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The Week in Art visit the site
29 Sep-6 Oct 2026
Openings, events, auctions
Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Naples, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo
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Dubai
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| Dubai, Wednesday 30 |
Perrotin Dubai:
Pieter Vermeersch
“walls painted in various shades of gray carry a subtle scenography that lets visitors move through the space in an open choreography, immersing themselves in works” - Nataša Petrešin Bachelez |
first day |
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Hong Kong
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| Hong Kong, Tuesday 29 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Modern Day Auction
auction: Tue 29
(viewing: Tue 22-Tue 29) |
auction |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Contemporary Day Auction
auction: Tue 29
(viewing: Tue 22-Tue 29) |
auction |
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London
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| London, Tuesday 29 |
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA):
Autumn Knight: I Can’t Complain
a new installation and performance work about the act of complaining, in the first major UK presentation of Knight’s interdisciplinary practice, which draws on theatre, psychology, improvisation, and social exchange |
first day |
Sotheby’s London:
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
auction: Tue 29 |
auction |
Waddington Custot:
Ian Davenport: Reflections
a survey exhibition celebrating the remarkable breadth of Davenport’s career from the late 1980s to the present |
private view |
| London, Thursday 1 |
ATLAS Gallery:
Andreas Gefeller: Surface Tension
new and recent works from four significant series by the German photographer, including the premiere of several new pieces - “an exploration of photography and a reflection on our changing relationship with the world around us” |
first day |
Annely Juda Fine Art:
Nicola Turner: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh
Turner’s first solo gallery exhibition is a site-responsive installation of dark wool and horsehair, which fills the ground-floor galleries and continues twelve metres up the façade of the Georgian townhouse |
private view |
Annely Juda Fine Art:
What Remains Within
in this exhibition curated by Paola Lucente three contemporary artists - Chloe Bonfield, Kate Lyddon and Zulfiya Spowart - explore memory, inheritance, and the traces experience leaves behind |
private view |
Fascicle Contemporary:
Performance by Bunga Yuridespita |
performance |
Fascicle Contemporary:
Sequestered Spaces - Fleeting Light
curated by Beverley Harrison - “in collaborative tandem, Faris Nakamura and Bunga Yuridespita’s illusory architectural paintings and intermedia artworks explore urban spatial nuances, querying how social and personal spaces intertwine” |
private view |
Green Gallery:
Traces
James D Wilson and Phil Shakespeare - “one is urban and the other suburban. Their subjects are very different and yet each artist builds their work from geometric forms and fragments of light and shadow” |
opening reception |
SQFT:Space Gallery:
Ellis King: Spilt Milk
“set within intimate domestic spaces, award-winning painter Ellis King captures the moments before composure returns - where frustration, grief, doubt and exhaustion are quietly absorbed before the routines of everyday life resume” |
private view |
| London, Friday 2 |
Fascicle Contemporary:
Artist Roundtable Discussion |
talk |
Green Gallery:
Traces
James D Wilson and Phil Shakespeare - “one is urban and the other suburban. Their subjects are very different and yet each artist builds their work from geometric forms and fragments of light and shadow” |
first day |
Serpentine South Gallery:
Park Nights 2026: Shala Miller |
performance |
| London, Saturday 3 |
Serpentine South Gallery:
Park Nights 2026: Shala Miller |
performance |
| London, Sunday 4 |
Fascicle Contemporary:
Curator Tour & Discussion |
special event |
The Gallery of Everything:
Sam Doyle: What I Paint is History
the first solo UK exhibition dedicated to the life and work of the self-taught painter - a central figure in 20th century African-American art - whose bold works on corrugated roofing, sheet metal, and found lumber filled the front yard of his homestead |
first day |
| London, Tuesday 6 |
Holtermann Fine Art:
Ahmed Umar: Glowing Phalanges
drawing from the Islamic devotional practices of Sufism and Wahhabism in his ongoing Forbidden Prayers project, sculptural works in glass and mixed media held in acrylic casts of the artist’s right hand |
first day |
Perrotin London:
Iván Argote: Mamarrachos: Quinceañera
Argote\'s first exhibition at Perrotin London celebrates fifteen years of his eponymous paintings and sculptures originating from digital scribbles - exploring constraint and freedom while inviting the public to participate within the gallery space |
first day |
Pi Artworks:
Jyll Bradley: Power of What (Memory Room)
“Bradley has created intimate installations that explore memory and identity through photography from her archive, which she has juxtaposed with recent sculptures … these ‘memory rooms’ offer personal, interior spaces for self-reflection” |
private view |
THE TAGLI:
Containers: Part I & II
