Tuesday, October 06, 2026

Tiffany Shlain to unveil 'Dendrofemonology' installation and world premiere film in Austin

Installation view of Tiff any Shlain with DENDROFEMONOLOGY at diRosa Center for Contemporary art, 2026, photo by Drew Altizer.
AUSTIN, TX.— Artist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and national bestselling author Tiffany Shlain announces the installation of her celebrated sculpture Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring along with the worldwide premiere of her iterative film Where Are We?! at the Austin Central Library on October 27, 2026. Dendrofemonology is a moveable monument that aims to spark dialogue and galvanize attention on women’s rights, which began as an installation on the National Mall in 2023. Where Are We?! is a film project that began four years ago and has screened worldwide, with the latest version debuting live at the Austin Central Library on October 27 along with a digital release made available for screenings nationwide. Shlain’s work places women’s rights in the larger context of history while exploring what she argues is needed to ensure continued progress for women’s equality. “Most people don't realize women still don't have equal rights in this country,” states Shlain. “In a year when so much is at stake, we are thrilled to bring together art and action at the Austin Central Library. As an artist and author, this location is especially meaningful as we see efforts to ban our freedoms with both books and our bodies. This is a critical time in our country and I am looking forward to bringing this project to Texas, to let women there know we are with them. We are here.” On October 27, Shlain also invites people around Texas and all Americans to host their own screening events by distributing the newest edition of Where Are We?! simultaneously to the screening in Austin to anyone who would like to host their own watch party. The film will be available at letitripple.org/texas along with three other of Shlain award-winning short films Life Lib...
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Laser technology reveals original colors of rare Florentine altarpieces at Accademia

FLORENCE.— Two early 15th-century paintings by the anonymous artist known as the Master of 1416 are returning to public view at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence following major conservation work that has revealed new details about their materials, history and authorship. From October 6, 2026 through March 14, 2027, Madonna and Child with Saints Peter, Anthony Abbot, Julian and John the Baptist and Madonna and Child with Eight Angels will be shown together in a dedicated presentation on the museum’s first floor. The display is the latest installment of the Galleria’s Restored Works on Display initiative, which brings recently conserved works back before the public while also explaining the research and technical work behind their restoration. Shown side by side, the two panels offer a rare opportunity to compare works associated with an artist active in Florence during the first quarter of the 15th century. Scholars use the conventional name “Master of 1416” because
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Auction loaded with outstanding historical material in many collecting categories

WILTON, CONN.— A John Hancock signed document dated January 1, 1776; a Martin Luther King, Jr. typed letter signed and dated January 16, 1964; a Babe Ruth signed newspaper clipping; and a Charles Dickens signed cabinet card portrait photograph from 1868 are just a few of the highlight items in University Archives’ online-only Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photographs auction slated for Wednesday, October 21st, beginning at 10am Eastern Time. The auction is filled with rare and highly collectible items in a variety of popular categories. The catalog in its entirety – 448 lots – is up for viewing and bidding now on the University Archives website – www.UniversityArchives.com – as well as the popular platforms Invaluable.com, Auctionzip.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. “The October auction
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Christie's Hong Kong presents 'For the Son of Heaven: The Imperial Qianlong Gold Ewer''

HONG KONG.— Christie's will present 'For the Son of Heaven: The Imperial Qianlong Gold Ewer', a dedicated single-lot auction taking place during Hong Kong Asian Art Week on 29 October 2026. The sale centres on a magnificent Imperial embellished gold ewer and cover bearing a Qianlong mark and of the period (1736-1795), an exceptionally rare masterpiece of Qing court goldsmithing and one of the finest surviving imperial gold vessels in private hands. Fashioned in solid gold and lavishly embellished with pearls, rubies, sapphires and turquoise, the exquisitely crafted ewer exemplifies the technical brilliance and artistic refinement achieved under the patronage of the Qianlong Emperor. Its elegant form, intricate filigree work and sumptuous gemstone decoration reflect the extraordinary standards of craftsmanship
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Fondazione Alinari launches public series to shape future photography museum

