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Off The Hook with Piers Bourke | Rise Art

We are pleased to be exclusively launching a portfolio of new work by Piers Bourke, a daring step away from his iconic phone boxes towards a deeper exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of formal repetition and blending innovation with tradition. This new body of work is accompanied by an essay written by a member of our curatorial team, Sophie Heatley.

Artist Spotlight Series | Rise Art

In this Artist Spotlight Series, we have highlighted a quintet of new and noteworthy talents on Rise Art. While carefully selected by our curatorial team for their approach and vision, each artist was given the freedom to curate their chosen pieces, providing insight into their unique artistic practice. Explore and acquire their distinctive creations, all available at a special discount for five days only.

Rise Art x Soho Home present: Dwellings | Rise Art

We recently had the pleasure of launching Dwellings, our first exhibition as part of an ongoing partnership with Soho Home. Through the visionary lens of emerging and established artistic talent, Dwellings looks at the emotional and physical depths of space and place.

Visions of Wonder | Rise Art

To honour the exclusive launch of a new series of paintings, Sophie Heatley from our curatorial team visited Sabrina Brouwers at her South London studio to speak about the healing capacity of geometry, the hidden life of all architectural structures, and the inherent vulnerability of all human-made objects.

Reflections on loss, memorial and love with Narbi Price | Rise Art

Artist and curator Narbi Price shares the concept behind his latest series of floral paintings, three of which are fresh off a show at the Royal Academy in London.

5 Artists to Watch in 2024 | Rise Art

Our curator selects five international artists whose work he would recommend keeping an eye on in 2024.

Curator at Large: Six Exhibitions to see this Spring | Rise Art

Our Curator returns with six institutional shows to visit around the UK in the New Year.

Tarek: A Street Artist of Many Trades, Master of All | Rise Art

A key figure in Street Art, Tarek has several feathers in his cap, so to say. As a writer, comics illustrator, photographer, graffiti artist and painter, his resumé is long and his accomplishments vast. Let's meet this prolific contemporary street artist!

Sylvia Baldeva: Passionate Visual Poetry in Motion | Rise Art

An emotional creator, Sylvia Baldeva’s sensitivity and self-awareness are brought to the surface of her works through rapid yet delicate brush strokes. Born in Bulgaria, Sylvia Baldeva’s father, a renowned painter, immersed her in the world of art. Her influence still guides her today.

Artwork in the spotlight: Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans | Rise Art

Back to one of the works at the origins of Pop Art, Campbell's Soup Cans by the no less famous Andy Warhol. Want to know more? Follow the guide!

Canvassing the Masterpiece: Magritte's “The Lovers“ | Rise Art

René Magritte's work

Victoria Stagni: Realism, Artistic Delirium and the Image of Oneself | Rise Art

Based in San Diego, California, we went to meet Victoria Stagni for a total immersion in her artistic world. An enthusiast of self-portraits and portraits featuring mainly women surrounded by animals, and a great fan of the Douanier Rousseau and Frida Kahlo, Victoria Stagni confided in us with warmth.

Mathilde Oscar : Anachronistic Portraits and Anti-historical Compositions | Rise Art

Through a subtle game of references to art history, Mathilde Oscar immerses us in a meticulously executed scenography wherein each shot features a central female subject. Her modern take on historical themes is an enticingly clever coupling of classical painting and the digital era.

The Sublime and The Structural: Fred Ingrams’ Landscape Paintings | Rise Art

To mark the exclusive launch of nine new works by Fred Ingrams, painted between The Fens in Norfolk and the Flow Country in Scotland, our Curator Phin Jennings spoke with the artist about the meaning and importance of the two landscapes and how they impact his practice.

Yannick Bouillault: An encounter with a minimalist sculptor | Rise Art

Lifelong artist Yannick Bouillault boldly traded his boilermaker profession for the enchanting world of sculpture in 2016. Fascinated by raw materials, Bouillault creates graphic realms of sculpted geometric abstractions, steel busts and minimalist figures.

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard: Immortalizing the Passing of Time | Rise Art

Painting her immediate environment, her beloved Parisian capital and transient moments of everyday life, Sylvie Julkowski's approach is figurative, but above all, delicate. Contemplated and intimate, she allows her viewers small glimpses of privileged moments that have been immortalized on canvas.

Fleur Patrick: Collaborating with the Paint | Rise Art

“The paintings become a record of a battle,” she tells me: a battle between portrayal and distortion. She exercises limited power over the latter, meaning that she can never be quite sure how a painting will turn out until it is finished; “I relinquish control and allow the paint to behave according to its own material tendencies.”

