Alvaro (cadet) Barrington AcB

b. 1983

'When you look at my paintings, you’re encountering parts of my identity. I grew up in a culture where it was really about erasing hierarchies, where we’re all participating in cultural production.'

My life is not memories rather their narratives ive told myself about myself
Figuring it out is hard and I’m sorry

Art is about learning how to be, Painting is about what's in front of you, it's about learning to see/

LISTEN/
“You’ve got to give them something special, you got to give them you, what you do, what you represent”

Don’t restate what someone has already said when you can say something
new and more relevant/
Take something do something to it then do something to it/

It’s impossible being a human being
Artist or brand

Artist should not look to the right or left. Art should be strong and non-conformist and most importantly should always be personal.

The art lies in concealing the art

Excerpts from Alvaro Barrington’s ‘Artist’s Statement’, December 2024.

My life is not memories rather their narratives ive told myself about myself
Figuring it out is hard and I’m sorry

Art is about learning how to be, Painting is about what's in front of you, it's about learning to see/

LISTEN/
“You’ve got to give them something special, you got to give them you, what you do, what you represent”

Don’t restate what someone has already said when you can say something
new and more relevant/
Take something do something to it then do something to it/

It’s impossible being a human being
Artist or brand

Artist should not look to the right or left. Art should be strong and non-conformist and most importantly should always be personal.

The art lies in concealing the art

Excerpts from Alvaro Barrington’s ‘Artist’s Statement’, December 2024.

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GRACE, Tate Britain Commission
29 May 2024—26 January 2025

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They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY

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La Vie en Rose

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Alvaro Barrington You don't do it for the man, men never notice. You just do it for yourself, you're the...

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You just do it for yourself, you're the fucking coldest

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Alvaro Barrington reflects on Robert Rauschenberg

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Alvaro Barrington

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Artists I Steal From

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with Katy Hessel

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Alvaro Barrington, Mandy El-Sayegh, Rachel Jones and Dona Nelson, chaired by Julia Peyton-Jones

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Alvaro Barrington

Tate Britain Commission (2024)

GRACE is a major new commission by Alvaro Barrington at Tate Britain. Bringing sound, painting and sculpture to the dramatic architecture of Tate Britain's neo-classical Duveen Galleries, Barrington takes visitors on an intimate journey through time and place. Addressing the profound impact that women and their care within Black culture have had on his upbringing and artistic practice, this site-specific installation centres three key figures – his grandmother Frederica, a close friend and sister-figure Samantha and his mother Emelda. Staged in three acts, the installation brings together the artist's personal history, drawing on his experiences of Caribbean carnival culture and memories of his upbringing in Grenada and New York.

Art Basel Parcours (2024)

Coinciding with his Tate Britain commission in London, for Art Basel Parcours Alvaro Barrington presents a recent work returning to his early life growing up in the Caribbean. For his installation entitled Come Home, Barrington has hand-built an architectural structure inside Tropical Zone, 'the No. 1 Super Markets for the Afro and Latin American population of Switzerland', which draws on aspects of family life and his experiences living in the region, celebrating its diverse culture and landscape.

They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY (2023)

They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY, which was held at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin, is a three-part installation: a monumental self-portrait of Alvaro Barrington’s years growing up in New York, inviting visitors into an exploration of the artist’s personal and cultural memory. The exhibition unfolds across three rooms or ‘chapters’. Each one represents different aspects of the artist’s experiences growing up in New York as the son of Grenadian and Haitian migrant workers, channelled through both the imagery of his own personal history and through references that are part of the collective consciousness.

Exhibitions

Museum Exhibitions

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century Group exhibition featuring Alvaro Barrington at the Art Gallery...

Museum Exhibitions

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

4 December 2024—6 April 2025

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

Group exhibition featuring Alvaro Barrington at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Work by Alvaro Barrington features in a group exhibition exploring the world of hip-hop through contemporary art and fashion.