FLORENCE.— What should a photography museum look like in the 21st century? And how can an immense historical archive be transformed into a place that feels alive, accessible and relevant to contemporary audiences? Those questions are at the center of a new series of public conversations organized by the Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia as it develops plans for the future Museo Alinari in Florence. Titled Toward the Alinari Museum – Conversations, the program will bring together museum directors, curators, scholars, photographers and architects for five meetings at Villa Fabbricotti between October 8 and December 14, 2026. The future museum is planned for the monumental complex of Santa Maria Novella, in spaces formerly occupied by the Scuola Marescialli. It will house the museum itself, a significant portion of the Alinari Archives and the foundation’s library.
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Hauser & Wirth opens Palo Alto gallery with landmark Calder and O'Keeffe exhibition

PALO ALTO, CA.— Marc Payot, Iwan Wirth and Manuela Wirth, Presidents of Hauser & Wirth, announced that the gallery’s newest California location opened in downtown Palo Alto on 3 October 2026, inaugurated by the first ever exhibition devoted to the mutual admiration and artistic kinship between Alexander Calder and Georgia O’Keeffe, two defining figures of American modernism. Developed in close collaboration with the Calder Foundation, Calder | O’Keeffe brings together exceptional works by both artists, complemented by archival materials documenting their decades-long friendship. Informed by research undertaken with the guidance of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, the exhibition reflects Hauser & Wirth’s foundational commitment to cultivating new perspectives on canonical artists, fostering original art historical scholarship, and catalyzing
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Christine Seidel appointed new Head of Flemish Painting and Northern Schools

MADRID.— The Museo del Prado has appointed Christine Seidel as its new Head of Flemish Painting and the Northern Schools, placing a specialist in late medieval and Renaissance Northern European art in charge of one of the museum’s most important areas of study and conservation. Seidel succeeds longtime Prado curator Alejandro Vergara, who is moving into a newly focused role as Head of Academic Content for Canal Prado, the museum’s audiovisual platform. A scholar of Northern European art from the 14th through the 16th centuries, Seidel joins the Prado from the National Gallery in London, where she served as Associate Curator of Renaissance Painting. She previously worked at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart as curator of paintings before 1800. Her arrival comes at a particularly visible moment. Seidel is curating the Prado’s upcoming exhibition devoted to Hans Baldung Grien, which opens November
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RM Sotheby's Zurich sale grosses CHF16.3 Million

ZURICH.— RM Sotheby’s hosted an excellent boutique sale at Zurich’s Park Hyatt hotel on 26 September, with the sale grossing CHF16,302,075. Offering everything from blue-chip classics to the lates hypercars, it was the 2014 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse 'Jean-Pierre Wimille that stole the limelight and achieved a world record auction price of CHF4,505,000. One of just three examples produced, this highly exclusive limited-edition car was the first instalment in the Bugatti Legends series, built to honour Jean-Pierre Wimille, Bugatti’s first 24 Hours of Le Mans winner. Unveiled during Monterey Car Week in August 2013, the trio of ‘Jean-Pierre Wimille’ Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesses took their inspiration from the two-tone Type 57G Tank that Wimille shared with French compatriot Robert Benoist in 1937, the year that Bugatti claimed its first-ever victory in the famous round-the-clock endurance race. The Celebratory exterior and interior
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Eric Esrailian elected Chair, Karen Hillenburg as Vice Chair, of Hammer Museum Board of Directors

LOS ANGELES, CA.— The Hammer Museum at UCLA announced today new leadership of its Board of Directors: Dr. Eric Esrailian will serve as Chair, and Karen Hillenburg will serve as Vice Chair. Dr. Esrailian, who previously served as Vice Chair, succeeds Marcy Carsey, who led the board for 12 years. Although she has stepped down from her leadership role, Carsey remains on the Board of Directors. In addition to these leadership appointments, the museum also welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors: philanthropist Leslie McMorrow, attorney Alicia Miñana de Lovelace, and Joan Weinstein, Vice President of Program Planning at Getty. The Board of Directors is the museum’s governing body; the addition of these new members brings the number of board members to 24. At the same time, the Hammer is pleased to announce five new members of its Board of Advisors, which offers guidance on the development of the museum’s programs and collections. These new members include Robyn Field, Jordan S. Goodman
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Mario Testino opens major solo exhibition in Venice with Patricia Low Contemporary

