On view in London – At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World
On view in Venice – Saskia Colwell: Skin on Skin
Chiaroscuro: A Century of Charcoal – on Vortic.art, in London and Venice
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Exhibition Posted February 13 2025
Announcing An Te Liu and Jemima Murphy: Tracing, presented by Victoria Miro Projects and Anat Ebgi
The exhibition (19 February–29 March) features sculptures by Taiwanese-born, Canadian artist An Te Liu and paintings by London-based artist Jemima Murphy. Rooted in a lineage of modernist sculpture and abstract painting, Liu and Murphy explore themes of belonging, nostalgia, and memory. Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles -
Film Posted February 12 2025
Now available to watch – Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde
Made by Alice Neel's grandson Andrew Neel, the documentary reveals a complex and captivating woman, weaving home movie footage and candid interviews with family and friends. Originally broadcast on BBC One's imagine... in March 2017 and now available on BBC iPlayer. -
Exhibition Posted February 17 2025
Secundino Hernández at Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid
On view 19 February–20 April 2025, the artist's first institutional exhibition in his hometown draws from his 30-year career. Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid -
Profile Posted January 27 2025
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s essay on Celia Paul features in The New Yorker
'...it is the paintings that I remember, and the feelings they left in me. Of course this is so, because they depicted presence — of the past, of the painter, of the tree — and what you have once been close to stays with you.' Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker -
Preview Posted January 6 2025
Art Review selects At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World as one of its exhibitions to see in January
’For Alice Neel, her practice of painting people from many walks of life, from neighbours to writers, performers, artists, politicians and activists – friends and strangers – led her to share this intimate space with a dizzyingly diverse range of subjects.’ – Louise Benson. The exhibition opens in London on 30 January. Louise Benson, Art Review -
Review Posted January 30 2025
At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World reviewed in The Times
★★★★ 'And this is Neel's skill, quite apart from her ingenious use of colour (her skins are superb, flaws and all) and keen observation. She draws out the person, gives them life on the canvas.' Nancy Durrant, The Times -
Publication Posted January 14 2025
María Berrío – special edition publication now available
Produced in close dialogue with the artist, this volume features María Berrío, Jenny, 2024, a signed and numbered line etching and aquatint by the artist. Limited to fifty copies. -
Exhibition Posted February 4 2025
Just announced – Isaac Julien: I Dream a World at the de Young
On view 12 April–13 July 2025, the first comprehensive survey of Julien’s work in a museum setting in the US features ten major video installations made between 1999 and 2022, alongside select early single-channel films including his iconic Looking for Langston (1989). The de Young, San Francisco -
Exhibition Posted January 25 2025
Conrad Shawcross features in Cosmic Titans: Art, Science and the Quantum Universe, on view at Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery
The exhibition (25 January–27 April 2025) features two large kinetic sculptures by Shawcross that investigate the early universe, black holes, false vacuum decay, and gravitational waves created by the merger of black holes in the distant universe, alongside new commissions by eight other artists. University of Nottingham -
Exhibition Posted January 13 2025
Tickets now live for Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur, opening in March at The Wallace Collection
The largest contemporary exhibition ever held at the museum, Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur (28 March–26 October 2025) will include ceramics, tapestries and works on paper amongst others, displayed alongside some of the Wallace Collection’s masterpieces which helped inspire and shape Perry’s vision for this landmark exhibition. The Wallace Collection, London -
Exhibition Posted November 26 2024
Opening in March – Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist, the artist’s first major US museum survey, at Katonah Museum of Art
On view 16 March–29 June 2025, the exhibition encompasses nearly twenty years of the artist’s singular practice, from 2006 to the present, across the mediums of painting, drawing, and printmaking. Sculpture, a new direction for the artist, will be presented for the first time. Katonah, New York -
Exhibition Posted January 6 2025
Opening at Tate Modern in May – The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House
On view 1 May–26 October 2025, this major survey exhibition explores the breadth and depth of Suh’s inventive and unique practice over the last three decades, including new and site-specific works on display for the first time. Tate Modern, London -
Publication Posted November 21 2024
María Berrío – new publication now available
Produced in close dialogue with the artist, this special volume expands on the themes of Berrío’s new exhibition at the gallery. Available for the special exhibition price of £65. -
Exhibition Posted December 15 2024
Yayoi Kusama at the National Gallery of Victoria
