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Works by Redfern artists sell out during the first week of the RA Summer Exhibition
October 15, 2021A number of Redfern artists have once again taken part in this year's Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. David Tindle - elected to the RA in 1979 - submitted six recent paintings, all of which sold within the opening week. The paintings featured typical motifs of open... Read moreOpen -
Introducing Margaret Mellis: Modernist Constructs at the Towner, Eastbourne
October 14, 2021The Redfern Gallery are excited to announce that this Autumn, the Towner Eastbourne will be presenting the first institutional exhibition in over a decade by British artist Margaret Mellis (1914 - 2009). In 1939, aware of impending war, the artists Margaret Mellis and her husband Adrian Stokes relocated from London... Read moreOpen -
Critics continue to champion 'revelatory' Agar retrospective
September 20, 2021Critics from national newspapers have continued to champion the Eileen Agar retrospective at the Whitechapel, which received a five-star review from The Spectator, and four stars from both the Evening Standard and i. Ben Luke, of the Evening Standard , describes Agar's 1936 Angel of Anarchy sculpture, from which the... Read moreOpen
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Major Agar retrospective is a 'must-see', say art critics
May 18, 2021Critics from national newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Financial Times and Frieze, have picked Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy as a 'must-see' show of 2021. According to the Guardian, the upcoming retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery 'makes the case for Agar as an underappreciated modernist trailblazer'. In recommending the... Read moreOpen -
En atelier
February 11, 2021We are pleased to present En atelier, a film by Ron and Meriel Kenley. The art writer David Anfam and the artist Pierre Skira meet in the latter's Paris atelier. The two men discuss the making of art and its many-sided issues and consequences. The space of Skira's workshop is... Read moreOpen -
Patrick Procktor Print Room at LOPF
December 4, 2020Having represented Patrick Procktor since the early 1960s, we are delighted to present at London Original Print Fair an online viewing room of Patrick Procktor prints. 'His graphics are instantly recognisable for a rare control of the aquatint that imaginatively recreates the subtlety and translucency of wash tone.' In this... Read moreOpen
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Redfern prints among Collectors' Choices at LOPF 2020
May 18, 2020A number of Redfern prints were selected as part of the 'Collector's Choice', at this year's online edition of the London Original Print Fair. Anna Brady, of The Art Newspaper, chose 'Patrick Procktor's delicious lithograph of Cataract, Aswan', as did the artist and designer Luke Edward Hall. Catharine Armitage, who... Read moreOpen -
Redfern artists at Tate
April 3, 2020A number of Redfern artists are part of current displays across Tate's galleries, drawn from its permanent collection. At Tate Modern, paintings by Eileen Agar and William Gear can be seen as part of its In the Studio exhibition. Gear is represented by The Sculptor; painted in 1953, this was... Read moreOpen -
On this day in April...
April 2, 2020This new, regular feature will provide a summary of important historical events that relate to the Redfern and its artists. 1 April 1959 The first retrospective of Christopher Wood since 1938 opens at the Redfern. 4 April 1957 Metavisual Tachiste Abstract opens at the Redfern. This seminal show comprised of... Read moreOpen
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Catharine Armitage
March 30, 2020At the beginning of this year, Redfern artist and friend, Catharine Armitage, very sadly passed away. Today, The Times published her obituary, where the careful balance of being an artist, as well as a wife and mother in the '70s, is observed. Admired for a direct and emotional response to... Read moreOpen -
Feiler, Heath and Mellis in new St Ives exhibition
March 18, 2020Paintings by Paul Feiler, Adrian Heath and Margaret Mellis are part of Cornwall as Crucible, a new exhibition at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham. The exhibition focuses on the relationships and networks between artists who lived in Cornwall from the 1930s to the 1960s, and who helped make... Read moreOpen -
Procktor recommended in the Financial Times
March 10, 2020As a columnist for the Financial Times, the artist and designer Luke Edward Hall recently discussed his love of art, and revealed his favourite galleries (6 March). As a fan of modern British art, Hall writes how The Redfern 'always have fabulous things', and mentions in particular 'several pensive watercolours... Read moreOpen
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Eileen Agar in new Surrealism exhibition at Dulwich
February 25, 2020The work of Eileen Agar RA is on show at Dulwich Picture Gallery as part of British Surrealism: 1783-1952 , the first major exhibition to explore the origins of Surrealist art in Britain. The only British female artist whose work was selected for the seminal International Surrealist Exhibition in London,... Read moreOpen -
Further media coverage for THEM
February 4, 2020THEM was the subject of further articles in various newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian by Alex Petridis (4 Feb), and British GQ (2 Feb) by Barry Miles. In a review for The Art Newspaper (3 Feb), Louisa Buck writes: 'This quintet of artists perfectly personified the flurry of stylish... Read moreOpen -
