HONG KONG.- Gagosian announces Lifting the Veil, an exhibition of works by James Turrell that opens on May 28. The exhibition surveys the artist’s practice of shaping light and perception with holograms, prints, and three Glasswork pieces, along with site plans, photographs, and models of Skyspaces and Turrell’s magnum opus, Roden Crater. Turrell’s Skyspaces are individual architectural chambers with an aperture in the ceiling open to the sky; framing its expanse and incorporating both natural and artificial light, they amplify the senses. Under construction since 1977, Roden Crater is an unprecedented large-scale artwork created within a volcanic cinder cone located in the Painted Desert region of Northern Arizona. For over five decades, Turrell has pushed the limits of perception through a practice centered on light as his primary material. Beginning in the 1960s with installations of projected and natural illumination in his studio in Santa Monica, California, his focus has been ... More
“Gus” to Star in Sotheby’s Natural History Auction, 14th July.
NEW YORK, NY.- This summer, Sotheby’s will offer “Gus,” one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever discovered, and the best specimen in private hands. Estimated at $20–30 million, the highest estimate ever placed on a dinosaur, this extraordinary fossil, excavated over field seasons in 2021, 2022, and 2023 will be the star highlight of Sotheby’s live Natural History Auction on 14th July. T. rex lived during the Late Cretaceous, in the Maastrichtian age, a time marked by warm climates, high sea levels, and rich coastal floodplains that sup-ported an extraordinary diversity of life across what is now western North America. These environments, from river systems to open woodlands, created the ecological conditions in which large herbivores such as Triceratops and Edmontosaurus flourished, ... More
LONDON.- BFI Southbank is hosting a major two month season this summer celebrating the centenary of the birth of cinema’s most enduring film star, Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe: Self Made Star, curated by the BFI’s Lead Programmer Kim Sheehan, opens on 1 June, coinciding with Monroe’s 100th birthday, and runs until 31 July, including a BFI Distribution rerelease of The Misfits. John Huston’s elegiac anti-Western, Monroe’s poignant final film, will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 5 June. The cultural phenomenon of Marilyn Monroe has endured for generations, though she is often reduced to a sex symbol frozen in time, or a tragic figure with a focus on the scandals, marriages and troubles that punctuated her personal life. But Monroe’s achievements, legacy and contribution to cinema stretches so far beyond ... More
Romare Bearden, Before the First Whistle (Early Morning).
WATERBURY, CONN.- In celebration of the United States’ semiquincentennial, the Mattatuck Museum presents About Face: 250 Years of American Portraits, on view April 26 through August 16, 2026. The exhibition explores American history through the images and experiences of Americans spanning the past 250 years. About Face: 250 Years of American Portraits considers portraiture as more than a record of appearance. The works in the exhibition show how artists have used portraiture to assert identity, navigate ideas of citizenship, and express belonging. From carefully constructed personas rooted in social status and power to contemporary portrayals of authenticity and visibility, these works capture and complicate the spirit of their era. The exhibition encourages audiences to see themselves in the story of America ... More
The top lot of the sale, The Ethereal Jadeite Necklace, comprising 61 perfectly matched jadeite beads, measuring approximately 13.7 to 8.8 mm in diameter, drew multiple bids and sold for HK$200,200,000 / US$25,548,143, standing as the most valuable masterpiece sold in Asia this Spring.
HONG KONG.- On 26 May 2026, the Magnificent Jewels auction in Hong Kong realised a market-leading sale total of HK$581,499,900 / US$74,207,005, marking strong growth of 55% year-on-year. The sale was 90% sold by lot, with a total hammer price 129% above the low estimate, and 72% of lots sold over high estimates. Passionate worldwide bidding across channels drove the results, demonstrating the exceptional demand in the global jewellery auction market. The top lot of the sale, The Ethereal Jadeite Necklace, comprising 61 perfectly matched jadeite beads, measuring approximately 13.7 to 8.8 mm in diameter, drew multiple bids and sold for HK$200,200,000 / US$25,548,143, standing as the most valuable masterpiece sold in Asia this Spring. Top-tier jewels in the sale spanned jadeite, coloured ... More
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Autograph manuscript of part of the celebrated air “J’ai perdu mon Eurydice” from Orphée et Eurydice.
