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Artnet Gallery Network · Jul 8, 2026
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Yinka Ilori and Dunelm’s new furniture collection is colourful, accessible and tells a hidden story about community
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Faye Toogood unveils ‘Bone, Roll, Slump’, a swollen, sculptural furniture collection that feels ‘excavated’
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HyperallergicJul 7
Valerie Brathwaite, Abstract Sculptor of the Natural World, Dies at 87
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ColossalJul 7
Collin van der Sluijs’ ‘Wanderland’ Imagines a Vast Ecosystem Encompass the Momentous and Mundane
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HyperallergicJul 7
Massimiliano Gioni Named Director of New Museum
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HyperallergicJul 7
8 Art Books to Reframe America’s 250th
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ARTnewsJul 7
Denmark’s Louisiana Museum Announces Remedios Varo Exhibition in Fall 2026
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Galerie MagazineJul 7
The Most Design-Forward Hotels to Book in Madrid Right Now
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ArtforumJul 7
Detroit Institute of Arts Director Attributes 17th-Century Portrait To Diego Velázquez
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ARTnewsJul 7
Check Out the Art Behind the Scenes of Loro Piana’s Fall/Winter 2026 Ad Campaign
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Galerie MagazineJul 7
Meet the Maker Crafting Exceptional Ceramics Installed in Private Homes, Glamorous Resorts, and the Vatican
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ArtforumJul 7
From Athens with Love
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Galerie MagazineJul 7
New Exhibition Exploring Azzedine Alaïa’s Fascination with Africa Opens
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ARTnewsJul 7
Fundación Kahlo Launches $50,000 Prize for Emerging Mexican Artists
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ARTnewsJul 7
Pro-Palestinian Cultural Workers Call for Strike Over US Ambassador’s Visit to Venice
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DesignboomJul 7
what holds a book together? a closer look at contemporary bookbinding
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ArtforumJul 7
Yemen Identifies 28 Allegedly Looted Artifacts in London
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HyperallergicJul 7
John Giorno Put Poetry on the Line
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ARTnewsJul 7
Phillips Posts $507 M. in First Half of 2026 as Watch Business Drives 60 Percent Jump in Auction Sales
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Artnet NewsJul 7
Breakups, Shake-Ups, and Make-Ups! Anne Imhof and Eliza Douglas Share the Stage Again, Upstate Art Weekend, and More Juicy Art World Gossip!
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ArtforumJul 7
Massimiliano Gioni Appointed Director of the New Museum
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HyperallergicJul 7
John Constable’s Four Seasons
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ArtforumJul 7
$4.5M in Jewelry Stolen in French Museum Heist
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HyperallergicJul 7
Texas Covers Up Beloved "Black Artists Matter" Mural in Austin
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Artnet NewsJul 7
Daniel Arsham Is Selling His Historic Firehouse Home and Studio
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Cultured MagazineJul 7
Powder Haven, Reed Hastings’ Members-Only Resort for the Elite Outdoorsman, Unveils Its New Clubhouse
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HyperallergicJul 7
Belgium’s Magritte-Inspired Soccer Jersey Mirrors a Surreal World Cup
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Galerie MagazineJul 7
Tennessee’s Only Frank Lloyd Wright House Hits the Market
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Galerie MagazineJul 7
The Artful Life: 8 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week
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HyperallergicJul 7
The Hudson River School’s Missive
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DesignboomJul 7
a new art center will open on paris’ île seguin in october, designed by RCR arquitectes
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
The Nevada Museum of Art puts sustainability at its core
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ARTnewsJul 7
Luísa Cunha, the Portuguese Artist Whose Sound Sculptures Explored the Power of Language, Dies at 77
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Cultured MagazineJul 7
Chef Fadi Kattan Is Feeding the Venice Biennale While Bethlehem Has No Tourists Left
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Artnet NewsJul 7
Massimiliano Gioni Will Lead the New Museum
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ARTnewsJul 7
Massimiliano Gioni Named Director of New York’s New Museum
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ArtforumJul 7
Black Mountain College Studies Building Recognized by World Monuments Fund
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ColossalJul 7
Enigmatic Iconography and Incomplete Narratives Merge in Phlegm’s Murals and Engravings
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DesignboomJul 7
casa kiki revives a 1930s california-style home around a pink turret in mexico city
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Galerie MagazineJul 7
Gerard & Kelly Re-Inhabit the Iconic Villa Benkemoun in Arles
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Galerie MagazineJul 7
Marli’s New Boutique Channels New York’s Great Art Deco Landmarks
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Perroquet turns a 1950s motel into Florida’s best-dressed new bolthole
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
July Book Bag: from a selection of US folk art to a closer look at the work of YBA Gary Hume
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
An eight-metre replica of the Fifa World Cup trophy has appeared at Rockefeller Plaza – made entirely from Lego
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ARTnewsJul 7
UK Artists Accuse Shuttering Artist Pension Trust of ‘Epic Betrayal,’ Former Barnes Foundation President Richard Glanton Has Died, and More: Morning Links for July 7, 2026
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
A new biography looks at how Michael Andrews shifted from slow burner to innovative creator
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Artnet NewsJul 7
This Giant Spider at Frieze London Will Transport You to a Digital World
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
Joseph Beuys was ambitious, ‘perhaps to the point of megalomania’, says a new book about the German artist
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
Our books editor dips into some recent art-historical fiction
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Turn your home into the perfect listening room with Tylko Sound
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ARTnewsJul 7
Valerie Brathwaite, Sculptor Who Drew Parallels Between Landscapes and Bodies, Has Died
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ArtforumJul 7
Bayeux Tapestry Breaks Ticket Sale Record at British Museum
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ColossalJul 7
Amelia Cross Blends Bespoke Tailoring and Trompe-L’œil Painting in Her Sartorial Studies
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ArtforumJul 7
Theo Triantafyllidis Wins 2026 Frieze London Artist Award, Which Newly Centers AI
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ARTnewsJul 7
An English National Is the First to Be Convicted of Violating Sanctions Against Russia
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Cultured MagazineJul 7
NYC Tourists Get Statue of Liberty Keychains. In the Hamptons, You Can Now Buy the Real Thing.
