Tracey Emin has a new show titled 'A Fortnight of Tears' opening in early 2019 at White Cube Bermondsey. The exhibition chronicles recent developments in her practice. This significant exhibition spans the entire gallery and brings together new painting, photography,...
The Hayward Gallery is to present a major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of the celebrated British artist, Bridget Riley, in October 2019. The National Galleries of Scotland organised this exhibition in partnership with the Hayward Gallery and close...
Gauguin once reportedly exclaimed of self-taught artist Henri Rousseau’s self-portrait, “There is the truth and future! There is painting!” “There is the truth and future! There is painting!” - Gauguin The truth demonstrated by Rousseau resonates strongly with new...
A David Hockney painting depicting an iconic landscape with swimming pool has broken world records in New York. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), painted in 1972, realised $90.3 million after frantic bidding. This is a world record price for a living...
The William Tillyer show at Bernard Jacobson is an example of what I’m starting to think of as the current ‘golden oldie’ phenomenon in London galleries. It opens hot on the heels of the John Loker: Six Decades show at Flowers East and the exhibition of work by John...
Last Wednesday, before the Frieze frenzy, I attended the opening of the Michelangelo Pistoletto exhibition, “Origins and Consequences” at the Mazzoleni gallery in Mayfair. The exhibition gathered over 20 works spanning from 1958 to 2012 and is curated by Alberto Fiz....
A new exhibition of paintings by Daniel Richter at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac exemplifies the way in which German painting has become dominant in Europe. One often gets the feeling, nowadays, that painting is struggling to survive as a valid avant-garde art form. The...
Hugh Mendes returns for his third solo exhibition, mid September, at Charlie Smith London with a Menagerie of historical paintings of dead artists. Mendes is recognised for his finely rendered obituary paintings that operate simultaneously as portrait and still life....
Sacred Noise explores themes of religion, faith and divinity in post-war and contemporary art through 30 works shown at Christie’s and on show until 21 July,. The exhibition seeks to charts the reinterpretation and subversion of these themes in the 20th century. The...