Alvaro Barrington: Air de repos (Breathwork) Group Exhibition at Capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux

Museum Exhibition

Capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

15 November 2024—4 May 2025

Alvaro Barrington: Air de repos (Breathwork)

Group Exhibition at Capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux

Discovering the significance of breathing through immersive installations and sound works in a transformative museum experience.

Alvaro Barrington & Robert Mapplethorpe: I see his blood upon the rose Group Exhibition at the MAC Belfast

Museum Exhibitions

The MAC Belfast, Belfast, UK

8 November 2024—30 March 2025

Alvaro Barrington & Robert Mapplethorpe: I see his blood upon the rose

Group Exhibition at the MAC Belfast

Highlighting the role of flowers in art, from historical paintings to contemporary works.

Alvaro Barrington: GRACE Tate Britain Commission

Museum Exhibitions

Tate Britain, London

29 May 2024—26 January 2025

Alvaro Barrington: GRACE

Tate Britain Commission

GRACE is a major new commission by Alvaro Barrington, bringing sound, painting and sculpture to the dramatic architecture of Tate...

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century Group show featuring Alvaro Barrington at Saint Louis Art...

Museum Exhibitions

Saint Louis Art Museum in Saint Louis, USA

19 August 2023—1 January 2024

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

Group show featuring Alvaro Barrington at Saint Louis Art Museum in Saint Louis, USA

The exhibition includes significant examples of fashion in addition to artworks.

Alvaro Barrington Things that are real: Alvaro Barrington x Dean Cross

Museum Exhibition

Cement Fondu, Paddington, New South Wales

3 June—23 July 2023

Alvaro Barrington

Things that are real: Alvaro Barrington x Dean Cross

Cement Fondu presents its fifth annual exhibition pairing: a dynamic, cross-cultural dialogue between the work of Alvaro Barrington and Dean...

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century Alvaro Barrington

Museum Exhibition

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA

5 April—16 July 2023

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

Alvaro Barrington

Alvaro Barrington's work is now on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Since its emergence in the Bronx in...

Public Commission

28 October 2022

Basketball court created by Alvaro Barrington

A unique and vibrant community court for Tower Hamlets

The London Lions Basketball Club and artist Alvaro Barrington have come together in partnership with Serpentine, CONSUL, Tower Hamlets Council...

Alvaro Barrington, Mandy El-Sayegh, Han Bing and Gerwald Rockenschaub The Drawing Centre Show

Museum Exhibitions

Le Consortium, Dijon, France

1 July 2022—22 January 2023

Alvaro Barrington, Mandy El-Sayegh, Han Bing and Gerwald Rockenschaub

The Drawing Centre Show

On view are the works of 62 artists selected by 4 curators.

Alvaro Barrington Testament: Group exhibition

Museum Exhibitions

Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art London, UK

21 January—3 April 2022

Alvaro Barrington

Testament: Group exhibition

Alvaro Barrington's work is part of the large-scale group exhibition Testament, staged in the entirety of the CCA building in...

Alvaro Barrington Spider the Pig, Pig the Spider

Museum Exhibitions

South London Gallery

1 October—21 November 2021

Alvaro Barrington

Spider the Pig, Pig the Spider

For his first solo exhibition in a UK institution, Alvaro Barrington presents a new body of works in a bespoke...

Alvaro Barrington In the Eye of the Storm Curated by Tim Roerig

Museum Exhibition

Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture,Hasselt, Belgium

26 September 2021—23 January 2022

Alvaro Barrington

In the Eye of the Storm Curated by Tim Roerig

In this exhibition, leading artists from Puerto Rico, Haiti, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe and Martinique present films, photographs, paintings, sculptures, and...

Museum Exhibitions

Royal Academy of Arts

22 September 2021—2 January 2022

Alvaro Barrington

Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2021

The world’s most joyful art exhibition is back. From icons to the up-and-coming, find the art you love from over...

