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Viewing A major survey of Black figuration at the National Portrait Gallery

The Wick Culture - Itchin & Scratchin by Denzil Forester (2019) © Denzil Forrester. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo: Mark Blower. Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) © Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Above  Itchin & Scratchin by Denzil Forester (2019) © Denzil Forrester. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo: Mark Blower. Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) © Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
The Wick Culture - Conjestina by Michael Armitage (2017) © Michael Armitage. Photo ® White Cube (Ben Westoby)
Above  Conjestina by Michael Armitage (2017) © Michael Armitage. Photo ® White Cube (Ben Westoby)
The Wick Culture - Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) @ Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Above  Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) @ Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
The Wick Culture - Nanny of the Maroons' Fifth Act of Mercy by Kimathi Donkor (2012) © Kimathi Donkor. Courtesy of the Artist and Niru Ratnam, London. Photo: Tim Bowditch
Above  Nanny of the Maroons’ Fifth Act of Mercy by Kimathi Donkor (2012) © Kimathi Donkor. Courtesy of the Artist and Niru Ratnam, London. Photo: Tim Bowditch
The Wick Culture - Le Rodeur: The Exchange by Lubaina Himid (2016) © Lubaina Himid. Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate.
Above  Le Rodeur: The Exchange by Lubaina Himid (2016) © Lubaina Himid. Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate.
The Wick Culture - Standing Figure with African Masks by Claudette Johnson (2018) © Claudette Johnson. Courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate
Above  Standing Figure with African Masks by Claudette Johnson (2018) © Claudette Johnson. Courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate
The Wick Culture - Seeing Through Time 2 by Titus Kaphar (2018) © Titus Kaphar. Photo: Christopher Gardner. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian; The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
Above  Seeing Through Time 2 by Titus Kaphar (2018) © Titus Kaphar. Photo: Christopher Gardner. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian; The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
The Wick Culture - The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
Above  The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
The Wick Culture - Father Stretch My Hands by Nathaniel Mary Quinn (2021) @ Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.
Above  Father Stretch My Hands by Nathaniel Mary Quinn (2021) @ Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.
The Wick Culture - Vanishing Point 24 (Mignard) by Barbara Walker (2021) © Barbara Walker, 2023. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London
Above  Vanishing Point 24 (Mignard) by Barbara Walker (2021) © Barbara Walker, 2023. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London
The Wick Culture - This second Dreamer by Wangechi Mutu (2017). © Wangechi Mutu, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery. Photography by David Regen
Above  This second Dreamer by Wangechi Mutu (2017). © Wangechi Mutu, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery. Photography by David Regen
The Wick Culture - She was learning to love moments, to love moments for themselves by Amy Sherald (2017) © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joseph Hyde
Above  She was learning to love moments, to love moments for themselves by Amy Sherald (2017) © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joseph Hyde
The Wick Culture - Itchin & Scratchin by Denzil Forester (2019) © Denzil Forrester. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo: Mark Blower. Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) © Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Above  Itchin & Scratchin by Denzil Forester (2019) © Denzil Forrester. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo: Mark Blower. Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) © Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
The Wick Culture - Conjestina by Michael Armitage (2017) © Michael Armitage. Photo ® White Cube (Ben Westoby)
Above  Conjestina by Michael Armitage (2017) © Michael Armitage. Photo ® White Cube (Ben Westoby)
The Wick Culture - Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) @ Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
Above  Yvonne and James by Jordan Casteel (2017) @ Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Photo: Adam Reich.
The Wick Culture - Nanny of the Maroons' Fifth Act of Mercy by Kimathi Donkor (2012) © Kimathi Donkor. Courtesy of the Artist and Niru Ratnam, London. Photo: Tim Bowditch
Above  Nanny of the Maroons’ Fifth Act of Mercy by Kimathi Donkor (2012) © Kimathi Donkor. Courtesy of the Artist and Niru Ratnam, London. Photo: Tim Bowditch
The Wick Culture - Le Rodeur: The Exchange by Lubaina Himid (2016) © Lubaina Himid. Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate.
Above  Le Rodeur: The Exchange by Lubaina Himid (2016) © Lubaina Himid. Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate.
The Wick Culture - Standing Figure with African Masks by Claudette Johnson (2018) © Claudette Johnson. Courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate
Above  Standing Figure with African Masks by Claudette Johnson (2018) © Claudette Johnson. Courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London. Photo: Andy Keate
The Wick Culture - Seeing Through Time 2 by Titus Kaphar (2018) © Titus Kaphar. Photo: Christopher Gardner. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian; The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
Above  Seeing Through Time 2 by Titus Kaphar (2018) © Titus Kaphar. Photo: Christopher Gardner. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian; The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
The Wick Culture - The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
Above  The Marchioness by Toyin Ojih Odutola (2016) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
The Wick Culture - Father Stretch My Hands by Nathaniel Mary Quinn (2021) @ Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.
Above  Father Stretch My Hands by Nathaniel Mary Quinn (2021) @ Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.
The Wick Culture - Vanishing Point 24 (Mignard) by Barbara Walker (2021) © Barbara Walker, 2023. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London
Above  Vanishing Point 24 (Mignard) by Barbara Walker (2021) © Barbara Walker, 2023. Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London
The Wick Culture - This second Dreamer by Wangechi Mutu (2017). © Wangechi Mutu, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery. Photography by David Regen
Above  This second Dreamer by Wangechi Mutu (2017). © Wangechi Mutu, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery. Photography by David Regen
The Wick Culture - She was learning to love moments, to love moments for themselves by Amy Sherald (2017) © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joseph Hyde
Above  She was learning to love moments, to love moments for themselves by Amy Sherald (2017) © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joseph Hyde

