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IRIA LEINO‘Inner Light’20 August - 17 OctoberAfter surviving a serious accident in 1968 Leino converted to Buddhism in w...
04/09/2026

IRIA LEINO
‘Inner Light’
20 August - 17 October
After surviving a serious accident in 1968 Leino converted to Buddhism in which she found a comforting and consistent philosophy. After her recovery, Leino embraced a monastic Buddhist discipline, embedding the insights she learned from her faith into her formal studio experiments.
This ushered in her ongoing practice of painting as meditation, performed with classical music. The meditative approach is reflected in the exhibition with Leino’s Buddhist Rain series. Leino painstakingly overlaid thousands of diagonal strokes in horizontal rows on the canvas, suggesting a driving rain, upon a principal field of colour. For the first time, she also painted this new series on paper, including in pastels. Richly innovative and delicate, this was a progression that continued over four decades. Before every painting session Leino started with at least one hour of Buddhist chanting, Leino recalled;

“I had a Buddhist hymn ringing in my ears constantly, which I then painted onto the canvas. I had a Hindu mantra that had been given to me, but you were not supposed to stay it aloud. So, I repeated that in my paintings. Then came the visual side and now I only see the art.”

Image I & II
Iria Leino
Buddhism (Only Way) , 1970
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 196 cm

Image III
Iria in her Green Street Loft, 1972
With Buddhist Rain work in progress
Courtesy The Iria Leino Trust, New York

All images copyright The Iria Leino Trust, NY

JONATHAN BALDOCK ‘HELD’On view until 27 SeptemberArnolfini, BristolThe gallery transforms into a colourful, immersive wi...
28/08/2026

JONATHAN BALDOCK ‘HELD’
On view until 27 September
Arnolfini, Bristol
The gallery transforms into a colourful, immersive wilderness of nature and folklore. Known for his striking installations, Jonathan Baldock combines ceramics, textiles and sound to create environments that are both playful and thought-provoking. His work draws on folklore, traditional craft and personal history, shaped by skills passed down through generations of making. Held features a monumental wild bear sculpture, commissioned by Arnolfini. It invites visitors into a direct physical encounter — not to be held, but to hold us
We where honoured to be able to present Baldock’s solo exhibition ‘Felt Cute’ at the gallery in 2024
Images Courtesy of the artist and Arnolfini. Photography by Dan Weill

IRIA LEINO‘Inner Light’20 August - 17 OctoberAlongside her peers in the second wave of the New York School, Leino was a ...
27/08/2026

IRIA LEINO
‘Inner Light’
20 August - 17 October
Alongside her peers in the second wave of the New York School, Leino was a pioneer in the development of a more lyrical abstraction, an antidote to the more gestural abstract expressionism that had come before. Her use of colour and even her techniques often came to her from dreams, which she recorded consistently in her journals (many hundreds were discovered in her loft upon her death). Even the spiral sgraffito in her Colourfield Series were not just decorative elements, they had deep life meanings. By 1966, Iria continued to deeply probe the Colour Field movement. She saturated large raw canvases with poured or sprayed colour but her staining technique was varied and complicated. She sometimes positioned paint cans and other objects on the unprimed canvas as it lay flat on the studio floor, thereby blocking the pigments and allowing the ghost shapes to remain. Subtle lines sometimes betray the use of a brush, and she might continue with sprays and splatters. Many of these paintings are optical forays into dreamlike worlds, often looking like aerial views, biomorphic forms, or explorations of the cosmos
Pictured
Iria Leino
Ce Lui (The One) , 1969
Acrylic on canvas
195.5 x 201 cm
Iria Leino
Loose Not Lost, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
162.5 x 165.5 cm
Images Copyright The Iria Leino Trust, NY

ANTON ALVAREZUPCOMING AND CURRENT EXHIBITIONSAnton Alvarez is included in the upcoming exhibition ‘Tout est en ordre (Ev...
26/08/2026

ANTON ALVAREZ
UPCOMING AND CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Anton Alvarez is included in the upcoming exhibition ‘Tout est en ordre (Everything is in Order)’ at The Institut Suédois, Paris. The exhibition runs from 2 September - 4 October, 2026 (Institut suédois)
You can also view Alvarez’s incredible sculptural works as part of 47th Tendencies exhibition ‘Kneaded. Shaped. Fired at Galleri F15, Norway until 11 October (Galleri F 15)
Image 1 - photo .a_a
Image 2 - Installation image of ‘Kneaded. Shaped. Fired. photo Hinda Fahre

SARA BERMANSara Berman’s painting Conductor, 2025 will be included in the group exhibition ‘Picture of Me’ at the Ståhl ...
25/08/2026

SARA BERMAN
Sara Berman’s painting Conductor, 2025 will be included in the group exhibition ‘Picture of Me’ at the Ståhl Collection Konsthall, Sweden that opens this Saturday 29 August
The exhibition also features work by Lena Cronqvist, Jesper Waldersten, Jan Håfström, Lenke Rothman, Jenni Hiltunen, Ulf Rollof, Claudette Johnson and Lars Nilsson
The painting featured as part of Berman’s solo exhibition ‘Where Muses Dare’ at the gallery in 2025 and acquired by the Ståhl Collection
Image I
Sara Berman
Conductor, 2025
Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm
Copyright the artist
Image II
Installation image of Where Muses Dare, Larsen / Warner, 13 March - 26 April, 2025

