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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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Buck, Louisa: 'Our choices of London contemporary galleries', The Art Newspaper, February, no.100, p.66
Shone, Richard: 'Davenport, Maloney, 'Psycho'', The Burlington Magazine, April, p.248
Feaver, William: 'Ian Davenport: Waddington Galleries', ARTnews, May, p.238
Sandbye, Meite: 'Fascination Af Farver', Weekendavisen, 1 July
'Artistic Genre Bending Near Nyhavn', The Copenhagen Post, The Week (supplement), 7-13 July
Hornung, Peter M.: 'Mellen renhed og intethed', Lordag, 8 July
Jorgensen, Tom: 'Intere Nyt Under Solen', Ekstra Bladet, 10 July
Brown, Neal: 'Doorways to Heaven', Art Review, November, pp.50-51
Clark, Robert: 'Ian Davenport', The Guardian Guide, 11 November
Clark, Robert: 'Ian Davenport: Tate Liverpool', The Guardian (reviews), 16 November
Bracewell, Michael: 'I am very good at pouring paint', Independent on Sunday, 10 December
Holman, Martin: 'The results always surprise me: Ian Davenport's paintings', London Magazine, vol.40, nos.9 & 10, December-January 2001, pp.63-69
Bracewell, Michael (essay): Ian Davenport: Large Scale Paintings (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London
Bogh, Mikkel (essay): Fact & Value (catalogue), Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001
Darwent, Charles: '2001 Jerwood Painting Prize', Metro, 4 May
Collings, Matthew: 'Many Marvels', Modern Painters, May, pp.72-75
Boston, Virginia: 'Paints & Brushes First', Artists & Illustrators, July, p.62
Cameron, Neil: 'The art award which fails to convince', The Scotsman, 10 July, p.12
Lynton, Norbert (essay): Jerwood Painting Prize 2001, Jerwood Gallery, London
Collings, Matthew (essay): British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East, London
Herbert, Martin (essay): Complementary Studies: Recent Abstract Painting (catalogue), Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
2002
Ryan, David (intro.) and Andrew Wilson (essay): Talking Painting. Dialogues with 12 Contemporary Abstract Painters, Routledge, London and New York, pp.23-42
Schwabsky, Barry (intro.): Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon Press, London and New York
Peintures - contrainte ou recette (catalogue), L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Livingstone, Marco (essay): Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002 (catalogue), Jerwood Space, London
Abstraction (catalogue), Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
2003
Cumming, Laura: 'British bullseye', The Observer Review, 2 March
'Exhibition of the week: Days Like These', The Week, 8 March
Hirst, Christopher: 'The Weasel', The Independent, 15 March
Denny, Ned: 'Variety show', New Statesman, 17 March
Morton, Tom: 'Days Like These', Tate, March/April, pp.74-77
'Days Like These: Contemporary British Art 2003', Londinium, March/April
Herbert, Martin: 'Days Like These: Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art 2003', Art Monthly, no.265, April, pp.22-23
Patrick, Keith: 'Tate Triennal: Days Like These', Contemporary, issue 50, pp.80-81
Exodus review, Pluk, June, p.18
Clark, Robert: 'Exodus', The Guide, 21 June, p.34
Exodus review, Contemporary, issue 53/54, July/ August, p.32
Burnett, Craig: 'Previews, Austen in the Desert', Modern Painters, Summer, p.127
Darwent, Charles: 'It's not as easy as it looks', Independent on Sunday, 6 July, p.10
MacFarlane, Robert: 'Peaks of Faith', Times Literary Supplement, 7 July
