27 May 2022
Kojo Marfo, “Keeper #1” (2022), acrylic on canvas, 66 7/8 x 57 1/8 inches (all images courtesy Kojo Marfo and JD Mallat Gallery) Kojo Marfo’s figures silently scream. It’s in the eyes. They’re the focal point in each portrait. The pupil and iris are indistinguishable, and lines fall...
18 May 2022
Society: Acts I – IV, exhibition view. Courtesy of JD Malat Gallery JD Malat Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition Society: Acts I – IV by emerging Chinese artist Ming Ying, from 11 May to 6 June, 2022. Ming’s work looks to the many moments...
12 May 2022
Dave Benett (b.1958) began his career in the 70s, specialising in news and sports photography before concentrating exclusively on entertainment. Benett reports on art and the colloquially called ‘showbiz’ industries. He became adept at getting a great shot in spite of the circumstances, of grabbing a picture that would...
Dave Bennett, London’s original Paparazzo in the ‘La Dolce Vita’ mould, who has been capturing the iconic faces of contemporary culture since the 70s, is exhibiting two new images of Supermodel Kate Moss alongside several prints previously displayed in his first major solo exhibition at JD Malat’s Mayfair space. photolondon.org/jd-malat-gallery...
28 March 2022
Ghanaian artist Kojo Marfo is excited to announce his upcoming NFT collection. The collection will be minted throughout April 2022 through a collaboration with JD Malat Gallery and borrows elements from Pablo Picasso, artifacts, and masks. Artwork is a powerful tool to highlight social issues and offer various perspectives...
Artistic NFTs never stop developing, and in the middle of the hype, real artistic currents emerge. Starting from the crypto kitties and the digital work of Beeple, the NFT movement has since evolved considerably and is even tending to become more professional. In the middle, artists who had already revealed...
18 March 2022
JD Malat Gallery is pleased to present ‘Behind the scenes’ of the exhibition ‘Under Our Together’ by British artist Georgia Dymock, 10 March – 9 April 2022. ‘Behind the scenes’ offers insight into Dymock’s studio and practice, with contributions from the public art platform W1 Curates and special...
15 March 2022
JD Malat Gallery is presenting the solo exhibition ‘Under our Together’ by Georgia Dymock, open from 11th March until 9th April 2022. In this new display of works, the young female British artist engages the audience with captivating art deco-esque surrealist figures, which bridge the physical and digital realms....
14 March 2022
Georgia Dymock, ‘Can’t get you out of my head’, 2022, Digital archival print on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330 gsm paper, deckled edge, 90.3 x 90 cm, Edition of 100 plus 10 artist proofs, £790 JD Malat Gallery and Georgia Dymock will release a series of limited-edition prints to coincide...
8 March 2022
Georgia Dymock, Intertwined Figures with a Fan, 2021. Oil on canvas. 150 cm x 170 cm. Young British painter Georgia Dymock’s lockdown experience resulted in a chapter of uninterrupted creativity. Her new solo show of human hybrid entity figures opens this week at London’s JD Malat Gallery, and...
JD Malat Gallery & W1 Curates transform Flannels London into an exhibition celebrating the work of young female British artist Georgia Dymock In honour of International Women’s Day, JD Malat Gallery has also partnered with the public art platform W1 Curates to showcase Dymock’s work across Flannel’s...
1 March 2022
Dave Benett knows what it takes to get the perfect shot. For four decades, the Mauritius-born British photographer has been aiming his lens at some of the most fascinating figures of our time. He began his career as a specialist in news photography, capturing the 1981 Brixton riots...
26 February 2022
Dymock’s solo exhibition “Under Our Together” will open at London’s JD Malat Gallery in March. Artist Georgia Dymock in her studio (2022). About the Artist: English artist Georgia Dymock makes paintings rooted in both digital technology and traditional painting techniques. Dymock, who was just beginning an MFA at...
9 February 2022
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES AND LIZA MINNELLI AT THE LANGHAM HILTON HOTEL, 1991 Dave M. Benett Anyone who is anyone knows Dave Benett. Omnipresent at fabulous parties, he’s shot everyone from Paris Hilton at her 21st birthday to Liz Hurley in that Versace safety pin dress on the arm...
5 February 2022
Princess Diana and Liza Minnelli on the town after a charity premiere, 1991, and, right, Elizabeth Hurley in ‘that dress’, with Hugh Grant, at the Four Weddings and a Funeral premiere, 1994. Both images were taken by Dave Benett: ‘Diana gave us eight seconds to take these’ DAVE BENETT...
4 January 2022
JD Malat Gallery & W1 Curates transform Flannels London into an exhibition celebrating the work of Ghanaian artist Kojo Marfo JD Malat Gallery is proud to collaborate with public art platform W1 Curates London to create a monumental display of the work of Kojo Marfo. The collaboration will...
14 December 2021
Photo: JD Malat Gallery DISSOLVING BODIES: Beautifully executed paintings of bodies and faces start to break apart as if dissolving into the air, or on to the surface of the painting itself. There’s a beautiful and surreal dream-like quality to Henrik Aa Uldalen’s figurative paintings. Another series has...
13 December 2021
Henrik Uldalen: Love in Exile @ JD Malat Gallery A face appears to dissolve into air in a brilliant figurative painting by Henrik Uldalen. I’ve been following his work for years and this feels like his strongest, and darkest, show to date. He’s clearly influenced by the Old Masters...
11 December 2021
Kojo Marfo, Heritage, 2021. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of JD Malat Gallery and the artist. “If I stick with what I know, I usually get the same results. I can always paint a clever picture, but that’s not my goal. I’m trying to make something with heart and...
24 November 2021
Dr Alison Smith, the Chief Curator of the National Portrait Gallery, in conversation with artist Henrik Uldalen. Their discussion explores the process and inspiration behind Uldalen’s current exhibition ‘Love in Exile’ (18 November 2021 – 8 January 2022). Watch our Youtube video here Read more about Dr...
15 November 2021
»Anyone can paint but it’s the stories behind the images I create that matter most to me.« Kojo Marfo is a London-based artist whose paintings tell stories that pose universal questions. He combines the Akan iconography he grew up around in Ghana with Western references from his time...
30 September 2021
Luis Olaso, Composition for Monstera and a Circle (2021). Courtesy of JD Malat. At the Artnet Gallery Network, our goal is to discover new artists each and every month. We sift through the thousands of talented artists on our site to select a few we find particularly intriguing...
28 September 2021
ha:ar, Impossible Sculptures No. 20, Computer Generated Image (CGI), 140x70cm, lightbox, 2021 How does reinterpreting the past through the lens of the present help us understand our own times? Faced with the postmodernist loss of reference points, we reconnect with our past to orientate ourselves, bridging our vision...
18 August 2021
Written by Tom Bouchier Hayes Rachel Wood, CNN The JD Malat Gallery in London’s Mayfair is everything you’d expect an exclusive art space to be. The premises are immaculate and highly ordered, the owner and staff even more so. Into this atmosphere bounces the ever-smiling and slightly chaotic looking Kojo Marfo,...
