Tag: Bridget Riley

People Watching

Bringing together the best of two brilliant collections, this exhibition celebrates modern British portraiture in all its many guises
Christopher Le Brun & Charlotte Verity – interview: ‘There is such a thing as too much dialogue’

To coincide with a rare joint exhibition now on view at The Gallery at Windsor in Florida, the artists consider the limitless possibilities of paint, their resistance to genre boundaries and the importance of keeping a harmonious distance between one…
Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio

Marking op art’s takeover from the passé machismo of abstract expressionism, Riley’s pulsing exercises in perception opened a new way of seeing that activated the spectator and extended art’s boundaries
Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life

The largest UK show of Hepworth’s work since her death in 1975, this unashamedly biographical consideration of her life brings together some of her most celebrated sculptures
Vision & Reality: 100 Years of Contemporary Art in Wakefield

As the gallery celebrates its 10th birthday, it is apposite that it is marking its place in the century-long history of contemporary art in Wakefield. Although closed due to Covid, the online offering is comprehensive and fascinating
Anthony Whishaw – Works on Paper

This accessible and entertaining book by Richard Davey focuses on the 90-year-old artist’s long-forgotten sketches and works on paper and provides new insights into Whishaw’s career
Anthony Eyton – interview: ‘I’m still dealing with my mother’s early death. That’s what the paintings are about perhaps’

Now 96, remarkably the Royal Academician’s latest show is full of recent paintings, which Frank Auerbach has told him are his most original yet. He talks about his artistic practice, the influence of his mother’s work and how hard he…
Bridget Riley

This exhibition of work by the octogenarian painter shows everything from her earliest work to her most recent explorations
Sam Cornish: ‘We started with this idea that all works would have to contain repetition, sequence and symmetry’

The co-curator of Kaleidoscope: Colour and Sequence in 1960s British Art discusses how this relatively unsung period in art history was characterised by more than just bright colours and glossy surfaces
Bridget Riley: Learning From Seurat

Through the works of Georges Seurat, Bridget Riley learned about colour. His The Bridge at Courbevoie provided ‘a true masterclass … the best tutorial I ever had’ and he has remained a touchstone for her