LONDON.- Stanley J. Seeger (1930–2011) was one of the most extraordinary collectors of his generation. Together with his partner of thirty-two years, Christopher Cone, they created and furnished a series of remarkable homes in England and around the world. The intelligence, curiosity, and sheer pleasure of their shared passions gave rise to a deeply personal collection that was driven as much by the pursuit of important pieces as by objects chosen simply because they brought them joy. Over the course of this spring and summer, an eclectic group of treasured pieces from their legendary collection will be offered at Sotheby’s in London. A selection of jewels and precious objects, alongside a quirky array of hats and canes, will be presented as part of Sotheby’s online Noble & Private Collections sale, open for bidding from 28 May to 9 June. This will be followed by Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger & Christopher Cone, a dedicate ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- 125 Newbury will present an exhibition of work by David Byrne and Saul Steinberg from May 28 through August 1. Placing drawings, watercolors, prints, and collages by Steinberg in conversation with drawings and never-before-seen banner works by Byrne, David Byrne/Saul Steinberg: Influence and Affinity speaks to the artists’ shared sense of wry humor in concert with their sharp observation and expansive creativity. Separated by generations, their work springs philosophically from the same insights and observations. Celebrated for his sculptures, photographs, and works on paper that transform the signs and symbols of modern life into something surreal, Steinberg approached his subjects with both fondness and irony. Steinberg was the major artist-philosopher of the ’40s and ’50s, recording society’s accomplishments and foibles in drawings that often became pages and covers of The New Yorker. To a broad audience he may have been known as a cartoonist, but in truth he was ... More
Eddie Martinez, Blackout, 2024–2026, photo: JSP Art Photography.
PARIS.- Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris, is presenting Purple Flopper, a solo exhibition by Eddie Martinez. This is the artist’s second exhibition with the gallery and his first in the Paris space. Titled after a painting from 2025, Purple Flopper brings together a group of new paintings and sculptures created over the past year. Moving fluidly across abstract and figurative motifs, Martinez’s practice is grounded in drawing, encapsulating a longstanding dialogue between spontaneity and deliberation. Central to Martinez’s work is the dynamic tension between patience and immediacy. Drawing embodies the impatient side of his practice: it allows him to capture ideas quickly and directly, often serving as the initial spark for larger works. Painting, by contrast, demands a slower, layered approach, which the artist consciously embraces. Nowhere is this more evident than his ongoing body of ‘Whiteout’ works, initiated in 2015. For ... More
Henry Taylor, untitled (jade in white), 2012 (estimate: £120,000-180,000)
LONDON.- Christie's presents Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next. Works from the Zabludowicz Collection as the highlight of its London Summer Season at King Street. The collection, comprising 106 lots and with an overall estimate in the region of £15 million will be offered in two dedicated auctions: a live sale on 25 June, alongside a dedicated online sale (running from 18 June to 30 June). Founded by Anita and Poju Zabludowicz in 1994 at a transformative moment in the British art scene, the Zabludowicz Collection has, for over three decades, been a pioneering force in contemporary art. Renowned for its passionate philanthropic support of institutions and emerging artists, particularly historically underrepresented voices as well as artists experimenting with new technologies and media, it championed young artists at a time when few collectors were committed to doing so, quickly establishing itself ... More
S.M.A.K. Archive.
GHENT.- In 2026, S.M.A.K. celebrates the 40th anniversary of Chambres d’Amis, the groundbreaking exhibition in which Jan Hoet took contemporary art beyond the museum walls. Fifty-one international artists showed their work in the living rooms, stair halls, or bedrooms of private homes across Ghent. From 30 May 2026 to 10 January 2027, S.M.A.K. reflects on the past and looks to the future by inviting three artists – Heike Pallanca, Haim Steinbach and Susanne Kriemann – who will each develop a contemporary reflection on Chambres d’Amis within the museum walls. Conceived in 1986, Chambres d’Amis marked a decisive turning point in exhibition-making. Rather than presenting art within the neutral space of the museum, Jan Hoet dispersed it throughout the city, embedding artworks within private homes and everyday environments. This gesture did not simply relocate art; it transformed it. The domestic setting introduced contingency, intimacy and unpredictability. ... More
Installation view. Courtesy of Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij.
AMSTERDAM.- Annet Gelink Gallery is presenting Moss Finger Liquid Soil Dripping Seeds Prodding Eye, the second solo exhibition by Sarah Pichlkostner at the gallery. Pichlkostner creates sculptures and environments that investigate invisible processes: the transmission of energy, the passage of time, and our psychological responses to materials and objects. Through a deep study of the behaviour of materials, her work reflects on the social life of objects and the way they shape, and are shaped by, human experience. The exhibition examines the possibility of an empathic encounter between our dysfunctional Anthropocene time and ecological responsibility. At its heart is a tension the artist describes as "the spatial disconnection between the world one lives in and the world one lives off." The eye and the finger serve as its central figures: symbols of perception and touch, and a model for seeing, approaching and understanding that refuses ... More
The contract was signed at the Standing Rock Agency in present-day South Dakota.
