The British artist Celia Paul, known for her moody figurative paintings that often draw from her life, has had numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and museums over the past decade—none of them in New York, save for a 2015 show at Gallery Met, at the Metropolitan Opera. That is likely because, although she has long been part of the stable at Victoria Miro in London, where she lives, Paul has not, during that time, been represented by a New York gallery. Now she is: Gladstone Gallery now represents Paul, with paintings by her on view at Art Basel Paris this week.
Gladstone, which represents Paul in collaboration with Miro, will stage a solo exhibition in New York in 2026.
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In a statement, Gladstone senior partner Max Falkenstein called Paul an “incredible artist” and said the gallery “look[s] forward to … building new audiences” for her work.
Interest in Paul’s art has been growing in the U.S. since her 2018 exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, curated by Hilton Als. In January, she was profiled in The New Yorker by novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard.
A year ago, Paul’s work set a new record at auction when Self-Portrait (2017) sold for approximately $122,700 at Christie’s London. Her previous record was $57,000 for My Mother Facing (1999), at Christie’s New York in October 2022.
At Art Basel Paris, which opens to select VIP guests on Tuesday night, Gladstone will show a painting by Paul alongside the booth’s centerpiece, Alexander Calder’s Caged Stone on Yellow Stalk, as well as new works by Andro Wekua, and Joseph Yaeger; recent works by Matthew Barney and Karen Kilimnik; and pieces by Richard Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, and Peter Saul, the latter another recent addition to the gallery’s roster.
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