Michael Simpson Minbar/ Study Year 2023 Medium Indian ink, gouache, and charcoal on cardboard Dimensions 29.5 x 14.3 cm Top pick Selected by Matthew Higgs, Director, White Columns, New York About the work Simpson makes large scale paintings in ongoing series that repeat and rework a number of key elements. Rooted in a fascination with fifteenth century Venetian and early Flemish painting and inflected by the formal restraint and reduced palette of Minimalism, Simpson has developed a distinctive, darkly comedic artistic vocabulary with which to create works that move beyond their subject matter to question the nature of painting itself. Date and country of birth 1940, GB Career Highlights Solo Shows: Stuart Shave, Modern Art, London (2023) Arario Gallery, Shanghai (2023) 100 Drawings Holbourne Museum, Bath (2023) Collections: Tate, Louisiana Museum, Denmark; Start Museum, Shanghai