Is Jenny Saville the UK’s Greatest Living Painter?

Aug 28, 2025

LONDON — Of all the YBAs (Young British Artists) of the 1990s — including upstarts like Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, mouthing off petulantly to the art establishment with dead livestock and unmade beds — it is Jenny Saville who has been most entrenched in the history...

The Life-or-Death Art of Hamad Butt

Aug 25, 2025

LONDON — There is something both frightening and fascinating about a sculpture that could kill you. Hamad Butt’s Familiars (1992) is a series of three sculptures that, if broken, could toxify the air and cause significant harm. “Familiars 3: Cradle” resembles a huge...

The Life-or-Death Art of Hamad Butt

Aug 25, 2025

LONDON — There is something both frightening and fascinating about a sculpture that could kill you. Hamad Butt’s Familiars (1992) is a series of three sculptures that, if broken, could toxify the air and cause significant harm. “Familiars 3: Cradle” resembles a huge...

Giuseppe Penone Captures the Breath of the World 

Aug 21, 2025

LONDON — In this era of climate crisis, during which it has become evident that we urgently need to reassess our relationships with the environment and other species, the art world is increasingly commissioning exhibitions themed on ecology and the more-than-human...

Leigh Bowery Was His Own Artwork 

Aug 21, 2025

LONDON — The very idea of encapsulating the concept of Leigh Bowery within a gallery space should not work. He was not someone who brought art objects into the world, but was instead an embodiment of ideas and acts that can no more easily be categorized as singularly...

José María Velasco Lovingly Captured a Changing Mexico

Aug 7, 2025

LONDON — The National Gallery hasn’t loudly trumpeted its decade-long strategy to introduce British audiences to art beyond Europe. Instead, it diligently rectifies this art-historical narrow-mindedness by covering major overlooked bases, such as with recent...

Stripper Collective’s Life Drawing Merges Sex Work and Art

Jul 16, 2025

Sketch from the East London Stripper Collective’s life drawing session in May by artist Jean-David Solon (image courtesy the artist) LONDON and BRIGHTON, England — Almost two decades ago, Stacey Clare began stripping to make ends meet. An environmental arts...

Artist Spotlight: Nina Molloy

Jul 11, 2025

Nina Molloy                                                             Nina Molloy on...