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Jack Whitten (1938-2018)'Xeroxed!, III' (1975)Toner and rice paper mounted on stretched canvasExhibited in 'Jack Whitten...
19/04/2025

Jack Whitten (1938-2018)
'Xeroxed!, III' (1975)
Toner and rice paper mounted on stretched canvas
Exhibited in 'Jack Whitten: Speedchaser' (2024) at

Jack Whitten (1938-2018) was an American painter known for his experimental approach to abstraction. Emerging from the civil rights era, his work bridged gestural painting with innovative material techniques, incorporating acrylic collage and tesserae-like surfaces. Over a five-decade career, Whitten redefined the possibilities of process-based painting, drawing influence from both Western art history and African American cultural experience. His later works often served as commemorative portraits, uniting personal memory with political and historical reflection.

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Cecily Brown'The Demon Menagerie' (2019-20)Oil on linenExhibited in 'Making Their Mark' at , 2024Cecily Brown (1969) is ...
15/04/2025

Cecily Brown
'The Demon Menagerie' (2019-20)
Oil on linen
Exhibited in 'Making Their Mark' at , 2024

Cecily Brown (1969) is a British painter whose energetic, immersive canvases merge abstraction with fleeting glimpses of the human form. Drawing on art history, from the Baroque to Abstract Expressionism, her work explores themes of desire, excess and the act of painting itself. Since moving to New York in the 1990s, Brown has gained international acclaim for her distinctive approach to contemporary painting.

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Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990Tate Britain, London8th Nov 2023 - 7th Apr 2024 ‘The first of its k...
10/11/2023

Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990
Tate Britain, London
8th Nov 2023 - 7th Apr 2024


‘The first of its kind, this exhibition is a wide-ranging exploration of feminist art by over 100 women artists working in the UK. It shines a spotlight on how networks of women used radical ideas and rebellious methods to make an invaluable contribution to British culture. Their art helped fuel the women's liberation movement during a period of significant social, economic and political change. In the 1970s and 1980s a new wave of feminism erupted. Women used their lived experiences to create art, from painting and photography to film and performance, to fight against injustice.
This included taking a stand for reproductive rights, equal pay and race equality. This creativity helped shape a period of pivotal change for women in Britain, including the opening of the first women's refuge and the formation of the British Black Arts Movement. Despite long careers, these artists were often left out of the artistic narratives of the time. This will be the first time many of their works have been on display since the 1970s. Through their urgent and powerful art visitors will encounter a productive, politically engaged set of communities, who changed the face of British culture and paved the way for future generations of artists.’ - Tate

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Katya GranovaGrandma on the Beach (2022)Oil on canvasPreviously shown at __________
06/11/2023

Katya Granova
Grandma on the Beach (2022)
Oil on canvas
Previously shown at

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Yinka Shonibare: Free The Wind, The Spirit, and The SunStephen Friedman Gallery, London6th Oct 2023 - 11th Nov 2023 ___...
26/10/2023

Yinka Shonibare: Free The Wind, The Spirit, and The Sun
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
6th Oct 2023 - 11th Nov 2023


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Sheila Hicks: Infinite PotentialAlison Jacques, London6th Oct 2023 - 18th Nov 2023 ‘A life journey of working and wand...
24/10/2023

Sheila Hicks: Infinite Potential
Alison Jacques, London
6th Oct 2023 - 18th Nov 2023


‘A life journey of working and wandering, deviations from pre-planned paths, Hicks' thirst and curiosity for innovation and adventure enables her to continue to elevate our perception of humble materials as she places them centre stage. By introducing and transforming the use of new materials, such as banana fibre, stainless steel and pigmented acrylic, Hicks continues to explore the joy and potential of colour while expanding our experience of the possibilities of sculpture.’ - Alison Jacques Gallery

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Christina Quarles: Tripping Ofer My JoyPilar Corrias, London10th Oct 2023 - 16th Dec 2023 __________
23/10/2023

Christina Quarles: Tripping Ofer My Joy
Pilar Corrias, London
10th Oct 2023 - 16th Dec 2023


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Katy Stubbs: Smoke and MirrorsLyndsey Ingram, London10th Oct 2023 - 10th Nov 2023 .stubbs __________
23/10/2023

Katy Stubbs: Smoke and Mirrors
Lyndsey Ingram, London
10th Oct 2023 - 10th Nov 2023
.stubbs

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Ian Davenport: LakeWaddington Custot, London6th Oct 2023 - 11th Nov 2023 __________
22/10/2023

Ian Davenport: Lake
Waddington Custot, London
6th Oct 2023 - 11th Nov 2023


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Aida Tomescu: With the Crimson WordFlowers Gallery, London4th Oct 2023 - 28th Oct 2023 __________
22/10/2023

Aida Tomescu: With the Crimson Word
Flowers Gallery, London
4th Oct 2023 - 28th Oct 2023


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Last couple of weeks of Sean Scully at Houghton Hall.Sean Scully: Smaller than the SkyHoughton Hall, Norfolk23rd Apr 202...
18/10/2023

Last couple of weeks of Sean Scully at Houghton Hall.

Sean Scully: Smaller than the Sky
Houghton Hall, Norfolk
23rd Apr 2023 - 29th Oct 2023


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Artist Rooms: Jannis KounellisTate Modern, LondonUntil Jun 2024 ‘Jannis Kounellis (1936-2017) was born in the Greek port...
17/10/2023

Artist Rooms: Jannis Kounellis
Tate Modern, London
Until Jun 2024


‘Jannis Kounellis (1936-2017) was born in the Greek port city of Piraeus, but lived and worked in Rome from 1956. His early paintings were inspired by words and graphics found in street signs, which he gradually reduced to letters, numbers and basic symbols arranged over plain backgrounds. Though he soon expanded his practice to include performance and sculpture, he considered himself primarily a painter. Whether making pictures or using materials and objects that share the same space as us as viewers, he aimed to create powerful images, mundane and strange at the same time. In the late 1960s Kounellis became a key figure of the Italian arte povera ('poor art') movement. Artists associated with arte povera used ordinary materials of both natural and industrial origins and hoped to bring the experience of art closer to everyday life. At the time, Italy was undergoing a period of rapid social change, torn between industrial and agrarian life, tradition and innovation, antiquity and modernity. Kounellis's works express this clash of values by bringing together contrasting elements such as raw wood and steel beams, or strings of colourful glass hanging next to a mound of black coal.’ - Tate

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