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The ghostly worlds of Goya and Paula Rego

The artists’ eerie prints have much in common, but this pairing at the Holburne Museum is something of a missed opportunity

18 Oct 2024

Paula Rego: Power Games

There are no fairy-tale endings in the powerful narrative paintings and sculptures on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel

20 Sep 2024

At the National Gallery, Paula Rego holds her own against a Renaissance master

Spot Judith, Delilah, the Virgin Mary – and museum staff – in a monumental mural inspired by a 15th-century altarpiece

26 Jul 2023
Crivelli's Garden (detail; 1990–1), Paula Rego. National Gallery, London. Photo: The National Gallery, London; © Ostrich Arts Ltd

Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden

The artist’s monumental mural goes on show alongside the altarpiece that inspired it

14 Jul 2023
Paula Rego studio

‘The meekest person can manipulate’ – a tribute to Paula Rego (1935–2022)

The Portuguese-British painter told stories of parental abandonment, misogyny and exile with a power that put her in a class of her own

10 Jun 2022
Paula Rego, photographed in 2021. Photo: © Nick Willing

The week in art news – Paula Rego (1935–2022)

The Portuguese-British painter renowned worldwide for her vivid and unsettling fairy-tale visions has died at the age of 87

8 Jun 2022

Paula Rego

The Portuguese-born painter’s masterfully unsettling canvases go on view in her largest UK survey to date, at Tate Britain

2 Jul 2021
War (detail; 2003), Paula Rego.

Paula Rego pictures a world of pain

A survey of the artist takes us to a land of sinister magic not so different to our own

26 Aug 2019
Scavengers (1994), Paula Rego

Paula Rego paints a world of nightmares and secrets

Drawing on sources from Balzac to Disney, Rego’s pictures hint at narratives filled with mystery

14 Nov 2018
The Sky was Blue the Sea was Blue and the Boy was Blue (detail; 2007), Paula Rego. © Paula Rego, courtesy of Marlborough Fine Art

Paula Rego: The Boy Who Loved the Sea and Other Stories

Rego’s almost unparalleled skill for storytelling is evident in this exhibition, which includes examples of the artist’s most iconic and most recent works

Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
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Paula Rego in the studio with the Flying Mermaids. © Nick Willing

Paula Rego shares her secrets with her son

The artist discusses love, depression, abortion and infidelity in a new documentary directed by her son

28 Mar 2017

Paula Rego/Honoré Daumier

Scandal, Gossip and Other Stories

House of Illustration, London
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Review: Paula Rego’s powerful pastels at Marlborough Fine Art

Playful and daring, Rego’s pastels and watercolours are a surprise

24 Oct 2014

From David Bomberg to Paula Rego

The London Group in Southampton

Southampton City Art Gallery
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Ttéia 1C (detail; 2001/2016), Lygia Pape. © Projeto Lygia Pape; courtesy Projeto Lygia Pape and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Paula Pape

Lygia Pape’s fragile threads

Plus: The final painting of Francis West; Yinka Shonibare without his trademark fabric; and Paula Rego’s first tapestry

24 Sep 2016

Are the art market’s problems being blown out of proportion?

Recent results for the London auctions may be a sign that things aren’t all doom and gloom

28 Oct 2024

The art dealer who scammed his way to the top

A memoir by the friend and business partner of convicted fraudster Inigo Philbrick raises disturbing questions about the art world

9 Jul 2024

What to expect from EXPO Chicago 2024

At the art fair’s first edition under new ownership medieval manuscripts can be found alongside contemporary offerings

8 Apr 2024

The week in art news – Marlborough Gallery to close after nearly 80 years

Plus: Endeavor, the owner of Frieze, goes private for $13bn; and Kim Conaty is the Whitney’s new chief curator

5 Apr 2024

The week in art news – the Met hires its first head of provenance

Plus: Denver Art Museum returns 11 more artefacts to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam and some Damien Hirst sculptures may be more recently made than they seem

22 Mar 2024

The club for unconventional and international women who were ahead of their time

For 80 years, the Women’s International Art Club allowed artists to exhibit work that had yet to find wider acceptance

26 Oct 2023

Are auction houses starting to run out of steam?

Disappointing results for a series of sales in London suggest the market may not be as healthy as Frieze made it seem

19 Oct 2023

Around the galleries – Paris+ par Art Basel is back with even grander plans

Art Basel’s newest offshoot returns to the French capital with a public programme that is free and open to everyone

2 Oct 2023
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) (detail; 1972), David Hockney. Image: © David Hockney; photo: Art Gallery of New South Wales/Jenni Carter

Capturing the Moment

The Tate Modern considers how photography and painting have spurred each other to new heights

2 Jun 2023