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Michael Armitage

Michael Armitage's paintings weave narratives that are drawn from news media, internet gossip, and his own recollections of Kenya, his country of birth.

Michael Armitage on Instagram: "Warigia Currently part of ‘You, Who Are Still Alive’ @kunsthallebasel Curated by #ElenaFilpiovic #kunsthallebasel #youwhoarestillalive #whitecube #davidzwirner @whitecube @davidzwirner"

With a new show, ‘Paradise Edict’ at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, Jane Ure-Smith chats to the artist about his influences and the power parallels between modern politics and historic Christian art

Oil Paintings by Michael Armitage Born in 1984, Michael Armitage grew up in Narobi, Kenya, and earned a BA in Fine Arts at the Slade School in London, later graduating from the Royal Academy with a…

"These are horrible! Frightening." - Alex Martin, Facebook. On a brisk cold day in late February I sauntered a couple of miles down to the South London Gallery and back to have a quick look at Michael Armitage's 'The Chapel' show. It was just one large room with eight, fairly large also, paintings in it. The paintings seemed to offer vistas into horrific, bizarre, and uncanny worlds at the same time as they referenced, and were often inspired by, more classical painters of days gone by…

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has re-opened with expanded gallery space. The museum reopened, after a closure of only four months, on budget ($415 million) and on time. It is now not squari…

David Zwirner is an art gallery with locations in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Hong Kong. We present physical and online exhibitions, podcasts, books, and more.

The paintings and drawings of Kenyan-British artist Michael Armitage (b. 1984) give shape to real and imagined histories, constructing deeply rooted impressions of the sociopolitical and cultural contexts that affect contemporary daily life in the region.