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Cultured MagazineJul 7
12 Burgers, 10 Snapper Crudos, 1 Rabbit: These Are the Rarest Dishes in New York
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DesignboomJul 7
how antoni gaudí’s architecture found its way into schiaparelli haute couture
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Urban Automotive and Visionnaire take Range Rover luxury to new heights and lengths
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
How novelists continue to be inspired by artists
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Nothing expands its audio range with the pop-coloured Ear (3a)
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
The Hand & The Eye is Chicago’s spellbinding new magic venue-meets-members’ club
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
The worst of us: a philosopher’s guide to the world’s most depraved art
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
The Beachman Aviator is an electric motorbike with stripped-back classic lines
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HENIJul 7
Sol Calero Is Thinking of Caracas in Sao Paulo
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Surrounded by larch trees, a new Evian concert hall makes music ‘warm and silky’
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
The New Museum finally has a restaurant
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
An expert’s guide to Gustave Courbet: five must-read books on the French painter
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DesignboomJul 7
mutated chairs grow fur and flesh inside the studio of charlotte kingsnorth
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
The tussle of the tiny cars continues as Smart readies the new all-electric #02
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HyperallergicJul 7
Trump’s Unhinged Attacks on the Smithsonian
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The Art NewspaperJul 7
Interest in art’s benefit to health grows as Wales and Greece take major steps
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DesignboomJul 7
a black fabric veil hovers within a raw bamboo matrix in hubei’s dense grove
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
The amazing story of Three Chimneys, the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 venue
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
At Dior Couture, Jonathan Anderson makes artist Lynda Benglis his muse
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HENIJul 7
Phillips Modern & Contemporary Online Auction Totals $1.69m
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DesignboomJul 7
gensler proposes landscape-first tourism masterplan for vang vieng, laos
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
Anatomy of a logo: Tiffany & Co by Paula Scher
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DesignboomJul 7
moradavaga’s interactive urban connectors activate a viennese neighborhood living lab
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Wallpaper*Jul 7
It's World Chocolate Day! Sink your teeth into Ghraoui's delectable delights
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DesignboomJul 7
teresa van dongen on designing with living systems
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DesignboomJul 7
teresa van dongen rethinks design through living systems
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Contemporary Art DailyJul 7
Elené Shatberashvili at LC QUEISSER
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Contemporary Art DailyJul 7
Richard Hawkins at Kestner Gesellschaft
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ARTnewsJul 6
Jonathan Anderson Takes Inspiration from Sculptor Lynda Benglis for Dior’s Latest Haute Couture Collection
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The Art NewspaperJul 6
Sotheby’s partners with the Virgil Abloh Foundation to sell a set of rare prints to fund university scholarships
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The Art NewspaperJul 6
Sotheby’s partners with the Virgil Abloh Estate to sell a set of rare prints to fund university scholarships
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The Art NewspaperJul 6
Raven Halfmoon brings her giant doubles to Ballroom Marfa
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HyperallergicJul 6
Trump Accuses Smithsonian of “Anti-White Activism” in Draconian New Report
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ArtforumJul 6
White House Attacks Smithsonian for “Extreme Political Activism”
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Cultured MagazineJul 6
A Celebrity Wedding Planner Breaks Down What It Takes to Pull Off Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Nuptials
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HyperallergicJul 6
The Met Museum's Staff Have Some Thoughts About the Art
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ARTnewsJul 6
Former Marlborough Gallery Space in Chelsea Sells for $7.5 M.
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HyperallergicJul 6
Carmelita Tropicana Was Born Out of the Closet
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HyperallergicJul 6
Thieves Steal Over $4.5M in Jewelry From French Museum
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Artnet NewsJul 6
In Chloe Wise’s ‘Extrasensory’ Basel Show, UFOs Meet Scripture
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Galerie MagazineJul 6
Man’s Relationship to Animals Explored Through Finely Crafted Objects at Hôtel de la Marine in Paris
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HyperallergicJul 6
In Two Chicago Exhibitions, Liberation Takes the Floor
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ARTnewsJul 6
The Frida Kahlo Effect: Why the Mexican Artist Is Still a Pop-Cultural Icon Today
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