Jonathan Griffin

1 week ago | frieze.com | Jonathan Griffin

The wind gusted so hard, as my family drew up to Jose Dávila’s sculpture The act of being together (2025), that it blew my young son clean over. The frequently windswept site north of Palm Springs is ideal for the work; as the nearby wind turbines churn, Dávila’s sculpture – 12 giant chunks of white marble, balanced in two-block stacks – is striking in its stillness.

1 month ago | untappedjournal.com | Mark Byrnes |Jonathan Griffin |Peter Shire |Edwin Heathcote

Echo Park, Los Angeles, where the artist and designer Peter Shire was born, in 1947, is a quiet enclave which, around the time of his childhood, was colloquially known as “Red Hill” for its reputation as a haven for left-wingers.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jonathan Griffin

Image "I can make art anywhere," Knuth says. "I'm not worried about that." Jacobson, 49, worked primarily from home, and lost items from her library of material samples, as well as some vintage furnishings. Knuth considers himself lucky, comparatively. Last July, he signed the lease on a new studio, which was spared from the fire. He had moved nearly all his paintings, sculptures, books and tools out of his garage, where he'd previously worked.

Jan 15, 2025 | frieze.com | Jonathan Griffin

Hands everywhere: hands sprouting out of torsos, hands grabbing heads, fingers pushing through soft flesh. There are bloody spatters and sores – ketchup-red – and sauce bottles, too, and sausages, and fantastical beasts that resemble cutesified pig-rats. We’re in a kitchen, then we’re in the woods, then leaves and logs cover the kitchen counter. These deranged scenes are imagined by a machine, though one that has observed and remembered millions of images made by humans.

Jan 3, 2025 | frieze.com | Jonathan Griffin

In Los Angeles, it’s earthquakes you tend to worry about most. Even when I moved here, nearly 15 years ago, people back in the UK would ask if I wasn’t concerned by the impending threat of The Big One. In the years that have passed, with only a few mild tremors, the worry has both faded – it’s something you live with – and grown, as the eventual, inevitable release of pressure on the San Andreas Fault draws closer.