Beyond Form review: the dogged gunk rockers who besieged the art world – and the disco
April 2023
The Guardian view on older artists: bridging history and personal life
Editorial: Their new works may be their last, but the contribution of these maestros are still making is invaluable to our world view
July 2022
Fred Cuming obituary
Landscape artist and teacher who captured the beauty of England’s cloudy and rainy skies
December 2021
Bridget Riley at 90: a master who can leave you feeling elated, liberated – and even seasick
Bridget Riley swung the 60s with her reality-shifting creations. Now, in a new show to mark her 90th birthday, you can see them in all their glory
November 2021
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Crime; Dopesick; Tiger King 2; Bridget Riley: Painting the Line
TV tonight
TV tonight: Tracey Emin and Martin Freeman pay tribute to artist Bridget Riley
July 2020
Banksy altered sea view triptych sells for £2.2m at auction
British Airways to sell art collection to ease Covid-19 pressures
December 2019
Anatomy of an artwork
Bridget Riley’s Movement in Squares: an anxiety-inducing illusion
The English painter achieves precision with geometric lines and shapes that have become synonymous with her style
November 2019
Bridget Riley review – still finding new ways to dazzle and exhilarate
The great abstract painter takes simple forms and colours and sets them off in glorious perpetual motion
October 2019
Bridget Riley review – a shimmering, rolling, flickering spectacular
Bursting with movement and energy, always remaining in the here and now, Riley’s paintings give their pleasures generously
July 2019
Edinburgh art festival review – from the sublime to the meaningless
A retrospective of Bridget Riley is truly dazzling, a history of collage makes the cut, but the rest of Edinburgh’s annual art showcase is a mixed bag
June 2019
Art Weekly newsletter
Eye-boggling Bridget Riley and black British pioneers – the week in art
Keith Haring’s first major UK exhibition opens in Liverpool, Leonardo da Vinci visits the British Library and op-art invades Edinburgh – all in your weekly dispatch
May 2019
Observer picture archive
Observer picture archive: Bridget Riley, 25 May 1969
David Newell-Smith captured the artist in her London studio, ahead of a national tour of her drawings.
January 2019
Names in the news
Jasmin Paris’s amazing feat gives new meaning to endurance
Rebecca Nicholson
The achievements of the winner of the gruelling Montane Spine Race are truly awe-inspiring
Artist Bridget Riley unveils huge Messengers wall painting
Riley says she wants National Gallery artwork to spark feelings of joy
Art Weekly newsletter
Riley splashes out at the National Gallery and Gateshead welcomes an apocalypse – the week in art
Bridget Riley unveils a site-specific work, Heather Phillipson’s fantastical images take over the Baltic and more
March 2018
Artists' studios
London will lose creative crown if rents keep forcing artists out
Head of Space network issues warning in book marking 50th year of studios established by Op artists Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgely
February 2018
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
From Phantom Thread to Bridget Riley, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days
