Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) Recumbent Lion, 1660. Reed pen, brown ink, and brown wash on paper, 12.2 x 21.2 cm. The Rijksmuseum (RP-T-1901-A-4524), Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum presents Rembrandt's Lions: Art and Exile in the Dutch Republic, an exhibition that brings together, for the first time, a remarkable group of drawings, etchings, and paintings highlighting the often overlooked but formative presence of migrants, immigrants, exiles, and refugees in the world and work of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). The exhibition particularly focuses on stories of diaspora, or dispersed communities, that figure prominently in many of his etchings, offering a new perspective on the effects of migration on seventeenth-century life. Today, Rembrandt is seen as the quintessential Dutch artist, yet in his day the Dutch Republic was newly formed, and what it meant to be Dutch was still being defined. On view from October 23, 2026, through January 31, 2027, this exhibition illuminates a new interpretation of the artist and the world he inhabited. "Rembrandt's Lions: Art and Exile in the Dutch Republic offers fresh pers More
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Tate St Ives opened a major retrospective dedicated to Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), one of the most innovative figures in British modernism and a key member of St Ives’s groundbreaking mid-century artistic community. This long overdue celebration of Barns-Graham’s work marks the first exhibition to span the full breadth of her practice, tracing its evolution from early landscapes and interior paintings to the increasingly abstract and gestural compositions of her later years and showing the vitality and range of a remarkable eight-decade career.
NEW YORK, NY.- Olney Gleason announces Tina Barney: Fashion, a solo exhibition of work by American photographer Tina Barney (b. 1945), on view at 297 Tenth Avenue, New York, from October 24 through November 14, 2026. The exhibition brings together nearly four decades of Barney’s major editorial commissions and campaigns for global fashion brands, between the late 1980s and the presentworks that continue to expand the range of the artist’s photography practice. Tina Barney: Fashion is presented… More
The never-before-seen Patek Philippe watch, one of only seven examples conceived by master watchmaker Louis Cottier, comes to market for the first time after spending two generations with the family of the original owner.
NEW YORK, NY.- An exceptionally rare Patek Philippe, designed by master watchmaker Louis Cottier and never-before-seen by the public, is being offered by Christie's as a centerpiece of The Important Watches auction during Luxury Week in New York in December. The Patek Philippe Dual Time Reference 3452/1 (estimate $800,000 to $1.6 million) is one of only seven unique timepieces with this reference conceived by legendary watchmaker Cottier. This is the first example of the reference to appear on the… More
LAGOS.- Design Week Lagos 2026 was officially inaugurated at the National Theatre in Lagos on 22 October with the 180 New Ideas exhibition and IDEA Honours awards ceremony. Design Week Lagos runs until 25 October 2026 at the National Theatre Lagos and venues around the city. Making a New Africa: From Material to Market is the theme running through Design Week Lagos 2026, which features a programme exploring how African design can move beyond international recognition to shape manufacturing,… More
The opening of the Espace Riopelle Michael Audain Pavilion marks the start of a new chapter for the Musée national des beaux -arts du Québec.
QUEBEC.- The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) began a new chapter with the grand opening of the Espace Riopelle Michael Audain Pavilion . The new building is a lasting tribute from the centennial celebrations for artist Jean Paul Riopelle (19232002), honouring the work of one of the most influential Québec and Canadian artists of the 20th century. Designed by multi -award-winning Québec firm Les architectes FABG , this three storey, over 5,600 m² building is the largest space… More
GOTHENBURG.- Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Santiago Mostyn as curator of the 14th edition of the project, taking place at art centres and collaborative venues throughout Gothenburg, from September 4November 21, 2027. Santiago Mostyn is an artist based in Stockholm who works within film, installation, and performance. His practice can be viewed as an ongoing visual research framework in which non-aligned histories and… More
International museum organization calls for transparency, curatorial independence and restoration of public access to materials documenting Colombia's social and political history.
