Raqib shaw

The painter shows new work at White Cube this summer.

Raqib Shaw is known for opulent and intricately detailed paintings of fantastical worlds, often with surfaces inlaid with vibrantly colored jewels and painted in enamel.

Raqib ShawReflections on a journey without a compass after Cranach2020Acrylic liner and enamel on Birch wood52.4 ×40.2 inRaqib Shaw’s gloriously opulent paintings depict a fantastical world, full of intricate detail, rich colour, and bejewelled surfaces masking the intensely violent and sexual nature of this imagery. Shaw’s unique method of creating his works, using enamel and industrial, metallic paints manipulated with a porcupine quill to fashion sharp detail and rich surface textures…

White Cube presented the second year of its collaboration with Glyndebourne Festival, White Cube at Glyndebourne, with an exhibition of work by Raqib…

The painter of bejewelled, fantastical scenes has created his very own urban paradise filled with birdsong and the delicate fragrances of seasonal blooms

Raqib Shaw. Untitled. 2004. Alkyd, glitter, pencil, and rhinestones on paper. 23 1/4 x 16 1/2" (59.1 x 41.9 cm). The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift. 3082.2005. © 2025 Raqib Shaw. Drawings & Prints

Raqib Shaw, detail

Allegory of Melancholy (After Lucas Cranach the Elder). Created 2017-2018.

Raqib Shaw High on Hope, 2021 Acrylic liner, enamel, graphite and watercolour on paper 41.5 cm

Raqib Shaw's works are transportive, terrifying and terrific. He has collaborate