Alvaro Barrington • Rachel Jones Mixing It Up: Painting Today

Museum Exhibitions

Hayward Gallery, London

9 September—12 December 2021

Alvaro Barrington • Rachel Jones

Mixing It Up: Painting Today

An exhibition of 31 artists whose works entrance, transfix and challenge us

News and Press

Alvaro Barrington and Hans Ulrich Obrist In-conversation at the Engadin Art Talks

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Zuoz, Switzerland

25 January 2025

Alvaro Barrington and Hans Ulrich Obrist

In-conversation at the Engadin Art Talks

Alvaro Barrington will be in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist as part of the Engadin Art Talks 2025: Form & Impact.

Alvaro Barrington The Most Influential Artists of 2024

Featured on Artsy

19 December 2024

Alvaro Barrington

The Most Influential Artists of 2024

Alvaro Barrington is featured on Artsy's list of most influential artists of 2024.

Alvaro Barrington: Arts in Motion See behind the scenes of artist Alvaro Barrington's studio

Featured on the BBC

16 December 2024

Alvaro Barrington: Arts in Motion

See behind the scenes of artist Alvaro Barrington's studio

In this episode of Arts in Motion produced by BBC Studios, Alvaro Barrington takes us through the making of GRACE, his major commission for Tate Britain.

Meet Alvaro Barrington The Artist Working With Dev Hynes, Jawara Alleyne and NTS

Featured in i-D

11 December 2024

Meet Alvaro Barrington

The Artist Working With Dev Hynes, Jawara Alleyne and NTS

An interview with the artist about his Tate Britain Commission: GRACE.

Alvaro Barrington 'So much of living is about experience'

Featured in the Financial Times

4 December 2024

Alvaro Barrington

'So much of living is about experience'

Alvaro Barrington shares his holiday gift traditions with the FT.

Featured on Talk Art

22 October 2024

Alvaro Barrington

Talk Art

Russell Tovey and Robert Diament meet Alvaro Barrington to discuss his current exhibition 'Grace' at Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries, and his recent collaboration with BMW at Frieze Seoul.

Alvaro Barrington Wants Aspiring Artists To ‘Trust Your People’ An interview at Frieze Seoul

Featured in Forbes

12 September 2024

Alvaro Barrington Wants Aspiring Artists To ‘Trust Your People’

An interview at Frieze Seoul

Exhibiting for the first time at Frieze Seoul, Alvaro Barrington talks about his BMW collaboration, the intimacy of cars, and Seoul as the ultimate modern city.

Heemin Chung and Alvaro Barrington Miniature BMW i7 arrives in Frieze Seoul as art cars inspired by video games, bats...

Featured in designboom

4 September 2024

Heemin Chung and Alvaro Barrington

Miniature BMW i7 arrives in Frieze Seoul as art cars inspired by video games, bats and insects

Artists Heemin Chung and Alvaro Barrington interpret the BMW i7 as miniature art cars at Frieze Seoul, which runs from September 4th to 7th, 2024.

Alvaro Barrington: Grace Tate Britain's Big Weekender

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Tate Britain, London

3—4 August 2024

Alvaro Barrington: Grace

Tate Britain's Big Weekender

Inspired by Alvaro Barrington's Grace commission, The Big Weekender celebrates all things carnival, music, community and home, in partnership with Notting Hill Carnival.

Alvaro Barrington at the Tate Britain 'You survive with grace'

Featured in Wallpaper*

21 July 2024

Alvaro Barrington at the Tate Britain

'You survive with grace'

Alvaro Barrington’s Grace, installed in Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries, is a meditation of Black culture and identity communicated through his own experiences and memories growing up in ex-British colony Grenada and New York City.

Alvaro Barrington in conversation with Alex Bacon On stealing from the past and painting within the space

Featured in The Brooklyn Rail

3 July 2024

Alvaro Barrington in conversation with Alex Bacon

On stealing from the past and painting within the space

Alvaro Barrington discusses the process and influences behind his recent Tate Britain commission, GRACE.

Alvaro Barrington gets a visit from Hypeart To discuss home and his meteoric rise in the art world

Featured in Hypebeast

3 July 2024

Alvaro Barrington gets a visit from Hypeart

To discuss home and his meteoric rise in the art world

'Barrington employs a multimedia approach to exploring interconnected histories – conflating oils and acrylics with burlap, yarn, wood and neon signage – as a meditation on the very notion of home.'

