NEW YORK, NY.-Nazmiyal Auctions, an auction house specializing in antique and vintage Persian and Oriental rugs, is pleased to announce its upcoming public web auction, taking place this Sunday, July 12, 2026, at 12 PM EST. Open to collectors, designers, decorators, dealers, and the general public, the sale features a carefully curated catalog of over 180 lots, representing a wide range of antique, tribal, decorative, and historically significant carpets. Among the highlighted pieces is an exceptional private collection of over 35 rare nomadic Turkish and Caucasian rugs, all exemplifying a traditional geometric craftsmanship and beautiful pigmentation. Offered is the opportunity to acquire pieces with strong regional character, bold tribal artistry, and authentic weaving traditions. These works reflect the expressive spirit of nomadic and vi ... More
Jeanne-Marie de Broglie in her office with her dog Séraphine.
PARIS.- Christie's announced the sale of the Collection Jeanne-Marie de Broglie, which will take place in Paris on 30 September. For Christie's, to mention the name of Jeanne-Marie de Broglie is to pay tribute to a major figure in the European art market, whose influence extended far beyond Christie's to leave a lasting mark on artists, gallery owners and collectors. Through her early commitment to supporting artists and art market figures, she helped shape the rapidly changing art landscape of post-war Europe. By establishing Christie's Paris office in 1968, Jeanne-Marie de Broglie gave the auction house a decisive boost and set its development on a path of openness and internationalisation. As our house celebrates 260 years of history, this sale stands as a unique moment that highlights a pioneering journey, a visionary spirit and a personality whose influence continues to inspire the house. More than a collection, it is a world that unfolds, that of a ... More
GSTAAD.- Gagosian announces Simon Hantaï: the last studio, opening at the Gstaad gallery on July 9. The exhibition, curated by Anne Baldassari, features sixteen of Simon Hantaï’s dernier atelier (the last studio) paintings of 1982–85, which are distinguished by vibrantly colored abstract forms derived from a combination of folding and dripping techniques. Examples from the body of work were first shown in Hantaï’s 2022 retrospective curated by Baldassari at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, which incorporated a spectacular evocation of the artist’s studio of the era. Hantaï was the originator of the pliage (folding) technique, in which a canvas is crumpled and knotted, painted over, then spread out to reveal alternations between pigment and reserve. He produced the last studio works ... More
Casón del Buen Retiro. Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional del Prado ended 2025 with a budget surplus of €19.5 million, marking another strong year for one of Spain’s leading cultural institutions. The museum’s Royal Board of Trustees approved the 2025 accounts at its meeting on July 8, 2026. The Prado reported total revenue of €84.8 million, including €39.8 million in self-generated income. Ticket sales remained the museum’s main source of earned revenue, reaching €26.3 million. Sponsorships brought in €3.6 million, while Prado Difusión, the museum’s commercial arm, generated €3.4 million. Overall, the museum reached a self-financing level of 61%. Public funding accounted for nearly €45 million, including funds connected to the Salón de Reinos project, one of the Prado’s major institutional developments. Thanks to the positive budget result, the museum’s treasury surplus has now reached €101 million. Javier Solana, president of the Royal Board of Trustees ... More
Clementine Sinclair selling The Clermont-Tonnerre Grail, which realised £2,246,000.
