of work furthers Ross’ long-standing exploration of perceptual ambiguity and organic form, extending a distinctive visual language shaped by biological systems, material transformation, and the porous boundary between abstraction and representation. Each work begins as a small clay model, which Ross photographs and digitally alters before translating the image into oil on canvas. Each form emerges gradually, composed of discrete bands of color articulated through interlocking brushstrokes. As these elements converge across the surface, they build the image and give the forms ... More
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On a day like today, Italian artist Michelangelo died
February 18, 1564. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni[a] (6 March 1475 - 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo,[b][1] was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He was born in the Republic of Florence but was mostly active in Rome from his 30s onwards. His work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art. In this image: Plaster cast after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Night (Notte). Original c. 1524-26, cast 1897. The Royal Cast Collection, SMK – National Gallery of Denmark. Photo: SMK.
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