Rough Version with Alvaro Barrington In conversation with Francesca Gavin

Featured on NTS Radio

1 July 2024

Rough Version with Alvaro Barrington

In conversation with Francesca Gavin

Francesca Gavin talks to Alvaro Barrington about the influence of music on his artistic practice.

Artists' News

Alvaro Barrington's paintings on performance trucks at Glastonbury Festival this weekend

As part of his second collaboration with Notting Hill Carnival

Alvaro Barrington has created a new body of paintings to dress performance trucks at Glastonbury Festival this weekend.

Alvaro Barrington: Come Home In Art Basel Parcours 2024

Art Fair

10—16 June 2024

Alvaro Barrington: Come Home

In Art Basel Parcours 2024

Coinciding with his Tate Britain Duveen Galleries commission in London, for Art Basel Parcours Alvaro Barrington presents a recent work returning to his early life growing up in the Caribbean.

Alvaro Barrington Limited Edition Artworks Limited Editions available at Tate

Artists' News

10 June 2024

Alvaro Barrington Limited Edition Artworks

Limited Editions available at Tate

Alvaro Barrington has produced two limited edition artworks to coincide with his commission, GRACE, for the Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain.

A tour around Alvaro Barrington’s installation GRACE Carnival dancers, stained glass and a haunted corner shop

Featured in The Guardian

3 June 2024

A tour around Alvaro Barrington’s installation GRACE

Carnival dancers, stained glass and a haunted corner shop

This fast-rising artist became known for his yarn paintings but has always thought beyond the canvas. Now he’s transplanting strands of his lives in Grenada, New York and London into the galleries of Tate Britain. Skye Sherwin meets Alvaro for a behind-the-scenes tour of the installation.

The Moving Story Behind Alvaro Barrington’s Monumental Tate Installation GRACE opens at Tate Britain

Featured in AnOther Magazine

3 June 2024

The Moving Story Behind Alvaro Barrington’s Monumental Tate Installation

GRACE opens at Tate Britain

As GRACE opens at Tate Britain, Alvaro Barrington talks to Alayo Akinkugbe about how Ghostface Killah and Notting Hill Carnival inspired the work, and why art should be a safe space.

Alvaro Barrington Interviewed on BBC Radio London

Featured on BBC Radio London

2 June 2024

Alvaro Barrington

Interviewed on BBC Radio London

Gaby Roslyn speaks to Alvaro Barrington about his Tate Britain commission, GRACE, recently unveiled in the Duveen Galleries.

Alvaro Barrington’s Tate Commission is a sensory celebration Carnival, Colour and Culture

Featured in Hero Magazine

29 May 2024

Alvaro Barrington’s Tate Commission is a sensory celebration

Carnival, Colour and Culture

Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries have been home to many monumental commissions over the years, from Phyllida Barlow’s wooden crates to Fiona Banner’s Harrier jet. Now, it’s the turn of Venezuela-born, London-based artist Alvaro Barrington to fulfil the grand Tate Britain Commission.

Alvaro Barrington: The artist bringing carnival and the Caribbean to Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries

Featured in The Art Newspaper

28 May 2024

Alvaro Barrington:

The artist bringing carnival and the Caribbean to Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries

With his new London commission, the Venezuela-born painter is exploring the UK’s impact around the globe with a sweeping installation partly inspired by his grandmother’s plastic sofa coverings.

Alvaro Barrington selected for new Tate Britain commission

Artists' News

28 May 2024

Alvaro Barrington selected for new Tate Britain commission

'This is a great honour and I’m incredibly excited about this amazing opportunity that this commission offers me.'

The Colourful World of Alvaro Barrington's Tate Commission Gravity and GRACE

Featured in Elephant

28 May 2024

The Colourful World of Alvaro Barrington's Tate Commission

Gravity and GRACE

'One of the narratives I have about myself is that I come from a history of working-class immigrants, but I also have the privilege of growing up in a culture of hip-hop and reggae in New York City. That always meant that home became a couple of things to me.’ An interview with Alvaro Barrington ahead of the unveiling of his Tate Commission.

