Now live – Reprieve x Vortic
An online exhibition (10 December 2020–31 January 2021) of works by Hernan Bas, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Doron Langberg, Grayson Perry and Paula Rego to help raise funds to support Reprieve’s global human rights initiatives.
Previous
Next
All
Category
- Art fair
- Exhibition
- Victoria Miro exhibition
- Gallery Exhibition
- Interview
- News story
- Preview
- Publications
- Video
What’s Happening
The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
-
![]()
News story
Posted
January 4 2021
Temporary Gallery Closure
While the gallery is temporarily closed due to Tier 5 coronavirus restrictions, we remain open online where current exhibitions can be viewed virtually via the App Store on Vortic Collect. -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
January 5 2021
Installations by Stan Douglas and Elmgreen & Dragset open at Penn Station
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announces the opening of the new Moynihan Train Hall, along with three unprecedented site-specific art installations by Stan Douglas, artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, and Kehinde Wiley, counted among the most innovative and revered artists working today. Public Art Fund -
![]()
News story
Posted
January 7 2021
Isaac Julien judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Isaac Julien announced as a judge for the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021. TF Chan, Wallpaper* -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
January 2 2021
María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom) at the Norton Museum of Art
The first survey (2 January–9 May 2021) of María Berrío’s art includes two new pieces. Berrío’s large-scale, brilliantly coloured collages are meticulously crafted from unique papers sourced from South America and Asia, especially Japan. Lush landscapes and modest domestic interiors are dominated by women who gaze directly at the viewer. The inaction of these ethereal and expressionless characters belies the turmoil and anxiety of their passage to their current surroundings while unflinching in the certainty of their presence. They also characterize Berrío’s own path. Her family history is a testament to the experiences which inspire her subject matter as an immigrant and independent woman in America. Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida -
![]()
Preview
Posted
December 30 2020
The New York Times previews Penn Station’s major new permanent installations, featuring work by Stan Douglas and Elmgreen & Dragset
Natural light spills across the new Moynihan Train Hall through its massive, 92-foot-high skylight ceiling and illuminates another surprise: permanent installations by some of the most celebrated artists in the world. Kehinde Wiley, Stan Douglas and the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have major pieces prominently displayed in the new $1.6 billion train hall. Dionne Searcey, The New York Times -
![]()
News story
Posted
December 9 2020
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is interviewed by Wallpaper*
The artist is interviewed by Amah-Rose Abrams for Wallpaper*, ahead of the announcement that she has joined Victoria Miro's roster. Amah-Rose Abrams, Wallpaper* -
![]()
News story
Posted
December 27 2020
Hedda Sterne at Victoria Miro included in Laura Cumming’s 10 best of 2020
Victoria Miro’s exhibition Hedda Sterne is included in critic Laura Cumming's round up of the best art from 2020. Laura Cumming, The Observer -
![]()
News story
Posted
December 17 2020
Celia Paul writes for London Review of Books
Read Painting in the Dark, Celia Paul's Diary entry for London Review of Books. Celia Paul, London Review of Books -
![]()
News story
Posted
December 9 2020
Announcing representation of Kudzanai-Violet Hwami
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce the representation of Kudzanai-Violet Hwami. A new work by the painter will feature in Victoria Miro’s online exhibition as part of the Reprieve Collective on Vortic Collect, which launches 10 December to mark Human Rights Day. The artist’s first exhibition with the gallery will be held in summer 2021. -
![]()
Interview
Posted
December 7 2020
Wangechi Mutu and Carrie Mae Weems discuss creation myths and real-world strategies in Interview Magazine
’I do believe that the most grounded, clear, and compassionate artists are always trying to find a way to communicate that same thing, to say, “Yes, this is a scary world, but we will get through the night like we have for tens of thousands of years”.‘ – Wangechi Mutu Interview -
![]()
News story
Posted
November 25 2020
Holly Black takes a snapshot look at the work of Francesca Woodman in Elephant
‘We can only speculate, yet one thing is for sure, seeing Woodman’s work in full colour offers viewers the chance to consider her vast spectrum of creativity in an entirely new light.’ Holly Black, Elephant -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
December 1 2020
Tate announces dates for Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms
The focused exhibition (29 March 2021–27 March 2022) will be a rare chance to experience two of the artist’s immersive mirror room installations juxtaposed with photos and footage of early performance works and studio happenings. Tate Modern, London -
![]()
News story
Posted
November 23 2020
Howardena Pindell’s major exhibition Rope/Fire/Water reviewed by Hyperallergic
Alexandra M. Thomas reports on Howardena Pindell's current exhibiton on view at The Shed, New York. Alexandra M. Thomas, Hyperallergic -
![]()
News story
Posted
October 26 2020
Sarah Sze speaks with The Guardian about her major exhibition Night into Day
