On view in Venice – María Berrío: The Land of the Sun
In this new body of work, Berrío conjures an apocalyptic scenario, against which the efforts of her central character become Sisyphean as she journeys through a world of heat and dust.
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Art fair
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October 3 2022
Victoria Miro at Frieze London
The gallery’s booth this year features a special presentation in tribute to Paula Rego, who died in June at the age of 87. Additionally on view will be works by Milton Avery, Hernan Bas, María Berrío, Secundino Hernández, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Chantal Joffe, Doron Langberg, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili, Celia Paul, Grayson Perry, Conrad Shawcross, Hedda Sterne and Flora Yukhnovich. NS Harsha’s bronze sculpture Desired for – Arrived at, 2021, is on view as part of Frieze Sculpture (14 September–13 November 2022), curated by Clare Lilley. Frieze London -
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Exhibition
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October 5 2022
Now open at the Centre Pompidou – Alice Neel: Un regard engagé
The Centre Pompidou's major retrospective (5 October 2022–16 January 2023) highlights the political and social commitment of the painter. Centre Pompidou, Paris -
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Exhibition
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September 22 2022
Now open at Yale Center for British Art: The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
This focused exhibition (22 September 2022–22 January 2023) of works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby is the third and final show in a series curated by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author Hilton Als. The exhibition will travel to the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, where it will go on view in February 2023. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut -
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Exhibition
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September 16 2022
Conrad Shawcross: Cascading Principles: Expansions within Geometry, Philosophy, and Interference at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
This exhibition (28 September 2022–30 September 2023) 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 -
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News story
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September 15 2022
Announcing representation of Hedda Sterne
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce representation of Hedda Sterne (1910–2011) in partnership with The Hedda Sterne Foundation. Works by the artist will feature in a solo exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice this autumn (5 November–10 December 2022). The Foundation will continue to be represented by Van Doren Waxter in New York. -
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Exhibition
Posted
September 17 2022
Isaac Julien: Kaiserring der Stadt Goslar 2022, opening soon at Mönchehaus-Museum für moderne Kunst
The exhibition (8 October 2022–29 January 2023) features two important cinematic works: Looking for Langston, 1989, and Lessons of the Hour, 2019. Mönchehaus-Museum für moderne Kunst, Germany -
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Exhibition
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September 20 2022
Paula Rego: There and Back Again, opening soon at Kestner Gesellschaft
This major exhibition (30 October 2022–29 January 2023) is centred around the artist’s 1990 masterpiece Crivelli’s Garden. Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover -
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Exhibition
Posted
August 24 2022
Chantal Joffe: Family Lexicon at Koo House, South Korea
The exhibition (24 August– 4 December 2022) features a selection of works that depict the artist alongside significant figures in her life. Koo House, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea -
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Review
Posted
August 11 2022
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) by Isaac Julien is reviewed The New Yorker
Julian Lucas for The New Yorker reviews Isaac Julien's new film Once Again... (Statues Never Die). Julian Lucas, The New Yorker -
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Exhibition
Posted
July 15 2022
Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy of Arts
The first comprehensive exhibition of Avery’s work in Europe (from 15 July 2022), bringing 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 -
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Profile
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August 30 2022
Do Ho Suh in The New York Times
Do Ho Suh is profiled by Ted Loos for The New York Times. Ted Loos, The New York Times -
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Interview
Posted
August 9 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is interview by Cultured Magazine
‘To me, painting is a practice that allows me to remain curious,’ she says, ‘and the act of using collage is helpful as a reminder of the fragility of the human condition.’ – Kudzanai-Violet Hwami Camila McHugh, Cultured Magazine -
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Profile
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August 31 2022
Do Ho Suh is profiled by Frieze
‘Home is what we carry with us,’ – Do Ho Suh. Read a profile of the artist by Lucy Ives. Lucy Ives, Frieze -
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Interview
Posted
August 5 2022
Isaac Julien speaks to The New York Times about Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Isaac Julien is interviewed by The New York Times about the artist's new film Once Again... (Statues Never Die), currently on view at the Barnes Foundation until 4 September 2022. Arthur Lubow, The New York Times -
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Review
Posted
July 15 2022
Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait featuring Celia Paul is reviewed by Vogue