The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin’s Pl, London WC2H 0HE
22 February – 19 May 2024

The indefatigable curator and writer Ekow Eshun has brought together works by 22 artists from the African diaspora in The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure at the National Portrait Gallery, fresh from its £41 million refurb. Figurative works by Michael Armitage, Lubaina Himid, Kerry James Marshall, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Claudette Johnson celebrate the complexity and richness of Black life.

The Time is Always Now borrows its title from the work of James Baldwin, the American writer and civil rights campaigner. It explores the presence of the Black figure in Western art history, while examining its misrepresentation, erasure and marginalisation. This timely show is also the place to revel in the work of some of the most exciting artists working today.
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Dates
22 February 2024 — 19 May 2024

Viewing Together We Thrive: a fundraising show supporting the next generation

The Wick Culture - Adelaide Damoah, Janus Redux, 2024
Above  Adelaide Damoah, Janus Redux, 2024
The Wick Culture - Anthony Daley, Jigging with Venus, 2024
Above  Anthony Daley, Jigging with Venus, 2024
The Wick Culture - Boo Saville, Untitled (studio drawing with yellow slice), 2023
Above  Boo Saville, Untitled (studio drawing with yellow slice), 2023
The Wick Culture - Caitlin Flood-Molyneux, The Search, 2024
Above  Caitlin Flood-Molyneux, The Search, 2024
The Wick Culture - Charlotte Colbert, Dream Flag, 2024
Above  Charlotte Colbert, Dream Flag, 2024
The Wick Culture - Gordon Cheung, A New Order Still Life with a Vase of Flowers and Dead Frog (after Jacob Marrel 1634), 2020
Above  Gordon Cheung, A New Order Still Life with a Vase of Flowers and Dead Frog (after Jacob Marrel 1634), 2020
The Wick Culture - Viewing Together We Thrive: a fundraising show supporting the next generation
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The Wick Culture - Katasha Rose, Promises Promises, 2024
Above  Katasha Rose, Promises Promises, 2024
The Wick Culture - Jane Hayes Greenwood, Fertile Ground, 2020
Above  Jane Hayes Greenwood, Fertile Ground, 2020
The Wick Culture - Hurvin Anderson, Wait a Moment Study II, 2024
Above  Hurvin Anderson, Wait a Moment Study II, 2024
The Wick Culture - Hassan Aliyu, Joy, 2024
Above  Hassan Aliyu, Joy, 2024
The Wick Culture - Adelaide Damoah, Janus Redux, 2024
Above  Adelaide Damoah, Janus Redux, 2024
The Wick Culture - Anthony Daley, Jigging with Venus, 2024
Above  Anthony Daley, Jigging with Venus, 2024
The Wick Culture - Boo Saville, Untitled (studio drawing with yellow slice), 2023
Above  Boo Saville, Untitled (studio drawing with yellow slice), 2023
The Wick Culture - Caitlin Flood-Molyneux, The Search, 2024
Above  Caitlin Flood-Molyneux, The Search, 2024
The Wick Culture - Charlotte Colbert, Dream Flag, 2024
Above  Charlotte Colbert, Dream Flag, 2024
The Wick Culture - Gordon Cheung, A New Order Still Life with a Vase of Flowers and Dead Frog (after Jacob Marrel 1634), 2020
Above  Gordon Cheung, A New Order Still Life with a Vase of Flowers and Dead Frog (after Jacob Marrel 1634), 2020
The Wick Culture - Viewing Together We Thrive: a fundraising show supporting the next generation
The Wick Culture - Katasha Rose, Promises Promises, 2024
Above  Katasha Rose, Promises Promises, 2024
The Wick Culture - Jane Hayes Greenwood, Fertile Ground, 2020
Above  Jane Hayes Greenwood, Fertile Ground, 2020
The Wick Culture - Hurvin Anderson, Wait a Moment Study II, 2024
Above  Hurvin Anderson, Wait a Moment Study II, 2024
The Wick Culture - Hassan Aliyu, Joy, 2024
Above  Hassan Aliyu, Joy, 2024

Together We Thrive
Cromwell Place, South Kensington, SW7
20 – 25 February 2024

Win an artwork by a leading artist while supporting the next generation of cultural leaders by entering a prize draw in the exhibition Together We Thrive, presented at Cromwell Place. Artists including Adelaide Damoah, Anthony Daley, Boo Saville and Hurvin Anderson have donated new works inspired by the show’s title for the fundraising event, presented by Culture& and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, in collaboration with Gallery OCA.

Visitors and supporters are invited to enter the prize draw by donating a minimum of £25 to the Cultural Leaders Programme, with all contributions going toward the London Living Wage Bursary for its 2024/25 cohort of scholars, designed to alleviate the cost of living in London. The bursary aims to make the programme accessible to the widest possible range of individuals from historically underrepresented backgrounds, enabling them to take full advantage of the opportunities that the MA and programme provide. Donate to support the future of culture in the capital.
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Dates
20 February 2024 — 25 February 2024

Viewing Erwin Wurm’s disembodied clothing and hybrid creatures at Thaddaeus Ropac

The Wick Culture - Breeze Small (Substitutes), 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Breeze Small (Substitutes), 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Still Blue (Substitutes), 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Still Blue (Substitutes), 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Breeze (Substitutes) , 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Breeze (Substitutes) , 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Mind Bubble Walking Pink, 2024 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Mind Bubble Walking Pink, 2024 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Mind Bubble Standing, 2024 Bronze, patina Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Mind Bubble Standing, 2024 Bronze, patina Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Orange Step Small (Substitutes) , 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Orange Step Small (Substitutes) , 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Balzac (After Rodin), 2023 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Balzac (After Rodin), 2023 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Breeze Small (Substitutes), 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Breeze Small (Substitutes), 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Still Blue (Substitutes), 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Still Blue (Substitutes), 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Breeze (Substitutes) , 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Breeze (Substitutes) , 2022 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Mind Bubble Walking Pink, 2024 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Mind Bubble Walking Pink, 2024 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Mind Bubble Standing, 2024 Bronze, patina Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Mind Bubble Standing, 2024 Bronze, patina Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Orange Step Small (Substitutes) , 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Orange Step Small (Substitutes) , 2024 Aluminium, acrylic paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
The Wick Culture - Balzac (After Rodin), 2023 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl
Above  Balzac (After Rodin), 2023 Aluminium, paint Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2023. Photo: Markus Gradwohl

Erwin Wurm: Surrogates
Thaddaeus Ropac, Ely House, 37 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NJ
5 February—14 April 2024

Surrogates is the title of Erwin Wurm’s beguiling show at Thaddaeus Ropac, with the artist showing new work featuring painted aluminium sculptures of bodiless clothes that appear like 2D silhouettes. Are they harbingers of the post-human planet? “I am interested in everyday life,” says Wurm. “All the materials surrounding me can be useful, and the objects and topics can be involved in contemporary society. My work speaks about the whole entity of a human being: the physical, the spiritual, the psychological, and the political.”

Along the way, the Austrian artist toys with the boundaries between subject and object, and the human and the non-human, swelling the proportions of everyday items such as a high-heeled shoe and hybridising a figure and a pillow. Surrogates is playful, full of surprises and not to be missed.
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Dates
15 February 2024 — 14 April 2024
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