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Scottish artist Caroline Walker (b.1982) is known for her accomplished paintings which offer a lens into the everyday lives of women. Bringing together work made over the past five years, exploring themes of motherhood and early-years care, this important publication reveals the evolution of Caroline Walker’s highly original artistic language.

On the occasion of Caroline Walker: Mothering at The Hepworth Wakefield, we are delighted to announce the release of a new limited edition lithographic print by the artist.

In an interview with Artmag, Caroline Walker reflects on the origins of her practice and her ongoing engagement with the lives and labour of women.

Caroline Walker reflects on how motherhood and daily acts of care have shaped her practice in Apollo Magazine interview.

Jonathan Baldock’s installation, 0.1%, at London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE is now an Artforum Critics’ Pick.

Stephen Friedman Gallery presents 19, a solo exhibition by Swedish artist Andreas Eriksson. Rooted in the rural landscape surrounding the artist’s home and studio in Medelplana, Sweden, this new series of large-scale paintings continues Eriksson’s sustained exploration of landscape painting as topography and visual contemplation.

This major group exhibition, curated by Hettie Judah with Hayward Gallery Touring, brings together the joys, heartaches, myths, mess and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the feminist avant-garde to the present day.  

Stephen Friedman Gallery presents Queer Love, an exhibition bringing together a selection of significant and recently discovered erotic drawings by British artist and key Bloomsbury group member Duncan Grant (1885–1978) in dialogue with new works by contemporary queer artists including: Soufiane Ababri, Leilah Babirye, Anthony Cudahy, Kyle Dunn, Alex Foxton, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Wardell Milan, Sola Olulode, Tom Worsfold and Jimmy Wright. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Charleston, UK.

Yooyun Yang features in the ninth edition of Secret 7”. This charitable initiative invites creatives both established and up-and-coming to design the sleeves of 700 vinyl records.

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA’s first major solo exhibition on the African continent, Safiotra [Hybridités/Hybridities], will be held at the H Foundation.

Artsy celebrates the Estate of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith joining Stephen Friedman Gallery.

Over her fifty-year career, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith created drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures challenging America’s systemic injustices toward Native peoples. As well as a pioneering visual artist, Smith was a prominent curator and activist who paved the way for contemporary Native artists.

Stephen Friedman Gallery returns to Art Basel Hong Kong with a dynamic group exhibition that delves into themes of identity, memory, and human connection. The presentation includes works by gallery artists Juan Araujo, Leilah Babirye, Jonathan Baldock, Sarah Ball, Kenturah Davis, Andreas Eriksson, Denzil Forrester, Pam Glick, Channing Hansen, Holly Hendry, Izumi Kato, Ilona Keserü, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, David Shrigley, Jiro Takamatsu, Kehinde Wiley, Clare Woods and Yooyun Yang, among others. As part of Kabinett, the gallery will present a recent body of work by Anne Rothenstein, whose solo exhibition is concurrently on view at our London gallery.

EVERYTHING IS TRUE - NOTHING IS PERMITTED curated by Kendell Geers is a celebration of art's power to subvert our expectations, to inspire, heal, disrupt and challenge perception.

Kehinde Wiley showcases his portrait Margaret Woffington, 2017 in the exhibition Flowers. Art from the Renaissance to Augmented Reality. The show demonstrates how flowers have been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists throughout history.

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA’s first major showcase in Africa, Safiotra [Hybridities/Hybridités, will open at Fondation H on April 11 2025.

Curator Natasha Becker discusses the artist’s expression of queer pride through sculptures made from urban refuse in Leilah Babirye: We Have a History at de Young Museum.

Eddy Frankel selects Jonathan Baldock: 0.1%, opening at Bloomberg SPACE on 30 January, as one of the nine London art exhibitions to visit in January.