National Portrait Gallery Turns Down £1m Sackler OxyContin Donation
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is the first high profile institution to turn down a £1m grant from the Sackler Trust, over the controversy...
News
18 March 2019
Mike Nelson Unveils The Asset Strippers A Tate Britain Sculpture Commission
Tate Britain has unveiled a major new commissioned work by Mike Nelson. The Asset Strippers has been created for the annual Tate Britain Commission,...
17 March 2019
Gavin Turk Unveils The world’s Largest Giant Egg Collaboration
Just in time for Easter, the sensational/YBA artist Gavin Turk has unveiled an ambitious new project in collaboration with Photo London, Somerset House, and...
Okwui Enwezor African Born Curator, Critic And Poet Dies Age 55
Okwui Enwezor the Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator has died of cancer age 55. He lived in New York City and...
14 March 2019
George Michael Art Collection Auction Raises £9.4m For Philanthropic Work
The highly anticipated auction of British singer and songwriter George Michael's art collection which captured the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s, has realised...
11 March 2019
Kara Walker To Create Next Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
The African American Artist Kara Walker has been selected to create the next annual Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern.
58th Venice Biennale Announces Invited Artists & Collateral Events
The 58th International Art Exhibition held at the Giardini and Arsenale in Venice from Saturday 11 May until Sunday 24 November 2019 will be...
7 March 2019
Hockney Tops Christie’s Contemporary Sale With £33m Double Portrait
Post War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s London saw 41 lots finding buyers with three unsold and if not a record price for David...
Carolee Schneemann Pioneering Feminist Artist Dies Age 79
Carolee Schneemann, multidisciplinary artist who transformed the definition of art, especially discourse on the body, sexuality, and gender has died age 79.
3 March 2019
Lost Caravaggio Judith: Is This Painting Another Salvator Mundi?
A long lost painting attributed to Caravaggio which languished in a chateau attic in France for over 100 years is touring art market capitals...
26 February 2019
RCA And UAL Ranked Top Art Universities In The World
London art and design schools have again topped the list for the best in the world. They landed the top two spots for excellence...
25 February 2019
Ghana Announces All Star First National Pavilion For Venice Biennale
Sir David Adjaye OBE will design the architecture for the first Ghana Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte 2019. It will take place under...
20 February 2019
Cranach the Elder Venus Masterpiece Gifted To National Gallery
Visitors to the National Gallery are in for a treat as they will be able to view a new acquisition by one of the...
14 February 2019
Artsy Hacked With User Details For Sale On Dark Web
Artsy the art selling platform has been hacked along with 620 million accounts
12 February 2019
Fatos Ustek Appointed Director Of Liverpool Biennial
Fatoş Üstek has been appointed as the new Director of Liverpool Biennial.
Nan Goldin Takes Over The Guggenheim To Protest Sackler Donations
Nan Goldin the photographer and anti-opioid activist, brought her campaign to the Guggenheim, New York yesterday with a Saturday night protest.
4 February 2019
Hertfordshire County Council Sells Off Their Art Assets
A Major Art Collection including works by Barbara Hepworth and Keith Vaughan is to be sold on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council to fund...
30 October 2018
Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2018 – Celebrating Artists And Art Professionals
The Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2018, now in its 8th edition is a celebration of artists and art professionals who have made a difference...
What's On
16 Mar '19-18 Aug '19
Recommended
Anish Kapoor
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
For the inaugural exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Anish Kapoor will present a series of sculptures, some previously unseen in Britain,
15 Mar '19-15 May '19
Recommended
Christian Marclay
White Cube - Mason's Yard
Featuring two new video works by Christian Marclay that reconsider the relationship between image and text, the exhibition foregrounds the role of
06 Mar '19-23 Jun '19
Recommended
Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads
Wallace Collection
The first major exhibition to explore the great twentieth-century British sculptor’s fascination with
07 Mar '19-27 May '19
Recommended
Only Human: Martin Parr
National Portrait Gallery
This major new exhibition brings together works by one of Britain’s best-known and most widely celebrated photographers, Martin
13 Feb '19-06 May '19
Recommended
Diane Arbus: In The Beginning / Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion
Hayward Gallery
Diane Arbus: in the beginning includes nearly 100 photographs that redefine the achievement of one of the most prominent and influential artists of
02 Feb '19-01 Sep '19
Recommended
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
Victoria and Albert Museum
NOW EXTENDED UNTIL 1 SEPTEMBER 2019
Spanning 1947 to the present day, this exhibition will trace the history and impact of one of the 20th
23 Feb '19-23 Jun '19
Recommended
Phyllida Barlow RA: cul-de-sac
Royal Academy of Arts
Phyllida Barlow’s vibrant, large-scale installations transform the environments they
26 Jan '19-31 Mar '19
Recommended
Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life Death Rebirth
Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy brings together two artists Bill Viola and Michelangelo – born centuries apart – who explore the same universal themes with
27 Feb '19-09 Jun '19
Recommended
05 Feb '19-06 May '19
Recommended
Don McCullin
Tate Britain
Tate Britain presents a comprehensive retrospective of the legendary British photographer Don
20 Feb '19-02 Jun '19
Recommended
Franz West
Tate Modern
Ironic, irreverent, yet profoundly philosophical, Franz West was a key figure of European art in the late 20th
23 Jan '19-06 May '19
Recommended
Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory – The CC Land Exhibition
Tate Modern
This is the first major exhibition of Pierre Bonnard’s work in the UK since the much-loved show at Tate 20 years
Reviews
19 March 2019
Archaeologies Charlie Smith London – Davina Jackson Pontone – Edward Lucie-Smith
Two of the most consistent of these in terms of quality are Charlie Smith London, situated above a pub in Shoreditch; and the Pontone...