Healy, Jim: 'Mirror opposites', What's on in London, 9 July, p.23
Searle, Adrian: 'Lost in space', The Guardian, 15 July, pp.12-13
Kent, Sarah: 'Ian Davenport', Time Out, 16 July, p.55
Mead, Andrew: 'Double vision', The Architect's Journal, 17 July, p.51
Hubbard, Sue: 'The sands of time', The Independent Review, 22 July, pp.14-15
Pitman, Joanna: 'Bible Lessons',T2, The Times, 22 July, p.19
Lack, Jessica: 'Promised land', RA Magazine, Summer, p.26
'Lines of Influence', RA Magazine, Summer, p.21
Campbell, Jane: '50 best tips for investing in art', The Independent, 25 October, pp.4-11
Jeffrey, Moira: 'Painter is really pouring it on', The Herald, 21 November
Mullins, Charlotte: 'From Bee Gees to Brushstrokes', The Financial Times, 18 November
Days Like These: Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art 2003 (catalogue), Tate Publishing, London
Batchelor, David (conversation with Ian Davenport), Ian Davenport: New Paintings (catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London
Downey, Anthony (essay): Exodus: between promise and fulfilment (catalogue), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Ian Davenport (catalogue), Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
2004
Grimley, Terry: 'Get in line to view new art', The Birmingham Post, 19 April
Tan, Sharlene, 'When he pours he paints', Streats, 9 June, p.28
'Ian Davenport, Ikon Gallery', Art Forum, September, p.113
Prichard, Caroline: 'Ian pours a lot into art', Coventry Evening Telegraph, 17 September, p.67
Brooks, Justine: 'Neon drippings of artistic talent', Metro, 21 September, p.18
Grimley, Terry: 'A splash of colour', The Birmingham Post, 22 September, p.12
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'Ian Davenport', Concept for Living, November, issue 72, p.29
Tan, Eugene, Painting as Process: Re-evaluating Painting (catalogue), Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
Other Times: Contemporary British Art (catalogue), City Gallery, Prague (in association with the British Council)
Watkins, Jonathan and Tony Godfrey: Ian Davenport (catalogue), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2005
Muller, Robert-Jan: 'Ian Davenport: Orkestreren', Kunstbeeld, 04, pp.14-17
Delaney, Barry (editor): A Celebration of 20 Years of The Groucho Club, The Groucho Club, London
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2006
'Art installation to brighten Southwark Street
railway bridge', londonse1 community website, 12 January
Arendt, Paul: 'Brainwaves: Syringe Art', G2, The Guardian, 2 March
Southwark Council and Land Securities commission Ian Davenport's 'Poured Lines: Southwark Street', Land Securities and Southwark Council, London
Davies, Serena: 'Dance to the music of lines', The Telegraph, 'Arts', 19 August, p.6
Davenport, Ian: 'In the lines of Duty', FT Magazine, 26 August, pp.34-37
Mullins, Charlotte: 'Earning his stripes: artist with tunnel vision', The Times The Knowledge, 26 August, pp.34-35
McCann, Paul: 'Strip club', Wallpaper, September, pp.122-123
Limited edition magazine cover, Wallpaper, September
BBC London Ten O'Clock News, 5 September
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'The big picture', BBC online, 6 September
'Tunnel art', Thelondonpaper.com, 6 September
'Art on a grand scale is lined up by Tate Modern', The Times, 7 September
'Outdoor exhibit goes the distance', South London Press, 8 September
'Ian Davenport: London', The Guide, The Guardian, 16-22 September
