Art

October 14, 2026

JR Covers the Vatican Apostolic Library With a Giant Wave Measuring Nearly 100 Feet High

A massive wave appears to crash across the facade of the Vatican Apostolic Library. Nearly 70 meters (230 feet) wide and 30 meters (98 feet) high, the black-and-white image transforms the 16th-century building into the scene of an impending flood. Created by French artist JR, Diluvium turns one of the Vatican’s greatest fears into a monumental work of art. The installation was unveiled on September 14, 2026, as part of AQVA.

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October 13, 2026

Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Found for $30 Sells for $1.35 Million

You never know what a simple yard sale find could be worth. Just this past summer, a longtime collector of records and mid-century furniture discovered Gertrude Abercrombie’s Alderman Merriam’s Shells at an estate sale in Michigan for $30. On October 1, the piece sold for a record-breaking $1,352,600 at Freeman’s, setting a new world auction record for the artist.

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October 10, 2026

Ha Chong-Hyun Painting Retrospective Spans 60 Years of Material Experimentation

For six decades, Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun has pushed painting beyond the boundaries of the canvas. Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum brings together more than 50 works spanning the 1960s through 2025, tracing the artist’s ongoing experimentation with paint, fabric, industrial materials, and physical process. Together, the works reveal how Ha has continually redefined what a painting can be.

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October 8, 2026

Large-Scale Paintings of Wide-Eyed Women Explore the Tension Between Inner and Outer Worlds [Interview]

Three women stare directly at the viewer from within a wild, tangled landscape. Their bodies fold and intertwine across Trying to Transcend in the Midst of Everything, a monumental triptych by Tania Marmolejo. Created for ELIGERE Gallery’s presentation at Kiaf SEOUL 2026, the work responds to two gilt-bronze Pensive Bodhisattvas at the National Museum of Korea. Marmolejo was drawn to their quiet gestures and inward expressions, which convey a movement from human anguish toward enlightenment.

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