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Image: ArtskMuseums · Exhibitions · Public Art · Wakefield
Aesthetica reports that Yorkshire Sculpture Park has unveiled its autumn display, placing five bronzes by Frink, Ikemura, Chadwick, Kher, and Bhabha in the Formal Garden.
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Image: ArtskMuseums · Exhibitions · Public Art · London
Wallpaper reports on Renée Levi's 'September,' a façade commission at the Hayward Gallery running September 23 through November 15, 2026, co-commissioned with Audemars Piguet Contemporary.
Image: ArtskExhibitions · Public Art · Fairs · London
ArtPlugged reports that Özlem Günyol and Mustafa Kunt are showing 'Possibilities for a Sculpture' at Frieze Sculpture 2026 in Regent's Park, on view September 16 through November 1, 2026.
Image: ArtskPublished 28 September 2026: a monumental inflatable gold spiral by Berlin studio Plastique Fantastique appeared on the High Line, commissioned by Bulgari for its Serpenti Infinito series — the studio's first US presentation.
Image: ArtskExhibitions · Public Art · Taoyuan
The 2026 Taiwan Design Expo, themed 'Taoyuan Flow', opened on September 23, running for the first time in Taoyuan. Three main venues plus satellite sites across the city form a cross-venue network of design exhibitions, light installations and programmes tracing Taoyuan's urban story.
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Image: ArtskPolicy · Public Art · Tarlac
A new coalition, Artists Unite Against Pax Silica, has taken to the streets and galleries to oppose a planned 1,600-hectare AI manufacturing hub in Tarlac province led by the US-backed Pax Silica initiative. It debuted the exhibition 'ALL CAPS: Art, Land & Labor' in Quezon City on September 6 and staged a rally at the proposed site on September 11.
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Image: ArtskCrozier's Special Projects team unloaded, reoriented, assembled and secured 'Eight' (2026), a 28-foot, 50,000-pound steel and concrete sculpture commissioned by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.
Image: ArtskMuseums · Public Art · Vienna
The Secession in Vienna offered free guided tours on 27 September 2026 as part of Austria's Tag des Denkmals, presenting the landmark building as a living monument.
Image: ArtskMuseums · Public Art · Washington, D.C.
The Hirshhorn announced the acquisition of Elmgreen & Dragset's 28-foot sculpture Eight, commissioned for its Sculpture Garden ahead of the October 31 reopening.
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Image: ArtskPolicy · Public Art · Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Historical Commission is weighing whether to add Keith Haring's 1987 'We The Youth' mural to the city's Register of Historic Places — a first for an outdoor mural — with the Keith Haring Foundation backing the designation.
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Image: ArtskPolicy · Public Art · Brussels
Artists and groups based in EU Just Transition Fund regions and candidate countries could apply by 30 September 2026 to present work in 'Living Transitions', the artistic exhibition opening the 12th Just Transition Platform Conference in Brussels on 1–2 December 2026.
Image: ArtskPublic Art · Global
The collective Secret Handshake has placed satirical game installations in Washington, DC, and Nuuk.
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