On view in Venice – Paula Rego: Secrets of Faith
The exhibition (23 April–18 June 2022) features works depicting episodes from the life of the Virgin Mary – subjects familiar in Christian art radically retold by Rego.
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May 6 2022
Victoria Miro at Frieze New York
Masterworks by Yayoi Kusama, Alice Neel and Paula Rego, new paintings and works on paper created especially for this presentation by María Berrío, Doron Langberg, Celia Paul and Flora Yukhnovich, a significant recent photographic work by Stan Douglas and a major recent sculpture by Sarah Sze. Booth A5, 18–22 May 2022 -
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May 12 2022
María Berrío at Frieze New York: a new work in support of UNICEF
Victoria Miro presents a significant new painting by María Berrío at Frieze New York, to be sold in support of UNICEF’s humanitarian response in Ukraine and its work helping children affected by emergencies around the world. -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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April 30 2022
Now open at Kistefos Museum – an exhibition by Do Ho Suh
The exhibition (30 April–21 August 2022) comprises a lifesize installation of the artist's colourful hub series together with film and large-scale wall-works. Jevnaker, Norway -
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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April 6 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami talks to Frieze ahead of her inclusion in the Venice Biennale
Barbara Casavecchia interviews the four finalists of Venice’s new College Arte programme Barbara Casavecchia, Frieze -
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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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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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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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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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April 5 2022
Paula Rego: Secrets of Faith is featured in AnOther’s round up of things to do in April
Paula Rego: Secrets of Faith is featured in AnOther's Brilliant things to do in April. AnOther -
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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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April 10 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami at Kunsthaus Pasquart
The exhibition (10 April–12 June 2022) will be accompanied by a publication featuring texts by Osei Bonsu and curator Stefanie Gschwend. Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland -
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April 11 2022
Doron Langberg collaborates with Artspace to create a benefit print in support of Visual AIDS
A new series of 30 hand-painted unique editions, titled Oren and Bennet, 2022. Proceeds from the sale of this series will be donated to support Visual AIDS, a New York-based nonprofit that utilises art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy. -
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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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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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March 31 2022
Now open at Fondazione Prada – Elmgreen & Dragset: Useless Bodies?
A major exhibition (31 March–22 August 2022) exploring the present condition of the body in the post-industrial age in which it seems that our physical presence is losing its centrality or is even completely superfluous. Fondazione Prada, Milan -
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March 26 2022
Adriana Varejão: Sutures, Fissures, Ruins at Pinacoteca de São Paulo
This retrospective (26 March–1 August 2022) is one of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever held of Varejão’s work, bringing together for the first time a significant group of more than 60 works produced from 1985 to 2022. Pinacoteca de São Paulo -
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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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March 19 2022
Tal R features in Human Conditions of Clay on view at John Hansard Gallery
Curated by Deborah Smith, the exhibition (19 March–17 May 2022) highlights different ways contemporary artists use clay to understand what it means to be human. The artists use clay to explore diverse themes including history, current affairs, human behaviour, folklore and tradition. John Hansard Gallery, Southampton -
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April 1 2022
Now open – One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
The exhibition (1 April–27 November 2022) provides an opportunity to come closer to Yayoi Kusama through five of her artworks in the museum's collection, including two Infinity Mirror Rooms. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC -
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March 11 2022
Alice Neel: People Come First at the de Young Museum, San Francisco
This ambitious survey (which takes place in San Francisco 12 March–10 July 2022) was previously on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2021, and the Guggenheim Bilbao (17 September 2021–6 February 2022). de Young Museum, San Francisco, California -
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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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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 -
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March 29 2022
Doron Langberg features in A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now at ICA Boston
The exhibition (31 March–5 September 2022) celebrates a new generation of artists at the vanguard of contemporary painting. ICA Boston -
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Edition
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March 18 2022
England as seen from Lockdown in Islington – a new printed textile edition by Grayson Perry
Now available to purchase, this textile work, created as part of the artist’s acclaimed series Grayson’s Art Club, takes the form of an intricate map. Perry says, ‘When I was working on this, I was thinking about how we were all travelling in our imaginations…’ -
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March 14 2022
Extended to June 2023 – Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern
The focused exhibition (18 May 2021–11 June 2023) is 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 -
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March 13 2022
Works by Ali Banisadr and Paula Rego feature in Daphne without Apollo: Metamorphoses from Richter to Lassnig at The Opelvillen Foundation
The exhibition (13 March–31 July 2022) showcases works from the Klöcker Collection that depict the transformations of creatures or objects into something else. The Opelvillen Foundation, Rüsselsheim, Germany -
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Interview
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March 8 2022
The Art Newspaper features Paula Rego interviewed by artists including Tracey Emin, Cecily Brown and Marlene Dumas from her recent exhibition and book The Forgotten
‘I was always very shy and there were many things I wouldn’t have spoken about in real life, but in my paintings I could do anything. It’s allowed in pictures.’ José da Silva, The Art Newspaper -
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March 3 2022
