Painting
A spotlight on painting – emerging and established artists and their exhibitions, explored by the Wallpaper* team
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Ahead of his Hong Kong show, Bosco Sodi meditates on painting as therapy
On view from 13 February, the Mexican artist’s solo exhibition at Axel Vervoordt is the culmination of a two-week residency in the city
By Catherine Shaw Published
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Alex Israel judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2020
He runs a sunglasses brand, he’s released a feature-length teen romcom, and his paintings are held in collections at major museums around the world; Alex Israel is a multihyphenate who has blurred the boundaries between High Art and Pop product, commerce and concept
By Charlotte Jansen Published
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Bharti Kher escapes to Somerset in search of solitude
The New Delhi-based artist presents an exhibition of new installation, painting and sculpture work following her 2017 residency at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Jean-Michel Othoniel decodes the secret language of flowers in the Louvre’s collections
The artist has published a new book about the flowers within the storied Paris museum’s art collection, alongside an intervention of new paintings in its glass-roofed French sculpture hall
By TF Chan Published
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Guggenheim Bilbao offers new perspectives on Gerhard Richter’s seascapes
By Elly Parsons Published
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Sarah Morris cuts through the noise at White Cube
It’s a homecoming of sorts for the Kent-born, New York-based artist, who debuts new paintings and her first ever sculptural work at the gallery’s Bermondsey space
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Anj Smith: making sense of desire and anxiety through a painter’s forensic language
By Charlotte Jansen Published
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Marc Newson, Erdem and Don McCullin immortalised in hyperrealist paintings
By Elly Parsons Published
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Birthday buzz and secret messages at Takashi Murakami retrospective
By Hadani Ditmars Published