Michael Armitage
Michael Armitageinterview
Out in the open: Michael Armitage on how the pandemic led him to paint en plein air
The Kenyan-born British artist is showing a new body of work in his solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel
Podcastspodcast
Why did the €471m Caravaggio villa fail to sell?
Plus, artists create their own monuments at Goldsmiths CCA in London and Michael Armitage on Sane Wadu at the newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute
Hosted by Ben Luke and Louisa Buck. Produced by Julia Michalska, Aimee Dawson, David. Clack and Henrietta Bentall
Sponsored byChristie's
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The Big Review: Michael Armitage at the Royal Academy of Arts
Probing the legacies of colonialism, Armitage's seductive paintings on East African bark cloth root themselves in a non-European Modernist tradition
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What songs do contemporary artists listen to while they work? Tune in to our Spotify playlist to find out
From Joni Mitchell to Radiohead and Sun Ra, Michael Armitage, Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe and Rashid Johnson reveal their favourite tracks
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A brush with... Michael Armitage
The Kenyan-British artist tells The Art Newspaper about the art, literature, music and media that inspire him
Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Julia Michalska, David Clack, Kabir Jhala and Aimee Dawson