Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation have appointed a selection committee including Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija for a new biennial contemporary art prize. The initiative will award £200,000 to five individual artists over the next decade, totaling £1 million in support.
The Museum of Modern Art has received a gift from the Legacy Emilio Ambasz Foundation to launch the Ambasz-MoMA Annual Prize for Nature-Reconciled Architecture.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has opened 'A Year with Children 2026,' an exhibition showcasing over 200 artworks created by New York City public school students in grades two through six.
Print Center New York has announced that artist Derrick Adams and Queen Sonja of Norway will be the primary honorees at its Spring Benefit on May 11, 2026. The event will also recognize Paula Panczenko and Katie Geha, the former and current directors of Tandem Press.
Dia Art Foundation will present a major exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Lee Ufan at Dia Beacon starting May 8, 2026. The presentation features works from the 1970s through the early 1990s, including eight paintings recently gifted to the institution.
The Whitney Museum of American Art has unveiled a comprehensive schedule for the 2026 Whitney Biennial, featuring site-specific installations by Precious Okoyomon and a performance series including artists Jonathan González and Maia Chao.
Art Basel has published a series of interviews and profiles featuring international artists including Cecilia Vicuña, Lubaina Himid, and Michael Armitage.
Dia Art Foundation will partner with SMAC Venice to present a comprehensive exhibition of Lee Ufan's work at the Procuratie Vecchie in Venice from May 9 to November 22, 2026.
Phillips has announced major highlights for its Evening Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art scheduled for May 19 in New York. The auction will feature masterworks by Andy Warhol, Claude Monet, Gerhard Richter, and Joan Mitchell.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and LG have named artist Trevor Paglen as the recipient of the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award.
The New Museum has opened ticket sales for DEMO2026, a festival hosted by its NEW INC incubator scheduled for June 3–5, 2026. The event will take place in the museum's expanded building and features showcases on view through June 10. Confirmed speakers include Xin Liu, Dr.
The Korean Cultural Center New York (KCCNY) will present a career-spanning exhibition of artist Lee Kang So from May 13 to June 20, 2026. Titled 'A Field of Becoming,' the survey features works from the 1970s to the present, including painting, sculpture, and installation.
White Cube will feature a solo presentation of works by New York-based artist Cai Guo-Qiang at TEFAF New York from May 14 to May 19, 2026.
White Cube will present a selection of works by Tracey Emin, Doris Salcedo, and Sara Flores at Frieze New York from May 13 to May 17, 2026.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will host its annual Young Collectors Council (YCC) Party on May 14, 2026, marking the 30th anniversary of the group.
Hauser & Wirth held its annual 'Learning Exchange: Artists Matter' program at its 18th Street gallery in New York on November 14, 2025.
The New Museum will open its expanded New York building on March 21, 2026, with a large-scale exhibition titled 'New Humans: Memories of the Future.' Curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari, the show features over 150 international artists, scientists, and filmmakers exploring the.
Phillips has announced highlights for its 20th Century & Contemporary Art sales in New York, led by an Evening Sale on May 19 and followed by Day Sessions on May 21. The auctions will feature significant works by Lee Bontecou, Jean Dubuffet, Gerhard Richter, and Andy Warhol.
Hauser & Wirth has announced that artist Angel Otero will participate in a residency at the gallery's Somerset location in 2026. The gallery also confirmed a survey exhibition for Sonia Boyce and noted that Zoe Leonard will be featured in the 2026 Venice Biennale.
Gagosian has announced the publication of 'Trading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery' by Valentina Castellani. The book provides an illustrated survey of the Western art market's evolution from the medieval period to the contemporary era.
Artists Sean Scully and Tony Cragg will participate in a panel discussion on abstraction and materiality at TEFAF New York on May 17, 2026. Moderated by Apollo Magazine editor Ed Behrens, the talk coincides with a dual-artist presentation by Lisson Gallery at the fair.
Artist Julie Mehretu will be honored alongside Fern Kaye Tessler and Adam D. Weinberg at the 2026 Whitney Gala in New York on May 19, 2026.
The Pinacoteca de São Paulo will present a solo exhibition of works by Beatriz Milhazes from May 16, 2026, to March 14, 2027. Curated by Renato Menezes, the survey focuses on the artist's 23-year collaboration with Durham Press in New York.
Artist Glenn Ligon collaborated with Artistic Noise, a nonprofit serving system-impacted youth, on a self-portrait printing project tied to his exhibition at Hauser & Wirth New York.
The Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, will co-organize a major retrospective of Colombian artist Olga de Amaral opening September 10, 2026.
Phillips has announced the auction debut of Lee Bontecou’s Plate 166 (1961) during its Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York this May.
Lisson Gallery will feature a dual-artist presentation of works by Tony Cragg and Sean Scully at the 2026 edition of TEFAF New York.
The Whitney Museum of American Art will present 'Andy Warhol Family Album,' an exhibition featuring 732 Polaroid photographs dating primarily from 1972 to 1973.
Matthew Marks Gallery announces an exhibition of multi-panel paintings by Ellsworth Kelly, featuring works produced between 1953 and 2014.
Phillips has announced the sale of an oversized 1929 Patek Philippe wristwatch, signed by Tiffany & Co., as part of The New York Watch Auction: XIV.
MoMA PS1 has selected Nigerian-American artist Precious Okoyomon to launch its new Courtyard Commission series in July 2026. The site-specific installation will feature a living forest and a large-scale interactive bear sculpture designed in collaboration with the nursery issima.
The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced a forthcoming solo exhibition scheduled to open in 2026. The museum's press office released the preliminary schedule for the exhibition cycle, though specific programming details remain under development.
The Drawing Center will host a major survey of works on paper by the late artist Pope.L from June 26 to September 27, 2026. Titled 'Certainly an Act', the exhibition features over 200 works spanning from the early 1980s to 2023, including drawing-based films, writings, and archival materials.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present 'Robert Rauschenberg: Life Can’t Be Stopped' from October 10, 2025, to April 5, 2026. The exhibition features over a dozen works from the museum's collection alongside loans from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to mark the artist's 100th birthday.
The Museum of Modern Art has announced 'Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid,' an exhibition featuring nearly 100 objects selected by the artist from the museum's permanent collection.
The Aspen Art Museum will host 'Raw Is the Red,' a site-specific sculptural installation by artist Shahryar Nashat on its roof terrace from November 21, 2025, to April 26, 2026.
The Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation have announced a new curatorial partnership beginning with the exhibition "Ellsworth Kelly: Eight Decades," running from March 8 to July 19, 2026.
The Whitney Museum of American Art and Hyundai Motor Company have announced a site-specific commission by artist Kelly Akashi for the 2026 Whitney Biennial, running from March 8 to August 23, 2026.
The global art market returned to growth in 2025 with total sales reaching an estimated $59.6 billion, a 4% increase following two years of decline. Public auction sales rose 9% to $20.7 billion while dealer sector sales grew 2% to $34.8 billion, though private sales fell 5% to $4.2 billion.
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation will distribute its entire collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern art among the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Brooklyn Museum.
The New Museum will host a large-scale exhibition titled 'New Humans: Memories of the Future' spanning the entire museum building in New York. The presentation features more than 15 new commissions from international artists including Ryan Gander, Camille Henrot, and Wangechi Mutu.
Officials have gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the New Museum’s expanded site at 235 Bowery. The institution remains the only museum in Manhattan devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation have established a new biennial prize that will award £1 million over the next decade to five artists.
Sprüth Magers has unveiled a selection of new contemporary works, including Anne Imhof’s first color painting in her 'Poppy Runner' series and George Condo’s 2025 'psychological Cubism' portrait, Abstract Human.
Dia Chelsea will present 'David Lamelas: The Machine' from March 6, 2025, marking the first comprehensive U.S. survey of the Argentine conceptual artist's six-decade career.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will host a survey of Elizabeth Murray’s work from March 4 through May 25, 2026. The exhibition focuses on the artist's development of multi-canvas compositions and 'shattered shapes' created over a 20-year period.
Precious Okoyomon has been selected for the 82nd edition of the Whitney Biennial, scheduled to run from March 8 to August 23, 2026. The exhibition features 56 artists and collectives and is co-organized by Whitney curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer.
Artist Arthur Jafa and poet Simone White will hold a public conversation at The Museum of Modern Art in New York on June 25 at 6:30pm ET. The discussion centers on the exhibition 'Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid,' currently on view at the museum.
The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas will host 'Rauschenberg Sculpture' from January 31 to April 26, 2026, marking the centennial of the artist's birth. Curated by Dr.
Storm King Art Center has announced 'Message from the Mud', a site-specific installation by Anicka Yi scheduled to run from May 17 through November 9, 2026.
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