Remembering Artist Sarah Cunningham through the Eyes of Those Who Knew Her

Sarah Cunningham was a rising star in the art world whose trajectory was brought to a tragic halt when she died at the age of 31 in 2024. Part of The Artsy Vanguard 2023–24 , the Nottingham-born artist was widely admired for her fantastical wildernesses and forestscapes that she brought vividly to life via sweeping expressionistic brushstrokes that thrum with the force of nature. Now, the artist has a major retrospective, “ Sarah Cunningham: Midnight Sun ,” on show at Nottingham Contemporary through January 10th, 2027, the hometown institution where she actually worked as a gallery assistant i