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Fabienne Verdier: the painter reimagining Cézanne country
For a decade, Fabienne Verdier lived in China studying under Huang Yuan, a Sichuanese calligraphy master and landscape painter. Now, back in her native France, the abstract artist is following in the footsteps of another master as three leading institutions in Aix-en-Provence open major exhibitions tracing her journey, from a nomadic artist’s workshop to paintings recently created in the landscape immortalised by Cézanne
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A definitive Cy Twombly retrospective reasserts his status as a modern master
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Painting architecture: Tommy Fitzpatrick’s fractured modernist visions
Tommy Fitzpatrick’s new series of electric-hued architectural paintings capture the American artist's 30-year fascination with modernism
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Emma Talbot explores Greek myth and femininity at Whitechapel Gallery
In ‘The Age/L’Età’, her Max Mara Art Prize show at Whitechapel Gallery, Emma Talbot imagines a reality where violence is overturned by resolution, nurtured by an elderly female protagonist
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At home with Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão
we talk to artists about what they’re making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. Tracked down at the foot of a volcano in Costa Rica, Adriana Varejão discusses her Oscar Niemeyer-designed house, the eroticism of pulsating meat, and her solo show ‘Talavera’, on now at Gagosian, New York
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Art Basel Hong Kong recalibrates with a digital-only edition
Following the cancellation of its Hong Kong fair, Art Basel has bounced back with Online Viewing Rooms, where Asian art takes centre stage
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The untold story of the architect who turned Spain’s modernist power plants into art
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Jason Boyd Kinsella’s curious portraits dissect the architecture of human
Based on the Myers-Briggs personality test, Jason Boyd Kinsella’s new portrait series, on show at Perrotin in Paris, examines the building blocks of human existence
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Gillian Wearing explores masks and metaphors at the Guggenheim
In our interview series, we find out what artists are making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. We revisit our 2020 interview with Gillian Wearing as she unveils 'Wearing Masks' at the Guggenheim, her first US retrospective
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Torkwase Dyson and Mark Rothko inaugurate Pace gallery’s new London home
Just in time for Frieze Week 2021, Pace has opened its much-anticipated Hanover Square gallery with shows by Torkwase Dyson and Mark Rothko
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Stanley Whitney’s Italian paintings reveal an art practice in transition
American abstract painter Stanley Whitney’s works from the 1990s to mid-2000s, made in Italy and now on display as a collateral event of the Venice Biennale 2022, show an evolution of form and colour
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Take a hike: Sterling Ruby's latest solo show is inspired by mountain rambles
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Sterling Ruby on seeing red in his visceral new paintings and collages
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Honor Titus, punk band frontman-turned-painter: ‘jazz is the catalyst for everything’
Punk band frontman-turned-acclaimed painter Honor Titus riffs on the everyday to capture enigmatic scenes. We meet the artist, one of five contemporary creatives recently spotlighted by Wallpaper* guest editor Kelly Wearstler, ahead of his solo show in London this autumn
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Abstract artist Mary Weatherford dazzles with neon-bisected takes on Titian
American artist Mary Weatherford – among Wallpaper* guest editor Kelly Wearstler’s pick of contemporary creatives in our October 2022 issue – has imagined an entire exhibition of abstract paintings dedicated to Titian’s Flaying of Marsyas
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’Pittura Analitica: 1970s’: the rebellious Italian art movement comes to London
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‘Citizens of Memory’: nostalgia and the Black experience explored
‘Citizens of Memory’ – a new group show at The Perimeter, London – sees seven artists explore memory, nostalgia and the Black experience
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Grove Square Galleries makes a bold entrance on London's art scene
Launching during Frieze Week with a show by artist Christopher Kieling, new gallery Grove Square Galleries is dynamic, collaborative and forward-looking
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Home from home: James Rosenquist at the Judd Foundation
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In memoriam: Ettore Spalletti (1940-2019)
The celebrated ‘painter of light’ has passed away aged 79
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Yves Klein artworks electrify Blenheim Palace’s baroque interiors
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Zander Blom explores 21st century modernism at Stevenson, Cape Town
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NGV’s new blockbuster Triennial brings together over 100 artists and designers
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American artist Sarah Sze pulls apart her creative process
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A Helsinki exhibition explores the artistic synergy between the Nordics and East Asia
Ateneum museum is marking the centenary of diplomatic relations between Finland and Japan with a quietly beautiful display of ceramics, paintings, sculptures and textiles
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Picnic paintings: Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town shows Deborah Poynton’s fantasy works
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In memoriam: Robert Indiana (1928-2018)
