Become a paid member to listen to this article Chris Ofili’s “Lime Bar” (2014) and “Cocktail Serenade” (2014), the New Museum But the truth is that getting banned—however traumatic—can be a great ...

Installation view of ‘Chris Ofili: Night and Day’ with “Blossom” (1997), left, and “Monkey Magic – Sex, Money and Drugs” (1999), right (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) A more descriptive ...

To approach a Chris Ofili painting is to make peace with one’s own smallness. For the last twenty or so years, the British artist has accumulated entire universes on his canvases, some of which almost ...

Modern and Contemporary Art, alongside important jewellery and watches, will feature in the major spring auctions of the Contemporary Week at Dorotheum in Vienna from 19 to 21 May 2026, followed by ...

In the midst of the buzz surrounding Chris Ofili's retrospective at the New Museum—entitled "Night and Day", his first major solo U.S. exhibition—silence reigns supreme. On the third floor of the ...

Detail of Chris Ofili's "Requiem" (2023), commissioned for Tate Britain’s north staircase (© Chris Ofili; photo by Thierry Bal, courtesy the artist and Tate Britain) LONDON — Tate Britain has unveiled ...

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Chris Ofili is a British contemporary painter who works in a vibrant palette and a variety of applied textures to examine both the contemporary and historical Black experience. In intricately detailed ...

"Chris Ofili’s “show is very large, very uneven, and very transitional,” says Jerry Saltz, but ultimately, it’s a rabbit hole you should be following the artist down. Go on, Jerry: “Ofili is doing ...