Alvaro Barrington: Grace review Church pews, chains and a carnival queen

Featured in The Guardian

28 May 2024

Alvaro Barrington: Grace review

Church pews, chains and a carnival queen

'Barrington’s commission evokes his origins and his journey to be here now. It is full of life.' A 4 star review of GRACE, Alvaro Barrington's Duveen Galleries commission at Tate Britain.

Alvaro Barrington on hip-hop, carnival and his Tate show ‘Biggie, Tupac, Ghostface – those guys saved my life’

Featured in The Observer

26 May 2024

Alvaro Barrington on hip-hop, carnival and his Tate show

‘Biggie, Tupac, Ghostface – those guys saved my life’

Ahead of his major Tate commission, one of the stars of modern art discusses his diverse cultural influences and why his new work will explore his Caribbean and American roots. An interview with Sean O'Hagan.

An interview with Alvaro Barrington ‘My art’s got to be in the community’

Featured in Apollo

1 May 2024

An interview with Alvaro Barrington

‘My art’s got to be in the community’

'Barrington’s upcoming commission for Tate Britain, which opens at the end of May, marks the latest step in what has been a remarkable and rapid rise to art-world stardom.' An interview with the artist.

Alvaro Barrington Art shows to leave the house for this month

Featured in Dazed

24 April 2024

Alvaro Barrington

Art shows to leave the house for this month

Alvaro Barrington's Tate Britain Commission is recommended in Dazed's May art shows to leave the house for.

Alvaro Barrington at Salone del Mobile LOEWE Curates a Group Show of Lamps

Featured on Artnet

15 April 2024

Alvaro Barrington at Salone del Mobile

LOEWE Curates a Group Show of Lamps

For Salone del Mobile 2024, LOEWE reveals a collection of new lamps specially developed for the presentation by 24 international artists including Alvaro Barrington.

Featured in Fantastic Man

12 April 2024

Alvaro Barrington

The art of making art

Fantastic Man features 'Fifteen Takes' on Alvaro Barrington ahead of his Tate Duveen Galleries commission being unveiled in May 2024.

5 April 2024

Alvaro Barrington limited edition print

Released by CCA

A new limited edition print by Alvaro Barrington has been released to support CCA's programming.

Alvaro Barrington Chosen for Prestigious Tate Britain Commission Tate Britain is set to host Barrington’s latest creation

Featured on Artlyst

5 March 2024

Alvaro Barrington Chosen for Prestigious Tate Britain Commission

Tate Britain is set to host Barrington’s latest creation

Barrington will unveil his monumental piece on May 29th in the classically adorned Duveen Galleries, exploring themes of place and belonging.

Featured on Art Basel

10 February 2024

The rise and rise of Alvaro Barrington

Studio visit and profile by Tom Morton

'In just a few years since graduating from art school, the London-based artist has shot to international stardom.'

Alvaro Barrington on The Art World: What If...?! Podcast Alvaro Barrington talks to Charlotte Burns

Featured in The Art World: What If...?!

8 February 2024

Alvaro Barrington on The Art World: What If...?! Podcast

Alvaro Barrington talks to Charlotte Burns

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Alvaro Barrington: Self-portrait of a Brooklyn kid Judicaël Lavrador reviews the artist's exhibition in Paris for Beaux Arts Magazine

Featured in Beaux Arts Magazine

27 December 2023

Alvaro Barrington: Self-portrait of a Brooklyn kid

Judicaël Lavrador reviews the artist's exhibition in Paris for Beaux Arts Magazine

'Barrington combines personal history and collective references with a touch of nostalgia and a lot of wonder.'

Alvaro Barrington looks back Amah-Rose Abrams reviews 'They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY'

Featured in Wallpaper*

19 December 2023

Alvaro Barrington looks back

Amah-Rose Abrams reviews 'They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY'

'This ambituous exhibition (...) deals with the reality of growing up in a city of dreams.' writes Wallpaper*.