Media coverage for THEM
January 27, 2020THEM, the latest exhibition at The Redfern Gallery, was critic's choice in The Times (14 Jan), and featured in the Financial Times' 'How to spend it' section (19 Jan), while two larger articles have appeared in The Telegraph (14 and 23 Jan), including an overview of the life of THEM... Read moreOpen
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John Carter in new group show
January 9, 2020John Carter will feature in Hard Painting x2, a two-part exhibition that includes work by Rana Begum, Tess Jaray and Mali Morris. The exhibition focuses on the “elusive and critical nature of Contemporary Painting today; the complexities, the overlooked simplicities and the ‘wonder’ it can engender”. Funded by Arts Council... Read moreOpen -
Norman Dilworth awarded prestigious art prize
November 22, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Norman Dilworth has been awarded the prestigious Peter C Ruppert Prize for Concrete Art in Europe. The prize, of 15,000 euros, is funded by the Peter C Ruppert Collection of Concrete Art in Europe, and takes place every three years in the... Read moreOpen -
Paul Jenkins at McNay Art Museum
November 5, 2019Four monumental paintings and 26 watercolours made by Paul Jenkins for his dance-drama Shaman to the Prism Seen, performed at the Paris Opera’s Salle Favart in 1987, are currently on view in the group exhibition Painting for Performance at the McNay Museum of Art in San Antonio, Texas. Jenkins’ lifelong... Read moreOpen
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David Inshaw: 'critic's choice' in The Times
October 31, 2019The Redfern’s current David Inshaw exhibition has been chosen as ‘critic’s choice’ in The Times. Reviewing the show, its chief art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston wrote: “The spirit of ancient West Country landscape is captured by this most evocative and popular of painters”. The exhibition has also been the subject of... Read moreOpen -
Second blue plaque for William Gear
October 22, 2019William Gear RA has received a second English Heritage blue plaque, to commemorate his time as influential curator of Towner Art Gallery. From 1958 to 1964, he made a number of significant, innovative purchases for the gallery’s collection, which included work by Sandra Blow, Alan Davie and Roger Hilton. Such... Read moreOpen -
The Redfern at the IFPDA Print Fair, New York
October 22, 2019The Redfern Gallery will be exhibiting once again at the 2019 edition of the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair, held at the Javits Center, in New York City, from 23 to 27 October. The Redfern will place its usual emphasis on the Grosvenor School linocuts by Sybil Andrews, Leonard Beaumont,... Read moreOpen
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David Inshaw retrospective at the Saatchi Gallery
October 2, 2019David Inshaw is the focus of a retrospective display of paintings at this year’s British Art Fair. Curated by Andrew Lambirth, it features examples of some of his Pop-inspired work, including Yes, Yes, which Bryan Robertson described at the time as ‘tough and assured’, along with Remembrance Collage, a work... Read moreOpen -
John Carter at the RA
September 10, 2019We are delighted to announce that Redfern Gallery artist John Carter is the subject of a forthcoming exhibition of his prints at the Royal Academy of Arts. The exhibition is part of the RA's Academicians in Focus series, mounted in The Belle Shenkman Room. The exhibition surveys Carter's printmaking from... Read moreOpen -
David Tindle in 'revelatory' show at Ferens
August 21, 2019David Tindle is among a number of leading artists to be included in Reflection: British Art in the Age of Change, at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull. Drawn from the Ferens' own collection as well as the Ingram Collection, one of the largest private collections of modern British art, this... Read moreOpen
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Paul Jenkins painting on show at the Guggenheim
July 19, 2019A 1956 painting in oil is currently on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City in the exhibition Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection. The Guggenheim invited six artists to curate an exhibition of other artists' works in the museum’s collection to be shown... Read moreOpen -
YCBA acquires a work by Paul Feiler
July 18, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that a painting by Paul Feiler has been acquired by the Yale Center for British Art, in New Haven, Connecticut, which houses the largest collection of British art outside the UK. The work, Janicon G X, was donated by the Estate of Paul... Read moreOpen -
Peter Sedgley Special Exhibit at Masterpiece London
July 1, 2019Featuring as a 'special exhibit' in its own dedicated space at Masterpiece 2019, one of the world's leading cross-collecting events, Peter Sedgley's Light Pulse III will be available to view throughout the duration of the fair. Peter Sedgley -Light Pulse III on Vimeo . Peter Sedgley is recognised as a... Read moreOpen
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David Inshaw in new RWA exhibition
June 25, 2019David Inshaw features in the Royal West of England Academy’s new exhibition Fire: Flashes to Ashes in British Art 1692–2019, which is the last in a trilogy of shows to focus on the elements, following The Power of the Sea (2014) and Air (2017). This latest show charts the different... Read moreOpen -
