"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 ...

The work then quickly expands in scale as we enter into Seven Deadly Sins proper. Set in the lower gallery, four very large two-by-three-meter oil paint and charcoal paradise scenes dominate the walls ...

Occupying the Museum’s three main galleries, “Chris Ofili: Night and Day” spans the artist’s influential career, encompassing his paintings, drawings, and sculptures. In his extremely diverse oeuvre, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Six notorious artistic controversies, from Édouard Manet’s “Olympia” to Tracey Emin’s “My Bed.” By Julia Halperin One of the city’s most consistently progressive institutions — which had long enraged ...

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