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Christie's to offer the Collection of visionary Danish collector Ole Faarup as a key highlight of its October 20/21 Marquee Week - Christie's

Christie's will auction the collection of Danish collector Ole Faarup during its October 2025 Marquee Week, featuring around 140 lots with an overall estimate of £16–22 million. Highlights include major works by Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, alongside Danish and international artists. Proceeds from the sale will benefit The Ole Faarup Art Foundation, which supports emerging artists and cultural institutions.

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The 7 Best Art Shows to See This Fall, From N.Y.C. to San Francisco

The article previews seven major art exhibitions opening across the United States this fall, from New York City to San Francisco. Highlights include a rare U.S. retrospective of Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the first comprehensive U.S. survey of Afro-Cuban surrealist Wifredo Lam at the Museum of Modern Art, and a long-overdue museum retrospective for multimedia artist Suzanne Jackson at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Other featured shows include Yoko Ono's traveling retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

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trending_up market schedule Aug 8, 2025 visibility 20 link 22 artists, 10 galleries

Meet the Lawyer-Turned-Dealer Opening a Jewel-Box Gallery Uptown—and More Juicy Art World Gossip

Artnet News's Wet Paint column reports that former David Zwirner director Felix Rödder is opening his own gallery, Rodder (no umlaut), on September 18 at 22 East 80th Street on the Upper East Side, in the same building as Sprüth Magers. The jewel-box space, formerly Barbara Mathes Gallery, will debut with a solo show of sculptural paintings by Wyatt Kahn. Rödder, a lawyer-turned-dealer, plans to mix contemporary programming with historical exhibitions, keeping overhead low and avoiding art fairs for now. The column also teases a mention of Aby Rosen's involvement in the New York mayoral race.

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trending_up market schedule Aug 4, 2025 visibility 17 link 21 artists

Inside Pauline Karpidas’s Legendary Surrealist Collection Bound for Auction

The legendary Surrealist collection of the late Pauline Karpidas, a renowned art patron and collector, will be auctioned at Sotheby's London in September 2025. The sale spans approximately 250 lots from her eccentric London home, featuring masterworks by René Magritte, Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, and Les Lalannes. The collection is expected to fetch over £60 million ($81 million), the highest estimate ever placed on a single collection at Sotheby's Europe. Highlights include Magritte's 'La Statue volante' (1940–41), estimated at £9–12 million, and works acquired directly from the estates of Surrealist figures like André Breton and Paul Éluard.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 30, 2025 visibility 22 link 19 artists

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Its MetLiveArts Fall and Winter 2025–26 Season

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced its MetLiveArts fall and winter 2025–26 season, featuring world premiere performances and commissions created specifically for the museum's galleries, as well as concerts in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. The season highlights a significant number of new works by female artists, including composers and musicians Gabriela Ortiz, Wu Man, Hanzhi Wang, Emily Wells, Layale Chaker, and Leilehua Lanzilotti. Performances will draw inspiration from the Met's collection and special exhibitions like 'Man Ray: When Objects Dream,' with events beginning September 9, 2025, featuring Wu Man and The Knights. The season also includes the JACK Quartet as the museum's 2025–26 Quartet in Residence and the appointment of Sarah Jones as Head of Live Arts.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 26, 2025 visibility 12 link 4 artists

Grand Rapids Art Museum’s big David Hockney exhibition is worth the day trip from Detroit

The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) has opened "David Hockney: Perspective Should Be Reversed," billed as the largest-ever retrospective of the British artist's prints. Featuring some 170 works across two floors, the exhibition spans six decades of Hockney's career, from early Xerox experiments to recent iPad drawings. The show is drawn from the collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, a prominent Portland-based collector and philanthropist, and his Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. It opened on May 31 and is organized into five thematic sections including "Portraits of Self and Others" and "Tradition and Innovation."

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article culture schedule Jul 25, 2025 visibility 36 link 93 artists

These Are the 44 Best Art Museums in the U.S. Right Now

Time Out has published a list of the 44 best art museums in the U.S., ranking institutions like the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) at the top. The article highlights each museum's collection highlights, architectural features, and visitor tips, with prices and recommendations for immersive experiences.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 17, 2025 visibility 21 link 17 artists

The Big Review | David Hockney 25 at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris ★★★★

