Leon Golub

The next Artist You Need To Know is Leon Golub (1922 – 2004). Golub was an American painter whose work has been described as neo expressionist, and his works have both a dynamism and starkness as they responded to larger social and history issues. Best known for...

R. B. Kitaj

Our next Artist You Need To Know is R. B. Kitaj (1932 – 2007). He was an American painter, printmaker, and draughtsman who spent the majority of his life in England, being an integral part of post WW II British art. Kitaj was one of the most prominent figures of the...

Marilyn Minter

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Marilyn Minter. Minter is an American artist who works in a variety of media, from painting to photography to video, exhibiting her artwork both in gallery spaces but also employing billboards and sharing her work in the public...

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. He is one of the most outspoken and important – both in terms of his artwork and activism – contemporary Indigenous artists in Canada. Yuxweluptun is of Cowichan / Syilx First Nations heritage....

Sue Coe

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Sue Coe. Her works are unique, viscerally memorable, and she has been described as ‘an activist whose art is a blend of visual journalism, social protest, and propaganda.’ (from here) In many ways, Coe is a successor to...