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Sotheby's will sell a dozen paintings from one family's collection in New York on 18 November. A Van Gogh and a Cézanne carry the top estimates.
Photo: Vincent van Gogh. Châtaigniers en fleurs, executed in Auvers on 24 May 1890, oil on canvas. Image: Sotheby's. Sotheby's, image from the cited coverage, used under fair dealing for reporting current events (Fair dealing, reporting current events)
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Charles Greig has given Tate 50 works by artists who worked in India, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries. He gave them outright, with no tax benefit to himself.
Photo: Johann Zoffany. Portrait of Prince Jawan Bakht (also known as Jahandar Shah), 1784. Presented by Charles Andrew Greig 2026. Tate, image from the cited coverage, used under fair dealing for reporting current events (Fair dealing, reporting current events)
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The Museum of Modern Art in New York shows how architects shaped seven West African countries as they won independence. The show runs until 2 January 2027.
Photo: La Pyramide, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 1968–73. Rinaldo Olivieri (1931–1998). 2025. Photograph: François-Xavier Gbré. MoMA press image for Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa, used under the press-use terms stated on the cited page (Press permission)
Three Swiss museums returned 18 Benin objects to Nigeria on 29 June 2026. Ten more now belong to Nigeria but stay in Switzerland on loan.
Photo: Beendy234. National Museum Lagos, Nigeria, 2024-12-18. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons, Own work (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
A 1977 Willem de Kooning painting sold for £9.8 million with fees. It set a European auction record for the artist at Sotheby's London on 15 October.
Photo: Willem de Kooning. Untitled, 1977, oil on canvas, 136.8 by 151.7 cm, lot 9. Sotheby's, image from the cited coverage, used under fair dealing for reporting current events (Fair dealing, reporting current events)
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A Dutch museum signed over a Benin bronze plaque in November 2025. This month, the museum's head presented the plaque to the Oba at his palace.
Photo: Ama O Ghe Ehen, Benin bronze plaque of a mudfish, detail. Photo: Martijn Schmidt. Museum de Fundatie, image from the cited coverage, used under fair dealing for reporting current events (Fair dealing, reporting current events)
Constantin Brancusi's Paris studio is the lens for a New York show of his sculpture, which opens on 25 October. The studio itself is due back in a Paris museum in 2030.
Photo: Constantin Brancusi. Sleeping Muse, 1910, polished bronze, Centre Pompidou, Paris. Digital Image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Philippe Migeat © Succession Brancusi – All rights reserved (Adagp) 2026. MoMA, image from the cited coverage, used under fair dealing for reporting current events (Fair dealing, reporting current events)
Whitechapel Gallery showed new editions at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London, which closed on 18 October. Its online shop lists them from £350.
Photo: Emperorzurg123. Somerset House Strand London, 2016-02-23. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons, Own work (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
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Tate Britain opened a show on 1990s art and fashion on 8 October, curated by Edward Enninful. It runs until 14 February 2027.
Photo: Derbrauni. Tate Britain (building), 2025-03-26. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons, Own work (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0)
Istanbul artist Gözde İlkin has turned old family bedsheets into wave-like forms at Tate St Ives. The show runs until 17 January 2027.
Photo: Gözde İlkin. Those Who Remember Their Births, 2026 © Gözde İlkin. Tate, image from the cited coverage, used under fair dealing for reporting current events (Fair dealing, reporting current events)
Cosima von Bonin's soft animals were made for a LOEWE fashion show. They are on free view at the Petit Palais in Paris until 25 October.
Photo: Gunnar Klack. Petit-Palais-Paris-02-2018, 2018-02-17. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons, Own work (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
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Tate Modern's new show runs from 14 October 2026 to 21 February 2027. It presents early art photography as a global movement, with about 200 prints.
Photo: Ewan-M. Tate Modern (Blavatnik Building), Bankside 2025-07-31, 2025-07-31. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons, https://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/54701036266/ (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
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