By Sara Bright Sara Bright In an age dominated by digital precision, one artist is proving that the most powerful statements emerge from the tactile…
By Sara Bright When Sue Tilley first trudged up the three flights of stairs to Lucian Freud’s Paddington studio in 1991, she was a benefits…
By Sara Bright In June 2026, Christophe Leribault stood before the French Senate’s Culture Committee and delivered a verdict that would have been unthinkable a…
By Tessa Nolan When Tschabalala Self’s Lady in Blue is craned onto the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square this September, it will mark a quiet…
By Sara Bright Sara Bright When Frieze London opens its doors in Regent’s Park this October, it will do so at a moment of genuine…
By Sara Noah Something unusual happened in London between January and June 2025. The capital’s major art institutions – Tate, the National Gallery, the Barbican,…
By Sara Noah Stephen Friedman Gallery closed in February. Tiwani Contemporary, after fifteen years championing African diasporic art from its Mayfair base, followed in May.…
By Tessa Nolan There is a peculiar contradiction at the heart of London’s art world in 2026. The blockbuster exhibitions are extraordinary – perhaps the…
By Sara Bright Jonathan Wateridge has, in 2026, done what most painters only dream of: he has moved from one of the world’s most prestigious…
By Tessa Nolan When David Hockney’s Bigger Christmas Trees illuminated the twin north chimneys of Battersea Power Station on the evening of 1 December 2023,…