Category: Painting

Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds at DauLang, Seoul

Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds at DauLang, Seoul

We are pleased to announce Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds, the artist’s first solo exhibition in South Korea, hosted at DauLang Gallery in Seoul. Rocha Pitta (b.1980, Brazil) is an artist renowned for his multimedia practice that intertwines themes from nature, politics, and the history of art. With Seeds, Rocha Pitta continues his career-long exploration of...

24th April 20233rd May 2023
a painting from the Hermann Nitsch retrospective

Hermann Nitsch at Pace Gallery, New York

Selected Paintings, Actions, Relics, and Musical Scores, 1965–2020 On 16 March 2023, Pace Gallery New York will open a retrospective of the Viennese artist Hermann Nitsch (1938-2022). The exhibition, entitled Hermann Nitsch – Selected Paintings, Actions, Relics, and Musical Scores, 1965–2020 is a celebration of the artist’s contributions to the avant-garde and a testament to...

15th March 20235th May 2023
Vanessa Jackson. Spin off. Exhibition at Artvisor, London

Vanessa Jackson. Spin off. Exhibition at Artvisor, London

Geometry, the site of form and function, may resist its innate rules to offer a sense of liberation, allowing elaboration, ornamentation and re-engagement with the curve, without gesture’s touch. The breadth of geometry, crossing all boundaries and civilisations, can embrace illusion with decorative connotations but may equally demand severity. I have no need for invention....

4th October 202210th October 2022
Claudio Verna and Benedikt Hipp Reflect on the Language of Colour and Form

Claudio Verna and Benedikt Hipp Reflect on the Language of Colour and Form

An ongoing series of exhibitions organised by Monitor in Rome gathers artists from different generations to create a dialogue between their works. ‘Time Regulates the Act: Act II’ reflects on form and colour, features Italian artist Claudio Verna (b. 1937) and German artist Benedikt Hipp (b. 1977).

12th January 202130th March 2022
Organic humanity in the 21st Century: Nicholas Johnson & Rory Menage

Organic humanity in the 21st Century: Nicholas Johnson & Rory Menage

In our world of the digital and the concrete, the sight of high-rises and fluorescent screens have left us thirsty for green space as well as headspace. By returning to the dynamic forms of nature and humanity, British artists Nicholas Johnson and Rory Menage offer us reprieve from the monotony of technological precision. Fantasies of...

28th June 201928th August 2021
Our Venice Biennale Highlights

Our Venice Biennale Highlights

Two weeks ago, the jet set of the contemporary art world continued their breakneck pace around this year’s circuit of must-see/must-be-seen-at-events with the preview of the 2019 Venice Biennale, titled “May You Live in Interesting Times”. It seems as though the whirlwind of Frieze New York is in the distant past. The crowds were heavy...

20th May 201928th August 2021
Artist Spotlight: Morten Skrøder Lund

Artist Spotlight: Morten Skrøder Lund

Current exhibition: Ome, Belmacz Gallery, London, 14 Feb - 14 April 2018 ‘Can a painting capture a moment in time before the moment dissolves?’ This contemplative quote serves to introduce Morten Skrøder Lund’s second solo exhibition at London’s Belmacz Gallery. Its reflective tone mirrors Lund’s practise. Lund’s canvases are awash with colour, their amorphous forms [...]

4th April 201828th August 2021