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Art FocusEuropean Art Logistics and the Challenges of 2020/21

Art FocusFrank Auerbach and Tony Bevan Go Head To Head

Art FocusSusie MacMurray’s Striking Sculptures On Show at Pangolin London

Art FocusEuropean Art Logistics and the Challenges of 2020/21

Art FocusFrank Auerbach and Tony Bevan Go Head To Head

Art FocusSusie MacMurray’s Striking Sculptures On Show at Pangolin London

ADA \ Contemporary Art Gallery Opens in Accra, Ghana

Marking its opening in Accra, Ghana, ADA \ contemporary art gallery unveils its inaugural exhibition, Gindin Mangoro: Under the Mango Tree, the debut solo presentation of Nigerian painter Collins Obijiaku (b. 1995). From October 15th to November 19th, 2020, the gallery will present the emerging artist’s new body of work, a selection of 17 intimate portraits delving into notions of Blackness, lived experience, interiority and identity. Debuting ADA’s program of curated exhibitions specializing in the...

Lost Erotic Drawings by Painter Duncan Grant Found Under a Bed

Hundreds of erotic drawings by Duncan Grant, one of Britain’s most famous mid-20th Century painters, have been rediscovered after being hidden away for 50 years. Duncan Grant was a household name in Britain between the wars, famous for portraits as well as landscapes paintings. He was a member of the Bloomsbury group of artists, writers and thinkers, and had a child with Vanessa Bell, the sister of writer Virginia Woolf. But he also had a string...

JD Malat Presents Ian Cumberland’s ‘Presence in Absence’

JD Malat Gallery is pleased to announce Presence in Absence, a solo exhibition by Irish artist Ian Cumberland, from 7th September to 5th October 2020. Born in Banbridge in 1983, Cumberland is best known for his hyperrealist portraits of isolated subjects in detailed interiors, exploring themes of mass media culture, surveillance and the notion of the human ‘self’ (image top of page: Ian Cumberland, Panopticon, 2019/20 Oil on linen, 100 x 180 cm). Presence in...

Acclaimed South African Sculptor Deborah Bell Revisits Classic Works

Deborah Bell, one of South Africa’s most eminent and critically acclaimed artists, returns to London with an exhibition at Everard Read. Sentinels is a major exhibition of monumental sculptures and more than 30 new paintings created over the past two years. At the heart of the exhibition are eight towering, 2.5-metre-high sculptures, Sentinels (2020). Cast in bronze, their origins trace back to the series of nine sentinels the artist made in 2003. Those sentinels drew...

Art FocusRonnie Wood x Ashridge House Opens In Rock’n’Roll Style

Critically acclaimed artist, musician, song writer, and esteemed Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is exhibiting a huge selection of his works at Ashridge House in Hertfordshire from 21st-27th August. All proceeds from ticket sales go to the NHS. Ronnie Wood x Ashridge House sees Ronnie present a collection of over 100 original artworks including some of his most treasured paintings, a series of sculptures and a selection of etchings, within the extraordinary interiors of Ashridge...

Art FocusOlga Lomaka’s Artistic Journey Through Time and Space

Remaining creative during the lockdown period, London-based Russian artist Olga Lomaka has also been keen to give back wherever possible, working with different charities and offering donations of her work to raise funds for much needed NHS support. She says: “The social distancing comes at a great price for both artists and audiences. Artists have been recording their interpretation of lockdown by producing work. We artists reflect on what is happening in the world through...