Comprising more than 180 works, the presentation (15 Dec 2024–21 Apr 2025) is the largest ever presentation of the artist’s work in Australia and one of the most comprehensive retrospectives of the artist ever presented globally. Featuring painting, sculpture, collage, fashion, video and installation, the exhibition reveals the astonishing breadth of Kusama’s multidisciplinary practice. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne -
Review Posted December 10 2024
María Berrío: The End of Ritual reviewed in Frieze
‘These works are metaphors for survival, piecing together fragments to make sense of a broken world.’ – Sofia Hallström Sofia Hallström, Frieze -
Exhibition Posted November 25 2024
Opening in June – a major survey of Stan Douglas at CCS Bard’s Hessel Museum of Art
The presentation (21 June–30 November 2025) will feature the North American premiere of an immersive and multi-channel video installation by the artist, and a selection of nearly 40 works from the 1990s to the present. Hessel Museum of Art, New York -
Exhibition Posted November 19 2024
María Berrío features in Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes at The Hepworth Wakefield
On view 23 November 2024–21 April 2025, the exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the fantastical terrains of Surrealism over 100 years, looking at how Surreal ideas can turn landscape into a metaphor for the unconscious, fuse the bodily with the botanical, and provide means to express political anxieties, gender constraints and freedoms. The Hepworth Wakefield -
Publication Posted November 12 2024
Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow – new publication now available
A stunning presentation of the acclaimed British painter Chris Ofili’s newest body of work that continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s Othello. -
Exhibition Posted November 5 2024
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili, travels to Philadelphia Museum of Art
Curated by Ekow Eshun and organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London, the exhibition (on view in Philadelphia 9 November 2024–9 February 2025) showcases the work of contemporary artists from the African diaspora and highlights the use of figures to illuminate the richness and complexity of Black life. Philadelphia Museum of Art -
Exhibition Posted September 28 2024
Paula Rego: Power Games at Kunstmuseum Basel
This comprehensive exhibition (28 September 2024–2 February 2025), the first major presentation of Rego’s work in Switzerland, features paintings and other works drawn from five decades of the artist’s career. Basel, Switzerland -
Exhibition Posted October 15 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset: L’Addition at Musée d’Orsay
Considering 19th century representations of masculinity in the museum's collection, the duo's major architectural intervention (15 October 2024–2 February 2025) in the iconic sculpture nave of the museum features a series of new figurative sculptures. Musée d’Orsay, Paris -
Interview Posted November 21 2024
María Berrío talks to Artnet about her new exhibition, The End of Ritual
‘It has felt like constructing a world over the last couple of years, as different characters have come into my work.’ Emily Steer, Artnet -
Exhibition Posted October 22 2024
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, featuring Chantal Joffe, Wangechi Mutu, Celia Paul and Paula Rego, travels to Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
On view 24 October 2024–19 January 2025, Hayward Gallery Touring’s major group exhibition explores lived experience of motherhood through over 100 artworks. -
Exhibition Posted September 18 2024
Flora Yukhnovich: Into the Woods at Ordrupgaard, Denmark
The works in this exhibition (18 September 2024–19 January 2025) are themed around the fête galante – a genre of painting depicting the wealthy at amorous play in parkland settings that came to prominence with Rococo artists such as Jean-Antoine Watteau and was later revived and reinterpreted by Impressionists including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Berthe Morisot. Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark -
Exhibition Posted October 19 2024
Now on view: Alex Hartley’s new commission for the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
The work is on view as part of Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape, a major group exhibition (19 October 2024–23 February 2025) exploring the region's evocative landscape through photography, film, and Land Art. Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter -
Exhibition Posted September 27 2024
On view at The Holburne Museum, Bath – Uncanny Visions: Paula Rego and Francisco de Goya
On view 27 September 2024–5 January 2025, this major exhibition explores the notion of the uncanny in the work of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) and Paula Rego (1935–2022). The Holburne Museum, Bath -
Exhibition Posted September 27 2024
On view at MCA Australia – Isaac Julien: Once Again… (Statues Never Die)
On view 27 September 2024–16 February 2025, Isaac Julien’s mesmerising and immersive five-screen black-and-white installation film explores the relationship and correspondence between art collector Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951) and prominent philosopher, educator and cultural leader Alain Locke (1885–1954). Museum of Contemporary Art Australia -
Review Posted September 23 2024
The Telegraph reviews Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE
