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Nearly three months after the record-breaking sale of “Gus” – which sold for $50.1 million at Sotheby’s New York earlier this year, becoming the most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction – Sotheby’s is set to bring another remarkable dinosaur to market.

MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, today unveiled an exhibition of works by the four artists shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize: Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku. The winner will be announced on 10 December 2026.

On 29 September 2026, Christie's opened its Autumn season in Asia with the Hong Kong 20^th/21^st Century Evening Sale, achieving US$92,589,911, up 28% year-on-year. 

Greece and Bulgaria have reached a historic agreement for the reciprocal transfer of cultural and religious treasures, paving the way for the return of 48 ecclesiastical artifacts removed from Greek monasteries during World War I in exchange for the remains of Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria.

Freeman's reset the world auction record for Gertrude Abercrombie, as her work Alderman Merriam's Shells sold for $1,352,600 in New York. 

This late Baroque marble maquette depicting Pope Clement XII Corsini enthroned, circa 1736, displays all the hallmarks of its creator, Pietro Bracci (Rome 1700-1773), who is best known for carving the colossal central figure of Oceanus at Rome's Trevi Fountain. 

Requests for recommendations may now be submitted to the Swiss Commission for Historically Problematic Cultural Heritage (CPCH). 

The Supervisory Board of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has announced that Stephanie Rosenthal will be appointed Artistic Director as of spring 2027. 

The Museo Nacional del Prado and the Rijksmuseum announce an in-depth research partnership focusing on women in art and history.

The first artworks have arrived at Kanal Centre Pompidou. The opening of Brussels’ new museum is set for 28 November.