2026 in art
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Significant events relating to the year 2026 in art are listed below.
Art fairs
Events
- 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 - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam announces the retrieval of the long-lost Rembrandt painting The Vision of Zacharias in the Temple (1633).[2]
Exhibitions
*March 5 until April 11 - ''Hugo Winder-Lind: Clouds of Limitless and Expanding Joy'' at the Isabel Sullivan Gallery in New York City.[3]
Awards
Works
Deaths
January
- January 5 - Molly Parkin, 93, Welsh painter, novelist and journalist (born 1932)[4]
- January 8 - Hiroshi Nakamura, 93, Japanese surrealist painter (born 1932)[5]
- January 9 - Beatriz González, 93, Colombian painter, sculptor and art historian (born 1932)[6]
- January 11 - Philip Leider, 96, American founding editor in chief of ArtForum Magazine (born 1929)[7]
- January 13 - Alfred Grimm, 82, German object artist, sculptor, and painter (born 1943)[8]
- January 18 - Scott Adams, 68, American cartoonist Dilbert (born 1957)[9]
- January 19 - Valentino, 93, Italian fashion designer and art collector (born 1922)[10]
- January 22 - Marian Goodman, 97, American art dealer, gallery owner, (born 1928)[11]
February
- February 14 - Henrike Naumann, 41, German sculptor (born 1984)[12]
- February 18 - Roger von Gunten, 92, Swiss-born Mexican painter (born 1933)[13]
- February 19 - Isaiah Zagar, 86, American mosaic artist (born 1939)[14]
- February 20 - Peter Stämpfli, 88, Swiss painter and sculptor (born 1937)[15]
- February 22 - Iris Cantor, 95, American philanthropist, Head of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation,[16] (born 1931)[17]
- February 24
- Stephen Koch, 84, American writer, historian, teacher, and manager of the Peter Hujar art estate (born 1941)[18]
- Giancarlo Politi, 89, Italian art critic, founder of Flash Art (born 1937)[19] (death announced on this date)
March
- March 5 - Pedro Friedeberg, 90, Italian-born Mexican visual artist (born 1936)[20]
- March 6 - Thaddeus Mosley, 99, American sculptor (born 1926)[21]
- March 20 - Calvin Tomkins, 100, American author and art critic (The New Yorker) (born 1925}[22]
- March 25 - Pat Steir, 87-88, American painter and printmaker. (born 1938)[23]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Plugged, Art (2 March 2026). "Hugo Winder-Lind: Clouds Of Limitless And Expanding Joy". Art Plugged. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- ^ "Obituary: Molly Parkin, artist, writer and fashion editor". BBC News. 5 January 2026.
- ^ "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". 朝日新聞. 8 January 2026.
- ^ Díaz, María Jimena Delgado (9 January 2026). "Murió la maestra Beatriz González, ícono del arte colombiano". El Tiempo.
- ^ 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 | Stadt Dinslaken". www.dinslaken.de.
- ^ Koseluk, Chris (13 January 2026). "Scott Adams, Creator of the 'Dilbert' Comic Strip, Dies at 68".
- ^ Cochrane, Lauren (19 January 2026). "Italian fashion designer Valentino dies aged 93" – via The Guardian.
- ^ 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". El Universal.
- ^ Vadala, Rosa Cartagena | Nick (20 February 2026). "Isaiah Zagar, legendary South Philly mosaicist, has died at 86". Inquirer.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mort de Peter Stämpfli, pionnier du pop art européen".
- ^ "The Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2000, Great Dames of California". Los Angeles Times. 14 May 2000.
- ^ "Philanthropy.com - Philanthropy 50 of 2010".
- ^ Nossiter, Adam (11 March 2026). "Stephen Koch, 84, Dies; Champion of a Belatedly Hailed Photographer" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "È morto Giancarlo Politi, editore, critico d'arte e fondatore di Flash Art". 24 February 2026.
- ^ Ramírez, Paulina Flores (5 March 2026). "Muere Pedro Friedeberg, maestro mexicano del surrealismo". El País México.
- ^ Heinrich, Will (7 March 2026). "Thaddeus Mosley, Sculptor Who Found Fame in His Last Decade, Dies at 99". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Calvin Tomkins, Who Chronicled Generations of Vanguard Artists, Dies at 100
- ^ Pat Steir, Painter of Luminous ‘Waterfalls,’ Dies at 87 (subscription required)