★★★★★ ‘This show is pop-making brilliance; the radiance of Kusama’s consciousness reaches out to tickle the mind of the viewer with levity and humour.’ – Evgenia Siokos -
Exhibition Posted September 3 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset: Spaces at Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul
Featuring over 60 works within five immersive installations — a full-scale family house, a public pool, a restaurant with an adjacent kitchen, and an artist's studio—this exhibition (3 September 2024–23 February 2025) marks the duo's most extensive presentation in Asia to date. Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul -
Exhibition Posted September 11 2024
Doug Aitken: Naked City at Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
This monographic exhibition (14 September 2024-17 August 2025) invites visitors to the world of Aitken’s mastery in utilising various mediums to create immersive artworks that mirror the rhythm of the environment around them. Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul -
Exhibition Posted August 7 2024
Yayoi Kusama’s largest permanent public sculpture is unveiled in London
Yayoi Kusama's first permanent public artwork in the UK and her largest public sculpture in the world has been unveiled. Infinite Accumulation is a new, site-specific work at London's Liverpool Street station in which Kusama develops one of the most recognisable motifs of her visual language: the polka dot. Here, the dot is expanded into linked forms that interact with and define the public spaces outside the station. Liverpool Street station, London -
Interview Posted July 2 2024
Sarah Sze talks to The New York Times
The artists speaks with Marisa Mazria-Katz about her creative processes and her recent exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice. Marisa Mazria-Katz, The New York Times -
Exhibition Posted July 30 2024
Extended until June 2025 – Conrad Shawcross: Cascading Principles: Expansions within Geometry, Philosophy, and Interference at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
This exhibition brings together more than 35 sculptures realised by the artist over the last 17 years. These pieces, placed across three floors, will co-exist with the Institute’s unique architecture and the intellectual concerns of its occupants as explorers at the boundaries of knowledge. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford -
Exhibition Posted June 4 2024
Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo at The Wallace Collection
Flora Yukhnovich has given the Rococo new life in new paintings now on view at The Wallace Collection, London. Responding to two masterpieces by 18th-century French painter François Boucher, Yukhnovich's paintings hang in their place, immersed in the 18th century and conversing with the surrounding historical works. The Wallace Collection, London -
Exhibition Posted May 16 2024
On view at MoMA – Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour
On view 19 May–28 September 2024 (member previews 17, 18 May), Isaac Julien’s immersive portrait of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who obtained freedom from chattel slavery in 1838 and became one of the most important orators, writers, and statespersons of the nineteenth century. MoMA, New York -
Exhibition Posted May 28 2024
Stan Douglas: ISDN at Serralves
On view 29 May 2024–12 Jan 2025. Centred on the film ISDN (initially conceived for the 59th Venice Biennale), the exhibition presents a vibrant dialogue between different cultures and social movements, portrayed via a fictional musical performance between rappers from London and Cairo, whose verses address key issues such as race, class, love, identity, and justice. Serralves, Porto -
Interview Posted May 22 2024
Featured in Elephant: Ali Banisadr in conversation with Huma Bhabha
Despite the apparent differences between their work – one is primarily a painter and the other a sculptor – artists Ali Banisadr and Huma Bhabha have recently formed a profound friendship. In this feature in Elephant, they discuss shared passions and uncanny similarities between their practices. Bella Bonner-Evens, Elephant -
Interview Posted February 12 2025
Hilton Als speaks to Dazed about At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World
'Alice Neel gave us the opportunity to touch and understand each other, even if for a little bit.' Zara Afthab, Dazed -
Exhibition Posted February 3 2025
When We See Us – A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, featuring Kudzanai-Violet Hwami and Chris Ofili, at Bozar, Brussels
On view 7 February–10 August 2025, this exhibition of Black figurative painting from the 1920s to the present day features approximately 150 works by some 120 artists. Centre for Fine Arts, Bozar, Brussels -
Exhibition Posted February 1 2025
Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature travels to Lightbox Gallery, Woking
This Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition (on view at Lightbox Gallery, 1 February–8 June 2025) showcases the artist’s printmaking practice, taking a deep look into the literary influences that have inspired Rego’s work. Lightbox Gallery, Woking -
Interview Posted January 31 2025
Curator Hilton Als talks to Wallpaper* about At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World
‘Ultimately what I loved about these “queer” pictures is what I love throughout her art: empathy devoid of sentimentality.’ Hannah Silver, Wallpaper* -
Publications January 10 2025
María Berrío
María Berrío£ 1500.00 -
