Over the past two years Ofili has worked on a substantial suite of paintings and works on paper inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses as part of Metamorphosis: Titian 2012, a unique collaboration between the National Gallery and The Royal Opera House. Working alongside choreographers and dancers from The Royal Ballet on sets and costumes for a new ballet Diana & Actaeon has been a revelation to the artist and has sparked a prodigious body of work. Victoria Miro presents a large scale new painting, drawings and works on paper from this Ovidian series.
A new limited edition print Study for Ovid-Windfall (2012) accompanies the exhibition. Further information here. A fully illustrated catalogue Chris Ofili Ovid - Diana & Actaeon, with text by Catherine Lampert is available to buy from Victoria Miro (it is complimentary when purchased with a print).
Read the review in the Financial Times here.
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to take and to give, 2012
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Study for Ovid-Windfall, 2012
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Study for Ovid-Windfall, 2012
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Hound (Study for Diana & Actaeon), 2012
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Hound (Study for Diana & Actaeon), 2012
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Hound (Study for Diana & Actaeon), 2012
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Diana (Study for Diana & Actaeon), 2012
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Actaeon (Study for Diana & Actaeon), 2012
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Study for Ovid-Desire, 2012
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Edition
Posted
November 23 2021
Greek Myths – a print portfolio by Chris Ofili
Now available to purchase, a suite of nine Giclée prints by Chris Ofili, presented in a portfolio case with a special cover hardback edition of Greek Myths: A New Retelling by Charlotte Higgins. -
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Exhibition
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January 7 2020
The Tokyo 2020 official posters, featuring work by Chris Ofili, go on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Chris Ofili's The Games People Play is among commissioned works by leading contemporary artists. The works are on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from 7 January–16 February 2020. Tokyo -
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Exhibition
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January 16 2019
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem at the Museum of the African Diaspora
This major traveling exhibition (16 January–14 April 2019) features works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili and Howardena Pindell. Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California -
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Feature
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May 6 2018
As part of its Contemporary Classics series, Elephant writes about Black Hands, Chris Ofili’s clock commission for PEER
'Black Hands provides a welcome moment of contemplation on a busy London street, and takes a unique approach to the notion of public art.' Holly Black, Elephant -
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News
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December 12 2017
Adrian Searle selects Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic as one of his Top 10 Art Shows of 2017
'Ofili turned a room at the National Gallery into an idyll.' Adrian Searle, The Guardian -
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Exhibition
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November 9 2017
Now open: ICA Miami, featuring an installation of paintings by Chris Ofili
Ofili’s extended-run installation will evolve over the course of its duration (1 December 2017 – 27 October 2019), with works being added and/or subtracted over time. Miami, Florida -
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Screening
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July 13 2017
Imagine… Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird’s Song
The hour-long programme follows the creation of Ofili's tapestry, The Caged Bird's Song, currently on display at the National Gallery. BBC Two -
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News story
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July 4 2017
Frieze reports on the return to Tate Britain of Chris Ofili’s Union Black
Ofili's Union Black, gifted to Tate Britain, will be flown from the museum's roof this autumn. Frieze -
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Exhibition
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April 26 2017
Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery
The exhibition (26 April - 28 August 2017) marks the first time the artist has worked in the medium of tapestry and will include a series of preparatory works on paper in an installation conceived by the artist for the Gallery's Sunley Room. National Gallery, London -
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Commission
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April 14 2016
Chris Ofili: Black Hands at PEER
Black Hands is the first annual clock commission, inaugurating the recently re-landscaped public space to the front of PEER, on Hoxton Street. PEER, London -
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Profile
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October 6 2014
Chris Ofili profiled in The New Yorker
"Chris Ofili paints in a dilapidated white cottage on Lady Chancellor Road, about ten minutes from downtown Port of Spain, in Trinidad. It has three rooms, each large enough to accommodate one or two of the strange, dreamlike paintings he is working on…" Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker -
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Gallery Exhibition
25 June - 3 August 2002
Chris Ofili: Freedom One Day
This exhibition comprises two separate bodies of work created over the past three years. The Upper Room is a series of thirteen paintings each one a meditation on a single... Victoria Miro Gallery I -
Gallery Exhibition
9 May - 23 June 2000
Chris Ofili: New Works on Paper
This is the first solo exhibition of Chris Ofili’s work in Britain since winning the 1998 Turner Prize. This much awaited exhibition concentrates on drawings - a lesser known aspect... Victoria Miro Gallery I -
Gallery Exhibition
25 May - 21 June 1996
Chris Ofili: Afrodizziac