Alvaro Barrington's journey into memory Patrick Javault reviews the artist's 'out-of-common exhibition' in Paris

Featured in The Art Newspaper France

17 December 2023

Alvaro Barrington's journey into memory

Patrick Javault reviews the artist's 'out-of-common exhibition' in Paris

According to Javault, Barrington succeeds in combining street and luxury without excess or derision, reflecting on fame and success

Alvaro Barrington Studio presents COME HOME A portfolio featuring unique prints by Alvaro Barrington, Lisa Brice, Denzil Forrester, Jasmine Thomas-Girvan,...

Artists' News

15 December 2023

Alvaro Barrington Studio presents COME HOME

A portfolio featuring unique prints by Alvaro Barrington, Lisa Brice, Denzil Forrester, Jasmine Thomas-Girvan, Paul Anthony Smith, Peter Doig, Rachel Jones and Simonette Quamina

Each of the unique prints have connections to Carnival, celebrating the vibrancy of its communities, traditions and singular materiality

Alvaro Barrington's homage to his roots Alex Greenberger picks the 10 most exciting gallery shows in Paris

Feaured in ARTnews

12 December 2023

Alvaro Barrington's homage to his roots

Alex Greenberger picks the 10 most exciting gallery shows in Paris

'Barrington's show attempts to transport the energy of New York during the ’90s to the Paris of today' writes Greenberger

Alvaro Barrington believes in the community and in the magic of painting Elke Buhr visits the artist's studio in London

Featured in Monopol

1 December 2023

Alvaro Barrington believes in the community and in the magic of painting

Elke Buhr visits the artist's studio in London

For the cover story of Monopol, Elke Buhr met the artist at his studio, a former school, in Whitechapel, London

Alvaro Barrington, They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY Maxwell Rabb reviews the artist's interdisciplinary approach

Featured in Artsy

22 November 2023

Alvaro Barrington, They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY

Maxwell Rabb reviews the artist's interdisciplinary approach

'His work creates an entry point for others to understand the childhood he associates with New York City', writes Artsy

Alvaro Barrington and Erwin Wurm contribute to Georg Baselitz: Sculpture 2011-2015's exhibition catalogue with newly commissioned texts The artists reflect...

Artists' News

17 November 2023

Alvaro Barrington and Erwin Wurm contribute to Georg Baselitz: Sculpture 2011-2015's exhibition catalogue with newly commissioned texts

The artists reflect on Baselitz and how they connect to his work

Sumayya Vally and Alvaro Barrington work between the folds of familiar and imaginative belonging

Featured in Document Journal

9 November 2023

Sumayya Vally and Alvaro Barrington work between the folds of familiar and imaginative belonging

Both of Vally and Barrington’s lives and works are forged by an amalgam of cities—across the Caribbean and New York

Alvaro Barrington in conversation with Alice Rawsthorn as part of the 'By Design' series

Artists' News

29 October 2023

Alvaro Barrington in conversation with Alice Rawsthorn as part of the 'By Design' series

Listen to Alvaro Barrington's talk with design critic and author Alice Rawsthorn

Alvaro Barrington featured in the book 'Latin American Artists: From 1785 to Now' An essential survey showcasing the work of...

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16 October 2023

Alvaro Barrington featured in the book 'Latin American Artists: From 1785 to Now'

An essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America

The House of St. Barnabas presents Alvaro Barrington's new installation To celebrate the Charity's 10th birthday

Artists' News

3 October 2023

The House of St. Barnabas presents Alvaro Barrington's new installation

To celebrate the Charity's 10th birthday

Discover the new site-specific work by Alvaro Barrington: Sea to C, Starry Nights, St Barnabas 2023

Alvaro Barrington Notting Hill Carnival Commission 2023

Artists' news

27—28 August 2023

Alvaro Barrington

Notting Hill Carnival Commission 2023

Alvaro Barrington's third annual commission for the Notting Hill Carnival.

