Denzil Forrester news

Coventry Biennial 2021 will take place across Coventry & Warwickshire from 8 October 2021 – 23 January 2022. Named HYPER-POSSIBLE, this collaborative and socially focussed event brings together a wide range of local, national and international artists and creative practitioners to exhibit in galleries, museums and a range of historic and community locations across Coventry and Warwickshire.

‘Mixing It Up’ brings together 31 contemporary painters, spanning three generations of artists who live and work in the UK. The exhibition celebrates paintings that bring together diverse images and ideas, highlighting the UK’s emergence as a vital international centre of contemporary painting whilst reflecting the international character of the painting scene in this country.

South Bank Sky Arts Awards celebrated 25 years as the only Awards ceremony in the world to celebrate every genre of the arts. In the visual art category Denzil Forrester won the 2021 South Bank Sky Arts Award for 'Itchin & Scratchin' held at Nottingham Contemporary and Spike Island, Bristol, 2020–2021.

On loan from the Arts Council Collection, Denzil Forrester’s painting 'Cottage Lover', 1997 is on display at Tate St Ives alongside the work of artists such as Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon and Winifred Nicholson, whose experiments with colour and light earlier in the 20th century also found new ways of depicting sensation in the modern world.

The Queen's New Year Honours list recognises the achievements of a wide range of outstanding individuals from across the United Kingdom. We are pleased to announce that this year Denzil Forrester has been awarded an MBE for services to Visual Arts.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s official charity CW+ have commissioned a group of contemporary artists to design scarves for patients with respiratory problems this winter. Volunteer community knitters can download the artists' designs from the charity's website and knit the scarves for the hospital to distribute to patients. 

The Royal Drawing School’s Online Lecture Series 'Creative Conversations' hosted Denzil Forrester in conversation with artist and writer Liza Dimbleby on Wednesday 14 October. Forrester taught Dimbleby through the 1990s and the discussion explored how different times and places have shaped the Grenada-born artist's practice.

Frieze LIVE hosted Grenada-born British artist Denzil Forrester in conversation with Victor Wang (王宗孚) (Artistic Director and Chief Curator of M WOODS, Beijing) on Thursday 8 October. The talk was recorded and released on IGTV @friezeartfair and on Frieze.com.

For the first time in its history, the Royal Academy of Arts' Summer Exhibition falls in winter this year. Coordinated by artistic duo Jane and Louise Wilson RA, the exhibition features myriad household names including Tracey Emin, Denzil Forrester, Rebecca Horn, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Gillian Wearing and Ai Weiwei as well as many emerging artists.

This temporary institute brings together eight UK-based artists including Alvaro Barrington, Mandy El-Sayegh, Cécile B. Evans, Denzil Forrester, Anthea Hamilton, Haroon Mirza and Zadie Xa & Benito Mayor Vallejo for a series of installations and events. 

Contemporary Art Society (CAS) hosted a live visit with Denzil Forrester at his Cornwall studio, followed by an in-conversation between the artist and CAS Director Caroline Douglas.

Deborah Roberts, 'We are Soldiers', 2019, MFA Boston, Massachusetts, USA Yinka Shonibare CBE, 'Adam and Eve', 2013, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa Deborah Roberts, 'Ulysses', 2019, ICA Boston, Massachusetts, USA Yinka...

Nottingham Contemporary hosts an evening of film and discussion exploring Denzil Forrester's life and practice. The event coincides with the artist's solo exhibition at the gallery, 'Itchin & Scratchin'. The evening launches...

Nottingham Contemporary presents a selection of paintings and works on paper by Denzil Forrester in his largest institutional exhibition to date. Titled 'Itchin & Scratchin', the show spans Forrester's engagement with the...

Robert & Russell meet legendary British artist Denzil Forrester. We discuss 40 years of painting, his childhood in Grenada, the impact of moving to London in 1967 aged 11, his memories of...

This Study Day is a partnership between Art on the Underground and Iniva that aims to generate new readings of Denzil Forrester's work, invite personal responses and inspire continuing dialogue. The event...

The second Morley Fellowship has been awarded to Denzil Forrester in recognition of his service of over 30 years as a painting and drawing tutor at the college. The fellowship was awarded...

Join Denzil Forrester and Matthew Higgs (Director of White Columns, New York) at The Royal College of Art, London for a lively discussion on Forrester's practice, teaching and inspirations. The discussion forms...

Art on the Underground have commissioned Grenada-born, British artist Denzil Forrester to create a large-scale public artwork, currently on view until September 2020. Forrester is the third commission in a new series...

'Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers' is a major new exhibition curated by Zak Ové that celebrates Black creativity from the post-war era to the present day. Bringing...