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On View: 'Sahara Longe: The Other Side of the Mountain' at Arnolfini in Bristol, British Artist's First Solo Institutional Exhibition

On View: ‘Sahara Longe: The Other Side of the Mountain’ at Arnolfini in Bristol, British Artist’s First Solo Institutional Exhibition

Installation view of “Sahara Longe The Other Side of the Mountain,” Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (June 28-Sept. 28, 2025). | Lisa Whiting Photography for Arnolfini. All rights reserved   On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions   NEW FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS by British artist Sahara Longe capture real and imagined scenes, based on dreams, personal memories, and...
'Kerry James Marshall: The Histories,' Largest-Ever UK Exhibition of the Artist Includes New Paintings Exploring Role of Black Africans in Transatlantic Slave Trade

‘Kerry James Marshall: The Histories,’ Largest-Ever UK Exhibition of the Artist Includes New Paintings Exploring Role of Black Africans in Transatlantic Slave Trade

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL, “Haul,” 2025 (acrylic on PVC panel in artist’s frame, 221 x 321 cm). | © Kerry James Marshall. Image courtesy David Zwirner, London. Photo: Kerry McFate   ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORY PAINTERS of our time, American artist Kerry James Marshall‘s latest exhibition is aptly titled. “Kerry James Marshall: The Histories” at...
Unruly Objects: First U.S. Solo Museum Exhibition of Turner Prize-Winning British Artist Veronica Ryan Presented in Midwest

Unruly Objects: First U.S. Solo Museum Exhibition of Turner Prize-Winning British Artist Veronica Ryan Presented in Midwest

VERONICA RYAN, “Infection VII (Punnet I),” 2020 (dyed thread doily, stacked cardboard mushroom boxes, stone casts, 5 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches / 15 x 50 x 50 cm). | © Veronica Ryan, OBE RA, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Steven Probert   ‘I’m really interested in contradiction and paradox...
Lubaina Himid Will Represent UK at Venice Biennale in 2026, She Called the Commission a 'Brilliant and Exciting Opportunity'

Lubaina Himid Will Represent UK at Venice Biennale in 2026, She Called the Commission a ‘Brilliant and Exciting Opportunity’

Lubaina Himid. | Photo © Adama Jalloh   A key figure in the British Black Arts Movement, Lubaina Himid will be the third Black artist in a row to represent the UK at the Venice Biennale   THE BRITISH COUNCIL announced Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid (b. 1954) will represent Great Britain at the 61st...
Turner Contemporary is Presenting First European Institutional Exhibition of Ed Clark, Pioneering Abstract Painter with International Profile

Turner Contemporary is Presenting First European Institutional Exhibition of Ed Clark, Pioneering Abstract Painter with International Profile

Installation view of “Ed Clark,” Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent, UK (May 25–Sept. 1 2024). | © Courtesy Turner Contemporary, Photo by Thierry Bal   AN ORIGINAL FIGURE in Post-War Abstraction, Ed Clark (1926-2019) is recognized for his innovation and experimentation. He made paintings distinguished by their energy, drama, and generous strokes of seductive color achieved...