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September 2026
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The Constellation — The Art World as a Living Network
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Carnegie International 2026Carnegie International 2026
The oldest continuous exhibition of international art in North America.
Berlin Biennale 2026
Istanbul Biennial 2026
Contour Biennale 2026
Emscherkunst 2026
On View Now
Museum exhibitions open across the global art circuit
Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt
An ongoing deep image reconstruction installation at MoMA.
Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. ActionJulio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action
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Posthumous institutional recognition surge — major retrospectives confirmed
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Indigenous Futurisms
Contemporary Indigenous artists claiming speculative and science-fiction frameworks. From Sydney Biennale to the Whitney, Indigenous artists are mapping futures, not just recovering pasts.
Grief as Public Form
Across Venice, London, and the broader biennial circuit, artists are transforming grief into politically charged public spectacle. Gabrielle Goliath's 'Elegy' at Venice — staging a grieving of Palestinian lives after a shocking cancellation — and the 'Flare-Up' group show at Goldsmiths CCA (including Benoît Piéron, Carolyn Lazard, Felix Gonzalez-Torres) position mourning not as private emotion but as collective political demand. This differs from Care Aesthetics in its urgency: grief here is weaponized, not soothed.
Feminist Art Reclamation
A quiet but accelerating restoration of suppressed or overshadowed women artists is visible across multiple registers. Jacqueline Lamba, the Surrealist painter long eclipsed by her husband André Breton, is reclaimed through a new book revealing her love affair with Frida Kahlo — two marginalized-by-proximity women suddenly centered in the same story. Tate Modern's presentation of Ana Mendieta receives major critical attention. Shahrnush Parsipur's death at 80 prompts a renewed reckoning with how Iranian feminist defiance survives through artistic transmission. Yvonne Rainer's Trio A performs publicly at Tate Modern on its 60th anniversary, received as a live argument for the radical durability of feminist performance.
Post-Digital Painting
Painting that acknowledges and incorporates digital visual culture — from AirDrop aesthetics to phone-first composition.
Diasporic Reckonings
Art practices exploring migration, displacement, and layered diaspora identities. Reshaping national pavilions at Venice.
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ArtAsiaPacificPhilippine Artists’ Coalition Rally Against Planned US-Led AI Development Hub
Artists have banded together amid concerns over AI’s impact on land, resources, and creativity in the Philippines. Harison Butler
Monopol MagazinDie Mode-Highlights im Herbst
Die Mode-Highlights im Herbst Alia Lübben Thu, 09/24/2026 - 07:15
The New York Times ArtsThe Lucas Museum’s Architect Wants to Help You Escape From Reality
Ma Yansong, China’s reigning starchitect, lets his buildings wrapped in nature do the shouting.
The Getty Scoops Up Newly Discovered Velázquez PaintingPaul KleeThe Getty Scoops Up Newly Discovered Velázquez Painting
The painting is the first work by the Spanish master to enter the museum's collection. The post The Getty Scoops Up Newly Discovered Velázquez Painting appeared first on Artnet News.
The New York Times ArtsCheetah Chrome, Guitarist for Pioneering Punk Bands, Dies at 71
He played with Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys, whose snarling nihilism opened the door to an entire music genre in the 1970s.
The New York Times ArtsMet Opera’s New Season Opens With Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’
Luminaries gathered to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera’s new season, which opened with Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
ArtforumChiharu Shiota and Mami Kataoka Named to l’Ordre d’Arts et Lettres by French Republic
Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota and Mami Kataoka, the director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, have been appointed to l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the government of France. Shiota was awarded the rank of Officier, while Kataoka was given that of Chevalier. The pair
ArtforumGerman Artists Arrested at Louvre for Installing Their Art Near the Mona Lisa
Two German artists were arrested at the Louvre in Paris on September 19 after mounting two canvases to a wall of the Salle des États, where Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is displayed. Police reported that the pair used sticky tape to affix the works, each of which measured roughly twelve by nine inc
The New York Times ArtsMuseum Regrets Renting Space to 9/11 Event That Aired Conspiracy Theories
As New York commemorated the 25th anniversary of the attacks, El Museo del Barrio rented space to a group skeptical of the explanation of what caused the twin towers to come down.
Art in AmericaAfter a $105 M. Memorabilia Blockbuster, Christie’s Launches a Pop Culture Division
“I sat in the Jim Irsay sale room, and that was an experience like I’ve never seen,” Christie's Bonnie Brennan said.
ARTnewsAfter a $105 M. Memorabilia Blockbuster, Christie’s Launches a Pop Culture Division
“I sat in the Jim Irsay sale room, and that was an experience like I’ve never seen,” Christie's Bonnie Brennan said.
