To illustrate just how nonsensically these tariffs were calculated, take the example of Lesotho, one of the poorest countries in Africa with just $2.4 billion in annual GDP, which is being struck with a 50% tariff rate under the Trump plan, the highest rate among all countries on

The American century is over.

Goethe wrote in 1833 that a culture of constant news eviscerates the past and the future, leaving you no time to metabolize lessons or sketch out a plan, always pulling you into the whirlpool of Something Important Happening Somewhere

This small gouache painting, made in 2008, has found its new home in a private British collection. It is great to see pieces going to good collectors.

The Freedom in the Arts report on the state of artistic freedom is published today. Freedom_In_The_Arts

The Sower - early concept sketch Thrilled to finally share this project I have been working on for a while. "The Sower" will stand around 8ft tall in the Biltmore Walk development in Greenville, South Carolina. This weekend I will be showing the artistic vision and concept

Core Themes and Subject Matter for the Next Era of Visual Art -Acceleratory technologies (AI/Robotics) -Rocketry and space exploration -Overcoming the malaise since 1945 -Embracing Futurism (Archeo-Futurism) -Rebirth -Becoming -Vitality in all its forms -Frontier spirit

28 May sees the launch of my first novel, "The Naked Spur" (pub. 23 May). It is a look at the reality of being an artist, a satire of the London art world and an unsparing confession. On 28 May 7-9pm in London, I'll be in conversation with Pierre d'Alancaisez (is) Verdurin. Join us for an evening of

I would now simply like to work for you all, for the delight of God and for the good of the culture, and to honour the great masters who have given me such a wellspring of inspiration and strength in the last 10 years. I will try to show you as much of my working process as I can

Goethe wrote in 1833 that a culture of constant news eviscerates the past and the future, leaving you no time to metabolize lessons or sketch out a plan, always pulling you into the whirlpool of Something Important Happening Somewhere

Today sees publication of The Naked Spur, my first novel. Proud to share it with you and really looking forward to your responses. "The Naked Spur" (Exeter House, 2025, pb, £15.99/$20) follows the life of a painter in London slipping into failure and anonymity. He rejects the

BBC Journalist asks Danish Politician how Denmark is able to maintain trust in its Democracy - “Give voters what they want. If they want lower immigration lower it”

In August 2023 I outlined in an article the next steps in building an independent fine-art network. My friend and colleague Piotr Bernatowicz read that and was inspired to found S7 Gallery in Warsaw in November. Before it opened, Piotr invited me to exhibit. On Friday I was

Not only architecture, we need to bring back art deco trains and cars too.

Proud to reveal two new large paintings (105 x 170 cm) paintings. These new pictures (based on architectural models of Warsaw’s Old Town) fuse the optimism and utopianism of urban planning with the political compromises needed by an initially weak communist government, layering

Shortly after this image was captured, this young Lancashire Fusilier went ‘over the top’, at Beaumont Hamel, 107 years ago today. The haunted expression on his face, perhaps, says it all. 😓

We are proud to announce “Power & Intimacy” an exhibition of art by Alexander Adams, Ryan Daffurn, Ferro and Sam Wild, plus special guest artists. New paintings, drawings and sculptures will be exhibited in central London 7-12 October. Our statement: The definition of the

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These people instinctively know what a good painting is because if you dare insult Picasso's honor by means of his shit paintings, they know exactly which paintings to point to in order to indicate his skill.

We are at the precipice of something orders of magnitude greater than the industrial revolution and at the same time the biggest demographic shift in human history combined with a funny money economic system creates an environment ripe for disruption. Traditional forms of