VENICE.— Patricia Low Contemporary is presenting Mario Testino, a major exhibition bringing together a carefully curated selection of works by one of the world’s most celebrated photographers. The exhibition marks Testino’s return to the gallery following the success of his acclaimed presentation in Gstaad, opening during the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Bringing together iconic fashion portraits, monumental floral compositions, still lifes and recent equine studies, the exhibition reflects the remarkable breadth of Testino’s practice and his continuing evolution beyond the world of fashion photography into contemporary fine art. Few cities provide a more fitting setting for this dialogue than Venice. Long synonymous with beauty, craftsmanship and spectacle, the city’s artistic legacy—from Renaissance harmony to the decorative richness of the Rococo—forms an elegant backdrop against
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Yancey Richardson presents iconic works by Mexican modernist Manuel Álvarez Bravo

NEW YORK, NY.— Yancey Richardson is presenting Manuel Álvarez Bravo, featuring a selection of iconic photographs by the legendary Mexican artist and coinciding with RAGE™, the gallery’s exhibition of new work by Tania Franco Klein. Considered one of the most important photographers in the history of the medium, Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002) is regarded as a towering figure both in Mexico and in the history of Modernism in Latin America more broadly. With photographs that range from nudes, still lifes and quiet street scenes to portraits and records of political violence, Álvarez Bravo used photography to explore the subtle mysteries laying just beneath the surface of the perceptible. Initially self-taught, Álvarez Bravo’s photography developed through his study of foreign and local photography journals, where he first encountered the work of Edward Weston and Tina Modotti,
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CLAMP presents 'Other Sides of Andy' featuring rare Warhol works and candid portraits

NEW YORK, NY.— CLAMP is presenting “Other Sides of Andy,” an exhibition on the gallery’s mezzanine featuring artworks by Andy Warhol (1928–1987), alongside photographs of Warhol captured by his contemporaries. Together, these pieces reveal lesser-known facets of the pop icon’s personality, private life, and creative interests. The exhibition features original Polaroids from Warhol’s provocative late-1970s series, “Torsos” (1977) and “Sex Parts” (1978). Keenly aware of the art world’s conservative climate at the time, Warhol recognized that such explicit erotic imagery would not be well-received by traditional museums or private collectors. As a result, much of this material was originally sold quietly and directly from his studio. Crucial to this era was Warhol’s confidante Victor Hugo, who modeled for many of the images and actively recruited other men to pose
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Keith Haring takes over Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi in major retrospective

ROME.— Keith Haring’s restless, instantly recognizable visual language takes over the Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi this fall in a major exhibition bringing together more than 140 works and archival materials spanning the artist’s career. Opening October 6, 2026, and running through April 11, 2027, the exhibition traces Haring’s path from the streets and subway stations of New York to his political posters, public murals, sculptures, paintings and late works. Curated by Kaoru Yanase, Ilaria Miarelli Mariani and Claudio Zambianchi, the show draws heavily on the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, the largest collection in the world devoted to the artist, together with loans from public and private collections. The exhibition also places particular emphasis on Haring’s relationship with Italy, a connection that began early in his career and became one of the most important chapters of his international life. Haring first visited Italy in 1983, traveling to Milan and Naples.
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Bourse de Commerce hosts major Pinault Collection survey marking photography's bicentenary

As photography celebrates its bicentenary, Pinault Collection is hosting a major group exhibition at the Bourse de Commerce. Opening on 7 October 2026, it features some 700 works by more than 70 artists. Curated by Matthieu Humery, "Remember Me" takes its name from an original work by Barbara Kruger that will be shown in the Rotunda of the museum. The masterpieces and icons from the Pinault Collection featured in this exhibition all pay tribute to the medium of photography, tracing the entire history of this art form, from its earliest endeavours to its most contemporary expressions. Constructed as a free-ranging journey without any chronology, it elicits unexpected correspondences and dialogues between genres and eras to offer viewers an open, sensorially driven experience of the history of photography. From historical photographs

Marshmallow Laser Feast: All That Is Unseen presented by Media Majlis Museum with ACMI

