Tag: painting

Norman Gilbert: Passion, Vision & Spirit II

This show, spanning 50 years of Gilbert’s career, is not only a record of the artist’s output, but a moving and intimate documentary of his own family life painted across half a century
Raffi Kalenderian – interview: ‘It’s like banging your head against a brick wall, but if you get through to the other side it feels so good’

For Kalenderian, painting is all about excitement. His radical portraiture – as much of the scene as of the sitter – is a celebration of experimentation and problem-solving. Here, he speaks about what attracts him to his subjects and how…
This Is What It Is to Be Happy

What is it to be happy in an age where mental health problems are so prevalent? How can communing with nature, externalising the internal – both metaphorically and literally – help with this? This slickly curated three-person show delves deep,…
Irina Nakhova – interview: ‘I want my works to provoke curiosity’

The Russian artist talks about her latest exhibition, Museum on the Edge, at the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, and explains why she sees art not as a profession, but rather as her way of being
Renoir Father and Son: Painting and Cinema

An exhibition exploring the shared motifs, subjects and settings of paintings and films by Pierre-August Renoir and his film director son Jean demonstrates how all too often, what in youth we think we want to escape, in adulthood we want…
Paula Becker and Otto Modersohn: Art and Life

A tender testament to the relationship of two artists, whose lives and work are inextricably linked, bringing to life the moor landscapes of northern Germany
A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018

Revisiting a seminal exhibition from nearly four decades ago, curator Norman Rosenthal presents 15 painters who have stood the test of time and who evidence the continuing relevance of painting as an artistic medium
Shelley Himmelstein: Soccerscapes – Fifa World Cup Series; Michael Sorgatz: Kaleidoscope Dreams

Gallery director Randall Harris explains how this double show came about, while Himmelstein talks about how she captures the movement and energy of the players and the excitement of fans in her soccerscapes and Sorgatz discusses his mesmerising dreamscapes
Sean Scully: ‘The stripe can do anything in any direction, and since it is so common, it corresponds to everything around us’

The abstract artist talks about why he changed his style so radically in the 1980s, the influence of Ireland, the UK and the US on his work, and why he is so popular in China
Collateral Drawing: ‘It’s like revealing the magic trick’

Co-curators and artists from the ongoing Collateral Drawing project reveal insights into their working processes and how exhibiting by products of their creation changes the way they think about their own practices