Daily Art Brief — 10 October 2026
Myth, media and a crowded Paris exhibition calendar shape today’s briefing: Anselm Kiefer brings new paintings and an opera collaboration to Pantin, Perrotin announces a multi-artist presentation for Art Basel Paris week, and Tokyo keeps Nam June Paik’s work on view through November.
Image: Thaddaeus Ropac, London
Anselm Kiefer’s ‘Nymphäum’ Is on View in Paris Pantin and Online Until 25 October 2026
Anselm Kiefer’s Nymphäum is on view at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin and online through 25 October 2026, in collaboration with the Opéra-Comique. The exhibition brings together more than 20 paintings in which Kiefer reworks classical mythology through layered paint and collage. Gold, ash, lead and paint appear across works that connect mythology with contemporary ruins and shifting landscapes. In Smilax (2025), materials include emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, sediment from electrolysis and canvas collage. An Opéra-Comique recital draws on three paintings: Iphigenie (2025), Merope (2022–25) and Salmakis und Hermaphroditos (2025). Kiefer moved to France in 1992 and works between Paris and Barjac near Avignon.
Perrotin’s Panorama is scheduled for 19 October 2026 through 16 January 2027 at 8 avenue Matignon in Paris, during Art Basel Paris week. The group exhibition will include new works by Jeppe Hein and Josh Sperling, including Hein’s Ring of Balloons (light blue, gold, dark blue, green, purple, dark blue, gold, silver, purple, green), dated 2026, and Sperling’s Concentric TBC (Comp 548), also dated 2026. The announced roster additionally names Lee Bae, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Wim Delvoye, Mathilde Denize, Bernard Frize, Laurent Grasso and Hans Hartung. The exhibition’s listed run begins on 19 October.
At Tokyo’s Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, “20 Years After His Death: Nam June Paik | Jugemu” continues through 23 November. The museum says it will remain open as usual during the three-day holiday period and on the following Tuesday, inviting visitors to explore Nam June Paik’s work this autumn. The announcement is a reminder of the exhibition’s closing date and its presentation at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, where the show remains on view through November 23.