The Redfern at Masterpiece London
June 24, 2019The Redfern Gallery will be showing again at Masterpiece London, where a number of works are being offered for sale for the first time. Among the highlights is a black and white portrait by David Hockney of the American abstract expressionist Paul Jenkins, painted c. 1963. Jenkins was a significant... Read moreOpen -
The Redfern at Olympia
June 17, 2019The Redfern Gallery will be showing once again at this year’s Olympia Art & Antiques Fair. We will be placing an emphasis on the Grosvenor School linocuts, to coincide with Cutting Edge, the major retrospective at Dulwich Picture Gallery, which runs from 19 June to 8 September. This display will... Read moreOpen
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RA Summer Exhibition
May 31, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Sarah Armstrong-Jones and Danny Markey have been selected for this year's Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy. Both artists have shown at the annual exhibition regularly for the past two decades. They are joined by senior Academicians John Carter and David Tindle.... Read moreOpen -
Norman Stevens features in new touring exhibition
May 13, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to learn that Norman Stevens ARA has been included in The Printed Line, a touring exhibition of prints drawn from the Arts Council Collection, London. Opening at Torre Abbey Museum, Torquay, the exhibition considers how artists have used a variety of printmaking media to exploit... Read moreOpen -
Linda Karshan and The Redfern Gallery at Draw Art Fair 2019
May 9, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to be participating in the first UK Draw Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery with a retrospective of drawings by Linda Karshan. The Redfern stand will show a selection of Karshan's drawings completed over the past three decades. As part of the Fair, Karshan will be... Read moreOpen
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John Carter: Sight Lines at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
March 20, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, is staging John Carter: Sight Lines, a major retrospective spanning work from the past five decades. Spread across galleries 1 and 2, this will be the first major institutional survey of Carter's work in the UK. His dynamic... Read moreOpen -
Danny Markey in Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize
March 5, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Danny Markey was chosen from over 1,000 artists to be shortlisted for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019. Founded in 2005, the prestigious national art prize showcases the best of representational British painting and drawing, with prize money of £35,000. Markey is one... Read moreOpen -
Paul Jenkins in three museum exhibitions
February 20, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Paul Jenkins is currently part of two museum exhibitions in the US, and another in Spain. An important ink on paper, executed in 1954, has been included in By Any Means: Contemporary Drawings from the Morgan, which runs at the Morgan Library... Read moreOpen
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John Carter at the Museum of Perception, Graz
January 30, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that John Carter RA is the subject of a new show at the Museum of Perception MUWA, in Graz, Austria. Entitled Extended Painting, the exhibition will showcase a series of 'wall-objects' created from 1986 to 2017, which are, in the artist’s words, “an... Read moreOpen -
Brendan Neiland retrospective in Leicester
January 9, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Brendan Neiland is the subject of a large-scale retrospective at De Montfort University, Leicester. Spanning more than five decades, the meticulous paintings of machine parts, cars, buildings and signage all capture his interest in contemporary production, design and highly finished modern surfaces.... Read moreOpen -
Peter Sedgley in museum exhibitions
January 1, 2019The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Peter Sedgley has been included in Action - Reaction: 100 Years of Kinetic Art, at the Kunsthal Rotterdam. The exhibition offers a comprehensive historical overview of Kinetic Art, the abstract art movement focusing on light and movement, from early pioneers such as... Read moreOpen
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Ffiona Lewis at St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery
December 3, 2018The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Ffiona Lewis is among eight artists invited to take part in an exhibition at St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington. Each artist has been inspired by the atmosphere, landscapes, wildlife and activities relating to the theme of shorelines. Entitled Coast, the... Read moreOpen -
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair 2018
October 25, 2018The Redfern Gallery is pleased to have participated in the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair 2018 at the Javits Center, New York. Among the highlights were Grosvenor School linocuts, including iconic images such as Speed by Claude Flight and Concert Hall by Sybil Andrews. Also on show were rare proofs... Read moreOpen -
Eileen Agar re-contextualised in new group show
September 4, 2018The Redfern Gallery is pleased to be loaning works by Eileen Agar RA to the exhibition The Secret Life of Stuff, which runs from 7-29 September at Arthouse1 . The exhibition takes inspiration from Thumb Rock , a watercolour painted by Agar in the south of France in 1936.... Read moreOpen