BOGOTA.- The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) has expressed serious concern over the removal of artworks, photographs, documents and historical objects from the permanent displays of the Museo Nacional de Colombia, warning that the decision could undermine public access to the country's history and threaten the professional independence of museum institutions. In a statement issued by its Museum Watch initiative, CIMAM criticized the removal of at least… More
HOUSTON, TX.- American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection is the first exhibition organized from the collection of philanthropist and Texas native Charles Butt. Featuring over 80 works of art by such icons as Stuart Davis, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence, Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell and Andrew Wyeth, as well as Texas artists like Everett Gee Jackson and Mary Bonner, the exhibition reflects and recontextualizes the multifold histories of American art by sharing Butt's… More
Eliyah Mesayer, Letters from a Huntress no. 3, 2026. Sirio Ultra Black uncoated paper (185 g/m²), MDF board, black resin, suede string, 100 x 70 cm. 39.37 x 27.56 in.
COPENHAGEN.- In Letters from a Huntress, Eliyah Mesayer’s first solo exhibition with NILS STÆRK, the artist continues her ongoing project Illiyeen, an imaginary state. Conceived as both a poetic nation and a conceptual manifestation, Illiyeen is brought into being through stories, rituals, and symbols. It has its own flag, uniforms, postal service, national anthem, and manifest, offering a place for those who exist between borders between reality and fiction, politics and poetry. Within the… More
PARIS.- Galleria Continua is presenting, in its Marais exhibition space, in the heart of Paris, the solo exhibition of Michelangelo Pistoletto, Avant et après l’Arte Povera. Michelangelo Pistoletto is not only an Arte Povera artist, but one of the protagonists of the movement that Germano Celant theorised and defined in 1967. Arte Povera represents only one stage within a practice that now spans seventy years. Pistoletto’s artistic path began earlier and, above all, has continued to develop… More
1-of-1 Infinity Gauntlet replica with real gemstones.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions and East Continental Gems today announced that the Marvel Infinity Gauntlet replica a one-of-one piece set with six exceptional gems, each representing one of the Infinity Stones will be offered at auction. This December in Abu Dhabi, the 1-of-1 Infinity Gauntlet will be a headline lot of Julien’s Celebrity & Culture Experience during the Pop Culture Legends Evening Sale on December 8, 2026 at Rosewood Abu Dhabi on Al Maryah Island. The Gauntlet was unveiled at… More
Teresita Fernández. Photo: Axel Dupeux. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art announced today the acquisition of Soil Horizon(Cleveland), a site-specific commissioned work by acclaimed artist Teresita Fernández, whose work is characterized by an expansive rethinking of what constitutes landscape. Comprising two large-scale glazed ceramic wall murals, the work will be installed in the Jane and Jon Outcalt Family Concourse, connecting the museum’s Horace Kelley Art Foundation North Lobby with the Ames Family Atrium, beginning in… More
ESPOO.- What can the unfamiliar reveal about ourselves and our surroundings? Alien in Me, a new presentation of Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection at EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, brings together works by over 50 artists to explore experiences of alienation and otherness in a world undergoing constant transformation. Curated by EMMA Director Krist Gruijthuijsen, the exhibition includes Finnish and international names such as Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Louise Bourgeois, Peter Hujar, Isaac… More
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“Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.”
