Signals / 01 Oct 2026
Sotheby's has a $450 million November ahead of it. Five works from the Blaquier-Arrieta collection went on view in London today as part of an international tour before the New York sale, and the Van Gogh among them could set a record. Mira Schendel's estate is leaving Hauser & Wirth after 13 years for Lisson and São Paulo's Gomide & Co., and the move arrives with a museum purchase attached: Dia has acquired her Still Waves of Probability, with support from Ken Griffin. Further down the list, Inhotim gives Dalton Paula a full career survey, and two new deaths, Rafael Ferrer and Liang Shaoji, are noted below.
A $450M Blaquier-Arrieta consignment to Sotheby's New York for November, and the Mira Schendel estate's move to Lisson and Gomide & Co. with a Dia acquisition alongside, put the day's weight at the top of the market.
Sotheby's New York to sell the $450M Blaquier-Arrieta collection in November, led by a Van Gogh that could set a record; five works go on view in London today
The November result will set the reference price for top Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pictures going into 2027, but estimates have not been published, so the record talk is still a possibility rather than a forecast.
auction record · Blue-chip · Vincent van GoghMira Schendel estate leaves Hauser & Wirth after 13 years for Lisson Gallery and Gomide & Co., with a 2027 group show and a major works-on-paper survey planned
Two galleries splitting a New York and São Paulo market is a different structure from one mega-gallery, and the 2027 works-on-paper survey will show how the new partners price and place the estate's holdings.
gallery move · Blue-chip · Mira SchendelDia Art Foundation acquires Mira Schendel's Still Waves of Probability with support from collector Ken Griffin
A Dia acquisition with a major collector behind it, announced on the same day as the gallery change, gives existing owners a strong institutional reference point; holding is reasonable while the new representation settles.
museum acquisition · Blue-chip · Mira SchendelRafael Ferrer (1933–2026), the Puerto Rican artist and musician whose sculpture, painting, prints and installations kept returning to paper-bag faces, kayaks and maps, has died
Ferrer showed at El Museo del Barrio and Guild Hall and is represented by Henrique Faria; future supply now comes from his estate, and how that is organized is worth following, with no action needed.
artist milestone · Value · Rafael FerrerInhotim mounts Dupla Cura, a Dalton Paula survey from 1999 to the present curated by Beatriz Lemos, spanning painting, installation, photography and video on Afro-Brazilian history
A full career survey at one of Brazil's leading institutions is a real step for a Growth-tier painter; worth watching whether acquisitions or gallery moves follow the show.
retrospective · Growth · Dalton PaulaBanksy's Brexit-era rat heads to auction with a price expectation around $2.3M
The figure is high for a Banksy, but no auction house, date or formal estimate has been confirmed, so this means little until the sale is scheduled and the result is in.
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