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David Tindle on John Minton
August 14, 2018David Tindle RA has taken part in a critically-acclaimed documentary on the artist John Minton, which aired on BBC4 on 13 August . Presented by Mark Gatiss, John Minton: The Lost Man of Art featured interviews with Sir Peter Blake, Bridget Riley CBE and the novelist Paul Bailey, among others.... Read moreOpen -
Ffiona Lewis at Snape Maltings
August 3, 2018Suffolk-based artist Ffiona Lewis opens her exhibition of new work at Snape Maltings this weekend. The exhibition, which forms part of the 2018 Snape Proms, opens Saturday 4th August with work displayed in both the Concert Hall Gallery and Dovecote Studio. Among smaller watercolour and pastel studies, Summer Fields also... Read moreOpen -
Peter Sedgley at Tate Modern
August 3, 2018The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that the painting Colour Cycle III by Peter Sedgley is currently on show at Tate Modern. Completed in 1970 and purchased by Tate in the same year, Colour Cycle III will feature as part of Start Display, which introduces some of the best-loved... Read moreOpen
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Paul Feiler painting acquired by the Tate
July 25, 2018The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that the Tate has recently acquired Paul Feiler's Janicon LXII, of 2002. One of the largest paintings completed as part of the Janicon series, this becomes the fifth work by Feiler to be held in the Tate's permanent collection, alongside works from the... Read moreOpen -
William Gear commemorated by English Heritage
June 27, 2018The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that a blue plaque has recently been erected by English Heritage at the former home of William Gear. Gear moved to 46 George Road in Edgbaston in 1964, after resigning from his role as curator of the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne to take... Read moreOpen -
Masterpiece
June 26, 2018The Redfern Gallery is pleased to be exhibiting at Masterpiece London 2018, on stand B10. Among the works on display are a life drawing by Frank Auerbach, completed while teaching at Camberwell School of Art in 1963, and which has been in a private collection for over 50 years; sculpture... Read moreOpen
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Eileen Agar at Farleys House & Gallery
May 20, 2018Eileen Agar is the subject of an exhibition at Farleys House & Gallery, in Chiddingly, East Sussex, the home of the Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose from 1949 to 1984. As a good friend of both Miller and Penrose, Agar was a frequent visitor to Farleys. The exhibition features... Read moreOpen -
London Original Print Fair 2018
May 3, 2018Now in its 33rd year, the London Original Print Fair will run in the Royal Academy of Arts' magnificent Main Galleries 3-6 May 2018. The Redfern Gallery will be situated on stand 34. Opening hours: Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 May Thursday 3 May 10am - 9pm / Friday 4... Read moreOpen -
Paul Feiler retrospective at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
April 21, 2018Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years will present the first major retrospective since the artist's death, bringing a dynamic selection of previously unseen works to public view, at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, from 21 April to 8 July. The display will include works that span his long and productive career, from... Read moreOpen
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Eileen Agar on Radio 4
March 5, 2018Iwona Blazwick, director of Whitechapel Gallery in London, launches a new Radio 4 series exploring overlooked visual artists from the 20th century. Art history has been written from a white, Western male perspective. What would an alternative canon look like? Eileen Agar was a photographer, collagist, painter and sculptor. One... Read moreOpen -
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair 2017
October 28, 2017The Redfern will be exhibiting at the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair in New York this year, in the River Pavilion at the Javits Centre. Now in its 26th year, the Fair presents 81 leading art dealers, from old master to modern to publishers of contemporary editions. The Redfern will... Read moreOpen -
Norman Stevens at Salisbury Museum
April 10, 2017The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Norman Stevens ARA has been included in British Art: Ancient Landscapes, a group exhibition at Salisbury Museum. Featuring works by John Constable, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Paul Nash and JMW Turner, this large-scale survey show will explore how ancient megaliths and stone... Read moreOpen
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Patrick Procktor included in new Tate Britain exhibition
April 3, 2017The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that work by Patrick Procktor RA will be included in Queer British Art 1861-1967, which opens at Tate Britain on 5 April - the first exhibition dedicated to queer British art. Unveiling material that relates to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ+)... Read moreOpen -
Eileen Agar retrospective at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