'Southwark Street artwork unveiled', www.london-se1.com, September
Ian Davenport Ovals Arches Lines (catalogue),
The Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Monochromed (catalogue), The Fine Art Society, London
Wilding, Alison (ed.) and Tom Phillips: Royal Academy Illustrated 2006, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Sardo, Delfim (editor): Pintura Redux Desenvolvimentos na Última Década, Colecção de Arte Contemporãnea Público Serralves, Portugal
2007
Friedman, Thomas L.: 'The Power of Green', The New York Times Magazine, 15 April, pp.40-51, 61 & 71
A Summer Selection (exhibition catalogue), Crane Kalman Gallery, London
2007-08
Luke, Ben: 'In the Studio: Ian Davenport Thinking Big', Art World, December/January, pp.136-141
Herbert, Martin: Between the Lines (catalogue), Gallery Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea
2008
'Ian Davenport', www.spoonfed.co.uk
Sumpter, Helen: 'In the studio: Ian Davenport', Timeout, 13-19 February, p.64
Oh, Jean: 'Leading young British artist shows in Seoul', The Korea Herald, 14 March
Chadwick, Alan: 'Five questions for Ian Davenport' Metro, 25 April
Black, Catriona: 'The Odd Couples', Sunday Herald, 9 September
Whitfield, Sarah: Ian Davenport: Poured Lines
(catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London
Godfrey, Tony: Ian Davenport (catalogue), Gallery Hakgojae, Seoul, Korea
Griffin, Jonathan: Blitzkrieg Bop (catalogue), Man&Eve Gallery, London
2009
'Diary: the right lines', Fabric, March
'Ian Davenport: Fabstraction', thelondonpaper, 3 March, p.16
'Ian Davenport: Etched Lines', www.spoonfed.co.uk, 4 March
'The Art', ES Magazine, 6 March
'Davenport', www.pulse-uk.org.uk, 19 March
'Between the lines', Printmaking Today, vol.18, no.1, Spring, p.7
Cleaton-Roberts, David: Ian Davenport Fabstraction, New editions and monoprints (catalogue), Alan Cristea Gallery, London
'How I paint: Ian Davenport', The Observer, 20 September, p.59
Bishop, Sophie: 'Colour Scheme', Mayfair Times, October, p.16
Luke, Ben: Ian Davenport: Puddle Paintings
(catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London
'Ian Davenport at Waddington Galleries through to November 7th', www.fadwebsite.com, 23 October
2010
'Ian Davenport and David Shrigley head artist
pilgrimage to Macclesfield church for Save Us', www.culture24.org.uk, 23 June
Chambers, Stephen (ed.): Royal Academy Illustrated 2010: A Selection from the 242nd Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Craig-Martin, Michael: Art: curated by Michael Craig-Martin (catalogue), Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
2011
'Cultural Calendar', The Wall Street Journal, 20-22 May
Wullschlager, Jackie: 'Gravity's Rainbow', The Financial Times, 21/22 May
Clark, Robert: 'Exhibitions: Gravity's Rainbow', The Guardian Guide, 21-27 May
'Masterwork: Wall of many colours', The Scotsman, 23 May
Cooper, Neil: 'Group Show: Gravity's Rainbow', The List, 21 July-4 August
Ian Davenport (catalogue), Galerie Hopkins, Paris
Stanley, Michael: Ian Davenport: Quick Slow Quick Quick Slow (catalogue), Waddington Custot Galleries, London
Godfrey, Tony: Ian Davenport: Prismatic (catalogue), Alan Cristea Gallery, London
'Making a splash', Mayfair Times, October, p.30
2012
Song, Berwin, 'Earning his Stripes', Time Out Singapore, May
'Linear Space', Tatler, May
'Ian Davenport: Between the Lines', Lifestyle Asia, May
Stanley, Michael: Ian Davenport: Between the Lines (catalogue), Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