Interview Posted January 6 2025
Doug Aitken in conversation with Beck for Interview Magazine
'The culture and the information world is like an endless kaleidoscope. For me, the creative process is an attempt to navigate this and perhaps temporarily make some sense it.' Beck, Interview Magazine -
Exhibition Posted December 17 2024
Doug Aitken: Lightscape at Marciano Art Foundation
On view 17 December 2024–15 March 2025 Lightscape is a multimedia artwork created by artist Doug Aitken in collaboration with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Philharmonic – a shapeshifting act of contemporary storytelling that unfolds in various stages. Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles -
Event Posted December 13 2024
Upcoming event at Victoria Miro – Falling, Landing all at once
Please note this event is fully booked: Motion in Stillness exhibiting artist Florence Peake will demonstrate performance actions from her Factual Actual painting series, in discussion with Tom Hastings. Tickets will be released on Friday 13 December at 2pm. Victoria Miro, London -
Publications December 11 2024
At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World
At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World£ 45.00 -
Interview Posted November 27 2024
Ali Banisadr in conversation with Orhan Pamuk for Cultured
'A painter, after all, takes the time to study their subject, to break it apart and put it back together, layer by layer. Pamuk's way of writing felt like that to me — always observing, always questioning, always rearranging things until they made sense in a new way.' Ali Banisadr, Cultured Magazine -
Publications November 19 2024
María Berrío
María Berrío£ 65.00 -
Interview Posted November 18 2024
Njideka Akunyili Crosby in conversation with Malcolm Washington in Cultured
For Cultured's inaugural Artists on Artists issue, the painter and filmmaker met in Los Angeles to discuss what it takes to make a work of art that stops you in your tracks. Cultured -
News Posted November 16 2024
The World of Interiors Previews María Berrío: The End of Ritual
'These somewhat restless images are an attempt to grapple with a new world order, one that has largely done away with forms of human connection and ceremony on which we relied for so long.' London, UK Holly E J Black, The World of Interiors -
Channel November 14 2024
Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow
Joyful Sorrow is a two-site exhibition by the acclaimed British painter Chris Ofili: new paintings at David Zwirner Paris and works on paper at Victoria Miro Venice continue the artist’s exploration of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1603–04). The exhibition is accompanied by a new publication in collaboration with scholar, poet and writer Jason Allen-Paisant. -
Publications November 5 2024
Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow
Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow£ 45.00 -
Exhibition Posted October 30 2024
Paula Rego features in Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists at the Freud Museum
Highlighting the women who helped Freud invent psychoanalysis and their legacy in its practice — as well as in the arts and literature to the present day — the exhibition (30 October–5 May 2025) draws on manuscripts, images, objects, visuals, and film footage to bring to life the many women who featured in Freud's history, and those affected by his considerable body of thinking, rethinking, and practice. Freud Museum, London -
Exhibition Posted October 29 2024
MICAS opens to the public, featuring works across the site by Conrad Shawcross
Works on view include The Dappled Light of the Sun, located outside the entrance to the museum, and three Beacons on the historical battlements. Within the complex rooms of the museum are a collection of lightworks that complete the presentation. Malta International Contemporary Art Space, Floriana -
Channel October 22 2024
Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin
Yayoi Kusama's Pumpkin, 2024 is the artist's tallest bronze pumpkin sculpture to date, standing at 6 metres tall and 5.5 metres in diameter. The work, installed by the Round Pond, in Kensington Gardens, offers a wide range of viewpoints and is in dialogue with the surrounding environment. -
Channel October 15 2024
Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE
A film of Yayoi Kusama's ambitious presentation of works, featuring a new Infinity Mirror Room, works from the artist’s latest series of paintings, and sculptures installed across the gallery and waterside garden. -
Art fair Posted October 14 2024
Victoria Miro at Art Basel Paris
Works by Jules de Balincourt, María Berrío, Eric Fischl, Geoffrey Holder, Isaac Julien, Yayoi Kusama, Doron Langberg, Alice Neel, Paula Rego, Do Ho Suh, and Flora Yukhnovich. Booth B17, Grand Palais -
News story Posted October 14 2024
Two paintings by Paula Rego are now on display at No.10 Downing Street
Two scenes from Rego's mural Crivelli’s Garden (1990-91) have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. London, UK Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper -
Interview Posted October 12 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset sit down with Josh Spero at the Financial Times
'We say we dress up the white cube in drag. It temporarily gets another identity in order to perform a different role . . .' Josh Spero, Financial Times -
Publications October 10 2024
Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE
Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE£ 70.00