Chrissie Hynde has announced an upcoming London art show titled ‘Hynde Sight – Recent Paintings’.
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On Tuesday (October 2), The Pretenders frontwoman unveiled the exhibition of her latest paintings, with over 60 works available for viewing. Among them are still life works, self portraits and paintings of “dear friends” including Brian Eno and Paul Weller.
Opening on November 21 and running until December 12 at 4 Cromwell Place in London, the Hynde Sight exhibition was arranged in association with Broadbent Gallery, and follows a recent showing of Hynde’s paintings at the 2024 British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.
Painting has become entwined with the ‘Brass in Pocket’ singer’s wider creative output, with her artwork providing the cover for 2019’s ‘Valve Bone Woe’, as well as providing inspiration for Vivienne Westwood’s Spring-Summer 2021 collection.
Touching on the upcoming exhibition, Hydne said in a statement: “What was a meditative practice had turned into something more substantial and could not now be ignored.
“Like lyrics for a song waiting to be written, the paintings kept accumulating, wanting to be seen. Writing the will would have to wait; action needed to be taken – the paintings would have to be dealt with.”
The Hynde Sight – Recent Paintings exhibition is free to enter, and opens from 11am to 7pm Tuesday to Saturday, and 11am to 4pm on Sunday’s.
Elsewhere, Hynde is set to join Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan and Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme as a performer for a Mark Lanegan tribute show in December. Titled “Mark Lanegan – A celebration”, the one off show will celebrate the late singer and songwriter who passed away at the age of 57 back in early 2022.
Other musicians set to perform at the now sold out show include the likes of Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, Greg Dulli, The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, Soulsavers and more.
Hynde also recently explained the reasons why she and The Pretenders don’t play arenas, although though they could, saying they prefer to stick to shows in clubs and theatres because they’re “better for the audience and for the band”.