On view at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo – A POEM IN MY HEART
In this exhibition (3 March–28 August 2022), the museum introduces Kusama's diverse works reminiscent of Surrealism, which portray images overflowing from her inner world and struggles in her mind as they really are. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
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March 3 2022
Milton Avery at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Wadsworth is the only venue in New England for this major touring retrospective (on view 5 March–5 June 2022) and is a significant homecoming for Avery who grew up outside Hartford, took his first art classes there, and essentially learned to become an artist by exploring Connecticut. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT -
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March 4 2022
Works by Isaac Julien go on view at Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
On view 4 March–27 May 2022, the Australian premiere of A Marvellous Entanglement, 2019, which pays tribute to the signficant Brazilian modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi, and Ten Thousand Waves, 2010, a poetically evocative weaving together of stories drawn from China's ancient past and the present. Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide -
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February 23 2022
Works by Francesca Woodman feature in A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920–2020 at the Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel Gallery presents a 100-year survey (on view 24 February–5 June 2022) of the studio through the work of artists and image-makers from around the world. Whitechapel Gallery -
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February 18 2022
Stan Douglas: Revealing Narratives at PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art
The exhibition (19 February–22 May 2022) will present the Canadian premiere of Douglas’s most recent photo series Penn Station's Half Century (2021) and Disco Angola (2012), a series of photos that will be presented in Québec for the first time. PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal -
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February 5 2022
Work by Stephen Willats features in The Art of Teaching and Learning. A School for Creators
The group exhibition at Centre Pompidou Metz (5 February–29 August 2022) explores the non-schools, anti-universities, talking circles, educational walks and video universities that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. Centre Pompidou Metz -
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Edition
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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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February 17 2022
The Art Newspaper and ARTnews report on Doug Aitken: Open
Read the latest on Doug Aitken's new exhibition Open, the first project to launch on Vortic VR. -
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February 2 2022
Paula Rego is invited to participate in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, will open to the public from 23 April– 27 November 2022. Venice, Italy -
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February 2 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is invited to participate in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, will open to the public from 23 April– 27 November 2022. Venice, Italy -
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Publication
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January 18 2022
Out now – Paula Rego: The Forgotten, a new publication
This beautifully designed book celebrates the important presentation of forty works by Paula Rego in her first exhibition at Victoria Miro, London. Victoria Miro -
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News
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February 2 2022
Isaac Julien receives the Goslar Kaiserring 2022
Isaac Julien has received the Goslar Kaiserring Award 2022 for his breaking down the barriers between different artistic disciplines by drawing from film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture and uniting them in a highly sensual visual narrative. -
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January 15 2022
Tal R: The Wrong Side
This solo exhibition (15 January–1 May 2022) at Artipelag comprises 34 sculptures in plaster and bronze, and 100 drawings in charcoal and ink produced since 2018. Artipelag, Stockholm -
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February 1 2022
Paula Rego: Subversive Stories at Arnolfini, Bristol
Featuring over 80 prints from across Rego’s extensive career, the exhibition (5 February–29 May 2022) explores her interweaving wit and dark humour, delving into the art of storytelling through Rego’s reinterpretations of well-known narratives and classic tales, repositioning the role of women at their centre. Arnolfini, Bristol -
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Review
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December 13 2021
Artforum reviews Milton Avery at The Modern, Fort Worth
Lee Escobedo for Artforum reviews the artist's current exhibition at The Modern, Fort Worth. Lee Escobedo, Artforum -
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Interview
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December 17 2021
Paula Rego is interviewed by the FT
Read an exclusive interview with Paula Rego in the FT. Louis Wise, Financial Times -
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Review
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December 5 2021
The Observer gives ★★★★★ for Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s
The new Tate Britain exhibition is positively reviewed by Laura Cumming for The Observer. Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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December 8 2021
Milton Avery at The Modern, Fort Worth is reviewed by WSJ
The Wall Street Journal reviews Milton Avery, on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth until 30 January 2022. Alexandra Peers, The Wall Street Journal -
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November 30 2021
Works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien and Chris Ofili are featured in Life Between Islands at Tate Britain
This landmark group exhibition (1 December 2021–3 April 2022) explores the work of artists from the Caribbean who made their home in Britain, alongside other artists whose work has been influenced and inspired by Caribbean themes and heritage. Tate Britain -
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November 27 2021
Paula Rego at Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Travelling from Tate Britain, the largest retrospective of the artist's work to date is on view 27 November 2021–20 March 2022. Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands -
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September 17 2021
Works by Kudzanai-Violet Hwami on display across Saint- Denis, Paris
Bringing contemporary African art to the streets of Saint-Denis, Paris, the Neuf 3 initiative has installed work on shop fronts, in the niches of historic buildings, in the streets, and in public squares, making it accessible to local residents and passersby in this culturally rich community. Paris
In Focus – Paula Rego: Secrets of Faith
An excerpt of Paula Rego: Secrets & Stories, the 2017 feature documentary directed by the artist’s son, filmmaker Nick Willing. Works relate to the exhibiton Paula Rego: Secrets of Faith, on view at Victoria Miro Venice, 23 April–18 June 2022.