Featured in The Art Newspaper

16 August 2023

A brush with... Alvaro Barrington

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Johannes Vermeer to Tupac Shakur

Listen to Ben Luke in conversation with Alvaro Barrington

Join Alvaro Barrington for a talk at Sir John Soane's Museum In conversation with Alice Rawsthorne

Event

Sir John Soane's Museum, London

18 July 2023

Join Alvaro Barrington for a talk at Sir John Soane's Museum

In conversation with Alice Rawsthorne

Hear the artist in conversation with Alice Rawsthorne.

Artist News

23 June 2023

Alvaro Barrington at Glastonbury

See Alvaro Barrington's Notting Hill carnival float at Glastonbury 2023

Meet Me at Reception: Alvaro Barrington and Róisín Tapponi

Featured in Frieze

21 April 2023

Meet Me at Reception: Alvaro Barrington and Róisín Tapponi

The painter and film curator discuss their favourite YBA artists, Brexit and the renaissance of Margate, and Madonna’s iconic life and art collection

Alvaro Barrington talks about the Vermeer exhibition at Rijksmuseum

Featured in The Art Newspaper

10 February 2023

Alvaro Barrington talks about the Vermeer exhibition at Rijksmuseum

Alvaro Barrington shares his thoughts on what he makes of Vermeer as an artist working today.

The Innovators: Alvaro Barrington | Interview

Featured in Artnet News

5 December 2022

The Innovators: Alvaro Barrington | Interview

Alvaro Barrington brings a refreshing vulnerability to the way he talks about his life and work.

Marz Lovejoy x Alvaro Barrington present: The Rally—Miami

Artists' News

29 November—2 December 2022

Marz Lovejoy x Alvaro Barrington present: The Rally—Miami

Concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach 2022

A unique and vibrant community basketball court for Tower Hamlets London Lions and Serpentine partner with leading artist Alvaro Barrington

Artists' News

28 October 2022

A unique and vibrant community basketball court for Tower Hamlets

London Lions and Serpentine partner with leading artist Alvaro Barrington

This landmark renovation marks the start of an ongoing initiative from the London club to renovate other community courts across the city.

Notting Hill Carnival pavilion provides ‘a place to lime’ in London

Featured in Wallpaper*

8 September 2022

Notting Hill Carnival pavilion provides ‘a place to lime’ in London

A Notting Hill Carnival pavilion by Sumayya Vally and Alvaro Barrington draws on ‘the identities, mythologies, and rituals surrounding the Afro-Caribbean community

Artists' News

28—29 August 2022

Alvaro Barrington

Notting Hill Carnival

The artist has commissioned an interactive pavilion by architect Sumayya Vally.

Featured in The Guardian

26 August 2022

Alvaro Barrington | ‘I fell asleep on a soundsystem!’ – the pyramid-building artists invading Notting Hill carnival

Amid the floats, sound systems and food trucks at this year’s Notting Hill carnival there will be a pavilion designed specifically for people who need to take a bit of time out from the action.

Community-centred art pavilion to be unveiled at London's Notting Hill Carnival The artist Alvaro Barrington and architect Sumayya Vally lean...

Featured in The Art Newspaper

24 August 2022

Community-centred art pavilion to be unveiled at London's Notting Hill Carnival

The artist Alvaro Barrington and architect Sumayya Vally lean into the carnival's place as a robust "site of artistic creation"

Alvaro Barrington and Sumayya Vally will unveil a publicly accessible pavilion that reflects the history and stories of carnival along with its “mythologies, rituals, repositories of identity and legacies of hybridisation”, say the pair.

Alvaro Barrington’s paintings take a lifetime Interview by Osman Can Yerebakan

Featured in GQ Style

4 May 2022

Alvaro Barrington’s paintings take a lifetime

Interview by Osman Can Yerebakan

Barrington recently opened his newest show, La Vie En Rose, at Ropac’s Salzburg space

Alvaro Barrington On what inspired his show in Salzburg

Featured in BLAU International

27 April 2022

Alvaro Barrington

On what inspired his show in Salzburg

Alvaro Barrington on the influence of 1990s hip-hop and the moral compass of his practice

Young at art: five millennial artists to check out this year Alvaro Barrington

Featured in The Times

8 January 2022

Young at art: five millennial artists to check out this year

Alvaro Barrington

His artistic practice is a lot about entangling cultures, about the ways in which diverse materials, and the real and the virtual can merge. The result is seductive.

