Review: Contemporary British Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2026
The Contemporary British Portrait Painters (CBPP) held its 2026 Annual Exhibition at Downstairs at the Department Store in Brixton, featuring 52 artists from its 75‑member collective. The free show runs until 14 June, showcasing award‑winning and emerging portraitists recognized by the National Portrait Gallery, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and Sky Arts competitions. CBPP operates as a non‑profit, takes no commission on sales, and encourages experimental, honest portraiture. Visitors can experience the works in person or view a comprehensive photo archive on the blogger’s Facebook page.
FAD NEWS: Hypha Studios to Open Major New South Bank Cultural Hub with Galleries, Studios and Artist-Led Programme
Hypha Studios is opening its largest cultural destination, Hypha Gallery South Bank, on 25 June 2026 in Bankside. The venue offers 9,000 sq ft of exhibition space and over 4,000 sq ft of artist studios, supporting roughly 600 artists through shows, studio provision and a sales...
FAD NEWS: Ugo Rondinone Creates City-Wide Celebration of Light
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone is launching MORE LIGHT, a three‑part summer project in London that weaves public and gallery installations around the theme of light. A three‑metre‑high rainbow poem crowns the Royal Academy courtyard, while 54 sunrise‑sunset flags line Bond Street, creating...
Artists Amy Douglas & Lou Winwood Unite for First Joint Exhibition, COLLISIO
The COLLISIO exhibition pairs British ceramicist Amy Douglas with mixed‑media artist Lou Winwood for their first joint show, running 11‑14 June 2026 at Studio Two Point in London. The show blends painting, collage, drawing and ceramics, featuring works like Douglas’s...
Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough Enter Into Conversation at the National Gallery
The National Gallery is staging "Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation," pairing Gainsborough’s 1750 portrait *Mr and Mrs Andrews* with Shonibare’s 1998 sculptural reinterpretation *Mr. and Mrs Andrews without their Heads*. This is the first time the two works share a frame, offering a dialogue across...
Lassonde Art Trail Opens on Toronto’s Waterfront with Major Public Art Programme
The Lassonde Art Trail, Canada’s most ambitious open‑air public‑art destination, opened its 2026 season on Toronto’s waterfront, stretching over four kilometres through Biidaasige Park on the newly created island Ookwemin Minising. The inaugural program features 17 sculptures, including 11 new...
As Above, So Below Brings Oceanic Intelligence to Venice Biennale
One Ocean Foundation and ZEITGEIST19 have launched "As Above, So Below," a landmark group exhibition and interdisciplinary research project staged as a collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale. Curated by Elizabeth Zhivkova and Farah Piriye Coene, the show occupies...
Lubaina Himid Unveils Reading the Label Across Cork Street for 2026 Banners Commission
Lubaina Himid’s new public installation, *Reading the Label*, has been unveiled on Cork Street as part of the 2026 Banners Commission, coinciding with London Gallery Weekend. The work displays a series of male figures painted over the past twelve years...
Synoptico Explores Attention, Memory and Digital Life Through Dance and Video Art in Los Angeles
Synoptico, a large‑scale performance by choreographer Eno Freedman Brodman, will debut at Los Angeles’ Porter Street Studio Gallery on June 26‑27. The work fuses contemporary dance, immersive video projection and installation, letting performers move across a floor that morphs in real time...
Louise Pragnell Selected for National Portrait Gallery’s Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026
British portrait artist Louise Pragnell has been chosen for the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026 at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Her oil portrait of former NBA player and NBA Africa ambassador Pops Mensah‑Bonsu was selected from nearly 1,500...
Almine Rech Now Represent Keita Morimoto
Almine Rech announced that it will represent Japanese painter Keita Morimoto in its New York and Paris locations. Morimoto’s inaugural solo show with the gallery is scheduled for 2025 in New York, followed by a presentation at Art Basel in Switzerland this...
May Auction Report: Rational Exuberance
The May auction cycle delivered $2.5 billion in sales, marking the strongest high‑value supply since last fall’s Lauder auction. While total volume surged, hammer ratios slipped, indicating buyers are paying close to estimates rather than overbidding. The market’s bottom has solidified,...
Paul’s Book of the Month: Marguerite Humeau – Auguries
Marguerite Humeau’s new monograph Auguries (White Cube, 2025) offers a deep dive into the French artist’s Turner‑Prize‑shortlisted practice, featuring essays, an interview, and 176 pages of visuals priced at £45 (≈ $58). The book surveys her recent projects, from the termite‑inspired installation ‘Meys’...
Your Guide to the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art 2026
Glasgow International, Scotland’s premier biennial contemporary art festival, returns from June 5 to June 21, 2026, offering 17 days of exhibitions, talks, workshops, and performances. The programme spans traditional galleries, civic spaces, off‑site venues, and pop‑up locations, exploring themes such...
Antony Gormley Two Exhibitions Two Countries – Miranda Carroll
British sculptor Antony Gormley is presenting two simultaneous shows in 2026: "Geestgrond" at Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA) and "What Holds Us" at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano. In Antwerp a white‑cube gallery houses the steel sculpture "Cave" and...