LONDON.- Christie's Valuable Books and Manuscripts Including Cartography sale, held at King Street on 8 July 2026, realised a total of £12,707,879 making it the most valuable various-owner Books and Manuscripts sale ever held in London. The sale also concluded Christie's London Classic Week season, which commenced on Tuesday 30th June. Comprising 172 lots, the sale was led by The Clermont-Tonnerre Grail, an exceptional late 13th-century illuminated manuscript of one of the greatest medieval romances: the epic tale of the quest for the Holy Grail, the story of Merlin and his diabolic birth, and the adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Following spirited bidding in the saleroom, on the telephones and online, the manuscript realised £2,246,000. Eugenio Donadoni, International Specialist, Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, Christie's remarks: “What an impressive result for a truly remarkable sale. It has been a privilege to present ... More
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions has reached another milestone in its 50th anniversary year, reporting more than $1.41 billion in total sales through June 30 — the highest mid-year total in company history and an increase of nearly 47 percent over the $962 million reported at the same point in 2025. The world's largest collectibles auctioneer is now on pace for its sixth consecutive record-setting year following annual sales of more than $2.15 billion in 2025. But this remarkable first half tells a story that extends beyond record sales. It reflects a collecting landscape that continues to evolve in profound ways, as collectors increasingly pursue not only the greatest treasures of American history and fine art, but also the defining icons of popular culture. From the earliest sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. and the rarest Pokémon cards to Norman Rockwell masterworks, Revolutionary War artifacts and world-class numismatic rarities, Heritage continues to connect collectors ... More
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.- With the exhibition TRIGGER WARNING, the Kunstverein Friedrichshafen opens the first institutional solo exhibition in Germany by Ukrainian artist Alina Kleytman. Through new sculptural installations and video works, Kleytman explores violence, war, trauma, and the imagery of collective memory. The exhibition creates a space in which political reality and emotional experience collide directly. At the centre of the exhibition are newly produced works that engage with the psychological, political, and social consequences of war. Sculptural hybrid bodies oscillating between human and animal appear as fragile and vulnerable, yet at the same time lascivious and prone to violence: assembled from body bags and materials that evoke emergency care, protection, and destruction. Kleytman’s Close Your Eyes And Open Your Mouth moves between monument and ruin, between grotesque and vulnerability. The works embody states of fear, ... More
RM Sotheby’s retuned to Concours of Elegance Germany to hold its second live auction at lake Tegernsee.
TEGERNSEE.- RM Sotheby’s enjoyed a highly successful sale at Lake Tegernsee for its second live auction in partnership with the Concours of Elegance Germany. With over 90% of all lots sold, the sale concludes what has been an incredibly successful first half of the company’s 2026 auction calendar. The boutique sale offered four memorabilia lots and twenty cars, and grossed €10.5 million, with the 2009 Ferrari 599XX Evo that proved to be the top seller, achieving an excellent €2,536,250. Other highlights include the 2023 Ferrari 812 Competizione which sold for €1,467,500 and the 2004 Porsche Carrera GT which sold for €1,445,000 One of the earliest cars built and approximately the fourth of 45 examples, it was upgraded to the highly desirable Evoluzione specification in 2012. Finished in the desirable Ferrari colour of Rosso Fuoco, it has only had two private owners from new and has been maintained by the factory’s ... More
Photo: Ari Marcopoulos, 2022. Courtesy Blank Forms, New York.
KARLSRUHE.- The exhibition Cosmological Critique showcases the complex work of Catherine Christer Hennix (1948, Stockholm–2023, Istanbul), whose five decades of artistic activity involved the amalgamation of music, mathematics, language and spirituality into a singular space of thought. Hennix conceived her works as ‘semiotical objects’—such as signs, diagrams and texts, as well as sound and light compositions—through which she sought to investigate and to transform perception and the processes of meaning generation. Beginning in the late 1960s, and with points of departure in the experimental music scenes of Stockholm and New York, Hennix developed an approach that shifted between minimalist composition, mathematical research and metaphysical speculation. Formative for her development were encounters with La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Pandit Pran Nath, whose ideas about time, sound and continuity had a lasting influence. In parallel, she was ... More
