The morning briefing, 10 Jun 2026.

Holly Lowen opens debut solo exhibition 'Colosseum' at Perrotin New York through July 31, 2026, following Art Basel Paris and Miami Beach group appearances—a significant institutional leap for a painter with roughly 18 months of exhibition history

Perrotin's global footprint means this isn't just a New York solo—it's a platform that introduces her work to collectors across Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, and Hong Kong simultaneously, and the gallery's track record of sustaining careers makes this a meaningful commitment, not a trial run.

MoMA opens first-ever survey exhibition dedicated to Mondrian's New York paintings, anchored by 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' and 'Victory Boogie Woogie'—the most significant institutional spotlight on the artist in a generation

A MoMA survey of this specificity—focused on a discrete, late body of work—tends to crystallize scholarly and collector attention in ways that broaden the market for prints, editions, and related works; if you hold anything in the Mondrian universe, this is not the moment to sell.

Galerie Templon closes Chelsea outpost, joining Stephen Friedman and Timothy Taylor in exiting the New York market—a pattern that signals structural contraction among European mid-tier galleries operating in the US

Artists represented primarily by these galleries now face reduced US collector visibility and potential secondary market illiquidity; worth identifying any exposure in your collection and monitoring whether affected artists secure new American representation.

Martin Mull receives dedicated solo exhibition at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, organized with Steve Martin and curator Ann Philbin, as the centerpiece of the museum's summer 2026 programming

Mull has long occupied that frustrating category of critically appreciated but commercially overlooked—the Philbin curatorial imprimatur and the Steve Martin collector-champion combination is the kind of advocacy that can shift that narrative, and his work remains genuinely underpriced relative to peers.

Tone Hansen appointed director of Moderna Museet, Sweden's leading contemporary art institution, signaling a potential reshaping of Nordic acquisition priorities and exhibition programming over the next 3–5 years

New museum directors tend to put their stamp on collections within the first 18 months—if you have meaningful exposure to Scandinavian or Nordic contemporary artists, Hansen's programming instincts are worth tracking as an early indicator of institutional validation.