The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris has opened "David Hockney 25," a major retrospective billed as focusing on the past quarter-century of the British artist's work but actually spanning his entire career, from a 1955 portrait of his father to recent Yorkshire landscapes. The exhibition, curated by Norman Rosenthal and supported by the foundation's substantial budget, features loans from institutions worldwide and private collections, including the striking "Berlin: A Souvenir" (1962). It is the largest Hockney show ever staged, filling the Frank Gehry-designed museum with iconic swimming pool scenes, double portraits, vibrant landscapes, and densely hung salon-style galleries of family and friends.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 17, 2025 visibility 26 link 20 artists

“Berthe Weill, Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-garde” in Montreal

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has opened a major exhibition titled "Berthe Weill, Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-garde," showcasing over 100 works that Weill exhibited in her Paris galleries between 1901 and 1940. The show highlights her role in launching the careers of artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, and Suzanne Valadon, and includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, and archival materials. Weill, born to a poor Jewish family, opened her first gallery at age 36 using her mother's dowry, never charged for exhibitions, and often sold her own possessions to keep her spaces afloat. Despite her immense contributions, she died in poverty and has been largely omitted from art history.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 14, 2025 visibility 23 link 9 artists

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth announces the exhibition - David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will present "David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time," a solo exhibition organized by guest curator Christopher Blay, running from August 17 to November 2, 2025. The show features new works by multidisciplinary conceptual artist David-Jeremiah, including the final polychromatic EE (Emma Esse) series of seven paintings, and continues his exploration of Black identity, humanity, and ritual through inverted-performance installations centered on the Lamborghini as a symbol of beauty and violence.

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rate_review review schedule Jul 11, 2025 visibility 17 link 11 artists

Review: Cleveland Museum of Art's Murakami show is big and bold but maybe too much of a good thing

The Cleveland Museum of Art has opened a sprawling retrospective exhibition of Takashi Murakami, one of Japan's leading contemporary artists, showcasing his signature "Superflat" style that blends fine art with pop culture. The show features vast wallpaper designs, sculptures with plastic-like smoothness, and immense mural-sized paintings that combine cartoon characters, acid-hued colors, and traditional Japanese ink-and-brush techniques. The exhibition runs through September 7 and costs $30 for adult non-member tickets.

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article culture schedule Jul 9, 2025 visibility 22 link 18 artists, 8 galleries

What Role Do Galleries Play in the Art World?

Maxwell Rabb's article explains the fundamental role of commercial art galleries in the art world, tracing their evolution from 19th-century Parisian storefronts like Goupil & Cie to contemporary spaces. It highlights how galleries function as private businesses that showcase and sell artworks, support artists, organize exhibitions, and connect with collectors, curators, and institutions. The piece also addresses the perception of galleries as exclusive spaces while noting they are often free and open to the public, serving as a bridge between the art world and curious visitors.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 8, 2025 visibility 18 link 8 artists

A blockbuster Gerhard Richter retrospective, co-organised by Nicholas Serota, is coming to Paris

A major retrospective of German artist Gerhard Richter, co-curated by former Tate director Nicholas Serota, will open at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris from 17 October 2025 to 2 March 2026. The exhibition features 270 works spanning 1962 to 2024, including paintings, drawings, watercolours, overpainted photographs, glass works, and digitally generated Strip images. It is organized chronologically, with sections devoted to Richter's early photo-based works, his 1972 Venice Biennale pieces, abstract explorations, sombre reflections including the October 18, 1977 series, and his later experiments beyond painting. Key loans come from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate, the Hirshhorn Museum, and Museum Ludwig, Cologne, alongside works from the Fondation's own collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 22 link 24 artists

Ten essential works of art to see at the National Gallery in London

The National Gallery in London, home to over 2,300 paintings spanning Western European art from Giotto to Cézanne and including early modernism by Picasso, has recently completed a comprehensive rehang of its collection at its Trafalgar Square site. This coincides with the reopening of the Sainsbury Wing after a two-year renovation. The article highlights ten essential works to see, including Jan van Eyck's *The Arnolfini Portrait* (1434), Leonardo da Vinci's *The Burlington House Cartoon* (around 1506-08), and Paolo Veronese's *The Adoration of the Kings* (1573), emphasizing the gallery's free admission and its role as a cultural treasure.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 19 link 10 artists

A first glimpse (and listen) inside Lacma’s $720m new building

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) opened its new $720 million David Geffen Galleries building to 2,000 members and guests for previews on June 27, 2025, before its official opening in April 2026. Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the elevated concrete structure spans Wilshire Boulevard with 110,000 square feet of gallery space, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a 300-seat theater. Musician Kamasi Washington organized a "sonic preview" with 100 jazz musicians performing his six-part suite *Harmony of Difference* throughout the empty space. The building sits adjacent to the preserved Japanese Pavilion (designed by Bruce Goff, 1988) and features Tony Smith's sculpture *Smoke* (1967) in a courtyard.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 27, 2025 visibility 21 link 20 artists