WINTERTHUR.- “Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together,” as architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe aptly put it. So do bricks – those familiar, often under-appreciated and apparently banal objects – really have enough to offer for an entire exhibition Since antiquity, bricks have been a vital building material which – one by one – shape buildings, neighbourhoods and cities, making history tangible. From the walls of Rome to contemporary construction projects, the building brick demonstrates its diverse nature as a material, design element and bearer of cultural significance. Right up to the present day, clay, a natural raw material, is extracted from pits, formed into shapes and fired into bricks. However, industrialization and new ecological challenges have brought big changes in the way these construction elements – from handmade solid bricks to large insulating blocks – are made. “Bricks Reloaded” brings together some 50 works b ... More
Justin Lim, Cornerstone, 2026. Acrylic on canvas, 29½ x 23⅝ in. 75 x 60 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Founded in 1981 in Hong Kong, 2026 marks the 45th anniversary of Alisan Fine Arts. To commemorate the occasion, we have organized a series of exhibitions across our various gallery locations and at art fairs under the theme of “Then and Now”. Here at Alisan Fine Arts New York, our focus will be on the Chinese Diaspora artists with whom we’ve worked since the gallery’s early years, alongside a new generation of contemporary artists. Organized into three galleries, the exhibition centers on three themes: Reinventing Tradition, featuring the work of Lui Shou-Kwan, Wucius Wong, Yang Jiechang and Yang Yanping; New York, featuring the work of Walasse Ting, Ming Fay, Chinyee; and Home and Abroad, featuring artists Chu Chu, Summer Lee, Justin Lim, Yifan Jiang, Jia Sung, and Kelly Wang. In Hong Kong, the New Ink Movement was founded in the 1960s by artists Lui Shou- ... More
Jaq Chartier, Lines (Spectrum), 2026. Acrylic, inks, dyes, stains and spray paint on wood panel, 14 x 11 in.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery announces Variations, an exhibition of new work by Jaq Chartier, on view from July 9 to August 22, 2026. Chartier approaches painting as a process of testing driven by a deep curiosity and a desire to remain “at the edge” of what she does not yet know. For Variations, she revisits the parameters that have shaped her work for decades, pushing them into new territory. Working flat on meticulously prepared panels, Chartier uses an eyedropper to apply custom inks and dyes in bands, grids, and loosely organic forms that recall laboratory test strips, aerial topographies, cellular growth, and other magnified natural systems without ever settling into direct representation. Layers of spray paint and acrylic resin alter the image further, reactivating color and causing it to spread or separate. Vivid and distinctly alchemical, her exquisitely chromatic paintings are records of materials in ... More
Bradley in his Saugerties studio, 2026.
NEW YORK, NY.- Since the mid-1960s, when he first began painting abstractly, Peter Bradley has treated color as a portal—an aperture onto another realm or a threshold to the sensorial. Made six decades later, the paintings in Burning On extend his pursuit of the ineffable while responding to the hues and vicissitudes of his surroundings. Pouring acrylic directly onto canvases laid flat on the ground, Bradley lets his compositions evolve organically. His forms are at turns liquid, translucent, and eddying, and at others crystallize into topographies. This suite of paintings extends his distinct visual language into vivid new terrain. To create his first major body of work, Bradley used a spray gun to project acrylic onto canvas. Initially made in pursuit of efficiency, this early choice to forgo a paintbrush was pivotal. It liberated him, in his words, from “the tremendous indulgence to create something to which I already knew the answer.” Over the ensuing decades, Bradley has continued ... More
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Anna Zorina Gallery announces 'Anywhere but Now', a solo exhibition by Ron Chen NEW YORK, NY.- Anna Zorina Gallery presents the Ron Chen solo exhibition, Anywhere but Now, featuring the artist’s latest Particle Paintings. Aaron Levi Garvey contributed the exhibition text: In recent years, our understanding of what comprises a lived experience has shifted and been redefined. We now often find ourselves able, and more so willing to participate in conversations, communities, and events around the world at all hours of the day through our devices. This unfettered access has made the individual lived experience far broader than anyone could have imagined only one generation ago. However, the abundance of tailor-made experiences raises important philosophical questions: does this limitless access really extend our presence or do we end up losing part of ourselves in the storm of information? Ron Chen’s recent works seek to untangle ... More
