Painting

‘These works render the real, estranged personalities of our present perturbing, alluring; exquisite’

‘The people from whom I learn most are enthusiasts, who take my soul to places I never knew existed.’

In a new book, T.J. Clark scours art historical depictions of divinity for clues about our contemporary age

The artist’s first UK institutional exhibition at Camden Arts Centre, London, showcases the singularity of her oeuvre

On view at Skarstedt’s London gallery, US artist Sue Williams’s latest body of work reflects a battle against ‘hating everything’ 

There’s a difference between respecting people’s right to tell their own stories and refusing to look at all

‘Eichwald often reveals her journey through her direct, yet humorous and heady titles’

Recent insights from scholars suggest the famed work may have had a female patron

Recent paintings by Caragh Thuring, Phoebe Unwin and Clare Woods mine the tension between physical and imagined worlds

The artist’s retrospective, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston at ICA LA, shows how thin the line is between artist and art worker

Meticulous, gently humorous paintings isolate a deeply personal encounter with the obdurate structures of society and culture

In the face of 'hyena politics', five artists from the Zimbabwean capital who explore the human form as a symbol of resistance 

The $21M painting was the highest price ever paid for a work by a living African American artist at auction

A mix of unashamed nudes and demure portraits, Zhao Gang's paintings take in 21st-century China with feigned crudeness and humour 

Poul Erik Tøjner pays tribute to Denmark’s most important artist since Asger Jorn

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits of a fictional aristocratic Nigerian family push toward an expanded definition of the ‘black experience’

The British artist talks about Xavier Hufkens (D25)’s solo presentation of her work at Frieze New York 2018

Mira Schor explains the relevance of her Frieze New York 2018 presentation, ‘Unseen Dick Paintings: 1988-91’

Madeleine Thien takes a look at a celebrated painter who merged Western composition with Chinese brush-and-ink style

The artist's layered, tender paintings consider the history of being seen and touched by black women