Sarah Schlesinger’s Seascapes Refuse to Show You EverythingKatsushika HokusaiSarah Schlesinger’s Seascapes Refuse to Show You Everything
In her second solo show at Huxley-Parlour, Sarah Schlesinger strips away the horizon line from the seascape genre. The post Sarah Schlesinger’s Seascapes Refuse to Show You Everything appeared first on Artnet News.
The New York Times Arts‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4, Episode 8 Recap: There’s Crying in Football
A setback for the team, a nefarious plot and a romantic reunion.
HyperallergicThe Met to Present First Major Felix Gonzalez-Torres Show in NYC in Decades
Scattered across the museum's permanent collection galleries, "The Spaces Between" brings together more than 40 works from the late conceptual artist.
The New York Times ArtsHayden Panettiere Was Found Surrounded by Drugs, Report Details
The actress had completed a stint in rehab before she died last month from an overdose, the coroner’s office said. Her death was ruled an accident.
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ArtforumArchitect Frida Escobedo to Design Malba Expansion
The Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba) has announced that Mexican architect Frida Escobedo will lead the project to expand the museum. The subterranean expansion will be constructed beneath Plaza Perú, the public park that neighbors the museum, and will roughly double the museum’s
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ARTnews.comBavarian State Painting Collections in Munich Returns Painting to Great-Grandson of Jewish Collector Who Fled Germany in 1938
The artwork, by the German painter Albert Lang, was returned to Sofie Heilbronner’s heirs in a ceremony on September 22 at the German Embassy in Washington, DC.
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ARTnews.comBavarian State Painting Collections in Munich Returns Painting to Great-Grandson of Jewish Collector Who Fled Germany in 1938
The artwork, by the German painter Albert Lang, was returned to Sofie Heilbronner’s heirs in a ceremony on September 22 at the German Embassy in Washington, DC.
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HyperallergicAn Unequal Artist Legacy Field Defines Who Gets to Be Remembered
A new report from the Joan Mitchell Foundation highlights deep structural issues affecting legacy work across the arts.
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HyperallergicFrieze Owner Ari Emanuel Criticizes Macklemore Over Pro-Palestinian Comments
The Hollywood billionaire also objected to using the term "genocide" to describe Israel's actions in Palestine.
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ArtforumU.K. Bans Export of “Exquisite” Renaissance Statuette
The U.K. government has placed a ban on the export of an early-sixteenth-century bronze, valued at $6.2 million, in an effort to give British museums and galleries time to acquire the work and keep it on public display. Seated Nymph was sculpted by the Italian artist Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, als
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The Good List: 6 Things to Add Some Delight to Your DayPaul KleeThe Good List: 6 Things to Add Some Delight to Your Day
Traffic music, virtual firewood and ‘it’s lighter than you think.’
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In Seoul, New Museums Honor Dansaekhwa PioneersPaul CézanneIn Seoul, New Museums Honor Dansaekhwa Pioneers
It is a great time to be a fan of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Park Seo-Bo, and Yun Hyong-Keun. Or to become one. The post In Seoul, New Museums Honor Dansaekhwa Pioneers appeared first on Artnet News.
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HyperallergicThe Unsung Craftspeople Who Built Ancient Egypt
A new publication reflects a growing interest in the lives of the makers behind the civilization’s arts and crafts, long marginalized and erased by mythologized depictions of the ancient world.
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ArtforumJeffreen M.H. Ash Steps Down from Leadership of Threewalls
Jeffreen M.H. Ash will depart from her role as executive director of the Chicago cultural nonprofit Threewalls on September 30. She has spent eleven years at the contemporary art organization, whose mission is to support Black artists through collaboration and community and within Black feminist and
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The New York Times ArtsA Triumphant Baritone in a Dystopian ‘Macbeth’ Opens the Met Opera Season
Quinn Kelsey commandingly charts each step in Macbeth’s decline in Louisa Proske’s postapocalyptic setting of Verdi’s opera, which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season.
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The New York Times ArtsDisney’s Fired C.E.O. Bob Chapek Settles Scores With Bob Iger in New Book
In a new memoir, Bob Chapek publicly addresses his 2022 ouster for the first time. He blames Mr. Iger, who both preceded and succeeded him at Disney.
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ARTnews.comSotheby’s to Sell a $37 M. Cache of Works Once Owned by Armand Hammer, National Gallery of Art Names New Head of Art of Americas Department, and More: Industry Moves for September 23, 2026
Plus, Julia Phillips wins the €100,000 K21 Global Art Award.
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ARTnews.comSotheby’s to Sell a $37 M. Cache of Works Once Owned by Armand Hammer, National Gallery of Art Names New Head of Art of Americas Department, and More: Industry Moves for September 23, 2026
Plus, Julia Phillips wins the €100,000 K21 Global Art Award.