17 November 2021

Alvaro Barrington in conversation with Mariana Mazzucato

The conversation will touch on some of the many issues raised by Barrington’s work.

‘High-end Hermès yak wool blankets covered in concrete’ – Alvaro Barrington review

Adrian Searle writes about Alvaro Barrington's work on view at the South London Gallery

Featured in ART UK

11 October 2021

Seven questions with Alvaro Barrington

Alvaro Barrington speaks to Imelda Barnard on the occasion of his current solo exhibition at South London Gallery

‘High-end Hermès yak wool blankets covered in concrete’ – Alvaro Barrington review

Featured in the Guardian

6 October 2021

‘High-end Hermès yak wool blankets covered in concrete’ – Alvaro Barrington review

Read Adrian Searle's four star review of Alvaro Barrington at South London Gallery

Alvaro Barrington South London Gallery 130th Anniversary Event

Artists' News

27 September 2021

Alvaro Barrington

South London Gallery 130th Anniversary Event

Join Alvaro Barrington for an online event and launch of the SLG130 Portfolio in celebration of South London Gallery's 130th anniversary

Alvaro Barrington • Rachel Jones Mixing It Up: Painting Today review

Featured in the Guardian

7 September 2021

Alvaro Barrington • Rachel Jones

Mixing It Up: Painting Today review

Adrian Searle reviews the Hayward Gallery's current exhibition for the Guardian

Artists' News

21 July 2021

Alvaro Barrington

CIRCA

Alvaro Barrington has created a limited edition print as part of the group show LONDON ZEITGEIST, curated by Normal Rosenthal

Featured in Ocula

6 July 2021

Alvaro Barrington

LONDON ZEITGEIST

Storied curator Sir Norman Rosenthal selected the London artists he considers the most promising of their generation

Alvaro Barrington: CIRCA Curated by Norman Rosenthal

Artists' News

1—31 July 2021

Alvaro Barrington: CIRCA

Curated by Norman Rosenthal

Alvaro Barrington is one of five artists taking over the world’s largest public screens this July

Artists' News

21 June 2021

Alvaro Barrington

Wave Your Flags

An exhibition of new works raising funds for Notting Hill Carnival

Alvaro Barrington's Next Move The London-based artist is thinking about home, time and community

Featured in Frieze

11 June 2021

Alvaro Barrington's Next Move

The London-based artist is thinking about home, time and community

Profile feature by Andrew Durbin, editor of Frieze

Alvaro Barrington’s Expansive Art Review

Featured in ArtReview

26 May 2021

Alvaro Barrington’s Expansive Art

Review

Tomas Webers reviews Alvaro Barrington's exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris.

Biennale

21 May—5 July 2021

Drawing Biennial 2021

Alvaro Barrington, Mandy El-Sayegh, Antony Gormley, Rachel Jones, Megan Rooney and Raqib Shaw at the Drawing Biennial 2021

Six artists reshaping our way of seeing Alvaro Barrington

Featured in Financial Times

26 April 2021

Six artists reshaping our way of seeing

Alvaro Barrington

Alvaro Barrington highlighted by the Financial Times

Featured in Der Tagesspiegel

21 March 2021

What Joseph Beuys means to a Caribbean-American painter today

Alvaro Barrington in Conversation with Eva Karcher

Read a translation of Alvaro Barrington's conversation with Eva Karcher

10 Artists on How the Pandemic Has Changed the Way They Approach Their Work

Featured in Artnet

11 March 2021

10 Artists on How the Pandemic Has Changed the Way They Approach Their Work

Alvaro Barrington shares his thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact with Artnet

Black British artists send works to inspire children at school

Featured in the Guardian

5 March 2021

Black British artists send works to inspire children at school

Alvaro Barrington is one of six prominent black artists participating in The Hepworth Wakefield's 2021 School Prints campaign, with the goal to “support the teaching of black histories” in local schools