In 1998 Portuguese born artist Paula Rego created a series of work entitled Untitled. The Abortion Pastels. Rego created her work in response to a referendum to legalise abortion in Portugal, whic…
Visceral and unsettling, Paula Rego’s art has challenged us for decades. Now, at 83, she talks to Eva Wiseman about cruel fables and the medicinal joy of champagne
El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa (MAC) presenta, por primera vez en Galicia, la exposición retrospectiva Fábulas reales de la pintora figurativa Paula Rego (Lisboa, 1935), una de las artistas más relevantes de la escena internacional. La muestra, una de las más completas dedicadas a la artista en España hasta el momento, reúne […]
★★★★ “Here, we see her fierce and fearless engagement with the world around her, carried out with consummate skill and singular vision” The Scotsman “I absolutely love this exhibition” Kelly Apter, BBC Radio Scotland Tuesday Review ★★★★ “A powerful response to the last half-century from a fiercely feminist perspective” The List Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance was a survey of the Portuguese artist’s work that brought politics to the fore. This major exhibition was the first ever retrospective of Paula Rego’s work to be held in Scotland. Rego is one of the most important artists living in Britain today. Born in Lisbon in 1935, she is celebrated for her intense and courageous paintings, drawings and prints. The exhibition spanned over 50 years of her international career, from the 1960s to the 2010s. It featured more than 80 works, lent from public and private collections. Rego is admired for her courageous exploration of moral challenges to humanity, such as political tyranny, gender discrimination, abortion, female genital mutilation and the death of civilians in war. Other works in the exhibition began with her Portuguese roots and lived experiences, or respond to current affairs and stories from literature, cinema, folklore, mythology and art history. The exhibition was curated by independent curator Catherine Lampert. “I always want to turn things on their heads, to upset the established order” Find out more about Paula Rego in this extensive interview she gave to The Scotsman in 2019. The exhibition organised by MK Gallery, Milton Keynes with the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
From criticism of dictatorship in her native Portugal in the 60s to the 90s abortion series and Dog Women, Paula Rego’s subjects are as relevant today as ever. As Obedience and Defiance, her first UK retrospective in two decades, opens, she talks about her work and what inspires her
Her art is provocative, violent, magical – and finally in the spotlight. Beverley D'Silva speaks to the taboo-busting artist about her extraordinary life and work.
In 1998 Portuguese born artist Paula Rego created a series of work entitled Untitled. The Abortion Pastels. Rego created her work in response to a referendum to legalise abortion in Portugal, whic…
Fifty years of thought-provoking pastel artworks by Paula Rego.
From criticism of dictatorship in her native Portugal in the 60s to the 90s abortion series and Dog Women, Paula Rego’s subjects are as relevant today as ever. As Obedience and Defiance, her first UK retrospective in two decades, opens, she talks about her work and what inspires her
"Quite why she is not more famous is difficult to fathom. Maybe her gender and style went against her?"
As Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden opens at the National Gallery following the artist’s death last year, revisit a personal essay by her son, filmmaker Nick Willing, about the moving role he played in the making of Rego’s masterpiece, “The Dance”.
Rego, who turns 87 in late January, is celebrated for exploring complex desires and emotions that lurk beneath the surface.
In 1998 Portuguese born artist Paula Rego created a series of work entitled Untitled. The Abortion Pastels. Rego created her work in response to a referendum to legalise abortion in Portugal, whic…
Shocking, daring, and confrontational, Paula Rego’s art never fails to cause a sensation wherever it goes. Read on to examine the evolution of her art throughout the years.
Fifty years of thought-provoking pastel artworks by Paula Rego.
House of Stories: Paula Rego, a new museum dedicated to the artist is opening in Cascais near Lisbon
Her paintings frightened Lubaina Himid; she gave an indelible tutorial to Tacita Dean; and she changed Caroline Walker’s view of the world. Great women artists remember Rego, who died this week
"Quite why she is not more famous is difficult to fathom. Maybe her gender and style went against her?"
Ocula Advisory has been delving into Frieze Viewing Room previews in advance of opening, here are ten artworks highlighted by the team.
The Portuguese artist, who has died at the age of 87, had a strong feminist streak in her work that blazed a trail for women’s rights.
In 1998 Portuguese born artist Paula Rego created a series of work entitled Untitled. The Abortion Pastels. Rego created her work in response to a referendum to legalise abortion in Portugal, whic…
Paula Rego (Portuguese, b. 1935), Looking Out, 1997. Pastel on paper laid down on aluminium, 179 x 129.5 cm.
