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Working in Southern California, Hayward developed his practice in dialogue with the reductive tendencies of the Los Angeles art scene, including Minimalism and the L.A. Fetish Finish aesthetic.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Modernism , San Francisco brings together nearly four decades of work by James Hayward [1943–2026] in James HAYWARD: Works 1975–2013 , the first exhibition devoted to the artist’s work since his passing earlier this year. Spanning the development of Hayward’s practice from the 1970s through the early 2010s, the retrospective offers an occasion to reconsider his sustained engagement with the monochrome and the material possibilities of paint. From the formal Automatic Paintings of the… More

John Nieto (American, 1936-2018), Pow-Wow Dancer, 1989. Acrylic on canvas, 84-3/8 x 68-1/4 in. Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000.

A dancer brought to life in brilliant color, a ranch foreman portrayed against the land he tended and a gold figure poised in ritual movement: Across two consecutive November auctions, Heritage Auctions explores the many ways artists express identity, community and connections to place. The Nov. 5 Texas & Western Art Signature® Auction and the Nov. 6 Ethnographic Art: American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Signature® Auction bring those themes into focus through paintings and… More

Important 18th century blue and white ‘Crane and Tortoise’ ovoid jar (Joseon Dynasty, Korea) 13 ½ inches tall and diameter. Sold for $344,400, blasting through its $10,000 high estimate.

STAMFORD.- An important 18th century blue and white ‘Crane and Tortoise’ ovoid jar (Joseon Dynasty, Korea) blasted through its $10,000 high estimate to finish at $344,400 in ACES Gallery’s Fall Estates Auction held October 18th. The jar was the top lot in a sale that contained 452 lots and totaled $940,000. All prices quoted are inclusive of the buyer’s premium. “I had my suspicions about the jar when I found it sitting on the living room floor of an unassuming Bedford, New York home with a… More

Toothy, two-faced cast-iron devil still bank by A C Williams in near-mint condition, well-detailed with visible teeth, a turned-up mustache and riveting eyes. Estimate: $800-$2,000.

DENVER, PA.- Where else but Morphy Auctions can you find a sale featuring Babe Ruth, Mickey Mouse, Superman and the devil himself? The Pennsylvania company’s November 10-12 Toys, Sports & General Collectibles Auction is loaded with rare, highly desirable antique and vintage items from a wide array of collecting categories. Many would make wonderful holiday gifts or prized additions to a collection. A substantial number of higher-estimated lots will be sold on Day 2, November 11. The Sultan of… More

John Mahli Lawa' Hampton, photo by Hayden Schutz.

WINNIPEG.- Following an extensive international search, the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq announced the appointment of John Mahli Lawa' Hampton as Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective December 10. As WAG-Qaumajuq’s Director & CEO, Hampton will lead the art museum’s finances, operations, and capital expansion projects while fostering a culture of creativity and innovation and advancing the strategic vision of Canada’s oldest civic art gallery, connecting art, culture, learning, and… More

Fourteen-minute bidding battle for a 2,000-year-old marble sculpture leads a white-glove auction spanning Roman antiquities, Old Master paintings, French royal furniture and Islamic art.

NEW YORK, NY.- A Roman marble torso dating from the first century A.D. stole the spotlight at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday evening, October 21, selling for $34.3 million after an intense, nearly 14-minute bidding contest and establishing a new auction record for a Roman antiquity. The dramatic result helped propel the auction house's Magnum Opus Evening Auction to $63 million, surpassing its $47.6 million high estimate and achieving a 100 percent sell-through rate. The evening marked the… More

Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2013. Photo: © Stephen Goodenough.

