'Can one then be an abstract and political artist? Syrian-Canadian painter Nour Malas seems to think so. At Victoria Miro's Wharf Road galleries, Malas is showing three new paintings, alongside work by May Cockcroft and Sarah Martin-Nuss in a group show titled Alchemies.
The exhibition's title refers to the ancient practice of transmutation – conjuring ideas of transformation and experimentation; a fitting frame for Malas. Born in France and raised across Dubai, London and Chicago before settling in Brooklyn, she draws on a restlessness she describes as central to her practice: never fully belonging to one culture or narrative.'
Image: Nour Malas in her studio
Photo by Danica Robinson. Courtesy the artist
November 13 2026
