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Hurvin Anderson's "Salon Paintings," at Hastings Contemporary, immerses visitors in a vibrant exploration of identity and cultural heritage.

There’s a nice irony to the title Salon Paintings when the salon in question is a barbershop, an irony that won’t be lost on Hurvin Anderson. Born to Jamaican parents in Birmingham in 1965 and trained at Wimbledon and the Royal College at a time when the Euston Road School discipline of measured observation was

The latest exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield is a major solo show of paintings and drawings by Hurvin Anderson, focusing on his acclaimed Barbershop series of works. Yvette Huddleston reports

In living scenes, rich with dissonant colours and tactile textures, Anderson’s collage-like paintings explore Black British social spaces in the impressionist cafe tradition