Through a series of interactive and immersive artworks, a new exhibition at the Media Majlis Museum at Northwestern University in Qatar makes the invisible forces that sustain life tangible. All That Is Unseen is the first major exhibition in Qatar and the wider region by London-based artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. Curated and produced by ACMI, Australia’s museum of screen culture, the exhibition examines a crucial, universal question: how can we perceive, value, and protect the systems on which life depends? Featuring ten distinct artworks developed in collaboration with ecologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers, the exhibition brings scientific research into dialogue with immersive storytelling. It reveals realities that lie beyond the scope of human perception and transforms abstract knowledge into embodied experience. Comprising major

Basim Magdy awarded Helmut-Kraft-Art Prize 2026

The Helmut-Kraft-Stiftung and the Museum für Neue Kunst in Freiburg im Breisgau are pleased to announce that Basel-based artist and filmmaker Basim Magdy (b. 1977) has been awarded the prestigious Helmut-Kraft Art Prize 2026. The annual prize honors contemporary artists whose work demonstrates outstanding artistic independence, high quality, and a promising vision for the future. The foundation’s board commends Magdy’s multidisciplinary oeuvre, which has captivated audiences for years through its distinctive visual language. With this award, Magdy joins a distinguished list of previous laureates, including Hans Haacke, Rosemarie Trockel, Anselm Kiefer, Imi Knoebel, Karin Sander, Havîn Al-Sîndy, Gerold Miller, Nicole Wermers, and Peter Stauss. The art prize is uniquely structured to ensure the long-term institutional presence

Geneva unveiled as the next destination for Gooding Christie's

Gooding Christie's, the automotive leg of world leading art and luxury business Christie's, will make its Swiss auction debut during Christie's Luxury Week in early November with a standalone automotive sale, taking place on Sunday, 8 November at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva. The auction will include a collection of 17 lots, primarily modern, exceptionally low-mileage Ferraris, offered entirely without reserve. The Geneva Auction features highly sought-after modern Ferrari collectibles, including a 2023 Ferrari 812 Competizione Aperta (Estimate: CHF 1,700,000 – CHF 1,900,000, Without Reserve), a 2025 Ferrari 812 Competizione Coupé (Estimate: CHF 1,400,000 – CHF 1,600,000, Without Reserve), a 2025 Ferrari SF90 XX Spider (Estimate: CHF 1,500,000 – CHF 1,700,000, Without Reserve), and a 2016 Ferrari F12 TDF (Estimate:

Christie's to support Artists for Climate Action during its 20/21 Marquee Week

Christie's announces a special fundraising initiative during its upcoming 20/21 Marquee Week in October, benefiting* Artists for Climate Action, a collaborative fundraising initiative created by world-leading climate charities Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC) and ClientEarth, who have joined forces to build the most impactful philanthropic platform at the intersection of art and culture. Artists Igshaan Adams and Patricia Leite have generously donated work to be offered in the 20th/21st Century London Evening Sale (14 October 2026) and the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale (15 October 2026) to support Artists for Climate Action*. Following on from the successful landmark partnership with GCC and ClientEarth in 2021, Artists for ClientEarth, Christie's is delighted to support Artists for Climate Action in its mission to transform art-world influence

MAAT in Lisbon marks ten years of art, architecture, and technology

In October 2026, MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology celebrates ten years of activity. Located on the Belém waterfront in Lisbon, the museum has developed a programme throughout its first decade that brings together artistic practices, critical thought, and different fields of knowledge. Since opening in 2016, MAAT has presented more than 155 exhibitions and the work of over one thousand Portuguese and international artists. Its programme has brought together different generations, geographies, and artistic languages, combining projects by emerging artists with exhibitions devoted to established figures. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Jeff Wall, William Klein, Joana Vasconcelos, Grada Kilomba, Ernesto Neto, Carlos Bunga, Carsten Höller, Tomás Saraceno, Luisa Cunha, Jonathas de Andrade, and Anthony McCall are among

Mapuche artist Seba Calfuqueo brings European solo debut 'Cautín' to Museo Thyssen

