Curated Collections

Congratulations to Charlie Yates whose painting ‘Safari Lodge’ has recently been sold in the Gilson Grey Gracy Gala event in an auction which raised an amazing £121k for both Edinburgh and Glasgow Children’s hospital.

The annual Frieze Art Fair, a major exhibition in Regent’s Park London, is a cross-section of contemporary art, with a myriad of galleries present in their booths, showcasing a selection of the work they’re currently representing. As a gallery that has applied the principles of a boutique physical gallery to the online sphere, taking a look at what’s on display makes for an interesting time.

An imprint, an outline, an impression: artists create from the past and for it. There tends to be another kind of space for memory in summer – time spent outdoors, travelling, exploring: food for reflection in the colder months. 

Sophie Ashby, of Studio Ashby referenced NewBloodArt as a go-to place to begin or build on an art collection that you love, as well as where to source show stopping larger pieces at affordable prices. 

The innovative technique Sarah MacFarlane has developed to create her work is immediately striking. The ruched surface of her landscapes comes about through using layers of dried paint to build up dimensions, collage-like.

Brilliant graduates continue to arrive at the gallery, and it’s a joy to curate them.

This week’s emerging artists show fantastic sensitivity to the possibilities of their medium – applied in very different directions..

For this week’s Director’s Picks, Sarah reflects on how environment can imbue you taste. In this case, it’s sun, sea, and a different tempo that have caught her eye.    This week’s artwork selection has been informed by my recent week away in the sunshine on the beach: experiencing a certain saturation of colour and […]

2022 Manchester Metropolitan University graduate Rhianna Mone makes hybrid wall hangings. In her process the artist uses chance to foreground the interrelations of shapes and colours. As artist Elsworth Kelly said of using chance to make his collages of colourful squares: “I want to eliminate the ‘I made this’ from my work.” The title of many […]

Here are the latest emerging artists to join this summer. We’re so excited at the diverse range of talent that continues to be evident at the degree shows this year; here is a brief introduction to the newest additions curated by the gallery.  Kaiya Khatri is a graduate of Loughborough University. Flowers are her subject, following the Puja (‘the […]

We’re delighted to introduce Emily Oades to the gallery, a young artist just graduated from Leeds Arts University. The oil paintings she’s producing are ambitious, head-turning works that recall the seminal contemporary British painter Cecily Brown – who once described painting as a transformative “kind of alchemy.”  We hope you enjoy browsing Emily’s work here.  Our take:  In these […]