In the vibrant, unsettling world of Olivia Sterling, laughter and pain walk hand in hand. Her paintings, with their bright surfaces and flat, confident lines, peel back the comforts of everyday life to reveal the deep, persistent absurdities of race, identity, and…
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This summer, Nigerian artist Ken Nwadiogbu presents a major solo exhibition in London, offering new works that push the boundaries of figuration, memory, and black identity. Known for his hyperrealistic yet conceptually rich portraits, often marked by cut-out gazes, fragmented figures, and…
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At just 27, Franco-Japanese artist VictorTakeru is emerging as a quiet force in contemporary painting. Trained in graphic design, self-taught in fine art, he’s developed a delicate, introspective visual language he calls “ambient music painting.” A conversation with a soft-spoken painter whose…
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At London’s National Portrait Gallery, an exhibition reveals a master of mise-en-scène obsessed with beauty and haunted by what it conceals. At the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition devoted to Cecil Beaton feels less like a retrospective than a slow drift. A…
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