'Between the Lines: A Q&A with artist Ian Davenport', City Nomads, 10 May
Ho, Darren, 'Fluidity in the Lines', August Man, June
Henkes, Alice: Ian Davenport: Recent Paintings, Works on Paper and Prints (catalogue), Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel, 'Exhibitions: Now showing', The Times, Saturday 8 September, p.17
Barbero, Luca Massimo: Ian Davenport: Reflex
(catalogue), Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Marelli, Marco Roberto: Route 66: Ian Davenport / Alberto Di Fabio (catalogue), Luca Tommasi, Monza
2013
Bray, Arthur: 'Ian Davenport "Colorfall" Exhibition @ Paul Kasmin', Hyperbeast¸ 8 October
Longo, Paul: 'Ian Davenport's Colorfall at Paul Kasmin Gallery', Musee, 8 October
'Colorfall', Vogue Mexico, September
Donoghue, Katy: 'Focus: Ian Davenport', Whitewall, Fall
Gleadell, Colin: 'Market news', The Telegraph, 15 October, p.30
2013
Garratt, Sheryl: 'The Bright Side', Telegraph Magazine, 31 May
Monograph review, Art Quarterly, June
'Ian Davenport: Colourfall', Icon Online, 4 June
Phillips, Sam: 'Our pick of this week's art events: 6-12 June', RA Magazine, 6 June
Ellis-Petersen, Hannah: 'Artist Ian Davenport launches Colourfall, his first UK retrospective', The Guardian, 10 June
'Waddington Custot Galleries opens exhibition of recent paintings by Ian Davenport'
'Ian Davenport's colourful line-up at Waddington Custot Galleries in London', Wallpaper* Online, 13 June
Wright, Karen, 'Ian Davenport: Painter', The Independent Radar, 14 June
Wullschlager, Jackie, 'Ian Davenport: Colourfall' (review), Financial Times, 14-15 June
'Colourfall by Ian Davenport at Waddington Custot Galleries, London', London Art Reviews Online, 19 June
Wullschlager, Jacki,: 'Vivid or vapid?', Financial Times, 21-22 June
'Optics, Pop and Colour: Bridget Riley and Ian Davenport', Candid Magazine Online, 30 June
'Pour Boy', Artists & Illustrators, July
Monograph review, Christie's Magazine, July
Lambirth, Andrew, 'Mixed blessings', Spectator, 5 July
Monograph review, World of Interiors, September
'Colour intuition', British Museum Magazine, Autumn
Artist page, The-Art-Form, September, pp.4-15 (front cover image)
Cahill, James, 'Recent Exhibitions', The Burlington Magazine, October, p.692
Filler, Martin and Michael Bracewell. Ian Davenport, Thames & Hudson, London
2014
'A Different Stripe', Bazaar Talking Points, 11 February
'As cores de Davenport chegam a Sao Paulo', O Estado de S.Paulo, 23 May
Garratt, Sheryl, ‘The Bright Side’, Telegraph Magazine, 31 May Monograph review, Art Quarterly, June
‘Ian Davenport: Colourfall’, Icon Online, 4 June
Phillips, Sam, ‘Our pick of this week’s art events: 6–12 June’, RA Magazine, 6 June Ellis-Petersen, Hannah, ‘Artist Ian Davenport launches Colourfall, his first UK retrospective’, The Guardian, 10 June
‘Waddington Custot Galleries opens exhibition of recent paintings by Ian Davenport’ ‘Ian Davenport’s colourful line-up at Waddington Custot Galleries in London’, Wallpaper* Online, 13 June
Wright, Karen, ‘Ian Davenport: Painter’, The Independent Radar, 14 June
Wullschlager, Jackie, ‘Ian Davenport: Colourfall’ (review), Financial Times, 14–15 June ‘Colourfall by Ian Davenport at Waddington Custot Galleries, London’, London Art Reviews Online, 19 June
Wullschlager, Jacki, ‘Vivid or vapid?’, Financial Times, 21–22 June
‘Optics, Pop and Colour: Bridget Riley and Ian Davenport’, Candid Magazine Online, 30 June
‘Pour Boy’, Artists & Illustrators, July
Monograph review, Christie’s Magazine, July
