ART NEWS – Grand Boudoir

Basquiat, Kusama and Zao Wou-Ki Lead Christie’s Hong Kong Auction

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:33:52 +0000

Christie’s is preparing a major series of 20th- and 21st-century art sales in Hong Kong on September 29 and 30, 2026. The auctions will feature major works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama and Zao Wou-Ki, alongside artists including Paul Cézanne, Chu Teh-Chun, Liu Ye and Wu Guanzhong. One of the principal highlights is Basquiat’s 1984 […]

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Giotto’s Newly Restored Frescoes Reveal a Lost World in Florence

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:19:18 +0000

After four years of restoration, Giotto’s Stories of St. Francis have been unveiled again inside the Bardi Chapel of Florence’s Basilica of Santa Croce. Painted between 1317 and 1325, the cycle covers around 180 square metres and tells seven episodes from the life of St. Francis of Assisi. The restoration, which began in 2022, has […]

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The Parthenon’s Famous “Optical Illusions” Might Be a Myth About a Myth

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:40:16 +0000

A University of Oxford mathematician, Alain Goriely, has debunked the long-held theory that the Parthenon’s curved base and bulging columns were deliberate optical corrections designed to trick the human eye. In a paper published in Royal Society Open Science on September 16, 2026, Goriely found that all twelve proposed “optical illusions” are either too small […]

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88 Van Gogh Paintings Are Finally Hanging Together Again

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:08:02 +0000

The Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands has brought together all 88 Vincent van Gogh paintings in its collection for the exhibition Van Gogh, All Our Paintings. The exhibition opened on September 15, 2026, and runs until January 3, 2027. According to the museum, this is the first time since 1984 that all 88 paintings have […]

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Monet’s Hidden Iris Could Become France’s Most Expensive Painting

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:39:56 +0000

Claude Monet’s monumental Iris, painted in 1924–25 during the final years of his life at Giverny, will be offered at Sotheby’s Paris on October 22, 2026, with an estimate of €22 million to €30 million. Measuring 160 by 180 cm, it is the largest work from Monet’s celebrated Iris series ever to come to auction. […]

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Frida Escobedo Will Transform One of Latin America’s Greatest Museums

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:09:44 +0000

Buenos Aires’ Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) has selected Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to design a major expansion that will nearly double the museum’s exhibition space. The project will be built beneath the adjacent Plaza Perú and is expected to open in late 2029 or early 2030. It will add new galleries, […]

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London Just Opened a Rare Exhibition of Nearly 200 Iranian Artworks

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:56:08 +0000

Nearly 200 works by around 100 Iranian artists will be presented at Ab-Anbar Gallery in London from September 19 to 26, 2026, in an unusually large exhibition titled A Present Tense: Contemporary Artists Living and Working in Iran. Around 20 Iranian galleries and art spaces are participating in the project, which aims to give younger […]

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Christie’s Makes History With Its First Art Auction in Abu Dhabi

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:41:08 +0000

Christie’s will hold its first-ever fine art auction in Abu Dhabi on November 1, 2026. Titled MAWASIM: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, the sale will bring together more than 70 works by artists from across the Middle East and North Africa. The auction marks 20 years since Christie’s first sale in […]

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The Met Breaks Ground on Its $550 Million New Art Wing

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:07:26 +0000

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has officially begun construction of the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art. Designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, the five-story, 126,000-square-foot wing is scheduled to open in 2030 and will provide nearly 70,000 square feet of exhibition space. The project follows a […]

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A Swiss Museum Opened a Collector’s Portfolios — and Discovered More Art

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:43:31 +0000

The Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland has received the entire art collection of Swiss collector Philippe Bodenmann, a donation that includes more than 200 paintings, sculptures and prints. The collection spans Swiss art from the early 20th century, Zurich Concrete Art of the 1950s, and international Minimalist and Conceptual art of the […]

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Yayoi Kusama’s Final Exhibition Becomes a Posthumous Tribute in Amsterdam

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:13:09 +0000

A major Yayoi Kusama retrospective at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum has opened just weeks after the Japanese artist died at the age of 97. Originally planned as a major retrospective of her career, the exhibition has now become a posthumous tribute to one of the most recognizable artists of the contemporary era. The exhibition opened to […]

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Paris’s Picasso Museum Reveals Designers Shortlisted for a €55 Million Sculpture Garden

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:05:40 +0000

SourcesThe Musée National Picasso-Paris has shortlisted five architecture and landscape-design teams for a major transformation of its historic site in the Marais. The project, known as Picasso 2030, will create a public sculpture garden featuring around ten major Picasso bronzes, a new 800-square-metre exhibition space and redesigned visitor facilities. The winner is expected to be […]

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The Antique Furniture Designers Love at Fine Arts Paris 2026

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:44:12 +0000

Fine Arts Paris returns to the Grand Palais from September 19 to 23, 2026, bringing together around 100 international galleries specialising in art, antiques, furniture, design, jewellery and other fields. For this year’s edition, seven prominent interior designers selected pieces that caught their attention, revealing how historic furniture can still shape sophisticated contemporary interiors. Their […]

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Two Renoir Paintings Stolen in France: Four Works Taken From Renoir Museum

GrandBoudoir Art Editor — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:37:36 +0000

Two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir remain missing after four of his works were stolen from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on September 8, 2026. The stolen works included Portrait of Madame Stephen Pichon, Young Woman at the Well, Coco Reading and Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano. Two paintings were abandoned during the thieves’ escape, […]

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