The Canon · 07

The Discoveries

Artists who have already given us a reason to pay attention. Sequence, not ranking

01Amoako BoafoThe figure becomes touch.02Hernan BasQueer adolescence as romantic theatre.03Jordan CasteelPortraiture as encounter.04Matthew WongA short career; a remarkably complete pictorial world.05Mickalene ThomasGlamour takes control of the gaze.06Njideka Akunyili CrosbyHome is made from more than one place.07Salman ToorQueer intimacy enters the old-master room.08Simphiwe NdzubeA world where bodies refuse ordinary rules.09Toyin Ojih OdutolaDrawing as world-building.10Tschabalala SelfThe body assembles itself.