METZ.- Sixteen years after the opening of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, Shigeru Ban takes over the museum he designed with Jean de Gastines to showcase over forty years of architecture: from early experiments to major cultural buildings, from emergency structures in the wake of disasters to explorations of wood, paper, and recyclable materials, the exhibition reveals an architectural vision of remarkable coherence. For Building a Better World, Shigeru Ban personally oversees both the curation… More

Iria Leino, Conviction (166), 1980. Mixed media on canvas, 76.5 x 62.5 x 8 cm. 30 1/8 x 24 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. Photo: Angel Gil / Galerie Forsblom.

HELSINKI.- In Iria Leino’s art, the Finnish landscape is intertwined with a spiritual quest. Born in Helsinki and active as an artist in New York from the 1960s onward, Leino seamlessly incorporated imagery drawn from Finland’s lakes, forests and waterways, as well as from meditation and the avant-garde artist circles of SoHo. In her work, Leino sought to preserve her Finnish heritage and connection to nature, fueled by her spiritual search in Buddhism. From Pouring to Paintings-as-Sculpture is… More

Millard Rogers (1988); photograph by O. Joseph Galli, from the Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives, Cincinnati Art Museum.

CINCINNATI, OH.- The Cincinnati Art Museum has launched an innovative new curatorial leadership model, appointing its first Director of Academic Partnerships & Research and launching an international search for Director of Curatorial Affairs & Initiatives. Honoring a high-impact past director of the museum, Millard F. Rogers, director 1974-1994, CAM also announces a $4 million anonymous gift to endow the permanent curatorship of European paintings, sculpture and drawings at the museum. Peter Jonathan… More

Installation view, Rosalie Gascoigne, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2026, featuring: (left to right) Rosalie Gascoigne, Suddenly the Lake, 1995; Feathered fence, 1978-79, © Rosalie Gascoigne/Copyright Agency.

PARKES.- From 24 October 2026 to 14 February 2027, Rosalie Gascoigne brings together over 80 significant works spanning the artist's career, offering a major retrospective of her pioneering practice and deep connection to Kamberri/Canberra, which she called home for over 50 years. Aotearoa/New Zealand-born Rosalie Gascoigne (1917 – 1999) is renowned for her remarkable ability to transform discarded everyday materials into poetic sculptural assemblages. Inspired by nature, Gascoigne’s art… More

Leonor Fini: Magically Surreal, exhibition view “Autoportrait au Scorpion“ (1938) © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026. Photo: Norbert Miguletz.

FRANKFURT.- Leonor Fini (1907–1996) was a rebel, both as an artist and in her private life. From October 23, 2026, to February 21, 2027, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt will present the first retrospective of the artist in Germany. In around 100 works—including paintings, drawings, photographs, costumes, masks, and books—the exhibition offers a comprehensive insight into her fascinating oeuvre. Born in Buenos Aires and raised in Trieste, the self-taught artist remained independent throughout her… More

Song Dong. Photo: Perottino.

TURIN.- From 23 October 2026 to 27 June 2027, MAO, Turin is hosting Song Dong. Soul Out, the first solo exhibition in Italy of works by the artist Song Dong (Beijing, 1966), curated by Li Zhenhua and Davide Quadrio, with Francesca Filisetti and Rebecca Ricci, and with the curatorial and scholarly contribution of Manuela Lietti. The exhibition is conceived as a site-specific project that involves the whole museum, transforming it into a narrative device in which Song Dong's works enter into… More

Allison Chance will lead the museum’s advancement team and its philanthropic strategy. Photo: Courtesy of Allison Chance.

WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art today announced Allison Fleming Chance as its next chief advancement officer (CAO). Chance joins the museum from the U.S. Soccer Federation, where she was the vice president of individual giving. She brings more than two decades fundraising and leadership experience at major arts and cultural institutions, including the Smithsonian. Chance previously served as a major gifts officer from 2012 to 2015 at the Institution’s central… More

<a href="https://auctions.artemisgallery.com/auction-lot/sumerian-limestone-plaque-pendant-w-incised-canin_15abce40e7" target="_blank">Sumerian Limestone Plaque Pendant w/ Incised Canines</a>. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

BOULDER, CO.- From a Sumerian limestone pendant carved nearly 5,000 years ago to the elaborate enamelwork and ivory sculpture of Meiji-period Japan, Artemis Fine Arts will bring together centuries of artistic traditions in an auction scheduled for Friday, October 23, 2026. The sale, titled Ancient Jewelry, Antiquities & Ethnographic Art , features approximately 246 lots spanning the ancient Mediterranean, the Near East, Asia, and other cultural traditions. Beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, the… More

Oil on canvas painting by Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982), titled Personnage 1 (1939), 36in x 23¼ in. Estimate: $150,000-$250,000.

MILFORD.- Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will host their annual Fall Fine Art Auction on Thursday, October 29th at 6pm Eastern Time. The auction, featuring over 200 lots, will showcase examples of quality American art, Modern art, and European paintings. A rare painting attributed to Alfred Jacob Miller titled Green River leads the auction. Painted in 1851, this work depicts a rendezvous of Native Americans, fur traders, and pioneers. Miller first travelled to the Rocky Mountains in 1837 and… More

Karen Gunderson, Dark Waves Rising, 2026. Oil on linen, 75 x 75 inches.

NEW YORK, NY.- Yancey Richardson presents Dark Waves Rising, an exhibition of new paintings by Karen Gunderson, the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York in over ten years and first with the gallery since joining in 2025. Gunderson will debut paintings from two bodies of work, Moon and Water, that have been unfolding and evolving over several decades. Dark Waves Rising sees Gunderson continuing her pursuit of the haptic with paintings that shift and adapt to their environment through an… More

Alexander Kaletski, Sugar Free, 2006. Mixed media on cardboard, 82.25 x 54.5 in (208.9 x 138.4 cm).

NEW YORK, NY.- Anna Zorina Gallery presents Cardboard Chapel, a solo exhibition by Alexander Kaletski that includes a fifty year retrospective of his painting on cardboard. The title draws from the Sistine Chapel as a monumental example of how patronage of the arts has been used to shape and disseminate ideas, beliefs and stories throughout history. Kaletski considers how this powerful force operates today and he finds it in the marketing that surrounds us. Nowadays, financial support funds the… More

Victoria Skarlatou, The Blue Couple, 2008. Acrylic on canvas, 68 x 88cm. © Victoria Skarlatou.

ATHENS.- Between Heaven and Earth, the first solo exhibition and retrospective of Victoria Skarlatou’s work, will be held at the City of Athens Art Gallery from October 22 to November 22, 2026. After more than sixty years of continuous artistic creation, Skarlatou’s work will be presented publicly for the first time as a unified artistic universe. Bringing together sixty-one works from the 1960s to the present day, the exhibition traces the evolution of a highly distinctive visual language… More

Ibrahim Said (Egyptian, b. 1976), Floating Vase 32, 2026. White Earthenware, 19 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" (50 x 16 x 16 cm).

NEW YORK, NY.- Yossi Milo is presenting Shaping Time, Ibrahim Said’s second solo presentation with the gallery. The exhibition will open on Thursday, October 22 will be on view through Saturday, January 9, 2027. Shaping Time coincides with the conclusion of Said’s participation as one of three inaugural artists in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vacheron Constantin Artisan Residency. Centered on the preservation and reinterpretation of traditional craft, this 18-month residency granted Said… More

Maurizio Cattelan, Bubblegum Cigarettes, 2012. Performance.

PARIS.- Alberta Pane Gallery is presenting across its two Parisian spaces the exhibition Kreëmart: The Provocateurs of Experimental Consumption, a new exhibition in Paris devoted to the most significant collaborations between the Kreëmart production studio and numerous internationally renowned artists. The exhibition is accompanied by a critical text by Eugenio Viola. Founded in 2009 by Raphael Castoriano, the sensory art studio Kreëmart was born from a desire to bring contemporary artists… More