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The first major UK exhibition of Jenny Saville is at the NPG! | National Portrait Gallery

#GagosianViewingRoom: A drawing by Jenny Saville is available to collectors around the world in our Art Basel 2018 Online Viewing Room. Saville’s work has long blurred the boundaries between classical figuration and modern abstraction. Her depictions reveal a deep awareness of how the body has been represented over time and across cultures. Currently on view at Gagosian in New York, “Study for Twins” depicts two nude female figures seated atop a simple pedestal. Their limbs become so entangled t

Likening the physicality of paint to the feeling and appearance of skin, Broad collection artist Jenny Saville (who celebrated her birthday last week) constructs images which challenge contemporary preconceptions of conventional beauty—beauty as defined mostly by a long history of painting by male artists in Western art. In 2019, Saville and Jennifer Doyle, author and professor of English at UC Riverside, spoke about the congruencies of Saville’s work and Doyle’s areas of interest, such as visua

What makes Jenny Saville one of the great artists of the 21st century? Katharine Arnold, Christie’s Vice Chairman for 20th/21st Century Art, and Sarah Howgate, Senior Curator Contemporary Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, decode the genius of Jenny Saville — how her mastery of art history fuels some of the most visceral paintings of our time. Christie’s is proud to sponsor ‘Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting’, UK’s largest museum exhibition for this contemporary icon. 📅 Jenny Sa