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ARTnewsHow Collectors Jon and Kim Shirley Stepped In to Restore the Senate Building’s Famed Calder
The couple are longtime collectors of Alexander Calder, having donated 48 works by the artist to the Seattle Art Museum in 2023.
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Art in AmericaHow Collectors Jon and Kim Shirley Stepped In to Restore the Senate Building’s Famed Calder
The couple are longtime collectors of Alexander Calder, having donated 48 works by the artist to the Seattle Art Museum in 2023.
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ARTnews.comEl Museo del Barrio Apologizes for Renting Space to Event that Aired 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs called the event "reprehensible."
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ARTnews.comEl Museo del Barrio Apologizes for Renting Space to Event that Aired 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs called the event "reprehensible."
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ARTnews.comArt in America Celebrates Fall “Icons” Issue with Talk Featuring William T. Williams and Nari Ward
The conversation centered on Williams's career-spanning profile in the magazine.
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ARTnews.comArt in America Celebrates Fall “Icons” Issue with Talk Featuring William T. Williams and Nari Ward
The conversation centered on Williams's career-spanning profile in the magazine.
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HyperallergicRemembering Lucia Laguna, Rodrigo Cass, and Nelson Garrido
This week, we honor a Brazilian painter inspired by nature and another who drew on Catholicism, and a Venezuelan photographer who challenged power.
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ArtforumArt Institute of Chicago Returns Metzinger Painting to Family of Jewish Collector
The Art Institute of Chicago has announced that it will return Jean Metzinger’s painting Woman with a Fan (1913) to the family of Jewish art collector Emanuel Lewenstein. The museum acquired the painting from New York’s Sidney Janis Gallery in 1959, but provenance research by the Mondex Corporation—
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ARTnews.comAmateur Archaeologist With a Metal Detector Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins in a Field in Western Germany
The 6.8 pounds of silver coins date to the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian.
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ARTnews.comAmateur Archaeologist With a Metal Detector Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins in a Field in Western Germany
The 6.8 pounds of silver coins date to the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian.
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ArtsyHow Madonna Became an Art World Icon
Madonna, 1990 Patrick Demarchelier Staley-Wise Gallery The legend is a classic one: A 20-year-old Michigan college dropout lands in New York with $35 in her pocket and gets into a taxi for the first time in her life, telling the driver to drop her off at “the center of it all.”Soon, the ambitious yo
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Liz Hird obituaryGustav KlimtLiz Hird obituary
My mother, Liz Hird, who has died of cancer aged 82, was a designer, maker and teacher determined to encourage the creative work of children and adults.She and her husband, Ian Hird, set up the Kelso Pottery as part of an initiative to bring new industries to the Scottish Borders in the late 1960s.
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5 Must-See Off Broadway Shows, New and RemountedEdvard Munch5 Must-See Off Broadway Shows, New and Remounted
Our critics recommend Molière in the Park’s “Don Juan,” “Beyond the Stardust,” “The Hope Theory,” “Pre-Existing Condition” and more.
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HyperallergicThomas Hart Benton's Sanitized American Idyll
His ambition to capture the full experience of living in the United States had its limits.
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ArtsyBrazilian artist Lucia Laguna dies at 85.
Brazilian painter Lucia Laguna, whose densely layered landscapes transformed the view from her Rio de Janeiro studio, has died at 85. She was one of the country’s most celebrated and distinctive contemporary artists. Laguna died Sunday at her home in Rio de Janeiro, according to her gallery, Fortes
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ArtforumCorporate Cartoon Capers
On the death and resurrection of Dave Green's 2026 film Coyote vs. Acme
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Art in AmericaThe Only Shocking Thing About Jordan Wolfson’s Gagosian Show Is How Boring It Is
Though he invokes 9/11 and pornographic Jeff Koons works, Wolfson generally plays it safe.
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ARTnewsThe Only Shocking Thing About Jordan Wolfson’s Gagosian Show Is How Boring It Is
Though he invokes 9/11 and pornographic Jeff Koons works, Wolfson generally plays it safe.
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ArtsyThe Met to stage major Felix Gonzales-Torres exhibition in summer 2027.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will stage the first major New York survey of Felix Gonzalez-Torres's work since 1995, opening in summer 2027.“Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Spaces Between,” on view June 10th through October 18th, 2027, will present more than 40 works by the Cuban-born American visual ar
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The New York Times ArtsTaylor Swift Announces ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore,’ Featuring 4 New Songs
“The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore,” featuring four new songs, will release on Friday.
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ARTnews.comArt Institute of Chicago Returns a Metzinger to Family of Jewish Collector Following Further Provenance Research
There had been gaps in the painting’s provenance ever since the museum acquired it in 1959.
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