Lambirth, Andrew, ‘Mixed blessings’, Spectator, 5 July
Monograph review, World of Interiors, September
‘Colour intuition’, British Museum Magazine, Autumn
Artist page, The-Art-Form, September, pp.4–15 (front cover image)
Cahill, James, ‘Recent Exhibitions’, The Burlington Magazine, October, p.692
Filler, Martin and Michael Bracewell. Ian Davenport, Thames & Hudson, London
2015
'Davenport: Colore, linea e superficie', Arte, 4 May
Moss, Emily, ‘A Different Stripe’, Bazaar Talking Points, 11 February
Gonçalves Filho, Antonio, ‘As cores de Davenport chegam a Sao Paulo’, O Estado de S.Paulo, 23 May
2016
‘Davenport: Colore, linea e superficie’, Arte, 4 May
Pes, Javier, ‘Ian Davenport heads to Meissen for a good cause’, The Art Newspaper, 1 June
Rosen, Miss, ‘Ian Davenport’s “Doubletake” is a Candy-Colored Compendium of Sheer Delight’, Crave online, 8 October
Sigu, Cleménce, 'Lady Dior Art: quand le it-bag se transforme un objet d'art', Grazia (France), 2 December
Tortora, Laura, 'Dior Lancia un progetto artistico dedicato alla borsa Lady Dior'. Vogue.it (Italy), 4 November
Pieri, Kerry ‘The Lady Dior Bag gets the Modern Art Treatment’, Harper’s Bazaar (USA), 4 November
Iredale, Jessica, ‘Dior plans to open a Lady Dior Art pop-up space in Beverly Hills’, Los Angeles Times, 4 November
Nelson, Karin, ‘Enter Dior: 7 Artists take on the Iconic Lady Dior bag’, W Magazine, 4 November
Tortora, Laura, ‘Dior launches an art project dedicated to the Lady Dior Bag’. Vogue.it (Italy), 4 November
Ren, Jia, ‘Dior Lady Art’, ifeng.com, 14 November
Herriman, Kat, ‘What to expect from this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach’, The New York Times, 29 November
Sigu, Clémence, ‘Lady Dior Art: quand le it-bag se transforme un objet d’art’, Grazia (France), 2 December
2017
Jansen, Charlotte, 'Throwing Shade: artists explore the visual language of colour', Wallpaper, 2 March
Forrest, Nicholas, 'Ian Davenport's Spectacular Swatch Pavilion Painting', Blouin Artinfo, 1 May
Westall, Mark, 'British artist Ian Davenport creates a 'Giardini Colourfall' for Swatch at the Venice Biennale', FAD Magazine, 11 May
‘La Biennale di Venezia 57th Internaional; Art Exhibition, in pictures’, The Telegraph online, 12 May
McMahon, Katherine, ‘Scenes from the Venice Biennale: Day 2’, ARTnews, 12 May
‘Swatch celebrates the spectacular work of British abstract artist Ian Davenport in Venice’, Art Daily, 15 May
Hawkins, Laura, 'Technicolour timepiece: Ian Davenport's Swatch is making us tick', Wallpaper, 16 May
Clark, Patrick, ‘interview | ian davenport’, Schön Magazine online, 17 May
Bianchini, Riccardo, 'Giardini Colourfall by Ian Davenport - Swatch Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2017', InExhibit.com, 23 May
‘Ian Davenport Interview: Giardini Colourfall Swatch Faces 2017’, Something about magazine, 23 May
Israel, Katrina, ‘Art O’Clock’, ES Magazine, 1 June
Compton, Nick, 'Ian Davenport's colourful line-up at Waddington Custot Galleries in London', Wallpaper, 12 June
‘Ian Davenport’, Wall Street International, 23 June
Hosmer, Katie, '1000 Lines of Colourful Paint Pool into Mesmerizing Puddles at the Venice Biennale', My Modern Met, 13 September
Westall, Mark, 'Ian Davenport's first solo exhibition in Dubai, Cascade', FAD Magazine, 12 October
Cowan, Katy, 'Cascade: a huge rainbow waterfall of dripping paint by British artist Ian Davenport', Creative Boom, 26 October
Bischof, Felix, 'Ian Davenport's limited-edition Swatch', The Week, 27 November