On view at Isaac Bell House until 2 October, Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait is featured in Vogue. Marley Marius, Vogue -
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Exhibition
Posted
June 14 2022
Howardena Pindell: A New Language at Kettle’s Yard
Howardena Pindell: A New Language, the artist’s first solo institutional exhibition in the UK (on view at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge from 2 July 2022), brings together work from Pindell’s six-decade-long career, including paintings, works on paper, and video. The exhibition tracks the development of Pindell’s artistic language, and examines her work as exemplary in articulating empowerment. Kettle's Yard, Cambridge -
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Exhibition
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June 14 2022
Isaac Julien: Once Again... (Statues Never Die) at the Barnes Foundation
In celebration of the Barnes centennial, the museum has commissioned Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die), an immersive five-screen installation by artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien, on view from 19 June 2022. The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia -
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Exhibition
Posted
June 20 2022
Celia Paul features in Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait, curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras
Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait, curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras, takes place at Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1 July–2 October 2022. Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island -
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Exhibition
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July 5 2022
Sarah Sze features in Mondo Reale, the 23rd Triennale Milano
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has been invited by Triennale Milano to be part of the 23rd International Exhibition. Mondo Reale (15 July–11 December 2022), curated by Hervé Chandès, Artistic Managing Director, is a reaction on the idea of mystery and unknown through the work of 17 international artists. Milan, Italy -
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Exhibition
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June 16 2022
Maria Nepomuceno features in Forest: Wake this Ground at Arnolfini, Bristol
This major group exhibition (9 July–2 October 2022) includes artists, writers, filmmakers and composers from across the globe, with works that recycle, reuse and repurpose resources, and explore stories, myths, and folktales passed down between people over centuries. Arnolfini, Bristol -
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Exhibition
Posted
June 14 2022
Njideka Akunyili Crosby at Blanton Museum of Art
This intimate exhibition (from 23 July 2022) presents four new works by Akunyili Crosby. Still You Bloom in this Land of No Gardens, the largest work in the show, depicts the artist holding her young child on the outdoor terrace of her home, enveloped by lush plants and vines. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas -
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Review
Posted
July 17 2022
Laura Cumming reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist
★★★★★ 'Modest, taciturn, unassuming, with his outstanding gift for colour and his simplified grace, Milton Avery (1885-1965) is a singular master of American art.’ The Observer Laura Cumming -
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Review
Posted
July 18 2022
The Financial Times reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist
Space is airy and open, the cast list domestic and unheroic, a piercing sun or subdued lamplight in cosy interiors bathes everything in a warm atmosphere, and although without grandeur or extravagance, each living thing is imbued with a surge of optimism and individuality at the Royal Academy’s delightful summery new exhibition… – Jackie Wullschläger The Financial Times Jackie Wullschläger -
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Review
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July 10 2022
Laura Cumming reviews Howardena Pindell: A New Language for The Observer
★★★★★ 'And so these works come to have another meaning, another significance, another effect upon the viewer. Their beauty is doubly political, by the end of this unmissable exhibition – as a message but also a comforting beneficence.' Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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Review
Posted
July 1 2022
The Guardian reviews Howardena Pindell: A New Language at Kettle’s Yard
★★★★★ 'The themes of structure versus chaos, pattern in variety, which Pindell’s early paintings explore is not just aesthetic. It suggests the bigger patterns of history and power, the structure of human relationships.' Jonathan Jones, The Guardian -
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Review
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July 12 2022
The Guardian reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy of Arts
★★★★★ 'To see this art so closely related to abstract expressionism yet rooted in nature opens a new vista on American art itself. Avery is a missing link between landscape and abstraction.' Jonathan Jones, The Guardian -
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Exhibition
Posted
July 5 2022
Yayoi Kusama: DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE at PHI Foundation, Montréal
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents Yayoi Kusama: DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Québec (on view 6 July 2022-15 January 2023). PHI Foundation, Montréal -
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Preview
Posted
July 6 2022
‘Rothko’s guru: how Milton Avery transformed modern art’ – The Telegraph previews Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy of Arts
Lucy Davies writes about Avery's work and influence, in conversation with the artist's daughter, March Avery, and grandson, Sean Cavanaugh. Lucy Davies, The Telegraph -