Sarah Sze speaks with Andrew Dickson from The Guardian about exhibition Night into Day, now on view at the Fondation Cartier until 7 March 2021. Andrew Dickson, The Guardian -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
November 9 2020
Just announced – Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening?, opening February 2021 at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
The exhibition (6 February–1 August 2021) is a site-specific display of new and recently created sculpture, collage, and film in which the artist invites visitors into an alternate universe of powerful female characters, hybrid beings, and fantastical landscapes, challenging traditional art histories, mythologies, and conventional techniques of archiving and remembering. Legion of Honor, San Francisco -
![]()
News
Posted
September 20 2020
Now open at Casa das Historías – Paula Rego and Josefa de Óbidos: arte religiosa no feminino
Opening in December, a new exhibition featuring works by Paula Rego and Josefa de Óbidos (10 December 2020–23 May 2021). Cascais, Portugal -
![]()
Gallery Event
Posted
October 28 2020
Watch the video: María Berrío and Katy Hessel in conversation
Watch a video of María Berrío and Katy Hessel from The Great Women Artists in a virtual conversation about Berrío's exhibition, Flowered Songs and Broken Currents. -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
October 16 2020
Sarah Sze: Night into Day opens at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
For her second solo show at the Fondation Cartier, Sarah Sze will create an immersive exhibition (24 October 2020–7 March 2021) in dialogue with Jean Nouvel’s building. With two new works, she offers a reverie around the proliferation of images transforming our relationship to our environment. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris -
![]()
Interview
Posted
November 2 2020
Howardena Pindell talks to The Guardian
The 77-year-old talks about her latest work and a career in a world where ‘people didn’t want to talk about racism’ Nadja Sayej, The Guardian -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
October 16 2020
Howardena Pindell: Rope/Fire/Water opens at The Shed
For her solo exhibition at The Shed (16 October 2020–11 April 2021), Howardena Pindell presents a number of works including Rope/Fire/Water, her first video in 25 years. The Shed, New York -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
October 14 2020
The Royal Academy of Arts announces a major exhibition of Milton Avery in July 2021
The first comprehensive survey of Avery’s work in Europe, the exhibition (3 July–26 September 2021) brings together a selection of around 70 paintings from the 1930s–1960s that are among his most celebrated. These works typically feature scenes of daily life, including portraits of loved ones and serene landscapes from his visits to Maine and Cape Cod. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
![]()
Interview
Posted
October 16 2020
Howardena Pindell talks to The New York Times
At 77, Howardena Pindell Exorcises a Chilling Memory From Childhood. Jillian Steinhauer, The New York Times -
![]()
Interview
Posted
October 16 2020
‘I put myself – the Black body – in the work,’ – Howardena Pindell talks to Time about her new exhibition at The Shed
In 1979, Howardena Pindell quit her job in the curatorial department of The Museum of Modern Art to start teaching at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Months into her new profession, she was a passenger in a car accident that left her with a hip injury and a dent in her head, causing memory loss. The near-death situation inspired an epiphany for Pindell, already an artist outside of her working hours: she needed to voice her opinion, she needed to do it now, and her art was the perfect way to do it. Anna Purna Kambhampaty, Time -
![]()
News story
Posted
October 14 2020
Artsy reports on María Berrío’s exhibition Flowered Songs and Broken Currents
Charlotte Jansen writes about María Berrío's current exhibition on view at Victoria Miro until 27 November 2020. Charlotte Jansen, Artsy -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 25 2020
Country & Town House interview Chantal Joffe
Chantal Joffe speaks with Sarah Hyde about her new show, For Esme – with Love and Squalor, on view at Arnolfini, Bristol. Sarah Hyde, Country & Town House -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
September 25 2020
Elmgreen & Dragset: 2020 now open at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland, Finland
Elmgreen & Dragset's new solo exhibition 2020 is open from Friday, 25 September at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland, Finland. EMMA, Finland -
![]()
News story
Posted
October 1 2020
The FT reports on Victoria Miro’s representation of Paula Rego
Victoria Miro gallery now represents the radical 85-year-old artist Paula Rego and plans a major show in London at the end of next year. Melanie Gerlis, The Financial Times -
![]()
Gallery Exhibition
Posted
September 23 2020
Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement opens at MAXXI, Rome
Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement opens at MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art. Rome -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 30 2020
Howardena Pindell is interviewed by Whitehot Magazine
Howardena Pindell speaks to Whitehot Magazine ahead of her upcoming exhibition Rope/Fire/Water at The Shed later this month. Chase Szakmary, Whitehot Magazine -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
September 18 2020
Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance travels to IMMA, Dublin
