Phillips’ Evening Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art realized $115,216,700, more than doubling the sale total from the previous year, selling 100% by lot and 100% by value.
Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Art sales week in New York marks a season of remarkable collections, including S.I. Newhouse, Agnes Gund, Henry S. McNeil, Jr., Marian Goodman and Lorinda Payson De Roulet, as well as Marilyn Arison and Joanna Carson, amongst others.
The King Baudouin Foundation has acquired an exceptional and rare work by Peter Paul Rubens, from September 1607, at the TEFAF Maastricht fine art fair, featuring a drawing and an autograph letter by the artist – an extremely rare combination. Rubens resided in Rome at the time.
The 2026 Preis der Nationalgalerie (Prize of the National Gallery) will be awarded to Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. The prize honours one of the most influential contemporary artists, who will be represented in Germany for the first time with a solo exhibition.
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced the acquisition of “SHELTER” (2026) by American artist KAWS, a major commission that underscores the museum’s commitment to collecting vital contemporary global art since its founding in 1974.
Set against a backdrop of ongoing conflict and political uncertainty, the opening of the 6th Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale in London could not be more poignant.
Wellcome Trust announces a landmark commitment to the Jain community to return what is believed to be the largest collection of Jain manuscripts outside South Asia.
France's redevelopment of the Louvre will be carried out by a team of international architects including STUDIOS Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects, the culture ministry announced Monday.
A red rectangular abstract by Mark Rothko sold for $85.8 million on Thursday, a solid kickoff to the spring auctions in New York.
Contemporary pictorial practice no longer operates within the logic of representation, but within systems of circulation in which visibility precedes experience.
About 10,000 visitors on the opening day (+10% compared to 2024).
A schooltrip in Norway turned into a significant archaeological event after a six-year-old boy discovered an ancient sword believed to date back to the Viking Age.