Contemporary painting Archives

FAD NEWS: Ella Walker unveils two new paintings at The Courtauld Gallery

4 September 2026 • Mark Westall

Ella Walker unveils two new site-specific paintings at The Courtauld, bringing Renaissance art into conversation with contemporary culture.

Art News London

FAD NEWS: Hurvin Anderson to bring a Windrush Journey to Brixton Underground

27 August 2026 • Mark Westall

Hurvin Anderson brings a Windrush-era journey from the Caribbean to London to Brixton Underground in a new 20-part Art on the Underground commission.

Paul’s Book of the Month: Alex Katz – Milestones: At the Heart of Creation

26 August 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

Ahead of Alex Katz’s 100th birthday, Paul Carey-Kent explores a new 284-page book tracing the inspirations, people and ideas behind his remarkable career.

Daniel Farrow rebuilds his past in ‘I Invented God’

25 August 2026 • Mark Westall

Daniel Farrow confronts his turbulent past in I Invented God, a living retrospective of destruction, recovery and reinvention.

Painting the world we can’t perceive: The art of Zibeyda Seyidova

24 August 2026 • Tabish Khan

Zibeyda Seyidova paints beyond the visible, exploring perception, memory and what lies beneath the surface.

Artist Profile

Werner Bronkhorst heads to Berlin with his largest exhibition to date

13 August 2026 • Mark Westall

Werner Bronkhorst is to make his Berlin solo debut this October

Hynek Martinec to explore painting in the age of AI across two London exhibitions

11 August 2026 • Mark Westall

Hynek Martinec brings a major new series of paintings and a live monumental wall drawing to two London venues,

White Cube now represent Tesfaye Urgessa

6 August 2026 • Mark Westall

White Cube now represents Tesfaye Urgessa who is set to debut at White Cube Hong Kong and Frieze Seoul

NEWS

David Zwirner to present first Yoshitomo Nara solo exhibition

4 August 2026 • Mark Westall

David Zwirner will stage its first solo exhibition of Yoshitomo Nara, celebrating the artist’s first major New York exhibition in almost a decade.

Herald St now represents Amedeo Polazzo

29 July 2026 • Mark Westall

Polazzo creates works on canvas, murals using the fresco secco technique, and functional, hand-painted lamp sculptures

NEWS

Trusting Instinct: An Interview with Ninka Skhiereli

23 July 2026 • Phillip Edward Spradley

Ahead of her latest exhibition, Ninka Skhiereli discusses her unconventional journey into painting

INTERVIEWS

Paul’s Work of the Month

16 July 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent

Paul Carey-Kent chooses Kenjiro Okazaki’s richly layered abstract painting at Pace Gallery as his Work of the Month.

Paul's Art Stuff

The Courtauld to stage first European solo exhibition of Salman Toor

13 July 2026 • Mark Westall

The Courtauld will stage the first European solo exhibition of Salman Toor, featuring 19 paintings and a special display of drawings

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.

ICA Miami to present first major Carroll Dunham survey in more than 25 Years

11 June 2026 • Mark Westall

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) has announced the first major museum survey of paintings by Carroll Dunham… Read More

Riding the waves of life: Eman Khalifa is called back to art

10 June 2026 • Tabish Khan

Egyptian artist Eman Khalifa has had a 30 year career as an entrepreneur and single mother raising a family, but art and creativity have always been there.