This major exhibition (18 September 2020–3 January 2021) spans Rego’s entire career from the 1960s, comprising more than 80 works, including paintings never seen before and works on paper from the artist’s family and close friends. IMMA, Dublin -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 25 2020
Doug Aitken I Only Have Eyes for You on view at Kiasma, Finland
I Only Have Eyes for You is the acclaimed artist’s first solo exhibition in Finland and is on view until 10 January 2021. Kiasma, Finland -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 17 2020
Announcing representation of Doron Langberg
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce the representation of Doron Langberg. Works by the New York-based painter will feature in a solo presentation by the gallery as part of Art Basel’s online viewing room OVR:2020, which takes place 23–26 September 2020. The artist’s first exhibition with the gallery will be held in 2021. -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 19 2020
‘Electric, Like Time Travel’: The New York Review of Books interviews Chantal Joffe
Chantal Joffe speaks with The New York Review of Books. Imogen Greenhalgh, The New York Review of Books -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 23 2020
Flora Yukhnovich speaks with Apollo Magazine
Thea Hawlin interviews Flora Yukhnovich for Apollo Magazine. Thea Hawlin, Apollo Magazine -
![]()
News story
Posted
October 1 2020
Announcing representation of Paula Rego
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce the representation of Paula Rego. This new collaboration with the artist will be marked by a major exhibition at the gallery during the latter part of 2021. Works by the artist will feature in the gallery’s presentation for Frieze London 2020 (9–16 October; previews 7–8 October). -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 3 2020
WSJ on Sarah Sze at LaGuardia Airport
WSJ magazine cover Sarah Sze's installation Shorter than the Day on view at LaGuardia airport. Cody Delistraty, WSJ Magazine -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
August 25 2020
Chantal Joffe: For Esme – with Love and Squalor, now open at Arnolfini, Bristol
The exhibition (3 September–22 November 2020) explores the intimate act of painting and portraiture. Taking its name from J.D. Salinger’s short story For Esmé – with Love and Squalor (1950) in which time hangs as heavy as the protagonist’s ‘enormous-faced chronographic-looking wristwatch’, the exhibition captures the changing faces across the years of Chantal and her daughter Esme, moving between mother and daughter, love and squalor, and the act of care and being cared for. Arnolfini, Bristol -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
September 11 2020
Howardena Pindell on view at Art Omi
Currently on view at Art Omi – Howardena Pindell (18 July – 1 November), a solo exhibition featuring photo collage and video works by the influential American artist. Pindell has since the 1970s examined a wide range of subject matter, from the personal and diaristic to the social and political. Ghent, NY -
![]()
News story
Posted
September 14 2020
Grayson Perry writes in The Guardian about his new work
Grayson Perry writes in The Guardian about his new work The American Dream. Grayson Perry, The Guardian -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
August 19 2020
Carnegie Museum of Art’s online exhibition series continues with Doug Aitken’s migration
The Open Museum, 19 August–15 Nov 2020: The Carnegie Museum of Art launches its free online exhibition screening of 'migration' from its collection. Carnegie Museum of Art -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
August 25 2020
Grayson Perry’s The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman goes on display at the British Museum
The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman, an elaborate, richly decorated cast-iron coffin-ship, will be displayed alongside the striking 2,400-year-old Nereid Monument from 27 August 2020. British Museum, London -
![]()
Interview
Posted
August 19 2020
Chantal Joffe talks to Ben Luke for The Art Newspaper’s A brush with… podcast
In the latest in this new series of podcasts from The Art Newspaper, Ben Luke talks to Chantal Joffe about the cultural experiences that have had an impact on her... The Art Newspaper -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
July 30 2020
A new exhibition opens at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
THE VISION OF FANTASY THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IS THIS SPLENDOR (30 July 2020–29 March 2021) features works created over the past ten years. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
![]()
News story
Posted
July 28 2020
As reported by The New York Times, the Met Museum acquires two sculptures by Wangechi Mutu
The new additions are from the series that is on display on the museum’s Fifth Avenue facade. Peter Libbey, The New York Times -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
July 26 2020
Works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby feature in Inner Spaces at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
The seventh edition of the Biennial of Painting (26 July–18 October 2020) features works that depict a wide range of inner spaces, among them the studio, the domestic interior, and the inner realm of the imagination. Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
January 6 2020
Extended until January 2021 – Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years at The Holburne Museum, Bath
The exhibition (now extended until 3 January 2021) is the first to survey works made by the artist between 1982 and 1994. These ground-breaking ‘lost’ pots have been reunited for the first time to focus on the formative years of one of Britain’s most recognisable artists. The Holburne Museum, Bath -