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Review
Posted
July 12 2022
Laura Freeman reviews Milton Avery: American Colourist for The Times
★★★★ 'He was America’s first great modern colourist with a bracing, racing-silk palette.' Laura Freeman, The Times -
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Review
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July 12 2022
Milton Avery: American Colourist reviewed by The Telegraph
★★★★ 'It’s the first solo show of Avery’s work in a European public gallery, and it sweeps you through a half-century of flux: we move from scrupulous little landscapes, made outdoors in Connecticut, to towering colour-field canvases with nearly all detail abstracted away.' – Cal Revely-Calder Cal Revely-Calder, The Telegraph -
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News story
Posted
June 8 2022
Paula Rego, 1935–2022
It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of the Portuguese-British artist Dame Paula Rego at the age of 87. She died peacefully this morning, after a short illness, at home in North London, surrounded by her family. Our heartfelt thoughts are with her children, Nick, Cas and Victoria Willing, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. -
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Review
Posted
June 2 2022
The New York Times on Wangechi Mutu at Storm King
Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa for The New York Times reports on Wangechi Mutu's sculpture works currently installed at Storm King Art Center. Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa, The New York Times -
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News story
Posted
June 6 2022
Isaac Julien receives a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
Congratulations to Isaac Julien on receiving a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours for the Platinum Jubilee year. -
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Interview
Posted
June 1 2022
The Art Newspaper podcast with Stan Douglas
Stan Douglas speaks with Ben Luke in the latest episode of A brush with... The Art Newspaper's official podcast. Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper -
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Commission
Posted
May 25 2022
Chantal Joffe: A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel goes on view at Whitechapel station on the newly launched central section of the Elizabeth line
The artwork reflects the local east London community enjoying a typical Sunday afternoon. The works were initially made as small-scale paper collages that were subsequently rendered in laser-cut aluminium. Whitechapel station -
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Exhibition
Posted
May 28 2022
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston at Inhotim, Brazil
Julien’s seminal 1989 work is on view (from 28 May 2022) at Inhotim in Brumadinho, Brazil. Blending poetry and images, Julien draws on a lyrical exploration of the private world of Langston Hughes and the fellow Black artists and writers who shaped the Harlem Renaissance. Brumadinho, Brazil -
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Exhibition
Posted
May 17 2022
Wangechi Mutu at Storm King Art Center
As part of its 2022 special exhibitions, Storm King — a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York's Hudson Valley — presents both outdoor and indoor sculptures by the artist, on view 21 May–7 November 2022. New Windsor, NY -
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Exhibition
Posted
May 15 2022
Women Painting Women opens at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Featuring work by María Berrío, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Chantal Joffe, Alice Neel, and Paula Rego, Women Painting Women is on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas until 25 September 2022. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth -
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Review
Posted
April 24 2022
‘The triumph… is a magnificent presentation of paintings and stuffed figures by Paula Rego’ – Laura Cumming reviews the Venice Biennale
'Of the 213 artists, only 21 are men, which represents a complete reversal. More striking still is the novelty of walking through half a mile of art with scarcely a... Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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Exhibition
Posted
May 31 2022
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2022
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden and life's work. This year's annual public opening takes place between 2 June–25 September 2022 Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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Review
Posted
May 16 2022
Marina Warner reviews Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic for The Guardian, featuring work by Wangechi Mutu
Marina Warner reviews for The Guardian the British Museum's group exhibition Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic. Marina Warner, The Guardian -
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Exhibition
Posted
April 29 2022
Secundino Hernández at the Miettinen Collection, Berlin
'It's good to be back' is the title of a new solo exhibition (until 31 July 2022) by Secundino Hernández, presenting more than 60 works from the Miettinen Collection and the artist's own archive. Miettinen Collection, Berlin -
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Review
Posted
May 12 2022
The New Yorks Times reviews the work of Milton Avery
Roberta Smith takes a look at the work of Milton Avery for The New York Times, which is currently on view in Hartford and New York. Roberta Smith, The New York Times -
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Exhibition
Posted
April 26 2022
Paula Rego at Museo Picasso Málaga
Travelling from Tate Britain and Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the largest retrospective of the artist's work to date is on view in Málaga, 26 April–21 August 2022. Museo Picasso Málaga -
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Exhibition
Posted