Canvassing the Masterpieces: The Raft of the Medusa by Géricault | Rise Art

A look back at the masterpiece and epitome of Romanticism: Géricault's Raft of the Medusa. It's an impressive painting both in terms of size and subject.

5 Artists on the Rise | Rise Art

Rise Art’s mission is to share the stories and perspectives of outstanding artists with the world. All of the artists on our global roster have been hand-selected by our team of Curators, based on their commitment to their practice and the quality of their work. Below you can discover five new artists to the platform, each of whom are engaged in questioning and changing our perceptions.

Interview with Fatoş Üstek, Frieze Sculpture Curator | Rise Art

To coincide with this year’s Frieze Sculpture exhibition, curated by Fatoş Üstek, Phin Jennings sat down with her to speak about public art, accessibility and what it means to expand our notions of sculpture.

Subtle Splendour: Seeing the World through Alain Pontecorvo’s Eyes | Rise Art

A quintessential genre painter and portraiture artist, Alain Pontecorvo sees the world not through rose-coloured glasses but glasses that are a colour only he knows. We are pleased to be exclusively launching a portfolio of new work by Alain Pontecorvo, accompanied by an essay written by our Artist Relations Lead, Laurel Bouye.

Canvassing the Masterpiece: Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" | Rise Art

You're bound to be hearing the name of this artist everywhere, who sold his NFT work

db Waterman: Beauty From Decay | Rise Art

Dutch artist db Waterman uses a variety of techniques and materials to create fictive settings that are woven together by nostalgic melancholy. Juxtaposing these landscapes with figures emanating positivity and hope makes for puzzling layers with a story that is both yours and hers to tell.

Ambiguity and Realism with Lasse Thorst | Rise Art

To coincide with an exclusive launch of five new paintings by Lasse Thorst, our Curator Phin Jennings visited his studio in Denmark to learn more about the importance of harmony, symbolism and ambiguity in his work.

Everything depends on everything: intentionality and unpredictability with Pezo von Ellrichshausen | Rise Art

Available for the first time, we are launching a collection of 32 original artworks by Pezo von Ellrichshausen from the last ten years. They include selected examples from five bodies of work that span drawing, acrylic, oil and watercolour painting. To mark this, the latest chapter of an ongoing collaboration between Rise Art and Pezo von Ellrichshausen, our Curator Phin Jennings visited their home and studio in Chile to learn more about their collaborative practice as artists and architects.

Canvassing the Masterpieces: The Kiss, by Rodin | Rise Art

Although Rodin first had the idea for the piece in 1882, the marble sculpture we know today was not created until around 1898. We take a closer look at this iconic artwork, a symbol of passion and love...

Masterpiece in the spotlight: The Son of Man, Magritte | Rise Art

In Masterpiece in the spotlight, Rise Art makes you discover all the secrets of the painting The Son of Man by Magritte.

A Seat at Kate McCrickard’s Table | Rise Art

To mark the exclusive launch of a new series of paintings and drawings, our Curator Phin Jennings visited Kate McCrickard in Paris to speak about how memory, biography and politics find their way into the artist’s work.

Canvassing the Masterpieces: Skull by Basquiat | Rise Art

Basquiat's Skull is the perfect example of a memory transcribed into paint, poignant in its complexity and whose mystery has yet to be fully unravelled...

Curator at Large: Ten Exhibitions to see this Autumn | Rise Art

Our Curator returns with a bumper crop of institutional shows to visit around the UK.

Curator at Large: Four artists to look out for this March | Rise Art

Here are four artists who our Curator recommends keeping an eye out for, and where you can see their work this month.

Interview with Larissa Eremeeva: Diving into 'Evocative Abstract' | Rise Art

Interview with Perdita Sinclair: Grasping the 'Atmosphere' | Rise Art

To make a piece of art I have to strongly imagine the atmosphere of the piece before and during its creation. I also need to have a good idea about what I want to say.

Curator at Large: Four artists to look out for this February | Rise Art

Here are four artists who our Curator recommends keeping an eye out for, and where you can see their work this month.

Circles and Cycles with Sabrina Brouwers and Taya De La Cruz | Rise Art

Sabrina Brouwers and Taya De La Cruz are both painters, but neither artist limits herself to the standard set of tools for making their work.

Interview with Giacomo Bruni: the Harmony Between Humans and Nature | Rise Art

I try to focus on the endless growth and changing of nature, by entering in resonance with it...