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Simon Coates

Simon Coates is a writer and artist based in London, UK.

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Portrait of a gallery director in a navy suit leaning against a white wall inside a contemporary gallery space.

David Cleaton-Roberts On Editions, Authenticity and Printmaking’s Place

By Simon Coates
A black-and-white portrait shows a person with closely cropped hair and long locks at the back, turning their head slightly toward the camera with a calm, direct expression against a dark background.

Meet the Collector: Marques Redd On Stewardship, Memory and Collecting Beyond Value

By Simon Coates
An indoor gathering in An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump shows a scientist operating a glass air pump containing a bird while adults and children react with curiosity and distress under dramatic, focused light.

Joseph Wright of Derby’s Theater of Enlightenment at London’s National Gallery

By Simon Coates
A wide multi-panel painting is composed of vertical columns of hand-painted horizontal stripes in earthy reds, browns, purples and whites.

Cultural Memory and the Concept of Country in “Emily Kam Kngwarray” at Tate Modern

By Simon Coates
An Ithell Colquhoun painting, Scylla (Méditerranée) (1938), shows two towering rock forms rising from clear water with sea plants below and open sea beyond, included in Tate Britain’s exhibition on Colquhoun and Burra.

At Tate Britain, Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun Are a Two-for-One Deal

By Simon Coates
A photograph from Sutapa Biswas’s 2004 film Birdsong shows a large saddled horse standing inside an elegant living room facing a young boy seated on a striped settee, with toys scattered on the floor and a model ship in the corner.

‘Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985–2025’ at ICA London Is a Stark Reminder of What Has—and Hasn’t—Changed

By Simon Coates
A suspended mesh sculpture by Alice Adams titled Big Aluminium I from 1965 hangs horizontally in space, casting shadows on the wall and accompanied by seven upright wooden sticks leaning against the gallery floor.

Courtauld Gallery’s ‘Abstract Erotic’ Revisits Structural Sexuality in Sculpture

By Simon Coates
A panoramic landscape painting shows a wide view of the Valley of Mexico with mountains in the distance, a large lake, and two small figures standing on rocky terrain in the foreground.

José María Velasco’s Mexico Glows at London’s National Gallery

By Simon Coates
A large white sculptural fountain stands at the center of the Turbine Hall in Tate Modern, featuring allegorical figures and flowing water as part of Kara Walker’s 2019 installation Fons Americanus, referencing British colonial history.

Looking Back at 25 Years of Tate Turbine Hall Commissions

By Simon Coates
An art gallery space shows two visitors standing and viewing four medium-to-large framed paintings by Noah Davis, each depicting scenes of Black life and community in a figurative style on white walls.

Noah Davis’ Legacy Lives On in the Barbican’s Poignant Retrospective

By Simon Coates
A surreal photomontage titled "The Most Sacred Monster of Photomontage in Her Time" shows a black-and-white portrait of Linder’s face atop a nude torso, surrounded by cut-out objects including scissors, pearls, and kitchen utensils against a vivid orange desert background.

Linder in London: Charting a Course from Buzzcocks Provocateur to Brit Art Treasure

By Simon Coates
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