on the groundfloor Piers Alsop, William Lowry, Heeyoung Noh, Nika Neelova, and Salvatore Pione “treat the artwork as vessel for memory” - while Lucas Dupuy’s solo presentation downstairs “pushes the same question into architecture and form itself” |
first day |
Twilight Contemporary:
Ṣọlá Olúlòde and Cecilia Reeve: Gossamer
“both Olúlòde and Reeve construct worlds where movement guides the viewer. Olúlòde’s figures swim, Reeve’s fabrics float in the wind … they explore intimacy from different starting points, but both culminate in a grasping, a holding, a unity, a beauty” |
private view |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Wednesday 30 |
Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
Jack Whitten. The Numinous
paintings and works on paper from the 1980s, a pivotal period of decisive experimentation and evolution in the late artist’s pioneering six‑decade career |
opening reception |
Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
Glenn Ligon. Sit So Your Back Isn’t Against The Door
shown together for the first time in over 25 years, Ligon’s Coloring Book paintings reveal a rarely seen facet of his practice - "colorful and exuberant ... the works unfold into a rich meditation on history, authorship and the shifting nature of meaning" |
opening reception |
| Los Angeles, Friday 2 |
Philip Martin Gallery:
Kwame Brathwaite: You and I
co-curated by his son Kwame S. Brathwaite and Jesse Williams- newly-released and never-before-seen works by the photographer, media theorist, and one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century |
opening reception |
Philip Martin Gallery:
Jesse Williams in conversation with Kwame S. Brathwaite, moderated by Marc Bamuthi Joseph |
talk |
| Los Angeles, Saturday 3 |
Louis Stern Fine Arts:
Ynez Johnston: In Search of the Oracle
“this exhibition explores the enduring allure of Johnston’s innovative artmaking practice, which spanned seven decades of painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture” |
opening reception |
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Naples
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| Naples, Tuesday 29 |
Thomas Dane Gallery:
Cecily Brown: A sunset, a ruin, a crowd, and a battle
“across thirty new paintings and drawings, Brown elides myth and archaeology with the clamour of contemporary tourists who jostle for snapshots and cocktails across the continent’s summer hotspots” |
first day |
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New York
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| New York, Tuesday 29 |
Findlay Galleries:
Amy Magee
recent paintings by the British artist, whose “luminous abstractions transform impressions of light, memory, and landscape into atmospheric compositions of gesture and color” |
first day |
The Painting Center:
Kathleen Beausoleil: Meet at the Ferris Wheel
these new oil paintings by Beausoleil are centered on the American town fair, exploring how crowds form, how people connect through repeated encounters, and how shared rituals create a sense of belonging |
first day |
The Painting Center:
Ellen Starr Lyon: Nesting Rituals
“this exhibition continues Lyon’s exploration of life transitions … this body of work speaks to her current overlapping transitions of relocation to New York State from the Midwest and to what is known colloquially as an empty nester” |
first day |
Sotheby’s New York:
Modern Discoveries
auction: Tue 29 Sep-Fri 9 Oct
(viewing: Fri 2-Wed 7) |
auction starts |
| New York, Wednesday 30 |
Anita Shapolsky Gallery:
Abstract Legacy II: Against All Odds
“an exceptional group of artists whose bold and individual approaches helped shape the legacy of postwar abstraction” |
opening reception |
| New York, Thursday 1 |
Sotheby’s New York:
Photographs Part II
auction: Thu 1-Fri 9
(viewing: Fri 2-Wed 7) |
auction starts |
Sotheby’s New York:
Contemporary Discoveries
auction: Thu 1-Thu 8
(viewing: Fri 2-Wed 7) |
auction starts |
Sotheby’s New York:
Prints Part II Including Picasso Ceramics
auction: Thu 1-Fri 9
(viewing: Fri 2-Wed 7) |
auction starts |
| New York, Friday 2 |
ACA Galleries:
Conversation with Kandy G Lopez and Donette Francis |
talk |
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Palo Alto
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| Palo Alto, Saturday 3 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Calder | O’Keeffe
organized by Alexis Lowry and inaugurating the gallery’s new Palo Alto space, an exhibition of exceptional works by the two artists, shown with archival materials from their decades-long friendship |
opening reception |
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Paris
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| Paris, Thursday 1 |
Opera Gallery:
François Bard: Un soleil immense
in the gallery’s first exhibition dedicated to Bard, recent work that explores the enduring language of figurative painting through the lens of contemporary experience |
first day |
| Paris, Saturday 3 |
Jeanne Bucher Jaeger:
Garden of Love
curated by Guillaume Logé and inspired by his forthcoming book of the same title - “spanning from ancient arts to contemporary creation, the exhibition brings together works from different periods in a dialogue centered on nature and love” |
opening reception |
Zander Galerie:
Joe Goode: Forest Fire
a focused installation of two fire paintings by the American artist - from the pivotal series inspired by the dramatic skies and smoke of a devastating wildfire in California |
opening reception |
| Paris, Tuesday 6 |
Galleria d’Arte Maggiore g.a.m.:
Giorgio Morandi. Un lieu de l'infini.
