Alex Margo Arden

Art forgeries, museum ghosts, celebrity relics, and the strange afterlives of objects, Alex Margo Arden treats history like a stage set: something constructed, rehearsed, performed, damaged, and endlessly rewritten. Arden is reshaping how we think about what survives, what circulates, and what gets rewritten.
For @kingkongmagazine 21, in conversation with her gallerist, @freddiempowell, they discuss contentious objects, fake Vermeers, Marilyn Monroe’s dress, Kim Kardashian, Punch & Judy violence, Croydon, Champagne, and the idea that every archive is really a performance in disguise.
Jointly shot by @nan__moore + @duncan_loudon.
@olddrag @ginnyonfrederick

Art forgeries, museum ghosts, celebrity relics, and the strange afterlives of objects, Alex Margo Arden treats history like a stage set: something constructed, rehearsed, performed, damaged, and endlessly rewritten. Arden is reshaping how we think about what survives, what circulates, and what gets rewritten.
For @kingkongmagazine 21, in conversation with her gallerist, @freddiempowell, they discuss contentious objects, fake Vermeers, Marilyn Monroe’s dress, Kim Kardashian, Punch & Judy violence, Croydon, Champagne, and the idea that every archive is really a performance in disguise.
Jointly shot by @nan__moore + @duncan_loudon.
@olddrag @ginnyonfrederick

Art forgeries, museum ghosts, celebrity relics, and the strange afterlives of objects, Alex Margo Arden treats history like a stage set: something constructed, rehearsed, performed, damaged, and endlessly rewritten. Arden is reshaping how we think about what survives, what circulates, and what gets rewritten.
For @kingkongmagazine 21, in conversation with her gallerist, @freddiempowell, they discuss contentious objects, fake Vermeers, Marilyn Monroe’s dress, Kim Kardashian, Punch & Judy violence, Croydon, Champagne, and the idea that every archive is really a performance in disguise.
Jointly shot by @nan__moore + @duncan_loudon.
@olddrag @ginnyonfrederick

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [I], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [II], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [III], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [I], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [II], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [III], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [I], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [II], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Flash [III], 2026
Gelatin silver hand print, artist’s frame
61.3 cm x 51.3 cm x 3.5 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Three Market Women in Conversation, 2026
Art handling crates, rope ladder, wicker baskets, museum display food, artificial flowers, prop rats, wallet, condom, underdress, fabric, plate, spoon, bandage, ribbon, brown paper, paper bag, tape, paint, stain, marker, label residue, leaves, dirt, dust, number cards
172 cm x 256 cm x 327 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Authorised History, 2026
Oil on canvas, artist’s frame
32.4 cm x 27.5 cm x 3 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Three Market Women in Conversation, 2026
Art handling crates, rope ladder, wicker baskets, museum display food, artificial flowers, prop rats, wallet, condom, underdress, fabric, plate, spoon, bandage, ribbon, brown paper, paper bag, tape, paint, stain, marker, label residue, leaves, dirt, dust, number cards
172 cm x 256 cm x 327 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Authorised History, 2026
Oil on canvas, artist’s frame
32.4 cm x 27.5 cm x 3 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Three Market Women in Conversation, 2026
Art handling crates, rope ladder, wicker baskets, museum display food, artificial flowers, prop rats, wallet, condom, underdress, fabric, plate, spoon, bandage, ribbon, brown paper, paper bag, tape, paint, stain, marker, label residue, leaves, dirt, dust, number cards
172 cm x 256 cm x 327 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Authorised History, 2026
Oil on canvas, artist’s frame
32.4 cm x 27.5 cm x 3 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Three Market Women in Conversation, 2026
Art handling crates, rope ladder, wicker baskets, museum display food, artificial flowers, prop rats, wallet, condom, underdress, fabric, plate, spoon, bandage, ribbon, brown paper, paper bag, tape, paint, stain, marker, label residue, leaves, dirt, dust, number cards
172 cm x 256 cm x 327 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Authorised History, 2026
Oil on canvas, artist’s frame
32.4 cm x 27.5 cm x 3 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [I], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [II], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [III], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [I], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [II], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [III], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [I], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [II], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [III], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [I], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [II], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [III], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [I], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [II], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [III], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm

'True as Good' continues at diez, Amsterdam until 9th May 2026.
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [I], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [II], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm
Alex Margo Arden
Exposure [III], 2026
Museum display head, plinth, needle, thread
138 cm x 16 cm x 19 cm

'Broken English' at the Barbican, a film about Marianne Faithfull by @iainandjane

'Broken English' at the Barbican, a film about Marianne Faithfull by @iainandjane

'Broken English' at the Barbican, a film about Marianne Faithfull by @iainandjane

'Broken English' at the Barbican, a film about Marianne Faithfull by @iainandjane

'Broken English' at the Barbican, a film about Marianne Faithfull by @iainandjane

A little sculpture from last year –
Alex Margo Arden
Display, 2025
Wood, glass, museum display food, plastic, spoon, display identification blocks
56.2 x 38.4 x 22.2 cm

A little sculpture from last year –
Alex Margo Arden
Display, 2025
Wood, glass, museum display food, plastic, spoon, display identification blocks
56.2 x 38.4 x 22.2 cm

A little sculpture from last year –
Alex Margo Arden
Display, 2025
Wood, glass, museum display food, plastic, spoon, display identification blocks
56.2 x 38.4 x 22.2 cm

Thanks to all who came for the opening of 'True as Good' at diez, Amsterdam. The exhibition continues 'til 9th May 2026.
Open from Friday–Sunday, 12-5pm, or by appointment @diez.gallery.
Shout out to Diego, Thomas, Tiago, and Lucas at the gallery 👏🏻 @diegodp @thomasvander.linde @nobodyistiago_ @lucas.atteveld

My solo exhibition 'True as Good' opens tonight, Friday 13th March @diez.gallery, Amsterdam from 6–8pm. The exhibition continues until 9th May.
"True as Good is a solo exhibition of new works by Alex Margo Arden that move through systems of verification, circulation, and display. Across two rooms, painting, sculptures, and photographs negotiate how objects persist, how responsibility gets mediated, and how moral stakes circulate without resolution."
Alex Margo Arden, Authorised History, 2026
Oil on canvas, artist’s frame
32.4 cm x 27.5 cm x 3 cm

Just leaving this here in 2025 bc I didn't post at the time – my graduation from the Royal Academy Schools 🎓✨
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