![]()
Exhibition
Posted
June 27 2020
New permanent commission Schism by Conrad Shawcross, opening at Château La Coste
On the grounds of the estate, Shawcross has created a new permanent and monumental commission for Château La Coste. Schism, 2020, continues the artist's research into the peculiar geometric, philosophical, and even political potential of the tetrahedron. Château La Coste -
![]()
News story
Posted
June 10 2020
As reported in The New York Times, Sarah Sze’s ambitious installation for LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B is unveiled
'Sze's sculpture, titled “Shorter Than the Day,” after a line in an Emily Dickinson poem, functions almost like a timekeeper. She has engineered a vast matrix of metal rods that cohere into a monumental yet ethereal globe. Suspended from a central spot on the ceiling of the departures level, it descends through a cutaway in the floor and is visible floating overhead from baggage claim.' Hilarie M Sheets, The New York Times -
![]()
Interview
Posted
May 22 2020
Grayson Perry talks to The New York Times
'Art is a process. It’s expressing yourself and doing something, and throwing yourself into it and getting better at it and trying again. That’s what it’s about. And people are responding to that now.' In this interview feature, Perry talks about Grayson's Art Club and subsequent exhibition. Alex Marshall, The New York Times -
![]()
Profile
Posted
March 19 2020
Dee Rees writes about Wangechi Mutu in The New York Times for its special feature on the African-American art shaping the 21st Century
‘This is the black art that is defining the century’ – The New York Times invites 35 top African-American artists to highlight the works that inspire them. Dee Rees, The New York Times -
![]()
Picture story
Posted
February 19 2020
The New York Times T Magazine commissions Chantal Joffe
Work by the artist was commissioned to accompany Megan O'Grady's essay on why tales of female trios are newly relevant. Joffe's painting Me, Em and Nat depicts herself and her sisters as children in the 1970s. Megan O'Grady, The New York Times -
![]()
Gallery Exhibition
Posted
December 10 2020
Now live – Reprieve x Vortic
An online exhibition (10 December 2020–31 January 2021) of works by Hernan Bas, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Doron Langberg, Grayson Perry and Paula Rego to help raise funds to support Reprieve’s global human rights initiatives. Vortic Collect -
![]()
Art fair
Posted
December 2 2020
Art Basel OVR: Miami Beach
For the 2020 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, hosted online on Art Basel OVR, Victoria Miro presents a selection of new and significant works by Yayoi Kusama, Chris Ofili, Howardena Pindell, Do Ho Suh and Sarah Sze. -
![]()
News story
Posted
November 12 2020
Howardena Pindell shortlisted as Apollo Artist of the Year
Howardena Pindell is shortlisted by the Apollo Awards 2020 as Artist of the Year. Apollo Magazine -
![]()
News story
Posted
November 5 2020
Temporary Gallery Closure
In accordance with government guidance, and in order to protect the health and wellbeing of our staff and community of visitors, Victoria Miro London is now temporarily closed until further notice. -
![]()
Preview
Posted
October 30 2020
Art Basel OVR Curators’ Picks – Massimiliano Gioni selects Paula Rego
The New Museum’s artistic director finds themes and trends in OVR:20c, selecting Paula Rego's Study for Caritas, 1993, among works themed around 'Dreams and Nightmares'. -
![]()
Art fair
Posted
October 28 2020
Paula Rego – Art Basel OVR:20c
Victoria Miro is delighted to participate in Art Basel OVR:20c, which is dedicated to work made between 1900 and 1999. This is the gallery’s first solo presentation by Paula Rego since announcing its representation of the artist and features rare ink and watercolour works on paper from the early 1990s. -
![]()
Interview
Posted
October 21 2020
Painting the personal: Chantal Joffe talks to Art UK
'Sometimes I paint people – I see them as beautiful; in the moment I paint people they look beautiful, but the painting doesn't always come out like that. I'm not always in control – they're never quite what I hope. It's a strange, exposing experience for both parties.' Ruth Millington, Artuk.org -
![]()
News story
Posted
October 7 2020
Frieze Viewing Room
For the 2020 edition of Frieze London, hosted online on Frieze Viewing Room, Victoria Miro presents works by María Berrío, Chantal Joffe, Yayoi Kusama, Alice Neel, Celia Paul, Paula Rego, Adriana Varejão and Francesca Woodman. -
![]()
Gallery Event
Posted
October 5 2020
Digital Event: Artist-led tour of Grayson Perry's The MOST Specialest Relationship
Join Grayson Perry and critic Louisa Buck for a live online tour of Grayson Perry: The MOST Specialest Relationship Digital event
In Focus: Isaac Julien on Lessons of the Hour
In this film, presented by Shifting Vision, Isaac Julien revisits his visionary ten-screen installation Lessons of the Hour in the light of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Lessons of the Hour was made in 2019. It contemplates the life and spirit of Frederick Douglass in relation to contemporaneity. Douglass was a prolific orator, writer, abolitionist, collector, former slave, and the most photographed person in the United States during his lifetime. In conversation with Shifting Vision, Julien discusses Lessons of the Hour, its conception and influences, and the ways in which it has been examined in light of the reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement.
In the News
News
Posted
June 2 2020