BOSTON, MASS.- A signed 1885 contract between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show sold for $168,213 at RR Auction’s The Western Americana auction of Jochen Zeitz. The one-page agreement, signed June 6, 1885, formalized Sitting Bull’s appearance in the ‘Buffalo Bill Wild West Show’ for a four-month season. Under the contract, show manager John M. Burke agreed to pay Sitting Bull $50 per week and granted him the exclusive right to sell his own photographs and autographs. The contract was signed at the Standing Rock Agency in present-day South Dakota and countersigned by Indian agent James McLaughlin and interpreter Joseph Primeau as witnesses. The contract dates to the period when Sitting Bull traveled with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show after returning from exile in Canada. Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader associated with the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in 1885 after returning from exile ... More
Dr Matisse Huiskens, IMMA, 2026.
DUBLIN.- The Irish Museum of Modern Art welcomes Dr Matisse Huiskens as a Research Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow, marking a significant step in the expansion of museum‑based research and the commencement of a major new research collaboration between IMMA and University College Dublin (UCD). Dr Huiskens’s fellowship is funded through Research Ireland’s €4.4 million Enterprise Fellowship Programme, which supports 46 enterprise‑engaged research projects nationwide across all disciplines. IMMA is proud to be the only art museum among the enterprise partners selected under the programme’s Partnership Stream, which supports full‑time research undertaken in close collaboration between higher education institutions and enterprise partners. The two‑year research project, Unpacking the Paul O’Neill Archive at IMMA: Nationhood, Counterpublics, and the Curating of Contemporary Art in Globalising Ireland since 1991, has been awa ... More
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Hamburger Bahnhof to host international symposium on the future of contemporary art museums BERLIN.- As part of its 30th anniversary programme, Hamburger Bahnhof—Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart is convening the international symposium Post Discipline—The Future of Art History, Collection Care, and Public Engagement for Museums of Contemporary Art. Bringing together internationally recognized voices from across museums, academia, conservation, and education, the symposium explores the future foundations of contemporary art museums through three central fields: art history, collection care, and public engagement. Post Discipline examines how museums can remain in resonance with society, anticipate emerging conditions, and act as leading institutions in strengthening free and open societies. The first day of the symposium convenes an international gathering exploring the future of art mediation within changing social, ... More
Anawana Haloba explores craft as resistance at Bergen Kunsthall BERGEN.- Bergen Kunsthall is presenting Anawana Haloba as the Festival Exhibition artist 2026. The exhibition is curated and produced by Bergen Kunsthall and has run in parallel with the Bergen International Festival since the festival's inception in 1953. The title "From This Darkness I Shall Grow" is inspired by the universe of Aboriginal Australian poet and filmmaker Romaine Moreton, pointing to a transformative movement from oppression into a space of agency. The exhibition is anchored in the reading of female craft traditions and polyphonic rituals as active forms of resistance. In the ceremonial practices of Tonga culture, multiple voices form a dense, collective sound structure built through repetition and call-and-response, in which a leader sings a phrase that the group responds to. Through improvisation and shifts in rhythm and expression, the soundscape ... More
RM Sotheby's unveils multi-million dollar pre-war masterworks from the Jim Patterson Collection BLENHEIM.- RM Sotheby’s announces a selection of The Jim Patterson Collection for this year’s The Monterey Auction, returning August 13–15 to the Portola Hotel and Monterey Conference Center for its 29th year, presenting an exceptional collection of pre-war automobiles led by the 1937 Delage D8-120 Coach Aérosport, 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante, and 1939 Delage D8-120 S Coupe. In a world of supercars defined by speed, spectacle, and ever-escalating performance figures, these pre-war motor cars stand apart, celebrated for their craftsmanship and provenance. Built in an era when form and function were shaped by hand, often in collaboration with master coachbuilders, they embody a level of artistry and individuality rarely seen today, offering collectors a direct and meaningful connection to the origins of motoring. 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante ... More
Anna Zorina Gallery presents Nigel Howlett's New York solo debut 'Pursuit of Truth' NEW YORK, NY.- Anna Zorina Gallery presents the Nigel Howlett solo show, Pursuit of Truth. The exhibition features the artist’s latest paintings that explore the intersection of humanity and artifice. Howlett’s anonymous figures appear futuristic and synthetic, their metallic or polished surfaces evoking digitally rendered forms, yet their gestures and interactions remain deeply human and emotionally recognizable. Avoiding specific narratives or definitive meanings, the artist invites viewers to interpret each scene through personal experience and perception, presenting truth not as objective, fixed or universal, but as something shaped through reflection, emotional response and social conditioning. Central to Howlett’s work is the tension between mechanical appearance and human presence. While the figures seem controlled and industrially constructed, each painting ... More