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) today announced a $20 million gift from Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky to establish the new Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Learning and Engagement Center (Brodsky Center). Their commitment is among the largest in the museum’s history and will transform the north wing into a dedicated space for advancing the museum’s educational mission. The Brodsky Center is the PMA’s first major capital project since the Core Project, Frank Gehry’s landmark four-year interior …
SEOUL.- The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) has appointed Irini Papadimitriou as Artistic Director of the 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, scheduled to open in August 2027. Currently serving as Director of Exhibitions at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Papadimitriou is a curator whose practice critically examines the relationships between art, technology, and society. Her previous roles include positions at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and FutureEverything in the United Kingdom. Originally launched with the e…
SEOUL.- Reproductive labour moves across national borders. Korea, once subjected to colonial rule, now occupies a quasi-imperial position, drawing on resources, labour and care from the Global South. In Yangpyeong in 2018, Minja Gu met Lusi Sapitri, an Indonesian marriage migrant. Sapitri recounted how she had once eaten jajang-myeon (noodles in black bean sauce) without knowing it was made with pork. In her Korean household she is expected to cook Korean food, with pork, as part of her familial duty. She is expected to fe…
ROME.- The Fondazione Società delle Api announces the appointment of Eva Fabbris as Artistic Director. Already a member of the Advisory Board since its inception, Fabbris takes on a role that marks a new phase in the institutional development of Società delle Api, strengthening its curatorial structure while preserving the collective dimension that has characterized the Foundation. Her directorship will help give curatorial form to an already collective approach, which involves the role of artists and curators in shaping …
ISTANBUL.- Workplaces are among the most central yet least visible spaces of everyday life. They often remain outside the public eye as closed spaces to which there is “no admittance except on business.” Once a symbol of industrial capitalism with its chimneys rising above city centers, the factory largely lost its urban visibility after 1980, as production was reorganized on a global scale. As manufacturing facilities in city centers gave way to residential projects, shopping centers, and cultural venues, productio…
LEUVEN.- After fifteen years of restoration, the historic monastic complex of Park Abbey in Leuven is opening fully to the public for the first time. Museum PARCUM marks this exceptional moment with Threading Landscapes: Art at Park Abbey, an ambitious exhibition featuring work by 24 contemporary artists from around the world. Nine artists have developed new projects in direct response to the abbey, its architecture, landscape, biodiversity, archives and history. This moment represents more than the completion of a restorat…
BERLIN.- The 14th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art takes place from June 5 to September 12, 2027 at various locations across Berlin and is curated by Vasyl Cherepanyn. Under the title Central Europe Eastern Time, the 14th Berlin Biennale proposes a new reading of Berlin from the East and offers a perspective on Europe shaped by those regions, experiences, and societal realities that have long been pushed to the margins of the European narrative. The title serves as a navigation tool, an instrument of orientation, and de…
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced the appointment of Dr. Chassica “Chaz” Kirchhoff as the J. J. Medveckis Curator of Arms and Armor. Kirchhoff joins the PMA from the Detroit Institute of Arts. She begins her new role on November 30, 2026. “We are delighted to welcome Chassica as the J. J. Medveckis Curator of Arms and Armor. She brings a deep knowledge of the field, and her curatorial and scholarly achievements make her ideal for the role,” said Daniel Weiss, the George D. Widener Directo…
EDINBURGH.- The Rupture is an international collaboration bringing together the University of Edinburgh's Talbot Rice Gallery, Inside-Out Art Museum in Beijing and the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila. Conceived by Tessa Giblin and Carol Yinghua Lu, with Joselina Cruz completing the curatorial partnership, the project responds in real time to a world undergoing profound political, social and economic change, echoing Mark Carney's declaration that "we are in the midst of a rupture” in his 2026 Davos address.…
COLCHESTER.- Colchester + Ipswich Museums’ (CIMS) Constable 250 – a year-long programme of exhibitions, performances and events – concludes with a very special show that showcases artworks made by members of the local community, alongside paintings by seven professional contemporary artists, all of whom have been inspired by John Constable’s legacy and indelible contribution to British painting. Constable to Contemporary will also display pictures made by the next generation of exciting young talents to be f…
RICHMOND, VA.- The Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University presents three solo exhibitions by multidisciplinary artists Tony Cokes, Cassi Namoda, and Diane Severin Nguyen, on view now through February 21, 2027, at the Markel Center. The fall exhibitions feature a survey spanning more than three decades of work by Richmond-born Cokes, new site-specific commissions by internationally recognized Namoda, and a kinetic sonic installation by Severin Nguyen. Together, the exhibitions explore film, photography,…
On the occasion of Leonora Carrington’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, Almine Rech had a conversation with Dr. Mylène Ferrand, art historian and curator. Organized in collaboration with the Consejo Leonora Carrington and rossogranada, the exhibition is currently on view …
On a day like today, Russian painter and set designer Konstantin Yuon was born
Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon (24 October [O.S. 12 October] 1875 – April 11, 1958) was a Russian painter and theatre designer associated with Mir Iskusstva. Later, he co-founded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. Konstantin Yuon started as an Impressionist landscape and genre painter with a Symbolist note. In this image: View of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra from Vokzalnaya Street, 1911.
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