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Artwork Focus: Sean Scully
Sean Scully is part of a long lineage of abstract artists who have investigated the conceptual properties of the stripe and its compositional strength in painting. Learn more about the quiet power of his 2003 work '1.11.03'. -
Japanese art and Les Nabis
Learn from British Museum curator Joe Nickols how the artistic norms of late 19th-century France were challenged by the innovative use of composition, space, and line seen in Japanese works shown at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1890. -
Introduction to: Fabienne Verdier
Learn how Verdier's practice has evolved after a formative decade working in China, with key series such as her Walking Paintings' and 'Vortex', and her recent projects with Musee Granet in Aix en Provence and the Juilliard School in New York. -
The Artistic Brotherhood of Les Nabis, 1888–1900
The influential artistic group, Les Nabis, were active for 12 abundant years between 1888-1900. A cult-like artistic brotherhood, they explored new forms of personal expression, decoration and abstraction, with a focus on interior emotion and sensation. -
Artwork Focus: Fernando Botero
Produced in the artist's final years, Fernando Botero's Seated Woman, 2019 is a gentle and intimate portrait of a young Colombian woman from the artist's hometown of Medellin, rendered in his iconic 'Boterismo' style.
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Artwork Focus: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva often began by laying down grid-like lines and letting the work organically evolve from that structure, in works which refer to her life in Paris, and to the sensory experiences of her youth in Lisbon. -
Artwork Focus: Fabienne Verdier
In this important earlier work by French star Fabienne Verdier, there are a variety of references: from Caspar David Friedrich, to Wassily Kandinsky, to the sonoral landscapes of John Cage. -
Landon Metz: Exhibition Walk-Through
Artist Landon Metz discusses the ways in which his new series of paintings endeavour to neutralise the formal hierarchy between artist, artwork, and viewer. -
Artwork Focus: Peter Blake
With an almost saintly fervour, these two contemporary Madonnas stare out unblinkingly, but their Disney character tattoos remind us that Peter Blake, at the age of 92, is still a deeply contemporary artist.
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Artwork Focus: Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger’s ‘Le Moissonneuse’ exemplifies the artist’s ‘law of contrasts’, his basic principle for both structuring modern pictures and describing the dynamism of modern life. -
Landon Metz in the studio
Watch Landon Metz in his New York studio preparing a new series of paintings for his second solo exhibition with Waddington Custot in London, opening 2024.
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Barry Flanagan: Imaginary Solutions
An introduction to Flanagan’s work, his diverse experimentation with materials and passionate commitment to redefining sculpture’s parameters. -
Bernar Venet at home in Le Muy
In this short film, the renowned conceptual artist Bernar Venet explores the meaning of art through the language of mathematics. -
Yves Dana in the studio
Yves Dana is an artist known for his pared-back, yet powerful sculptures in stone and bronze, inspired by ancient Egyptian and Cycladic forms. -
An Introduction to Photorealism
Unlock the work of this fascinating group of artists, chiefly working across the Unitesd States, which forces us to question the act of looking itself. -
Ian Davenport in the studio
Ahead of his exhibition 'Lake' at Waddington Custot, Ian Davenport discusses the making of one of his most ambitious works. -
Ian Davenport: A brief introduction
A whistlestop tour through the career to date of Ian Davenport, an abstract painter recognised for his complex colour compositions, and unusual methods of applying paint. -
Nowness presents: Landon Metz
The New York-based artist Landon Metz leads a guided meditation on his dynamic, minimal paintings. -
Fabienne Verdier: Vortex
In her tranquil studio, the paintings of French artist Fabienne Verdier give form to the human voice. -
Barry Flanagan at Berkeley Square
Barry Flanagan, Large Nijinski on Anvil Point, 2001 on show in Berkeley Square
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Peter Blake: Time Traveller
In this film, iconic British artist Peter Blake discusses his approach to making collage with art historian Kate Bryan. -
Writings on the Wall: exhibition walk-through
Writings on the Wall examined the significant influence of ancient and contemporary graffiti on the practice of artists through the twentieth century.