Canadian Video Game Museum opens pop-up exhibition at Museum of Vancouver VANCOUVER, BC.- Did you know that Vancouver played a role in Nintendo establishing their North American headquarters? Or, that one of the top manufacturers of video game controllers during the late '80s and early '90s was located in Burnaby? The Canadian Video Game Museum (CVGM) is partnering with the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) to open a temporary exhibition called Press Start: A Vancouver Game History Pop-Up opening July 9, 2026 and running until Fall 2026. Press Start explores Vancouver’s many contributions to gaming from mobile games like Marvel Contest of Champions, to big budget blockbusters from publishers like Electronic Arts and Microsoft, to award-winning indie games like Celeste and Darkest Dungeon—and it includes the chance to get hands-on with retro gaming hardware with made-in-Vancouver connections. To showcase these Vancouver ... More
Cleveland Museum of Art launches juried exhibition 'Lake Effect' at Transformer Station CLEVELAND, OH.- As the Cleveland Museum of Art looks toward its next century, a new exhibition honors the artists, audiences, and creative communities that have shaped its past while looking ahead to the future. Lake Effect: Artists from Cleveland Now, a juried exhibition, celebrates the region’s rich artistic legacy and the museum’s enduring role as a place of inspiration, connection, and discovery. This free exhibition is on view from July 9 through December 6, 2026, at Transformer Station, 1460 West 29th Street, in Cleveland’s Hingetown neighborhood. “Earlier this year, the CMA invited artists from the greater Cleveland area to submit their art for a group exhibition,” said Nadiah Rivera Fellah, curator of contemporary art. “The response to this call was itself testament to the Museum’s history and ongoing vitality: We received 1,700 submissions from 950 artists, reflecting ... More
Richard Saltoun Gallery to present group exhibition 'Practices of Uncertainty' NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Saltoun Gallery presents Practices of Uncertainty, curated by the Iranian born, British painter, Samira Abbassy, who has lived and worked in New York City since 1998. This group show begins with the premise that the making of art always begins without guarantees. As Abbassy notes: Every artist develops methods, habits, rituals, and forms of knowledge, yet the act of making remains fundamentally uncertain. The studio is a place of experiment and excavation, where intention meets accident, where materials resist and propose, and where meaning often emerges through discovery rather than execution. To work as an artist is to cultivate a capacity for not knowing. Yet uncertainty is not merely a condition of artistic practice; it is also its discipline. The willingness to proceed without certainty, to follow an intuition whose destination ... More
The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts announce Painting the French Riviera CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and the Royal Academy of Arts London present Painting the French Riviera, an exhibition that will explore the rise and development of modern art on the Mediterranean coast of France from the 1870s through the 1960s. The exhibition brings together more than 120 paintings, sculptures and drawings, as well as film, books, posters, and other mediums, demonstrating the lasting influence and inspiration found in the French Riviera. On view at the Royal Academy of Arts from October 2, 2026, through January 31, 2026, Painting the French Riviera will travel to CMA and welcome visitors March 14, 2027, through July 11, 2027. “Painting the French Riviera spans 90 years of artwork inspired by the brilliant light, azure skies and luminous sea abundant in the French Riviera’s landscapes, especially its Mediterranean beaches ... More
Nieuwe Instituut transforms Rotterdam deck into alternative sports bar installation ROTTERDAM.- Sport reflects and shapes the social dynamics in our society. Spaces such as stadiums, sports fields, and sports cafés can foster a sense of togetherness and group belonging, but they can also lead to division and exclusion. How can architecture break this cycle? How can we design spaces to encourage coexistence so that no one has to watch from the sidelines anymore? Nieuwe Instituut, the museum and institute for architecture, design, and digital culture in Rotterdam, is opening SIDELINED: A Space to Rethink Togetherness. Following appearances at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Concéntrico Festival in Logroño, Spain, the Deck of the Nieuwe Instituut will be transformed into an alternative sports bar from Friday 10 July. This venue offers opportunities to play, experience and connect with others. It’s free to visit ... More
Arna Óttarsdóttir solo exhibition to inaugurate newly renovated i8 Gallery in Reykjavík REYKJAVÍK.- i8 presents Afterimage, a solo exhibition by Arna Óttarsdóttir that inaugurates i8’s newly renovated gallery space at Tryggvagata 16 in Reykjavík. The show, Óttarsdóttir’s third with i8, will open with a reception for the artist from 5–7 on 9 July and be on view until 29 August 2026. For Afterimage, Óttarsdóttir has created three major new weavings in her largest scale to date. These works expand the artist’s exploration of color, texture, shape, and composition, while maintaining her dedication to handmaking and exploration of personal influences. Throughout this exhibition, several dualities emerge, including the presentation of works inspired by the dark harshness of winter during the bright, long light of summer. The palette of Óttarsdóttir’s new tapestries is heavier and deeper than any of her prior weavings. While the warp, the vertical threads that form the structure ... More