OPENING TONIGHT / 5pm - 8pmIRIA LEINO‘Inner Light’Larsen / Warner is pleased to present Inner Light a solo exhibition fr...
20/08/2026

OPENING TONIGHT / 5pm - 8pm

IRIA LEINO
‘Inner Light’
Larsen / Warner is pleased to present Inner Light a solo exhibition from the Estate of pioneering Finnish American artist Iria Leino (b. 1932, Helsinki, d. 2022, New York) This is the gallery’s second solo exhibition of Leino’s groundbreaking work, and follows acclaimed presentations by the gallery at Market Art Fair, Stockholm in 2025 and Art Brussels in 2026
The exhibition traces the development of 4 bodies of work that Leino created over four decades between 1968 – 1988 and the threads that connect each one; her Colourfield, Elephant, Buddhist Rain and Dreaming series. The 1960s and 1970s were a time of great creative and developmental experimentation for Iria, but even when Leino’s personal life felt overwhelming, her disciplined work ethic, dedicated and obsessive studio practice and unbridled spiritual connection through Buddhism, led to further extraordinary painterly experiments throughout her life up until her death in 2022.

After surviving a serious accident in 1968 Leino converted to Buddhism in which she found a comforting and consistent philosophy. After her recovery, Leino embraced a monastic Buddhist discipline, embedding the insights she learned from her faith into her formal studio experiments. After her death an extraordinary lifetime of work of exceptional quality was rediscovered within her SoHo loft. Leino’s rich story and groundbreaking painting helps to broaden the story of 20th Century abstract painting in an incredibly powerful way and Leino is rightly now being considered among the most important Scandinavian artistic discoveries of the past 50 years
The exhibition is organised in close collaboration with The Iria Leino Trust, New York

The gallery is closed today due to Swedens National Day celebrationsWe will be back open next week when you can view the...
06/06/2026

The gallery is closed today due to Swedens National Day celebrations
We will be back open next week when you can view the extraordinary paintings by British artist William Brickel in his solo exhibition, The Finding of a Nature
The exhibition runs through 18 June
Pictured

William Brickel
A Helping Hand. The Lesson, 2026
Oil on canvas
185 x 142 cm
Copyright the artist

William BrickelThe Finding of a Nature21 May - 18 June“William Brickel’s elongated, sometimes contorted, often intense f...
28/05/2026

William Brickel
The Finding of a Nature
21 May - 18 June
“William Brickel’s elongated, sometimes contorted, often intense figures possess an ambiguous beauty that is a bluntly modern nod to 16th-century mannerist styling, offering a whiff of Paul Cadmus, Lucian Freud, or even Egon Schiele. Mostly, though, they hold your eye with their strong and distinctive presence; they crackle with feeling, pulling you in with their mysterious sets and clothes”

Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 2024
William Brickel lives and works in Gloucestershire, UK. In 2018, Brickel graduated with an MA from London’s Royal Drawing School, and received a BA in Photography from Camberwell College of Art, London. Brickel was an artist resident at Palazzo Monti Artist Residency, Brescia, Italy, (2018); and Borgo Pingnano, Pisa, Italy (2018). In 2021, Brickel held his first solo museum exhibition, I’d Tell You If I Could, at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA. Brickel’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; and The Prince of Wales, Royal Collection Trust, London, UK, among others.
Pictured:
William Brickel
Two Figures, Green Sofa, 2026
Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm
Copyright the artist

“I just want to do one really, really good painting.” /Katherine BradfordWe’re happy to share the beautiful interview th...
26/05/2026

“I just want to do one really, really good painting.”
/Katherine Bradford

We’re happy to share the beautiful interview that Odalisque Magazine published with Katherine Bradford in connection with her presentation at Stockholm Market Art Fair with Larsen Warner.

In the interview, Bradford reflects on the path from struggling artist to one of the most distinctive painters of her generation, speaking about late recognition, persistence, New York, swimmers, skaters, and the desire to create something true.

“A flower doesn’t bloom late, it blooms when it has the right conditions.”

Thank you to .magazine for this thoughtful portrait of an artist whose work continues to open new emotional and painterly spaces.

OPENING TONIGHTWilliam BrickelThe Finding of a Nature5pm - 8pmHudiksvallsgatan 8Larsen / Warner is thrilled to present T...
21/05/2026

OPENING TONIGHT
William Brickel
The Finding of a Nature
5pm - 8pm
Hudiksvallsgatan 8
Larsen / Warner is thrilled to present The Finding of a Nature, a solo exhibition of extraordinary new paintings by British artist William Brickel (b. 1994, UK) This is the artists first exhibition with the gallery and his first in Scandinavia
There has been a renewed interest in experimental modes of figuration among contemporary painters in recent years. Since graduating from his MA at the Royal Drawing School in London in 2018, Brickel has created an expressive mode of figurative painting that builds on the canonical Western painting tradition, fusing influences such as The Pre Raphaelites, William Blake, Stanley Spencer, Lucian Freud and Otto Dix. Brickel’s figures, painted in muted colours with their impossible contortions compressed into domestic spaces, evoke restrained, artificial atmospheres that carry echoes of 16th century Italian mannerist artists such as Pontormo and Giorgio Vasari. Brickel’s compositions conjure the emotionally illegible dramas that emerge from awkward, painful human entanglements. The paintings depict contorted male figures that can seem at once flirtatious, sensuous, violent and contemplative, projecting the full range of human emotion
Pictured:
William Brickel
A Tap on the Shoulder. Blue Room , 2026
Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm
Copyright the artist

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