Fondation Beyeler opens £109.7m expansion in Basel
The Fondation Beyeler has opened a £109.7m expansion in Basel. The project adds three new structures designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, along with extended grounds.
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Wesselmann Estate Stages Intergenerational Pop Pairing with Matsuyama
Tom Wesselmann's estate, with support from Almine Rech, has organised a pop-up duo show pairing the Pop pioneer's Americana with Tomokazu Matsuyama's contemporary art-historical mashups, offering a rare view into the artist's studio.
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Raymond James Adds Two Advisory Teams With $1.75B in Combined Assets
Two teams are joining Raymond James' employee and independent channels. The independent team is the latest to move from Commonwealth after LPL's acquisition of the broker/dealer.
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HSBC Prepares Return to India Equity Broking as Wealth Demand Builds
HSBC is preparing to re-enter India's equity broking market after more than a decade away, responding to greater interest among wealthy customers in equity-related products.
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Bitwise and Vise Integrate Crypto Allocations Into Traditional Portfolios
Bitwise has partnered with Vise to bring digital asset allocations into traditional portfolios, with rebalancing and tax management included in the rollout.
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Corient Acquires Cayman-Based FortCay Family Advisory
Corient has agreed to acquire FortCay Family Advisory, a Cayman Islands multi-family office overseeing about $2.6bn for 14 ultra-high-net-worth families, for an undisclosed amount.
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Benedikt and Lauren Taschen List Restored 1956 Beverly Hills Home for $25 M.
The ARTnews Top 200 collectors have spent eight years restoring the Adelman Residence, a 5,000-square-foot mid-century modern home designed by Thornton Abell and O'Neil Ford. It has been listed by Carolwood Estates for $25 million.
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Speculated Goya Painting to Feature in Museo del Prado's 2028 Exhibition
A painting previously attributed to Francisco Bayeu will be included in the Museo del Prado's 2028 exhibition marking 200 years since Goya's death. A full technical investigation has yet to be completed, but Spain's culture ministry and the Prado are operating under the assumption it is a Goya.
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Armory Show’s Slower September Opening Yields Sales From $3,500 to Six Figures
The Armory Show’s shift to late September brought a quieter opening morning, but dealers reported steady sales across a wide price range. New York’s fair opened its 32nd edition with roughly 230 galleries.
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Spring/Break Opens in Former CBS Newsroom with Political Art Fair 'Hide and Seek'
Spring/Break's first edition at the former CBS News headquarters features roughly 120 exhibitors and a live installation, The People's Newsroom, created with the Slow Factory.
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Joan Mitchell Foundation Publishes Report on Artist Legacy Stewardship
The Joan Mitchell Foundation has released “Creating Future Memory: Building the Field of Artist Legacy Stewardship,” a free PDF report from authors Solana Chehtman and Sharon Mizota based on surveys of more than 150 artists, family members, archivists, curators and legacy professionals.
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Chiharu Shiota and Mami Kataoka Receive France's Order of Arts and Letters
Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota and Mori Art Museum director Mami Kataoka have been appointed to l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Shiota received the rank of Officier; Kataoka was named Chevalier.
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Leonor Fini Retrospective at Schirn Kunsthalle Reexamines Surrealism's Feminine Ideal
A major Leonor Fini retrospective opens at Frankfurt's Schirn Kunsthalle in October, revisiting an artist who rejected the Surrealist label while reshaping its erotic and feminine visual language.
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Charitable Remainder Unitrusts and the Push for a Longer Lifetime Stretch
A charitable remainder unitrust can deliver a meaningful tax benefit, according to a wealth management examination of the structure. The mechanism is framed around creating a lifetime stretch for assets.
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Julius Baer Names Pamela Tseng Asia COO, Succeeding Retiring Andreas Zingg
Julius Baer has appointed Pamela Tseng as Asia chief operating officer effective 16 November 2026. She succeeds Andreas Zingg, who retires after 23 years and will support the handover.
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Barclays Names Wee Yee-Yeong to Lead Private Bank in Singapore and Asia
Wee Yee-Yeong will head Barclays Private Bank in Singapore and Asia from later this year, joining from Morgan Stanley. The appointment follows the launch of the bank's Singapore booking centre.
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CD&R and Warburg Pincus in Advanced Talks for Canaccord's UK Wealth Arm
Two private equity firms are reportedly in advanced discussions over a joint bid for Canaccord Wealth, a business sources suggest could be valued at more than £1bn. The deal would continue a run of consolidation in UK wealth management.
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Captrust Adds $1.2B in Double Deal for Long Island Firms
Raleigh-based Captrust has acquired Compass Advisors and Long Island Wealth Management, together bringing $1.2B and seven professionals into the firm.
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Floyd Bennett Field Public Arts Festival Returns With 15 New Projection Works
The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy's biennial public arts festival returns to Brooklyn's historic hangars on October 3, 2026, with 21 artists and 15 newly commissioned projection works.
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Protesters Call on MoMA to Remove Billionaire Leon Black from Board
An activist duo has protested outside the Museum of Modern Art over billionaire Leon Black's board membership. The Met also brokered a long-term loan return of sculptures to Nigeria, and the Art Institute of Chicago will return a Nazi-looted Cubist painting.
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Fair Warning to Auction Keith Haring Subway Drawing Estimated at $700,000–$900,000
Fair Warning will offer a 1984 Keith Haring subway drawing, estimated at $700,000–$900,000, on October 1. The sale follows the house’s first vintage couture auction, which totaled $3.2 million.
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The Day Job Test: How Art Measures 'Seriousness' Through Class
Art has no license or apprenticeship, so arbitrary markers of credibility fill the gap. Most of them measure wealth and class rather than commitment.
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Tyler Mitchell Wins Crystal Bridges' $250,000 Don Tyson Prize
Artist, photographer, and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell has been named the 2026 recipient of the Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art, awarded biennially by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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Met and Nigeria Agree 25-Year Loan of Three Masterworks From Ceil Pulitzer Collection
Three Nigerian masterworks from the Ceil Pulitzer collection will go on long-term display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art under a 25-year loan agreement with the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments.
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