May 4 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami features in Reframed: The Woman in the Window at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The exhibition (4 May–4 September 2022) is the first exhibition to explore the enigmatic motif of the ‘woman in the window’. Dulwich Picture Gallery -
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Review
Posted
May 6 2022
Studio International reviews Celia Paul: Memory and Desire
Beth Williamson from Studio Internation reviews Celia Paul: Memory and Desire, on view at Victoria Miro. Beth Williamson, Studio International -
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Review
Posted
April 22 2022
‘Stan Douglas packs a punch’: The New York Times reviews the national pavilions at the Venice Biennale
Stan Douglas, Vancouver's towering intellect of photography and video art... delves into the intersecting uprisings of 2011 (the Arab Spring, the London riots, Occupy Wall Street) in a contribution split between the Canadian pavilion and an old salt storage depot. The New York Times -
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Review
Posted
April 27 2022
Celia Paul Letters to Gwen John is reviewed by The New York Times
Drusilla Modjeska reviews Celia Paul's new publication Letters to Gwen John for The New York Times. Drusilla Modjeska, The New York Times -
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Review
Posted
April 21 2022
Frieze reviews Stan Douglas at the 59th Venice Biennale
Drawing a through line between the global social and political unrest of 2011 (e.g. the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, etc.) and the working-class upheaval that took place in 1848 across continental Europe, Douglas exhibits a suite of works that demonstrate how social movements are so often predicated on the news disseminated via mass media. Frieze -
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News story
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April 20 2022
The Art Newspaper names Stan Douglas’s presentation a ‘must-see pavilion’ at the Venice Biennale 2022
Douglas’s photographs are a technological masterclass. He has turned chaotic scenes into dramatic tableaus of impossible detail. They are peans, in sound and light, to what is increasingly a truism: art at its best is an act of resistance. The Art Newspaper -
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Interview
Posted
April 9 2022
Paula Rego features on a special cover of La Repubblica’s d magazine for La Biennale di Venezia
The cover features Rego's The Blue Fairy Whispering to Pinocchio, 1996: 'Fables are important in our culture, they speak of profound things. My aunt Ludgera used to tell me stories every day and later in life I found it liberating to go and study them. They weren't moralistic and I like that. But revelatory: they spoke of cruelty and sacrifice.' La Repubblica -
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Exhibition
Posted
April 18 2022
On view at La Biennale di Venezia 2022
Stan Douglas represents Canada, and Paula Rego and Kudzanai-Violet Hwami are featured in The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy -
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News story
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April 8 2022
Stan Douglas talks to Artforum about his project for the Canadian Pavilion
Stan Douglas discusses work to be featured in the 59th International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia. Artforum -
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News story
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April 21 2022
Artnet reports on Stan Douglas’s two-part Canada Pavilion exhibition in Venice
In a triumphant turn, Douglas looks at four distinct uprisings that were different in character but similarly driven by disenfranchisement and a sense of frustration with social systems. Artnet -
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News story
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April 5 2022
Celia Paul is interviewed by Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times
Read an interview with Celia Paul ahead of the artist's exhibition opening at Victoria Miro and the launch of new publication, Letters to Gwen John. Rachel Campbell-Johnston , The Times -
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News story
Posted
April 5 2022
Celia Paul: Letters to Gwen John is reviewed by The Telegraph
'The end result is a beguiling, singular work of art – a portrait of two lives, entwined through time and space...' – Lucy Scholes Lucy Scholes, The Telegraph -
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News story
Posted
March 17 2022
As reported by The Art Newspaper, Storm King Art Center celebrates Wangechi Mutu in its 2022 season
The Storm King Art Center in upstate New York will launch its 2022 season next month with an exhibition of evocative sculptures by the Kenya-born artist Wangechi Mutu, the artist who devised the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s inaugural façade commission in 2019. Special exhibitions 21 May 2022. Gabriella Angeleti, The Art Newspaper -
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News story
Posted
March 30 2022
Elephant features Flora Yukhnovich in a generation of artists inspired by art history
Chloë Ashby includes Flora Yukhnovich in the modern generation of artist's inspired by the history of art. Chloë Ashby, Elephant -
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Review
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March 16 2022
Sebastian Smee reviews Milton Avery at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in the Washington Post
‘Milton Avery was the 20th century’s great ‘painter’s painter.’ Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post -
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News story
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March 8 2022
As reported by The Guardian, the National Portrait Gallery boosts female representation with self-portraits by artists including Celia Paul
The NPG’s acquisition of the five self-portraits is part of a three-year project in partnership with the Chanel Culture Fund. Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian
