LVH Art Guide to the Art World before year-end: Exhibitions, Auctions, Fairs and Prizes

As the art world enters its busiest final months, the calendar fills with major exhibitions, international fairs, auctions and prize announcements across London, Paris, New York, Seoul, Miami and beyond. This guide brings together the key dates from September to December 2026, highlighting what not to miss before year-end.

Museums

London

Tate Modern
Ana Mendieta
15 Jul 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

Design Museum
Es Devlin: Other Worlds
2 Oct 2026 – 4 Apr 2027

The Courtauld Gallery
Salman Toor: Someone Like You
2 Oct 2026 – 10 Jan 2027

Whitechapel Gallery
Cecilia Vicuña
7 Oct 2026 – 14 Feb 2027

Serpentine South
Justin Caguiat: Change Ringing
8 Oct 2026 – 10 Jan 2027

National Gallery
Van Eyck: The Portraits
21 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027

New York

New Museum
Arthur Jafa: I Am Tony
24 Sep 2026 – 4 Jan 2027

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous
4 Oct 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

Whitney Museum of American Art
Roy Lichtenstein: Like New
Opens 11 Oct 2026

MoMA
Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio
Member Preview, Oct 22–24
25 Oct 2026 – 27 Feb 2027

Miami

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
Basquiat: Figures, Signs, and Symbols
25 Jun 2026 – 6 Jun 2027

Rubell Museum
Yu Nishimura
1 Dec 2026 – Fall 2027

Los Angeles

MOCA Grand Avenue
The Expanding Field: MOCA’s Collection from the 1940s to 1970s
18 Apr – 20 Sep 2026

The Broad
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
23 May – 11 Oct 2026

Mexico City

Museo Jumex
Richard Prince: Tell Me Everything
26 Sep 2026 – 7 Feb 2027

Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum
Yayoi Kusama
11 Sep 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

Rijksmuseum
Willem de Kooning at Work
9 Oct 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

Milan

Fondazione Prada
Mona Hatoum: Over, Under and in Between
29 Jan – 9 Nov 2026

Berlin

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Sophie Calle: Is It Better?
13 Nov 2026 – 4 Apr 2027

Bilbao

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Dan Flavin
11 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027

Zurich

Kunsthaus Zürich
Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch: Malfluss = Lebensfluss
2 Oct 2026 – 21 Feb 2027

Humlebæk / Copenhagen

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Remedios Varo
18 Sep 2026 – 10 Jan 2027

Mumbai

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC)
Second Nature by Superblue
3 Jul 2026 – 10 Jan 2027

