Lucy Dodd’s The good, the true and the beautiful is now on view at Sprüth Magers, London, through October 24, 2026.
Dodd’s palette carries a cosmic dimension alongside the terrestrial materials used in her work. The meteorite dust incorporated into her pigments originates from outer space and is older than the Earth itself. All works were produced in 2026, a year described as one of unusual lunar intensity.
The moon’s cycle, with each rotation bringing renewal and regeneration, is a rhythm associated with Artemis and one that women across cultures have long oriented by. The exhibition considers how this connection is disrupted by screens and their artificial light, focusing on a different kind of sight: seeing what that glow obscures and locating light within.
Some canvases adopt the rectangular format of the screen, filling their flat surfaces with dense, darkly worked layers that demand the light Artemis, a central reference in the exhibition, carries into darkness and turns inward.
The gallery on Grafton Street is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am–6pm.
