Matthew Collings 'The white smoke from Philip Guston’s cigarette signals a new pope — the world hopes it’s a red one', 2025 Coloured pencil on paper 29.7x21cm (11.7x8.3 in) Mark Hinchliffe As across his wider practice

As across his wider practice

the headless Greek goddess of victory who inspired the original Jules Rimet Trophy

and the ghost of Jules Rimet himself

Elizabeth I’s motto “I see and am silent” reframes silence as both authority and complicity

Robert Rauschenberg

Matthew Collings 'The white smoke from Philip Guston’s cigarette signals a new pope — the world hopes it’s a red one', 2025 Coloured pencil on paper 29.7x21cm (11.7x8.3 in) Mark Hinchliffe As across his wider practiceFrom an exclusive collection of new work on paper by iconic British artist Matthew Collings for the exhibition 'The Discontents: Part II', curated by Zavier Ellis at Vestry St. in London. Matthew Collings is an artist, writer, and broadcaster whose work spans painting, criticism, and television. He edited the magazine Artsribe, was art critic for the BBCs The Late Show, wrote hilariously confessional art columns for Modern Painters and several