In a New Field, is the exhibition of new paintings by Jaclyn Conley. In this body of work, Conley presents a poignant rumination on the social and political concerns of American life. Portraying the figures of ordinary subjects often on a monumental scale, Conley constructs history paintings of the present moment. In each work, the artist […]
The exhibition, Past Into Present, features new works from Bridget Riley’s current series Measure for Measure and Intervals. Viewed together, these works underscore both the consistency of Riley’s decades-long investigation of colour and form and her relentless experimentation with perception.
Patricia Leite presents a new series of oil on wood paintings informed by the landscape of São Paulo’s Barra do Una. Leite’s paintings frequently involve the layering of pigment to […]
‘Skid Mark’ will incorporate a number of paintings from the artist’s Shit Moms series. Begun in 2019, the series depicts distorted female figures whose dripping, amorphous forms appear to be made entirely of excrement. The new paintings see shit moms appear repeatedly in wooden interiors, often grappling with representations or drawings of children rather than […]
Presented in association with curator Kiki Mazzucchelli, this selection of works foregrounds the unique role played by women in the development of modern and contemporary art in Brazil. The exhibition brings together works by artists from different generations and spanning several movements and styles. The selection of works includes Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973), Eleonore Koch […]
Thirty paintings on paper, all measuring 12 x 9 inches, are exhibited together in the gallery’s Viewing Room. Spanning over five years of her artistic practice from 2016 to 2021, these works reveal Martina Adams’ bold exploration of colour and form on a condensed scale. Investigating the power of paint, line and colour, Adams sketches […]
Closer and further away, is a solo exhibition of new paintings by Laura Lancaster, in which she focusses on the reinterpretation of classical subjects involving the female figure. Mostly executed during national lockdowns, the paintings in the show reflect the artist’s yearning for space and freedom, her reaction to confinement and her re-evaluation of the […]
The My Eternal Soul paintings on view in this exhibition introduce new and recent examples drawn from Yayoi Kusama’s highly celebrated, ongoing series, which she commenced in 2009. These works, at once bold and intensely detailed, and conveying extraordinary vitality, are joyfully improvisatory, fluid and highly instinctual. They abound with imagery including eyes, faces in profile, […]
The exhibition includes a number of new paintings of the artist’s mother, Daryll, part of an ongoing series that Chantal Joffe began some three decades ago. These works, some painted from family photographs, others from life, range back and forth in time. The Story of the title refers to a painting depicting the artist and […]
The exhibition, African Spirits of Modernism, comprises quilts, sculptures and a series of African masks that engage with Yinka Shonibare's own identity as a ‘post-colonial hybrid’. The works are accompanied by archival material that captures the burgeoning interest in African art in Paris in the 1920s. Playfully described by the artist as “Picasso in reverse”, this body […]
This much anticipated show brings together large-scale ceramic works, wooden sculptures, masks and vibrant paintings on paper. The exhibition, Kuchui Clans of Buganda, includes the largest ceramic sculpture that the artist has ever created which is presented for the first time in the gallery’s private garden. Leilah Babirye’s powerful works are a testament to her […]
‘Music to My Eyes’ responds to Hicks’s lifelong relationship with colour and thread. Throughout her 70-year career, which continues to flourish, the Nebraska-born, Paris-based artist has endeavoured to bestow upon fibre an independent voice, allowing form, colour and texture to dictate its own progression through space.
With There is a Volcano Behind My House, Ilana Halperin creates works inspired by the geology of the Island of Bute where she now spends much of her time. Situated throughout the house, four distinct yet contiguous series of sculptures, works on paper and textile reference ‘immigrant’ minerals embedded in the fabric of the building, as […]
Taken from a line in a Charlotte Brontë's poem, Evening Solace, the title of Iris Schomaker's exhibition, ‘in secret kept/ in silence sealed’, reflects on interiority, solitude and the nature of time.
Painting provides a platform where time, space, gravity and perspective can be shifting and unstable. Within this malleable construct, Anj Smith is endlessly inventive and creative, bringing together diverse and […]
'Britainton’, is an exhibition of new sculptures by Claire Partington, which interweaves art history, feminism and fairytale to create a surreal and riotous vision of Britain in 2021. Claire works principally in ceramics, and for her large figures she uses imagery from the past to reinterpret the present. The works in ‘Britainton’ tap sources ranging from […]
An exhibition of works on paper by Gwen John (1876-1939). The lover of Auguste Rodin and sister of the flamboyant artist Augustus John. Her work was often overlooked, yet she was amongst the first female students to study at the Slade School of Art, and exhibited with major galleries and at important exhibitions, including the […]
Everything is a Bird is a new exhibition by Sophy Rickett and Bettina von Zwehl, which features photography, 3d works, moving image and text. Everything is a Bird represents the joyful interaction between the work of two artists and their practices. Both have a background in photography, and the works in this exhibition reflect the fascination […]
"I had the landscape in my arms when I painted it. I had the landscapes in my mind and shoulder and wrist." —Helen Frankenthaler Imagining Landscapes,paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952–1976, […]
The Yanomami Struggle, is an exhibition devoted to the life and work of Claudia Andujar and her collaboration with the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous peoples, who she has […]