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Seeking New Landscapes
London, Cork Street
Seeking New Landscapes
16 July - 8 August 2026
Birdhead 鵟
Hong Kong
Birdhead
鵟
4 June - 7 August 2026
Liza Giles Small Paintings
Online
Liza Giles
Small Paintings
1 July - 31 August 2026

Recent Exhibitions

Justin Brice Guariglia: Agentic Forests 11 June - 11 July 2026
London, Cork Street

Justin Brice Guariglia: Agentic Forests

11 June - 11 July 2026
Ken Currie: Leviathan 26 March - 30 May 2026
Hong Kong

Ken Currie: Leviathan

26 March - 30 May 2026
Lisa Jahovic: Soft Interruptions 30 April - 7 June 2026
London, Cork Street

Lisa Jahovic: Soft Interruptions

30 April - 7 June 2026
56 in 26 11 February - 14 March 2026
London, Cork Street

56 in 26

11 February - 14 March 2026
Domestic Setting: Part I 6 February - 14 March 2026
Hong Kong

Domestic Setting: Part I

6 February - 14 March 2026
Stuart Pearson Wright: Roadkill 28 November 2025 - 24 January 2026
Hong Kong

Stuart Pearson Wright: Roadkill

28 November 2025 - 24 January 2026
Small is Beautiful: 43rd Edition 21 November 2025 - 10 January 2026
London, Cork Street

Small is Beautiful: 43rd Edition

21 November 2025 - 10 January 2026
David Hepher: The Elegy of Robin Hood Gardens 15 October - 15 November 2025
London, Cork Street

David Hepher: The Elegy of Robin Hood Gardens

15 October - 15 November 2025
Wu Sibo: Polyphony 19 September - 8 November 2025
Hong Kong

Wu Sibo: Polyphony

19 September - 8 November 2025
Bianca Raffaella: She Cannot Fade 5 September - 11 October 2025
London, Cork Street

Bianca Raffaella: She Cannot Fade

5 September - 11 October 2025
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?: Chen Zhe, Bianca Raffaella and Aida Tomescu 17 July - 6 September...
Hong Kong

Was it a vision, or a waking dream?: Chen Zhe, Bianca Raffaella and Aida Tomescu

17 July - 6 September 2025
august (adj) 7 - 30 August 2025
London, Cork Street

august (adj)

7 - 30 August 2025
Lucy Jones: totally, completely, and absolutely Lucy Jones 9 July - 2 August 2025
London, Cork Street

Lucy Jones: totally, completely, and absolutely Lucy Jones

9 July - 2 August 2025
Edward Burtynsky: China in Africa 23 May - 12 July 2025
Hong Kong

Edward Burtynsky: China in Africa

23 May - 12 July 2025
Liza Giles: In Flux 5 June - 5 July 2025
London, Cork Street

Liza Giles: In Flux

5 June - 5 July 2025
Michael Kidner: from Rothko to Riley 30 April - 31 May 2025
London, Cork Street

Michael Kidner: from Rothko to Riley

30 April - 31 May 2025
Wu Jiaru: Apollo Center 27 March - 10 May 2025
Hong Kong

Wu Jiaru: Apollo Center

27 March - 10 May 2025
Elger Esser: Sky and Sand 21 March - 26 April 2025
London, Cork Street

Elger Esser: Sky and Sand

21 March - 26 April 2025

News & Events

Victoria Crowe Publication Launch

Victoria Crowe

Publication Launch
10 July 2026
Bianca Raffaella featured in Country & Town House

Bianca Raffaella

featured in Country & Town House
July—August 2026
Gabby Laurent Launch of You Used to Be Connected

Gabby Laurent

Launch of You Used to Be Connected
Claire de Rouen Books, London E2
3 July 2026
Justin Brice Guariglia: Agentic Forests 'Top Five Art Exhibitions to See in Central London in July'

Justin Brice Guariglia: Agentic Forests

"Top Five Art Exhibitions to See in Central London in July"
FAD Magazine
3 July 2026
Liza Giles featured in Elle Decoration

Liza Giles

featured in Elle Decoration
July-August 2026
Victoria Crowe featured in Chaos and Control: Printmaking in Scotland Now

Victoria Crowe

featured in Chaos and Control: Printmaking in Scotland Now
The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
27 June - 26 July 2026
London Climate Action Week Reception for Edward Burtynsky: Western Australia - Recent Works

London Climate Action Week

Reception for Edward Burtynsky: Western Australia - Recent Works
Flowers, 82 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DP
25 June 2026
London Climate Action Week Reception for Justin Brice Guariglia: Agentic Forests

London Climate Action Week

Reception for Justin Brice Guariglia: Agentic Forests
Flowers, 21 Cork Street, London W1
24 June 2026
London Climate Action Week In Conversation: Justin Brice Guariglia and Nigel Winser

London Climate Action Week

In Conversation: Justin Brice Guariglia and Nigel Winser
Flowers, 21 Cork Street, London W1
23 June 2026
Ken Currie featured in Celebrate: 200 Years of the Royal Scottish Academy

Ken Currie

featured in Celebrate: 200 Years of the Royal Scottish Academy
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
20 June - 15 August 2026
Victoria Crowe featured in Celebrate: 200 Years of the Royal Scottish Academy

Victoria Crowe

featured in Celebrate: 200 Years of the Royal Scottish Academy
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
20 June - 15 August 2026
Jakkai Siributr featured in Weaving Matter and Memory

Jakkai Siributr

featured in Weaving Matter and Memory
Bangkok Kunsthalle
14 June - 5 July 2026
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Extraction/Abstraction Edward Burtynsky

Extraction/Abstraction Edward Burtynsky

2024
Steidl
Hardback
240 pages, 30.5 x 23.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-96999-313
£38.00
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Published on the occasion of Edward Burtynsky's largest and most comprehensive exhibition to date, at the Saatchi Gallery, London, Extraction / Abstraction looks deeply at the key subjects and signature images spanning his 45-year career. Alongside Burtynsky's compelling photographs, the book includes texts by celebrated art historian Simon Schama, who examines Burtynsky's work in light of the question "Can art help save the world?", and by curator Marc Mayer, former director of the National Gallery of Canada, who provides an overview of the photographer's achievements as technician, journalist and artist.

Extraction / Abstraction presents a dichotomy of Burtynsky's image-making imperative: the lucid and informed documentation of large-scale extractive processes, and how he transforms the landscapes of industry into complete abstractions. Other essential themes in his oeuvre such as agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructure and waste also find their rightful place here. With more than 130 color plates, the book furthermore has a special section, the "Process Archive," featuring previously unpublished, behind-the-scenes photographs of Burtynsky at work on the ground and in the air throughout his career. The archive provides a glimpse into the artist's progression through the evolution of the medium itself, from mid twentieth-century large-format analogue (film-based) cameras, through to twenty-first-century high-resolution digital technologies, including explorations into photogrammetry and augmented reality.

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