Paul’s Gallery of the Week: Pitzhanger Manor
2 July 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
Pitzhanger Manor, in Ealing, was his country house. After acquiring the estate in 1800, he transformed it into a showcase of his architectural style
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Julian Opie: OP.VR@LISSON
27 February 2023 • Mark Westall
Julian Opie introduces an ambitious new series of works across Lisson Gallery’s Bell Street spaces this March. The exhibition begins with the UK premiere of a ground-breaking new virtual reality experience
A rare exhibition showcasing Julian Opie’s personal collection of contemporary & ancient art, accompanied by a selection of original works.
8 November 2021 • Mark Westall
Newlands House Gallery presents Julian Opie: Collected Works/Works Collected, showcasing over 100 objects from the contemporary British artist’s personal collection,… Read More
30 contemporary British artists including Damien Hirst, Lubaina Himid, Gillian Wearing, Rachel Whiteread create miniature art works for model art gallery.
30 March 2021 • Mark Westall
Pallant House Gallery has announced a unique response to creativity during the coronavirus pandemic. The Gallery has commissioned a model art gallery that will feature original miniature artworks from over 30 leading contemporary British artists
Plates
2 December 2020 • Paul Carey-Kent
Plates are a rather convenient way to display art, somewhere between ceramic – for the most part, though metals are possible – and painting. Ceramics are in vogue anyway, and as functional objects go, plates are easy to display. In ascending order of price, here are three recent initiatives which have stepped up to the plate:
Boy George to makes his Art on a Postcard debut this summer
1 June 2020 • Mark Westall
Art on a Postcard Announces Annual Summer Auction | Featuring: Julian Opie, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Oh da Laval, Boy George, Susie Hamilton and Remi Rough and more
The Connor Brothers, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Bambi, Julian Opie, Sarah Pope and Grayson Perry donate to Bonhams The Blue Auction To Raise Funds for NHS Charities Covid-19 Appeal
10 April 2020 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock spoke to The Connor Brothers about the charity auction organised by Bonhams which features artworks donated by leading contemporary artists, and special experiences including a visit to Grayson Perry’s studio and lunch with Dame Joan Collins at Claridges after the lockdown is lifted.
Lisson Gallery presents an enhanced virtual experience for Art Basel viewing Rooms
18 March 2020 • Mark Westall
Lisson Gallery are supplementing Art Basel virtual Rooms by inviting key Asian galleries to join together in a virtual walk-through, to help make the site interactive and appealing to audiences both regionally and globally.
Today, the Eden Project launched its new arts programme.
12 July 2019 • Mark Westall
Today, the Eden Project launched its new arts programme with the aim of furthering engagement and understanding of its mission.
REVIEW: Julian Opie’s portraits in motion: this is what genius looks like –
7 June 2015 • Staff
He paints with simple black lines and primary colours, and most of his characters don’t even have faces. Yet Julian Opie captures our world in stunning detail
Sir Peter Blake, Yoko Ono, Julian Opie, David Shrigley and Pure Evil announced for Secret 7″
13 March 2015 • Mark Westall
Secret 7”, the annual project that brings music and art together for a good cause, can finally reveal the headline sleeve design contributors for this year.
YBAs donate art for auction @Christie’s in support of new gallery at Goldsmiths
16 January 2015 • Mark Westall
Some of Goldsmiths’ ex artists including Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, Julian Opie, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Steve McQueen! have donated works to a special Christie’s auction in aid of raising money to build a new gallery at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Here Today… an art exhibition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
13 December 2014 • Mark Westall
Here Today is an art exhibition, curated by Artwise, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
@RCA Secret goes global with launch of RCA Secret Dubai
3 December 2014 • Mark Westall
The Royal College of Art’s renowned anonymous postcard exhibition goes global in 2015 with the launch of RCA Secret Dubai.
Opening This Week : A Group Show ‘Nostalgic For The Future’ at Lisson Gallery
10 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Next Week: Art & Language, Tony Cragg, Angela de la Cruz, Richard Deacon, Ceal Floyer, Ryan Gander, Shirazeh Houshiary, Peter Joseph, Anish Kapoor, John Latham, Richard Long, Jason Martin, Haroon Mirza, Jonathan Monk, Julian Opie, Richard Wentworth
PREVIEW : Group Show Nostalgic For The Future @Lisson Gallery
1 November 2013 • Mark Westall
In advance of its 50th anniversary in 2017, the Lisson Gallery is staging a retrofuturistic survey of historical and contemporary British sculpture and installation that questions where the lines of time, influence and artistic inspiration could be drawn or where they might ultimately lead.
Big name artists donate secret mini artworks to help students
4 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Works of art by Paula Rego, Julian Opie and David Bailey are going on sale for just £45 at the RCA Secret postcard event. But you’ll have to spot them amongst the other 2,700 postcards on display!
Julian Opie ‘Winter’ at Alan Christie Gallery Private view Wednesday February 13th 2013
13 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Opie presents 75 prints laminated to glass, representing 75 sequential steps on a circular walk taken by the artist through the French countryside
Julian Opie’s : Winter at Alan Cristea Gallery
1 February 2013 • Mark Westall
One of the leading figures in contemporary art, for over three decades Julian Opie has pushed the boundaries of portraiture, painting, and sculpture, seeking to break down what he believes to be illogical barriers between the disciplines.
British Fine Artists participate in the world’s most unusual, ‘moving’ Art Exhibition – up the masts of Olympic Star Class Yachts
30 January 2013 • Mark Westall
21 top international sailors and 10 artists from Britain took part in the first Fine Art Sails event regatta held on the Royal Victoria Dock at the London Boat Show.
SCULPTORS’ DRAWINGS & works on paper at PANGOLIN LONDON Private View: Thurs 30th August 2012
30 August 2012 • Mark Westall
It will include around 200 drawings dating from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day by both established and emerging sculptors.
WHAT’S ON: ART EVENTS SUMMER SPECIAL 2012
24 July 2012 • Ben Austin
Stuck with what to do and see over the summer? Fear not FAD have provided you with a selection of exhibitions not to be missed over the Summer.
Blur 21: The Exhibition at Londonnewcastle
24 July 2012 • Mark Westall
Photo: Paul Postle Photo: Paul Postle 27th July – 14th August 2012 Exhibited together for the first time, Spotify presents… Read More
Preview: Julian Opie at Lisson Gallery
22 June 2012 • Mark Westall
Lisson Gallery is to present an exhibition of new work by Julian Opie. In the broadest single display of his practice to-date, Opie employs the concise vernacular of modern media, depicting new subjects in previously unexplored mediums as well as self referentially developing ideas from his early works.