Luminosity in painting captures the illusion of light glowing from within a work, a skill long celebrated as a pinnacle of artistic mastery. From Vermeer and Rembrandt to Turner, Titian, and Georgia O’Keeffe, artists have used it to make their paintings seem alive, as if lit from the inside. Today, surrounded by a perpetual sea of bright backlit screens from our phones, computers, and TVs, this subtle painterly craft can easily go unnoticed.

This exhibition takes luminosity as its starting point, asking how contemporary abstract painting can reclaim the experience of colour, light, and presence. The works invite you to slow down, notice texture, materiality, and the carefully crafted glow within each piece. They offer a rare, immersive encounter; a quiet, intimate conversation between the viewer and the image that screens have not yet replicated.

The exhibiting artists are: Angela Brennan, Tony Curran, Susie Dureau, Ollie Lucas, Nick Modrzewski, Michael Staniak, Justine Varga, Kate Vassallo and John Young.

This will be supported by a Collection response exhibition in MAG&M’s Cove Gallery titled Chromatic Collection, featuring selection of works by artists including Patrick Carroll, Ian Howard, Carmen Ky, Jenny Sages, Nigel Thomson, and Helicopter Tjungurrayi.