'Ian Davenport's Colourful Cascades at Custot Gallery Dubai', Harpers Bazaar Arabia, 29 December
'I wanted to explore what I can make paint do', Gulf News, 27 December
2018
Luke, Ben, ‘Interview with Ian Davenport’, Sotheby’s (Online), 30 June
Tarnaud, Vabina, ‘Le poids de la couleur’, Artravel–issue n.79, February–March ‘Colourscapes’, Frieze (online), 2 July
Cowan, Katy, 'Ian Davenport's Large-scale 'puddle paintings' that drip into rainbow coloured pools', Creative Boom, 23 August
Hedges, Frances, ‘Ian Davenport: Colourscapes at Waddington Custot’, Town & Country (online) 30 August
Apcar, Camilla, ‘An oft-overlooked YBA makes a colour-saturated impact at Waddington Custot’, Financial Times: How To Spend It (online), 12 September
‘Ian Davenport’s playlist for a Perfect Day’, Elephant (online), 13 September
Villareal, Jose, ‘Ian Davenport at Waddington Custot’, Artdaily (online), 19 September Israel, Katrina, ‘Ian Davenport: Colourscapes’, Evening Standard Magazine: Style Notes, 20 September
Piggott, Mark, ‘Ian Davenport Lines up Colourful Vision’, Blouin Artinfo (online), 24 September
‘Ian Davenport Colourscapes’, Artsy (online), 24 September
‘Ian Davenport: Colourscapes’, Studio International (online), 26 September
Bastable, Jonathan, ‘Slave to the rhythm: artist Ian Davenport on his beloved drum kit’, Christies magazine, Sept–Oct 2018
‘“Colourscapes” by Ian Davenport at Waddington Custot’, Blouin Artinfo, 2 October ‘Frieze Daily’, The Art Newspaper (online), 6-7 October
Khan, Tabish, ‘London’s Best Exhibitions’, The Londonist (online), 9 October
'Ian Davenport's Stunning Waterfall of Colour Turns Heads at Dallas Contemporary', Paper City, 10 October
Granberry, Michael, ‘Acclaimed British artist Ian Davenport's drippy, dynamic paintings star in new Dallas Contemporary show’, Dallas Morning News, 16 October
Piggott, Mark, ‘Ian Davenport Lines Up for His Colourful Vision’, Modern Painters, November
2019
Westall, Mark, 'This Summer, art world A-listers will take part in the second, annual 'Art on the mind' exhibition and auction', FAD Magazine, 24th May
Lacarpia, Andrea 'Il ritmo del colore. Ian Davenport a Milano' , Atribune, 9th September
'The sparkling heritage of British Art Schools', Financial Times, 26 September
2020
'Ian Davenport: Taipei Dangdai 2020 highlight', Art Emperor, 5th February
Ronchi, Giulia, 'Dieci anni di galleria Milanese Luca Tommasi. Il sui fondatore si racconta', Artribune, 31st March
'Waddington Custot launches NEW WORK, an online platform debuting painting and sculpture by leading contemporary artists working today', FAD Magazine, 5th May
The Art Newspaper Podcast, May 8th
'Some of the best places to buy art for a good cause', Art Newspaper, 21st May
Tabish, Khan, 'Top 5 Artist Fantasy Projects' FAD Magazine, 25th May
Davies, Alan, 'Colourful Ian Davenport Exhibition coming to Addenbrooke's hospital', Royston Crow, 7th August
Jreige, Cynthia, 'Discover the Aamache residence by renowned Lebanese interior architect Nabil Dada', Harpers Bazaar Arabia, 14th September
'Great Exhibition Road Festival to launch virtual exhibition on world mental health day, London Post, 7th October
Romero, James, 'Imperial Scientists inspire artistic re-imaginings of 'Albertopolis', Imperial College London, 9th October
'Imperial Scientists help artists re-imagine 'Albertopolis'', Mirage, 9th October
Black, Rebecca, 'Renowned artwork to go on display at Dublin gallery', Belfast Telegraph, 11th October
2021
Zirinis, Alezandra, 'Ian Davenport and the Inspiration of Rome', FAD, 4th February