Nick Willing speaks to The Observer ahead of Paula Rego: Story Line opening at Victoria Miro

'She tells the story of humanity, and particularly of women, in a way that hadn't been told before.' – Nick Willing

'Rego’s studio, a memorial to her practice, might be romantically described as a smugglers’ cave, or a circus of curiosities; in 2012, the London Evening Standard opted for a more prosaic comparison with an “explosion at a car boot sale”. The truth is, the place offers something both stranger and more precious than all of those things. It is a chance to look into the mind of one the most innovative and unsettling artists of the modern era.' – Vanessa Thorpe

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Image: Paula Rego's studio
Photography by Gautier Deblonde
March 30 2026