March 15, 2017The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that a new retrospective of Eileen Agar RA is taking place at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings. The exhibition features work from the 1930s to the 1980s, in a range of media, including early collages, sculpture, photographs, and a painted turtle shell. Among the paintings... Read moreOpen -
William Gear monograph reviewed in Print Quarterly
March 1, 2017The Redfern Gallery was pleased to read that Andrew Lambirth's monograph on William Gear was the subject of a review in Print Quarterly(Volume XXIV, Number 1). The book, which accompanied the exhibition William Gear 1915-1997: The painter that Britain forgot, is described by Martin Hopkinson as 'by far the most... Read moreOpen
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Patrick Procktor exhibition reviewed in the Mail on Sunday
February 12, 2017The Redfern Gallery was pleased to read that the Mail on Sunday (11 February) reviewed the Patrick Procktor exhibition of works on paper. In a very positive review, Geordie Greig gave the show a 4-star rating. This is the first exhibition dedicated to Procktor's works on paper for over two... Read moreOpen -
The Times Literary Supplement reviews William Gear monograph
February 10, 2017The Redfern Gallery was pleased to read that Andrew Lambirth's monograph on William Gear was the subject of a review in The Times Literary Supplement (10 February). In a detailed review, Gerard Woodward concludes: “Lambirth's exhaustive, lavishly illustrated book, which is admirable for the depth of its research, accounting for... Read moreOpen -
London Art Fair 2017
January 17, 2017The 29th edition of the London Art Fair, annually launching the art world's new year, is taking place at the Business Design Centre, Islington, from 17th - 22nd January. The Redfern Gallery will be situated on stand 20. Fair dates and times Tuesday 17 January: VIP Preview : 3pm –... Read moreOpen
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David Tindle retrospective reviewed in The Observer
November 20, 2016The Redfern Gallery was pleased to read that the David Tindle RA retrospective at Huddersfield Art Gallery has received a 5-star review from Rachel Cooke, of The Observer (20 November). Referring to the early work, Cooke describes how 'Freud exerts a clear hold on the wondrously detailed Mother and Child... Read moreOpen -
Danny Markey included in new museum show
November 15, 2016The Redfern Gallery is pleased to announce that Danny Markey has been included in a new exhibition, opening at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, which explores the nocturnal through paintings, prints and drawings. Among the works on display are Caspar David Friedrich's Winter Landscape; Edvard Munch's The Kiss; Marc Chagall's The... Read moreOpen -
Danny Markey reviewed in The Financial Times
November 14, 2016The Redfern Gallery is pleased to read that Danny Markey's Nocturnes exhibition was part of Jackie Wullschlager's 'critics' choice' in The Financial Times (12 November). The show is a retrospective spanning three decades of work, with various subjects depicted at night-time, including south London chip shops, Californian highways, and most... Read moreOpen
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David Tindle RA: A Retrospective
November 12, 2016Huddersfield Art Gallery plays host to a free exhibition by Huddersfield-born figurative painter David Tindle RA, presenting a 60-year overview of his life and work. Tindle is among the most renowned British figurative painters of his generation. Born in Huddersfield in April 1932, he held his first exhibition in London... Read moreOpen -
Paul Jenkins
October 27, 2016This exhibition focuses on a specially chosen group of canvases by internationally acclaimed American artist Paul Jenkins (1923-2012), including large-scale works, as well as the compelling and mysterious black and red Oracle triptych. Paul Jenkins is as much identified with the process of controlled paint-pouring and canvas manipulation as with... Read moreOpen -
Bryan Organ portrait of Sir David Attenborough
June 7, 2016Bryan Organ's portrait of Sir David Attenborough has been unveiled at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Organ had already painted David’s older brother, the actor and director Richard (later Lord) Attenborough, which also hangs in the same collection. Asked what it was like to paint David Attenborough, Organ... Read moreOpen
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Pure Romance reviewed in The Art Newspaper
February 12, 2016The Redfern Gallery was pleased to read that Louisa Buck has reviewed Pure Romance, for The Art Newspaper. Buck applauds 'the range and sheer quality of works brought together', which includes stage designs for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, by Christopher Wood to contemporary painting, such as a portrait by Alexander... Read moreOpen -
Danny Fox on Nostalgia, Sleaze and Mythological Painting
November 19, 2015How often, in contemporary culture, do we see artists who are permitted to exist publicly without being confined to the claustrophobic elitism of the art world? The stern structures dictating what a successful art career is now are so pre-formed to a fashionable hierarchy, that artists who work outside of... Read moreOpen -
The Exhibition: From the 60s on
June 24, 2015Having been reluctant to exhibit his work for decades, now, as he turns 80 this year, Neil Stokoe is showing paintings for the first time. From the 60s On at The Redfern Gallery, in Mayfair's Cork Street, marks an important moment in his career as he presents previously unseen large-scale... Read moreOpen
