Paula Rego's “Dancing Ostriches from Walt Disney's Fantasia” (estimate in the region of £3,000,000 – £5,000,000) goes on display at Christie's on October 8, 2025 in London, England. Artwork by prominent 20th and 21st century artists from the Impressionist, Modern, Post-war, and Contemporary art movements will go on sale through live and online auctions throughout dates in October, with an exhibition at Christie's opening to the public from 8-15 October. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)





A woman takes a photo of sculpted hands holding pieces of soap at the JD Global Soap Museum, part of the 798 Art District in Beijing, China on October 7, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Helios, a seven-metre sun sculpture and soundscape by Luke Jerram, is suspended in the nave of the floodlit abbey ruins of Fountains Abbey, near Aldfield, Ripon in North Yorkshire, UK on Thursday, October 2, 2025. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)





Roisin Sacha paints with light using her own artwork programmed into LED lights photographed under the A12 at Chelmsford in Essex, UK, captured with a four-second exposure on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Jay/Picture Exclusive)





Sophie Roberts admires Angel of the Trench by artists Laura and Paul Carey at the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park near Masham, North Yorkshire, UK on October 14, 2025. (Photo by James Glossop/Times Media Ltd)





A gallery assistant poses with an artwork titled “Grace Kelly” by US artist Andy Warhol during a photocall for the upcoming Shapero Modern gallery exhibition, which will be displayed at the Frieze Masters annual art fair in London, Britain, 08 October 2025. Frieze Masters runs from 15 to 19 October 2025 in Regent's Park, London. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA)





A gallery staff poses with a painting titled “Cakes” by US painter Wayne Thiebaud during a press preview of “Wayne Thiebaud. American Still Life” exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery of Somerset House in London, Britain, 09 October 2025. Wayne Thiebaud's paintings will be displayed in the UK for the first time from 10 October 2025 to 18 January 2026. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA)





A gallery assistant poses with the work “Tempelhof” by German artist Anslem Kiefer during a preview of Frieze Week offerings at Sotheby's auction house in London, Britain, 10 October 2025. The preview of the works will be on display to the public until 16 October. (Photo by Neil Hall/EPA)





An early 1981 Jean-Michel Basquiat, titled Crowns (Peso Neto) which is estimated at $35-45m in Sothebys, UK on October 8, 2025. Works of this calibre rarely appear on the market – the last major 1981 Basquiat with a comparable estimate came to auction over a decade ago, at $25-35 million (vs this one at $35-45m). This one has never been offered at auction before. (Photo by Jack Hill/The Times/The Sunday Times)





Delegates look at a montage creating an image of former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher on the third day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, north-west England, on October 7, 2025. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon is a seven-metre sculpture featuring detailed Nasa imagery of the lunar surface. It is on display in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, UK on October 15, 2025, until November 4. (Photo by Jack Boskett/The Times)





Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen (R) attends the presentation of the exhibition “Limina: Cosmopolitan Chicken Project 30” as part of the Mugak Basque Country International Architecture Biennial held at Chillida Leku museum in Hernani, Basque Country, Spain, 16 October 2025. The exhibition, which runs from 17 October 2025 to 31 January 2026, will transform the museum into a living environment where nature, art, science, and architecture converge. (Photo by Juan Herrero/EPA)





A general view ahead of Sculpture By The Sea on October 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Sculpture by the Sea returns to Sydney's Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk from October 17 to November 3, 2025, showcasing 100 sculptures by artists from around the world in Australia's largest free outdoor sculpture exhibition. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)





Eilish Middlemas, ten, from Pitlochry, explores the Living Networks installation at The Enchanted Forest, Scotland's award-winning sound and light spectacular which opened its 2025 show Luminara in the surroundings of Faskally Wood, Pitlochry, UK on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)





Visitors look around inside one of the rooms during a preview of the LuminiMax installation by Architects of Air set up on the front lawn of the Owensboro Convention Center, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Owensboro, Ky. LuminiMax is just just one of the 13 exhibits that will be spread across downtown starting Friday evening for the city's “Illuminate: An Art and Light Experience”. Photo by (Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP Photo)