Painting
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This American life: Lisson Gallery opens a spacious new outpost in New York
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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’Lines of Sight’: Carmen Herrera’s minimal abstraction takes over the Whitney Museum of American Art
By Ann Binlot Last updated
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Face painting: artist Gina Beavers on the best make-up tutorials
With her upcoming New York exhibition on hold, Beavers shares the make-up tutorials that inspire her bizarrely lush paintings
By Osman Can Yerebakan Last updated
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’Madrepora’: Cecily Brown’s painting Elysium at Thomas Dane Gallery
By Anna Brady Last updated
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Bjarne Melgaard is a real painters' painter at Saatchi Gallery
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Artists tap into the creative source in the French Riviera
Fondation Carmignac presents an effervescent mix of contemporary art for a group exhibition guest-curated by Chiara Parisi
By Lanie Goodman Last updated
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What’s in a kiss? Artists explore the expression of love in a new show
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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‘I see portraiture as a means to impart a social commentary’
Self-taught Nigerian painter Eniwaye Oluwaseyi addresses #EndSARS in his debut show at ADA gallery in Accra
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Artist Karin Schaefer blends divine order and queer joy with hard-edged geometry
We explore the life, work and Massachusetts studio of American artist Karin Schaefer, ahead of her solo show ‘Continuum’ at Sears Peyton Gallery, New York
By Michael Reynolds Last updated
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Amy Sherald’s vivid, triumphant portraits reframe Black personhood in Western art
In ‘The World We Make’ at Hauser & Wirth London (until 23 December), American painter Amy Sherald raises critical questions about the position of Black bodies in Western art
By Elisha Tawe Last updated
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The repulsion and allure of Takesada Matsutani’s 3D paintings
Since the 1960s, the trailblazing Japanese artist has been developing his distinctive language of bulbous, surreal and sensuous forms. A show at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong highlights the artist’s remarkable career and enduring appeal
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Hallucinogenic pop and erotic brushstrokes at London shows exploring the female gaze
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Loribelle Spirovski explores the fine line between abstraction and photorealism
In her striking paintings, the emerging Australian artist riffs on formal portraiture, modernist furniture, surrealism, expressionist landscapes and more
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Sam Gilliam’s musical musings on jazz, colour and Beyoncé
‘Existed Existing’ reflects the Colour Field master’s six-decade career in boundary-pushing chromatic exploration
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Markus Amm: painting’s modern alchemist reflects on perfecting pigments
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Mountain view: Gabriel Orozco presents a fresh body of work at the Aspen Art Museum
By Olivia Martin Last updated
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Wade Guyton gives painting a new edge in major Cologne museum survey
Renowned for his inkjet paintings, the American conceptual artist is the subject of a retrospective at Museum Ludwig charting two decades of his trailblazing practice
By Emily McDermott Last updated
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Yinka Shonibare steps into the curator’s seat with a sharp survey of African art
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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In Venice, artist Luc Tuymans is going against the current
The Belgian artist’s gripping retrospective casts the neoclassical surrounds of Palazzo Grassi in a sombre shroud as he reflects on history’s darkest chapters
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Frieze New York 2018 highlights: an insider’s guide
By Vasili Kaliman Last updated
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Sarah Sze’s alchemic wonders shake the Eternal City
By Silvia Marchetti Last updated
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Leading perfumers create fragrances inspired by the Louvre’s great works of art
Officine Universelle Buly plumbed the museum's historical collection, inspiring eight new fragrances that make for picture-perfect keepsakes
By Emma Moore Last updated
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Fondazione Prada recreates art shows held under the rise and fall of fascist Italy
By Laura May Todd Last updated
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Tracey Emin interview: ‘If I hadn’t made art, I would be dead by now’
We speak to British artist Tracey Emin in her hometown of Margate, where she has created a new painting to raise funds for TKE Studios, a pioneering complex serving the next generation of radical creatives. ‘I don’t want to die being an artist that made really interesting work. I want to make a future.’
By Sheila Lam Last updated
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A rediscovery of Piet Mondrian's early works shows the Dutch painter in a new light
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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Strike force: Mallorcan artist Miquel Barceló takes Salamanca by storm
By Caroline Roux Last updated
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Last chance to see: Frank Bowling's transatlantic takeover
Frank Bowling’s inaugural exhibitions with Hauser & Wirth London and New York celebrate six decades of the artist’s innovative abstraction. Catch the shows before they close, on 30 July (Hauser & Wirth New York) and 31 July (Hauser & Wirth London)
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated