National Portrait Gallery launches new contemporary programme with Issy Wood exhibition
30 July 2026 • Mark Westall
The National Portrait Gallery has launched Artist Focus, a new free programme championing contemporary portraiture
Tag: british art
Jessica Morgan appointed Director of Tate
22 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Jessica Morgan will become the tenth Director of Tate in January 2027
MK Gallery to stage first major L.S. Lowry exhibition in over 13 years
16 July 2026 • Mark Westall
MK Gallery presents the first major L.S. Lowry exhibition in over 13 years, bringing together more than 140 paintings and drawings.
Catherine Goodman: In the House of Tapestries at Boughton House
5 July 2026 • Yichun Huang
Catherine Goodman at Boughton House, where monumental paintings and tapestries explore fire, grief, hope and renewal.
Early Bridget Riley paintings go on long-term view at Dia Beacon
3 July 2026 • Mark Westall
A focused exhibition of Bridget Riley’s early black-and-white paintings opens today at Dia Beacon, bringing together works created between 1961 and 1964.
FAD NEWS: Bharti Kher brings monumental new sculpture to the V&A
3 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Bharti Kher will unveil a monumental new bronze sculpture at the V&A this summer, alongside three major works
Some Bizzare founder Stevo Pearce brings his uncompromising vision to painting in Chaos
25 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Some Bizzare founder Stevo Pearce brings his instinctive painting practice to Farsight Gallery with Chaos, a new exhibition of abstract works in London.
At 92, Frank Bowling is entering a remarkable new chapter
24 June 2026 • Mark Westall
From a major drawing exhibition, launch of a new foundation and a landmark Hong Kong show, Frank Bowling is entering a remarkable new chapter
Paul’s Work of the Month: David Hockney – ‘My Parents’, 1977
17 June 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
David Hockney’s My Parents is more than a portrait of Kenneth and Laura Hockney. It is a carefully constructed account
Beasts, Couples and Geometry: Lynn Chadwick Takes Over Houghton Hall
15 June 2026 • Mark Westall
30+ sculptures spanning 40 years of Lynn Chadwick’s career at Houghton Hall, one of the most significant British sculpture exhibitions of the summer.
David Hockney Dies: The Artist Who Never Stopped Looking
12 June 2026 • Mark Westall
David Hockney has died aged 88, his influence on contemporary art is immeasurable.
Sculpture, poetry and plenty of chairs: Phyllida Barlow and Daisy Parris at Wolterton
11 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
The teetering sculpture of Phyllida Barlow meets the textile poetry of Daisy Parris.
Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough Enter into Conversation at the National Gallery
8 June 2026 • Mark Westall
For the first time, Yinka Shonibare’s Mr. and Mrs. Andrews without their Heads will be displayed alongside Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews
Mat Collishaw’s Last Meal on Death Row, Texas Is a Powerful Meditation on Mortality
2 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Mat Collishaw’s Last Meal on Death Row, Texas transforms final meals into haunting contemporary vanitas works
Celebrating John Constable’s 250th Birthday in Constable Country
29 May 2026 • Tabish Khan
A journey through Suffolk reveals the landscapes and legacy of John Constable 250 years after his birth.
Paul’s Work of the Month: Hurvin Anderson: Country Club: Chicken Wire, 2008, at Tate Britain
27 May 2026 • mark westall
Hurvin Anderson: Country Club: Chicken Wire, 2008 – oil on canvas, 240 x 347 cm Hurvin Anderson’s superb 80-work retrospective… Read More
Christie’s and Arts Council Collection celebrate 80 years with Close Encounters
18 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Christie’s and the Arts Council Collection celebrate 80 years of the Collection bringing together works by David Hockney, Sonia Boyce, Peter Doig
Barbara Hepworth’s relationship with colour to take centre stage at The Courtauld Gallery
18 May 2026 • Mark Westall
The Courtauld Gallery will present Hepworth in Colour, the first exhibition dedicated to Barbara Hepworth’s use of colour
William Blake: The Age of Romantic Fantasy at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin
23 April 2026 • Martin Sexton
William Blake comes alive in Dublin in this powerful exhibition exploring his radical vision, influence and enduring relevance today.
Gilbert & George Honour George Crompton in Major London Exhibition
13 April 2026 • Mark Westall
A deeply personal exhibition by Gilbert & George will open this May at Gilbert & George Centre
Peter Blake’s studio brought to life at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
13 April 2026 • Mark Westall
Peter Blake’s studio will be brought to life inside Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery this winter
Hurvin Anderson Survey Opens at Tate Britain Spanning 30 Years of Painting
24 March 2026 • Mark Westall
bringing together around 80 works spanning more than three decades of painting.
The Top Art Books to read this Winter
7 December 2023 • Tabish Khan
Creativity, satire, protest, a thriller, art history and making art.
Was it lost? Victor Pasmore’s mural painting makes a come back at Marlborough Fine Art
21 January 2019 • Irene Machetti
Marlborough Fine Art will present a retrospective of works by Victor Pasmore in February 2019, using as a point of departure his major 1965 Tate exhibition.