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first day |
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Singapore
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| Singapore, Friday 2 |
Opera Gallery:
The Singapore Masters Show 2026
more than thirty works by some of the most significant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, shown across four immersive chapters inspired by spaces of musical creation with playlists by sound curator and frontman of The Strokes, Julian Casablancas |
first day |
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Taipei
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| Taipei, Thursday 1 |
Each Modern:
Bay Area
continuing the gallery’s city-based curatorial series, an exhibition looking at the cultural and artistic development in and around San Fransisco, reconsidering significant works from different periods and how they relate to art history and collecting now |
first day |
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Tokyo
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| Tokyo, Saturday 3 |
Taka Ishii Gallery:
Kohei Yamada: green back / front
“in this exhibition, the artist further develops his conception of painting as a field in which a range of dynamics emerges from his response to individual colors” |
opening reception |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Dublin, London, Melbourne, Milton Keynes, New York, Paris, Seoul, Taipei, Tisbury
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Dublin
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| Dublin, Saturday 3 |
Kerlin Gallery:
Aleana Egan: dove passages |
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London
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| London, Wednesday 30 |
Bluerider ART London:
Point of Life |
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Ronchini:
Rebecca Ward: lighter later |
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| London, Thursday 1 |
Alon Zakaim Fine Art:
Approaching Abstraction |
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Thaddaeus Ropac:
Like Music in the Blood |
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Thomas Dane Gallery:
Jimmy Wright: After the War |
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| London, Friday 2 |
Heckmann Design Studio & Gallery:
Abe Hamilton: Fragile Dreams |
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| London, Saturday 3 |
Alison Jacques:
Quentin James McCaffrey |
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Cristea Roberts Gallery:
Ali Kazim: Alphabets |
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Cristea Roberts Gallery:
A Primer of Birds |
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General Assembly:
Layers of London |
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October Gallery:
Zana Masombuka | Spotlight: Benji Reid |
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Pace:
Krzysztof Grzybacz: Haruspex |
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Pilar Corrias, Savile Row:
Soft Spot - the second iteration |
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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Liorah Tchiprout: The Family Katz |
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Pontone Gallery:
Kyle Barnes: Venus Rising |
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Sim Smith:
Wenhui Hao: Forgiveness is a prolonged death |
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DES BAINS:
Aitor González: I Do Not Miss Heaven |
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| London, Sunday 4 |
Fascicle Contemporary:
Sequestered Spaces - Fleeting Light |
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Wyn at Pipeline:
Biting Point |
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Melbourne
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| Melbourne, Saturday 3 |
Tolarno Galleries:
Georgia Spain: Everything everyone’s told you is true |
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Milton Keynes
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| Milton Keynes, Sunday 4 |
MK Gallery:
Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Colour |
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New York
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| New York, Thursday 1 |
Upsilon Gallery:
Post-War and Pop Prints |
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| New York, Saturday 3 |
GOCA by Garde:
Oscar Oiwa: The Supplemental Sublime |
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Halsey McKay Gallery:
Builders |
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Nohra Haime Gallery:
Lest the Future Waits |
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Paris
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| Paris, Thursday 1 |
Sobering Galerie:
Luce Meunier: Effervescence |
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| Paris, Saturday 3 |
Bigaignon:
James Howell: A Quiet Measure of Light |
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Seoul
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| Seoul, Saturday 3 |
Gallery Chosun:
Woo Min Jung: Dream, Love, Hope |
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Taipei
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| Taipei, Sunday 4 |
Bluerider ART Taipei·DunHua:
Song of Youth: Brushing the Sun |
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Tisbury
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| Tisbury, Saturday 3 |
Messums West:
Flood |
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Messums West:
Chasing Light: The Unseen Photographs of Jethro Lyne |
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