Wonderstruck: an art exhibition that will make even weary adults feel like kids again

Queensland's Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in Meanjin/Brisbane has opened 'Wonderstruck', a major free exhibition featuring over 100 works from its collection. The show includes large-scale installations by artists such as Patricia Piccinini, Ron Mueck, Michael Parekōwhai, Yayoi Kusama, and Tobias Putrih, with interactive elements encouraging visitors to touch the art. Highlights include Kusama's 'The Obliteration Room', a participatory installation where visitors cover a white space with colorful stickers, and works created by local high school students in a workshop with artist Gemma Smith.

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rate_review review schedule Jun 23, 2025 visibility 21 link 4 artists

Review: Alex Da Corte’s colorful, pop-inspired art show in Fort Worth

Alex Da Corte's exhibition "The Whale" at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is the first museum show to focus on his relationship to painting, though it defies traditional definitions. The show features a variety of works including "puffy paintings," "slatwall paintings," and "reverse glass paintings," alongside a video where Da Corte portrays Marcel Duchamp. Curated by Alison Hearst, the exhibition also integrates some of Da Corte's works into the museum's permanent collection galleries, a first for the institution.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 21, 2025 visibility 16 link 28 artists, 4 galleries

Global Art Market Report 2024–2025

The global art market saw total sales of $57.5 billion in 2024, a 12% decline year-on-year, marking the second consecutive annual drop. Transaction volumes rose 3% to about 40.5 million, driven by works under $50,000 which made up 85% of dealer sales. Sotheby's and Christie's together accounted for roughly half of global fine-art auction turnover, though both saw significant auction revenue declines. The United States led with 43% of global sales, while China's market share fell to 15%, its lowest since 2009. Online art sales grew to 18% of total value, and new buyer momentum was strong, with 44% of dealer buyers being new and 91% of high-net-worth collectors optimistic.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 25 link 12 artists

John Middleton’s secret art collection is coming out of the shadows in a blockbuster two-museum show

John Middleton, managing partner of the Philadelphia Phillies, and his wife Leigh are revealing their previously secret art collection in a major two-museum exhibition titled "A Nation of Artists," opening in Philadelphia in 2026. About 120 paintings, furniture, and decorative arts from the Middleton Family Collection will be split between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, surrounded by over a thousand other objects from both institutions. The show, billed as the most expansive presentation of American art ever mounted in Philadelphia, coincides with the nation's Semiquincentennial celebration and is being promoted as a cultural highlight of the anniversary.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 16, 2025 visibility 20 link 4 artists

With a new exhibition, Fondation Beyeler celebrates the 60-year career of Vija Celmins

Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland is hosting a comprehensive solo exhibition celebrating the 60-year career of Latvian-born American artist Vija Celmins. The show spans her evolution from early paintings of everyday objects and war imagery to her signature meticulous pencil and charcoal drawings of spiderwebs, night skies, ocean waves, and cosmic expanses. Celmins, who fled World War II as a child and later settled in the US, describes her preference for pencil as "dense yet precise," and the exhibition includes a selection of her sculptures as well.

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article news schedule Jun 16, 2025 visibility 18 link 9 artists

Orange County Museum of Art in talks to merge with University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has entered talks to take over the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), a move announced last week. The discussions come shortly after OCMA director Heidi Zuckerman revealed she will leave when her contract expires in December. If an agreement is reached, the proposal will go to the University of California Board of Regents this autumn. The potential merger follows OCMA's reopening in a new $94 million building in 2022 and the upcoming edition of its California art biennial.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 12, 2025 visibility 29 link 44 artists

Christie’s presents Post-War to Present as a highlight of its London Summer Season - Christie's

Christie’s has announced its London Summer Season, running from June to August 2025, with the Post-War to Present sales as a central highlight. The season includes live and online auctions, selling exhibitions such as 75 Years of New Contemporaries and Modern British Art: A Selling Exhibition, and cultural partnerships. Key auction highlights include Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's '8pm Zaragoza' (estimate £500,000–700,000), Victor Man's 'The Chandler' (estimate £300,000–500,000), and works by David Hockney, Cecily Brown, KAWS, and Georg Baselitz. The live sale takes place on 26 June, with online bidding from 17 June to 1 July.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 14 link 6 artists