Few rivers shape a territory the way the Cautín shapes the Araucanía, a region belonging to the Wallmapu -the ancestral land of the Mapuche people-, a place marked by successive colonial projects that have sought to reduce it to an extractive resource: from the early evangelizing missions to the contemporary process of water privatization. Thus, the Cautín River is not—in the first solo exhibition in Europe by Mapuche artist Seba Calfuqueo (Santiago, Chile, 1991), presented by the museum and TBA21—a simple watercourse, but a living, complex territory composed of rocks and sand, animals and plants, protective spirits and human beings. The show is the result of years of research into this river, in which Calfuqueo acts as a translator of the forces that inhabit it, giving them form through different languages: zoomorphic ceramics representing

Caroline Bachmann explores American Midwest landscape in new exhibition at Biel/Bienne

Since the Romantic period, it has been customary to say that a painted landscape reflects the soul of the artist who created it. The truth of painting would therefore reside less in the natural arrangement of forms and colors than in the feelings—at times joyful or melancholy, at times euphoric or tormented—of the human psyche. In contrast to this subjective conception of landscape, Caroline Bachmann’s (*1963) approach to painting is more akin to that of a scientist, based on observing her surroundings with rigorous detachment. Until now devoted exclusively to Swiss lakes and mountains, her painting is nevertheless imbued with a strong dreamlike sensuality. The painter’s attention is wholly focused on atmospheric and luminous variations: the particular texture of a cloud, the weight of a celestial body, the distinctive reflections of a wave.

Stichting NDSM-werf unveils Ivan Morison's monumental public artwork 'The Argonauts'

Stichting NDSM-werf presents The Argonauts, a new public artwork by British artist Ivan Morison: a group of three monumental sculptures that introduce strange embodied forms into the post-industrial landscape of NDSM. A gathering of misfits, The Argonauts occupy an uncertain territory between body and the rural, concealment and change. For the IJssel Biennale (NL), 2025, Morison created earlier versions as temporary sculptures made from hay, offered back to land, cattle and weather. Now re-manifested in the city, The Argonauts are constructed from locally sourced agricultural matter and coated with a hardened mineral skin. The sculptures remain in a state of becoming: an outer surface of apparent permanence enclosing a decaying rural core. The gesture is both playful and brutal: an agricultural body in drag, performing permanence outside

Pi Artworks presents Jyll Bradley's 'Power of What (Memory Room)' in London

Pi Artworks presents Power of What (Memory Room), Jyll Bradley’s first solo exhibition in the UK since Running and Returning, her major presentation at The Box in Plymouth (2025). In both shows, Bradley has created intimate installations that explore memory and identity through photography from her archive, which she has juxtaposed with recent sculptures. Set against wallpaper created by the artist to reflect patterns and colours associated with the artist’s childhood home, these ‘memory rooms’ offer personal, interior spaces for self-reflection. A new series of solarised self-portraits will be presented alongside sculptures that represent the artist’s physical stance as well as a major work that summons the landscape of her formative years in Kent. Power of What (Memory Room) will draw upon Bradley’s first studio which she established in the dilapidated,

Swiss Institute presents Rafał Skoczek's off-site project 'Kino Drift' at WSA in New York

Swiss Institute is presenting Kino Drift, an off-site project by artist Rafał Skoczek. Conceived as a temporary exhibition space and venue for self-organized cultural activity, Kino Drift brings together film screenings, concerts, readings, publications, and artworks within an environment that continuously shifts over the course of its duration. Skoczek’s practice moves between painting, exhibition-making, publishing, music, and collaborative programming, often taking shape through social and infrastructural forms. For Kino Drift, he transforms an artist studio into a site for gathering and exchange, drawing on a network of ongoing projects, friendships, and affinities. Part cinema, part library, part venue, the exhibition develops progressively throughout its duration, functioning less as a static presentation than as an evolving set of conditions.
Flashback: On a day like today, American photographer Irving Penn died
Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 - October 7, 2009) was an American photographer most known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake, and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally, and continues to inform the art of photography even after his death. In this image: A collector, left, makes a comment as a Christie's auction house worker holds Irving Penn's classic image of Jean Patchet that appeared in Vogue magazine's cover in 1950, during a presentation in London, Friday May 13, 2005.

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