Editing Bridget Riley (section)

==Exhibitions==

In 1965, Riley exhibited in the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York City show, ''[[The Responsive Eye]]'' (created by curator [[William C. Seitz]]); the exhibition which first drew worldwide attention to her work and the Op Art movement. Her painting ''Current'', 1964, was reproduced on the cover of the show's catalogue. The absence of [[Copyright law of the United States|copyright protection]] for artists in the United States at the time, saw her work exploited by commercial concerns which caused her to become disillusioned with such exhibitions. Legislation was eventually passed, following an initiative by New York-based artists, in 1967.<ref name=Kudielka/>

She participated in [[documenta]]s IV (1968) and VI (1977). In 1968, Riley represented Great Britain in the [[Venice Biennale]], where she was the first British contemporary painter, and the first woman, to be awarded the International Prize for painting.<ref name="Tate Press Release" /> Her disciplined work lost ground to the assertive gestures of the [[Neo-Expressionists]] in the 1980s, but a 1999 show at the [[Serpentine Gallery]] of her early paintings triggered a resurgence of interest in her optical experiments. "Bridget Riley: Reconnaissance", an exhibition of paintings from the 1960s and 1970s, was presented at [[Dia Art Foundation|Dia:Chelsea]] in 2000. In 2001, she participated in [[Site Santa Fe]],<ref>Christopher Knight (25 November 2000), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-25-ca-56776-story.html Seeing the Top of the Op Artists] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> and in 2003 the [[Tate Britain]] organised a major Riley retrospective. In 2005, her work was featured at [[Gallery Oldham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/tom-bendhem.htm |title=Tom Bendhem: Collector |publisher=Oldham Council |access-date=13 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327110248/http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/tom-bendhem.htm |archive-date=27 March 2012 }}</ref> Between November 2010 and May 2011, her exhibition "Paintings and Related Work" was presented at the [[National Gallery]], London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridget Riley Paintings and Related Work |url=https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/bridget-riley-paintings-and-related-work-24-november-2010-1000 |publisher=National Gallery |access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>

In June and July 2014, the retrospective show "Bridget Riley: The Stripe Paintings 1961–2014" was presented at the [[David Zwirner Gallery]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2014/stripe-paintings-1961-2014 |title=The Stripe Paintings 1961–2014 |publisher=David Zwirner |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wullschlager |first=Jackie |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a3734094-ebed-11e3-8cef-00144feabdc0.html#slide0 |title=Bridget Riley: a London retrospective |publisher=FT.com |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=4 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402170854/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a3734094-ebed-11e3-8cef-00144feabdc0.html#slide0 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> In July and August 2015, the retrospective show "Bridget Riley: The Curve Paintings 1961–2014" was presented at the [[De La Warr Pavilion]] in [[Bexhill-on-Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dlwp.com/event/bridget-riley-the-curve-paintings |title=Bridget Riley: The Curve Paintings 1961–2014 |publisher=De La Warr Pavilion |date=5 August 2015 |access-date=5 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812022025/http://www.dlwp.com/event/bridget-riley-the-curve-paintings |archive-date=12 August 2015 }}</ref>

In November 2015, the exhibition ''Bridget Riley'' opened at David Zwirner in New York. The show features paintings and works on paper by the artist from 1981 to present; the fully illustrated catalogue features an essay by the art historian [[Richard Shiff]] and biographical notes compiled by Robert Kudielka.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridget Riley |url=https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2015/bridget-riley |publisher=David Zwirner Books |access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref>

A retrospective exhibition at the [[Scottish National Gallery]], in partnership with the [[Hayward Gallery]], ran from June to September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/bridget-riley |title=Exhibition ¦ Coming Soon – Bridget Riley|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> It showed early paintings and drawings, black-and-white works of the 1960s, and studies that reveal her working methods.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artfund.org/whats-on/exhibitions/2019/06/15/bridget-riley-exhibition |title=Art Fund – Bridget Riley Exhibition |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> This major exhibition of her work, spanning her 70-year career, was also shown at [[Hayward Gallery]] from October 2019 to January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 October 2019|title=Bridget Riley review – a shimmering, rolling, flickering spectacular|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/22/bridget-riley-review-hayward-gallery|access-date=7 March 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

Riley's work was included in the 2021 exhibition ''[[Women in Abstraction]]'' at the [[Centre Pompidou]].<ref name="Women in abstraction">{{cite book |title=Women in abstraction |date=2021 |publisher=Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; Thames & Hudson Inc |location=London : New York, New York |isbn=978-0500094372 |pages=170}}</ref>

In May 2023 Riley's first ceiling painting, ''Verve'', was unveiled at [[British School at Rome|The British School at Rome]].