Galleries

London

Thaddaeus Ropac
Like Music in the Blood
3 Sep – 1 Oct 2026

White Cube Bermondsey
Gabriel Orozco: Chronotopic
16 Sep – 8 Nov 2026

Lisson Gallery
Ha Chong-Hyun
24 Sep – 7 Nov 2026

Lisson Gallery
Carmen Herrera
24 Sep – 7 Nov 2026

Goodman Gallery
William Kentridge: A Nicely Built City
24 Sep – 7 Nov 2026

Thaddaeus Ropac
Georg Baselitz: The Heroes 1965–66
13 Oct – 18 Dec 2026

Sprüth Magers
Hyun-Sook Song
Nov – Dec 2026

White Cube Mason’s Yard
Louise Giovanelli
20 Nov 2026 – 16 Jan 2027

Galerie Max Hetzler
Janaina Tschäpe
24 Nov 2026 – 23 Jan 2027

New York

Hauser & Wirth
Rita Ackermann: The Chemical Alphabet
9 Sep – 17 Oct 2026

David Zwirner
Thomas Ruff: jpegs ny
10 Sep – 17 Oct 2026

David Zwirner
Nate Lowman: Hanging Out
Opens 10 Sep 2026

White Cube
Danh Vo
10 Sep – 16 Oct 2026

Hauser & Wirth
George Rouy: REPRISE
10 Sep – 17 Oct 2026

Pace Gallery
Lynda Benglis: KNOTTING, TYING, FOLDING
11 Sep – 24 Oct 2026

Lisson Gallery
Hiroshi Sugimoto
15 Sep – 24 Oct 2026

Gagosian
Brice Marden: I Am Plane Image
15 Sep – 12 Dec 2026

Gladstone Gallery
Joseph Yaeger: Agita
16 Sep – 31 Oct 2026

David Zwirner
Emma McIntyre
18 Sep – 24 Oct 2026

David Zwirner
Yoshitomo Nara
29 Oct – 12 Dec 2026

Sprüth Magers
Oliver Bak
Nov – Dec 2026

Los Angeles

Sprüth Magers
George Condo
Nov 2026 – Jan 2027

Mexico City

kurimanzutto
John Giorno: LIFE IS A KILLER
29 Aug – 10 Oct 2026

Paris

Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin
Anselm Kiefer: Nymphäum
25 Apr – 25 Oct 2026

Gagosian
Sterling Ruby: TILL DEATH DO US PART
12 Jun – 3 Oct 2026

Galerie Max Hetzler
Sergey Kononov
5 Sep – 10 Oct 2026

Mariane Ibrahim
Amoako Boafo: The Home I’ve Never Had
19 Oct – 19 Dec 2026

White Cube
Tracey Emin: I will miss you Yesterday / I will miss you Today / I will miss you Tomorrow / And that’s how it will Always be
20 Oct – 18 Dec 2026

Hong Kong

David Zwirner
Dan Flavin: Grids
28 May – 12 Sep 2026

Gagosian
Stanley Whitney: Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing
10 Sep – 7 Nov 2026

Shanghai

Lisson Gallery
Sean Scully
Nov 2026 – Jan 2027

Auctions

Christie’s
20th/21st Century Art — Hong Kong Autumn Sales
Hong Kong
29 – 30 Sep 2026

Sotheby’s
Modern Discoveries
New York
Sale opens 29 September

Sotheby’s
Contemporary Discoveries
New York
Sale opens 1 October

Sotheby’s
Contemporary Curated
New York
7 October 2026

Christie’s
Collection Jeanne-Marie de Broglie
Paris
30 Sep 2026

Sotheby’s
Contemporary Evening Auction
London
15 Oct 2026

Sotheby’s
Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction
London
16 Oct 2026

Sotheby’s
Surrealism and Its Legacy
Paris
23 Oct 2026

Sotheby’s
Modernités
Paris
23 Oct 2026

Christie’s
The Exceptional Sale
Paris
4 Nov 2026

Christie’s
20th Century Evening Sale
New York
Nov 2026 — exact date TBA

Christie’s
21st Century Evening Sale
New York
Nov 2026 — exact date TBA

Fairs

Frieze Seoul
Seoul
VIP 2 Sep, 3–5 Sep 2026

Kiaf Seoul
Seoul
VIP 2 Sep, 3–6 Sep 2026

The Armory Show
New York
24–27 Sep 2026

PAD London
London
VIP 13–14 Oct, 15–18 Oct 2026

Frieze London / Frieze Masters
London
VIP 14–15 Oct, 15–18 Oct 2026

Paris Internationale
Paris
VIP 19 Oct, 20–24 Oct 2026

Art Basel Paris
Paris
VIP 21–22 Oct, 23–25 Oct 2026

Artissima
Turin
VIP 29 Oct, 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026

Art Mumbai
Mumbai
12–15 Nov 2026

Frieze Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
20–22 Nov 2026

NADA Miami
Miami
1–5 Dec 2026

Design Miami
Miami
1–6 Dec 2026

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami
VIP 2–3 Dec, 4–6 Dec 2026

Art Prizes

Wolfgang Hahn Prize 2026 — Lee Ufan
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
7 Nov 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
Winner announced Dec 2025; award ceremony 6 Nov 2026

Prix Marcel Duchamp 2026
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris
2 Oct 2026 – 14 Feb 2027
Winner announced: 22 Oct 2026

Turner Prize 2026
MIMA, Middlesbrough
26 Sep 2026 – 29 Mar 2027
Winner announced: 10 Dec 2026