Bergen Assembly appoints Convenors of 2028 edition BERGEN.- Bergen Assembly moves towards its sixth edition with the appointment of Lucia Pietroiusti and Filipa Ramos as Convenors for 2028. Ramos and Pietroiusti have collaborated for several years. Together, they have made exhibitions; co-authored texts; organised concerts, performances and talks; and edited books and magazines. They share a dedication to art and ecology, science and spirit, and have complementary interests in animals and plants, mysticism and science. Pietroiusti and Ramos often engage with questions of consciousness, perception, and coexistence. “Gardens and winds to tickle them. Feelings and stomachs to feel them. Stories and songs to remember them. Spirits and their animals. Whispers and other transmissions. Clouds and churches made of them. Human and Bird-made maps.” Jointly, they will devote the Bergen Assembly’s ... More
Springfield Art Museum announces new publication: "A History of the Springfield Art Museum" SPRINGFIELD, MO.- The Springfield Art Museum announced the release of A History of the Springfield Art Museum, a comprehensive new publication authored by Curator of Art, Sarah Buhr. As the Museum approaches its 100th anniversary in 2028, this richly detailed volume provides an essential resource tracing the institution’s evolution from its early beginnings in 1926 to its role today as a vibrant cultural anchor for the region. The book brings together an in-depth historical narrative by Buhr along with three guest essays: a biography of Museum founder Deborah D. Weisel by Ozarks Alive writer Kaitlyn McConnell; an exploration of the connections between art education and the Museum’s collection by former Museum Educator and New Moon Studios owner Kate Baird; and a personal reflection on his tenure by current Museum Director Nick Nelson. Historical ... More
Whatcom Museum names new Executive Director BELLINGHAM, WA.- After an extensive nationwide search, the Whatcom Museum Foundation’s Board of Trustees has selected Jessica Borusky to be the Whatcom Museum’s new executive director, effective July 1, 2026. Director of Collections and Operations Maria J. Coltharp was the museum’s acting executive director following Patricia Leach’s retirement in April 2025. Borusky (they/them) comes to the Whatcom Museum after serving as the executive director of the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, WA. The face of a smiling person in a black-and-white striped shirt, standing outdoors in front of green leaves. Jessica Borusky joins the Whatcom Museum on July 1. They hold a BA from the New College of Florida and an MFA from Tufts University and have also served as the executiv ... More
Norman Rockwell Museum selects new director/CEO STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- The Board of Trustees of the Norman Rockwell Museum announced the appointment of Graham C. Boettcher, Ph.D., as the Museum’s new Director and CEO. A seasoned museum executive and respected scholar of American art, Dr. Boettcher joins NRM at a pivotal moment as it embarks on its next chapter of strategic growth, capital improvement, and expanded national and international influence. Boettcher comes to the Museum following a transformative, 20-year tenure at the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA), where he has served as the R. Hugh Daniel Director and CEO since 2017. Under his leadership, the BMA experienced sustained institutional growth, including the endowment of key positions, the gift of major new collections, and national recognition for innovative exhibitions, digital initiatives, and community-centered programming. ... More
Levis JCC gifts historic kimonos to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens DELRAY BEACH, FL.- The Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center has donated two Japanese kimonos and accompanying artifacts to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, transforming an anonymous donation into the start of a new cultural partnership focused on preservation, education and community connection. What began as a donation to the Levis JCC Resale Boutique in East Boca has evolved into a meaningful act of cultural stewardship. The items, left in a cardboard box at the Boutique’s donation drop-off door, arrived with no identifying information about their origin or ownership. Eric Goldman, vice president of retail services, recognized the craftsmanship and potential historical value of the garments and later proposed donating the pieces to the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach to ensure proper ... More
National Gallery of Canada presents shortlist for Sobey Art Award 2026 OTTAWA.- Six visionary artists from across Canada redefining the boundaries of contemporary art have been shortlisted for the 2026 Sobey Art Award. The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Sobey Art Foundation (SAF) today revealed the finalists for Canada’s most established contemporary visual arts prize since 2002: Melaw Nakehk’o, for the Circumpolar region. Nakehk’o is an educator whose multidisciplinary practice spans textile arts, filmmaking, and land-based pedagogy. By reviving traditional moosehide tanning and community-focused teachings, they have inspired a powerful cultural resurgence across the Circumpolar region. Samuel Roy-Bois, for the Pacific region. Roy-Bois is an acclaimed artist and UBC Okanagan Associate Professor whose multidisciplinary practice explores sculpture, installation, photography, and the built environment. ... More
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May 28, 0741. Ucha'an K'in B'alam (died on May 28, 741) was the fourth Mayan king of Dos Pilas. He is also known as the Ruler 3, Master of Sun Jaguar, Scroll-head God K, Spangle-head and Jewelled-head. His title was "He of Five Captives". One depiction shows us Ucha'an K'in B'alam presiding over a ritual featuring a young boy, presumably the prince and his successor K'awiil Chan K'inich. In this image: Stela 5 of Dos Pilas is Ucha'an K'in B'alam's monument.
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