National Gallery of Kosova reopens after historic renovation and expansion project PRISTINA.- The National Gallery of Kosova, the country’s leading institution dedicated to modern and contemporary art, reopens to the public following the most extensive renovation and expansion in its history. The project includes the complete reconfiguration of the Gallery’s exhibition spaces and the addition of 400 square metres of facilities dedicated to the care, study, and long-term preservation of its collection and archives. The reopening is inaugurated by Not all people exist in the same Now, a group exhibition curated by Hana Halilaj. Spanning from the 1970s to the present, the exhibition brings together works from NGK’s permanent collection and a selection of contemporary artistic practices, rendering visible the ways in which identity, memory, and belonging are claimed, as well as contested. Beginning with the prominence of landscape in some of the earliest ... More
Rockbund Art Museum partners with Parapraxis for 2026 Late Summer School SHANGHAI.- Asylum has long carried a double meaning: to take refuge and to offer cure for that which ails us. Alienation, too, carries a double meaning: psychic isolation and material disidentification. But asylums themselves—like any institution—also contribute to alienation and its cure. This was first observed by the Catalan psychoanalyst Francesc Tosquelles in the 1930s. Famous for his work in the south of France at Saint-Alban hospital, Tosquelles thought institutions could be “cured” and provide the spaces necessary to unlearn certain forms of social and political conditioning—what he called “disalienation.” Scaled up, these spaces could even cure society. After the fact, this practice was termed “institutional psychotherapy.” For the 2026 Late Summer School at Rockbund Art Museum, Parapraxis have been invited to organize and lead a group ... More
Salon Réalités Nouvelles celebrates 80 years of abstraction with a return to Césure in Paris PARIS.- One of France’s longest-running showcases for abstract art will return this fall with a landmark edition. The Salon Réalités Nouvelles, founded in 1946 and devoted to the many forms of abstraction, will celebrate its 80th edition from November 5 to 8, 2026, at Césure, the cultural venue housed on the former Censier campus of the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris. For four days, the Salon will bring together 120 artists, each presenting a single abstract work in painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing or photography. The format, simple and direct, reflects the spirit that has guided Réalités Nouvelles since its beginning: an artist-led gathering built around encounter, experimentation and the continuing vitality of abstraction. This year’s edition also continues the Salon’s dialogue between art and science. Since 2014, Réalités Nouvelles has invited artist-researchers ... More
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art offers preview of new downtown headquarters SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA.- The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art celebrated a major milestone in its expansion into the heart of downtown San Luis Obispo on July 7, welcoming donors, cultural partners, and community leaders for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of its future home at 786 Higuera Street, the former Network Mall and the adjoining Johnson building. The event offered guests a first look at the remarkable transformation underway as the buildings evolve into SLOMA's new headquarters, bringing the community one step closer to a vibrant new cultural destination with more than triple the space for exhibitions and public programs. Museum leadership, including SLOMA Board Co-Chair Ermina Karim and Executive Director Leann Standish, shared updates on the Museum's ambitious two-phase, $21 million capital campaign. During the event, Standish ... More
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On a day like today, Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi was born
July 08, 1593. Artemisia Lomi Gentileschi (8 July 1593 - after January 1654)[3] was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished 17th-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. In an era when women had few opportunities to pursue artistic training or work as professional artists, Gentileschi was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence and she had an international clientele. In this image: Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, c. 1625. Oil on canvas. Overall: 81 x 105 cm (31 7/8 x 41 5/16 in.) National Gallery of Art, Gift of Funds from Nina J. Cohen in honor of her father Emanuel Cohen and Patrons' Permanent Fund 2025.88.1.
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