Everywhere All at Once: A Review of “David Hockney—Perspective Should Be Reversed” at Grand Rapids Art Museum

The Grand Rapids Art Museum has opened "David Hockney: Perspective Should Be Reversed," a comprehensive exhibition of 145 prints and multiples spanning the British artist's six-decade career from 1954 to the present. Sourced from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation's collection, the show is organized thematically rather than chronologically, highlighting Hockney's diaristic subjects and his restless experimentation with print and photographic technologies, from hand-colored lithographs to iPad drawings.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 29, 2025 visibility 16 link 11 artists

New Colour Shape Pattern exhibition now open in Ipswich

A new exhibition titled 'Colour Shape Pattern' has opened at the Wolsey Art Gallery in Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, featuring modern artworks by leading international artists. The show includes prints by David Hockney and René Magritte on loan from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, alongside highlights from Ipswich’s own collection of modern and contemporary art. Artists and sculptors represented include Bridget Riley, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Josef Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Margaret Mellis, Graham Crowley, and Dale Devereux Barker. A new bird-inspired artwork by Suffolk artist Lily Hammond was created especially for the exhibition. The show is sponsored by Kerseys Solicitors LLP and runs until 22 February 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 28, 2025 visibility 14 link 7 artists

Japan’s art islands gain a new attraction with museum designed by Tadao Ando

The Benesse Art Site Naoshima, a globally acclaimed art destination across three Japanese islands, will open the Naoshima New Museum of Art (NNMA) on May 31. Designed by architect Tadao Ando, the one-story building with two underground floors sits on a hilltop near Honmura village. Its opening exhibition, centered on wellbeing, features works by 12 artists including Takashi Murakami, Aida Makoto, Do Ho Suh, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Martha Atienza. The museum shifts focus to contemporary art from Asia with rotating exhibitions, according to director Akiko Miki.

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Grand Rapids Art Museum celebrates the artistry of David Hockney in new exhibit

The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) has opened a new exhibition titled "David Hockney: Perspective Should Be Reversed," featuring over 160 works by the celebrated British artist David Hockney, spanning from 1954 to 2022. The prints on display come from the collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The exhibit runs from May 31 through November 2, with admission free for members and children under five, and $12 for adults. GRAM curator Jennifer Wcisel discussed the exhibition in a recent interview.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 26, 2025 visibility 18 link 12 artists

Empathy is in short supply today – artist Saya Woolfalk intends to change that

Saya Woolfalk's largest survey exhibition, 'Empathic Universe,' has opened at New York's Museum of Arts and Design. The show introduces visitors to the Empathics, a fictional plant-human hybrid species that embodies profound understanding and interconnection. Organized by curator Alexandra Schwartz, the exhibition spans two decades of Woolfalk's career and includes video, sculpture, installation, works on paper, and artist-fashioned clothing. It explores themes of empathy, hybridity, and utopia, drawing on Afrofuturist thinkers and science fiction, while addressing issues of racism and sexism in a polarized world.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 25, 2025 visibility 21 link 8 artists

Summer 2025 preview: On display at museums

CBS News Sunday Morning anchor Jane Pauley previews major museum exhibitions opening in summer 2025. The article highlights Amy Sherald's mid-career survey "American Sublime" at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, featuring her iconic portrait of Michelle Obama and exploring her signature grisaille technique and confident Black subjects. Other featured shows include "Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; "Monet's Floating Worlds at Giverny" at the Portland Art Museum; "KAWS: FAMILY" at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville; and "Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me" at The Broad in Los Angeles.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 18, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

Takashi Murakami Casts His Spell Again

Takashi Murakami is back in the spotlight with a new exhibition, “Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow,” opening May 25 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The show features a full-scale replica of a portion of an ancient temple at Nara, Japan, and highlights the artist’s signature Flowers series. Murakami, known for his manga- and anime-inspired characters, has also become a fashion icon, with followers including Usher, Pharrell Williams, and entrepreneur Sarah Andelman. The article captures a press event where Murakami sketched portraits of artist Shahzia Sikander, dressed in a whimsical outfit designed to captivate his audience.

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The colorful world of Takashi Murakami comes to Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art has opened "Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow," a major exhibition of works by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. The show, which originated at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, features vibrant paintings, sculptures, and an immersive recreation of the Yumedono (Dream Temple) from Nara, Japan, built in collaboration with designers from the TV series "Shōgun." The exhibition traces Murakami's career from early characters like Mr. DOB to large-scale works addressing grief and trauma, including the 82-foot-long painting inspired by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

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