2026 in art
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Significant events relating to the year 2026 in art are listed below.
Art fairs
[edit]Events
[edit]- February 5 - Michelangelo's preparatory sketch of a foot for The Libyan Sibyl is sold at Christie’s for $27.2 million including fees.[1]
- March 2 - Dutch Rijksmuseum announced the retrieval of the long-lost Rembrandt painting The Vision of Zacharias in the Temple (1633).[2]
Exhibitions
[edit]Awards
[edit]Works
[edit]Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 5 - Molly Parkin, 93, Welsh painter, novelist and journalist (born 1932)[3]
- January 8 - Hiroshi Nakamura, 93, Japanese surrealist painter (born 1932)[4]
- January 9 - Beatriz González, 93, Colombian painter, sculptor and art historian (born 1932)[5]
- January 11 - Philip Leider, 96, American founding editor in chief of ArtForum Magazine (born 1929)[6]
- January 13 - Alfred Grimm, 82, German object artist, sculptor, and painter (born 1943)[7]
- January 18 - Scott Adams, 68, American cartoonist Dilbert (born 1957)[8]
- January 19 - Valentino, 93, Italian fashion designer and art collector (born 1922)[9]
- January 22 - Marian Goodman, 97, American art dealer, gallery owner, (born 1928)[10]
February
[edit]- February 14 - Henrike Naumann, 41, German sculptor (born 1984)[11]
- February 18 - Roger von Gunten, 92, Swiss-born Mexican painter (born 1933)[12]
- February 19 - Isaiah Zagar, 86, American mosaic artist (born 1939)[13]
- February 20 - Peter Stämpfli, 88, Swiss painter and sculptor (born 1937)[14]
- February 22 - Iris Cantor, 95, American philanthropist, Head of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation,[15] (born 1931)[16]
- February 24 - Giancarlo Politi, 89, Italian art critic, founder of Flash Art (born 1937)[17] (death announced on this date)
References
[edit]- ^ "Tiny Michelangelo sketch of a foot sells for more than $27 million, an auction record". CNN. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
- ^ "Rijksmuseum researchers discover new-painting by Rembrandt Van Rijn". Rijksmuseum. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Artist and fashion writer Molly Parkin dies
- ^ 画家・中村宏さん死去 砂川闘争描いた「ルポルタージュ絵画」：朝日新聞 (in Japanese)
- ^ Murió la maestra Beatriz González, ícono del arte colombiano (in Spanish)
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (20 January 2026). "Philip Leider, Artforum Founding Editor Who Shaped a Changing Art World, Dies at 96". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ Stadt Dinslaken trauert um ihren Künstler Alfred Grimm (in German)
- ^ Scott Adams, Creator of the ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68
- ^ Italian fashion designer Valentino dies aged 93
- ^ Solomon, Deborah (27 January 2026). "Marian Goodman, 97, Art Dealer Who Turned Toward Europe, Dies". The New York Times. Vol. 175, no. 60777. p. B11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ Henrike Naumann, Sculptor Who Exhumed East Germany’s Troubled Past, Dies at 41
- ^ Fallece el pintor Roger von Gunten, miembro de la generación de la Ruptura (in Spanish)
- ^ Isaiah Zagar, legendary South Philly mosaicist, has died at 86
- ^ Mort de Peter Stämpfli, pionnier du pop art européen (in French)
- ^ "The Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2000, Great Dames of California". Los Angeles Times. 14 May 2000.
- ^ "Philanthropy.com - Philanthropy 50 of 2010".
- ^ È morto a 89 anni il leggendario editore d’arte Giancarlo Politi. Fondò la rivista Flash Art (in Italian)