Curated Collections

Ahead of this Earth Day we’ve been speaking to three New Blood artists who work with materials that are non-toxic and sustainable, integrating this commitment into their distinctive artistic practices. These are innovative fine artists who are creating exceptional, affordable fine art: Keith Robinson, winner of a BP portrait prize and the Scottish Portrait prize […]

“This work is an expansive pause between here and there, now and then, peppered with patches of luminescence.” The creaturely and the mystical, the alien and the terrestrial co-exist in a medley palette distinctive to Saye’s works. From a distance, the composition thrums, muted by the harmonising of the colours; up close, the vividness of […]

A delicate implosion of colour and shapes: this describes ‘Daytime Illusions’ by Rosalyn Ng, in being abstract as well as recognisable as a bouquet. Colourful arabesques fuse toward the centre of the artwork, while around the edges density begins to dissolve. The accelerated, gestural mark-making makes us think of Cy Twombly – who said, “Everything lives […]

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet  Flowers always delight, but they never last long. Then there are artworks of flowers, a different kind of gift for this Mother’s Day – or for whenever considering a gift that won’t wither, but instead will renew itself each time they look at it. […]

This March 11th a 1980 David Hockney print of a swimming pool will go on auction at Phillips. It’s a “problem to represent water” says the artist “because it can be anything…any colour”. Here Hockney does so with stylistic hallmarks that have become vernacular in contemporary art over his long and hugely successful career. In […]

L’empire des lumières (1961) by René Magritte shattered all auction records this week at Sotheby’s to reach an astonishing £59,422,000 – the highest price ever paid for a painting in GBP in Europe (as well as tripling the artist’s record).  In 1961 René Magritte, the exemplary surrealist of the 20th century, made ‘L’empire des lumières’ (‘The Empire […]

“Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a colour”. So embarks poet Maggie Nelson on a book-long meditation on this one colour and everything it contains and mediates for her. Browse here a selection of works in this palette: a rejuvenating spin on those January blues! 

Its the end of the year, and time to celebrating the artist’s highlights from the past year. It’s incredibly impressive to see the diverse achievements showcased here, with prizes, residencies, acquisition by notable collectors and solo shows all in abundance. All of these are good reasons to invest in an artist, on the basis of […]

What do a dog, a painting, and a pot of flowers have in common? Many of us are familiar with how nonhuman company can put us back in touch with ourselves, recontextualising our attunement to our environment. The popularity of houseplants before and during lockdown is no passing fad, but our predominantly urban population reconnecting […]

The bright glare of summer has morphed into a softer light; the uniform green of trees has splintered into browns, reds, oranges, and yellows. Autumn: beloved of painters and poets for its abundance. This selection gives the scale of orange from its vibrant to earthy tones, and like a wood fire burning in the grate, […]