17 March 2019
David Salle, Martin Parr and William Monk Kick Off The Spring Gallery Season – Edward Lucie-Smith
The London exhibition scene is currently so enamoured with dead avant-gardists that it was a pleasure to see work by the well-established American artist...
14 March 2019
Dead Artists Abound In New London Art Exhibitions – Edward Lucie-Smith
At the moment Tate Modern offers retrospective exhibitions of three very different artists – Bonnard (French), Franz West (Austrian) and Dorothea Tanning (American).
11 March 2019
Jeff Koons: Inflated Banality With An Impenetrable Surface – The Ashmolean – Paul Black
Jeff Koons has brought his blingy kitsch to the world's oldest public gallery. The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is presenting the master of hollow...
9 March 2019
Henry Moore Helmet Heads Historic Armour And Modernism – Jude Cowan Montague
Henry Moore Helmet Heads: As an etcher, I have a long term interest in armour as one of the early applications of the process....
9 March 2019
Louis-Leopold Boilly And The 19th Century Parisian Bourgeoisie – Edward Lucie-Smith
Sometimes the dear old National Gallery here in London comes up with a nice surprise. Their new one-room, free entry exhibition is devoted to...
3 March 2019
Ken Currie: Protest Defeat And Victory – Revd Jonathan Evens
Violence is to be found everywhere and at all times, even where people pretend that it does not exist. That is the argument made...
2 March 2019
The Renaissance Nude Exposed – Royal Academy – Edward Lucie-Smith
The RA’s new exhibition The Renaissance Nude, upstairs in the Sackler Wing of Burlington House, tackles an ambitious theme – the portrayal of the...
Dorothea Tanning The Doors of Perception – Tate Modern – Jude Cowan Montague
Dorothea Tanning is the artist, face hidden to me back then, who drew and painted a short series of paintings that I have loved...
27 February 2019
Franz West: Tate Modern And David Zwirner London – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Franz West show at Tate Modern, with a smaller spin-off at the London branch of Zwirner, the late artist’s long-time dealer, presents the...
23 February 2019
Diane Arbus Street Of Secrets – Hayward Gallery – Sue Hubbard
My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been’ wrote the photographer Diane Arbus, the poor little rich Jewish girl who walked on...
20 February 2019
Don McCullin A Major Retrospective – Tate Britain – Jude Cowan Montague
A major retrospective of the war photographer Don McCullin at Tate Britain showcases his images from Vietnam, Northern Ireland and more recently Syria alongside...
16 February 2019
All the Rembrandts Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Sue Hubbard
With his Bob Dylan mop of curls and pug nose, he looks every inch the rebellious teenager that he was.
7 February 2019
Tracey Emin: Personal Real And Imaginative – Jude Cowan Montague
I visited the white, white cube for the Emin show a day after the people-jammed preview opening. I'm a little allergic to crowds so...
31 January 2019
Bill Viola And Michelangelo A Fairground Magical Mystery Tour – Edward Lucie-Smith
The catalogue for the new Bill Viola show at the Royal Academy – also featuring a group of Michelangelo's best, most finished drawings –...
21 January 2019
Pierre Bonnard: A French Painter Carrying Forward A Great Inheritance – Edward Lucie-Smith
Bonnard was one of those betwixt and between artists, part of the Modern Movement
25 October 2018
Edward Burne-Jones Erotic And The Androgynous Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
I have various reasons for being interested in Edward Burne-Jones. Some are purely personal. For example, I happen to live in the area of...
7 August 2018
Magic Realism: Objectivity In Weimar – Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Magic Realism Art In Weimar Germany 1919-33 show that just opened at Tate Modern is a welcome addition to what you can see at...
Previews
18 March 2019
Cross Lane Projects Kendal Launches Two International Exhibitions
Cross Lane Projects in Kendal opens two exhibitions this week with a consciously international list of artists in the run-up to Brexit*.
12 March 2019
Leigh Bowery Celebrated In Photos By Fergus Greer At Michael Hoppen Gallery
Leigh Bowery (1961-1994) was one of the worlds' most influential cult figures, performance artists, fashion designers, nightclub proprietors and art objects, in the 1980s...
6 March 2019
New Sean Scully Show Announced For 58th Venice Biennale
The Irish/American painter Sean Scully will be presenting Human: an exhibition of recent works and new, unseen pieces at the Basilica of San Giorgio...
4 March 2019
Art Exhibitions Up Now in London March 2019 – Paul Carey- Kent
Writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows in London March 2019. He currently writes freelance including for Art...
14 February 2019
Leonardo: 500th Anniversary Marked With UK Tour – Clare Henry
To mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death a once-in-a-lifetime occasion: a series of his very beautiful drawings displayed simultaneously in 12 cities across...
26 January 2019
El Anatsui Exhibition To Mark Fortieth Anniversary Of October Gallery
An exhibition of works celebrating the force and creative vision of El Anatsui, an artist who has had a tremendous impact on the international...
15 January 2019
Newport Street Gallery Announces John Bellany and Alan Davie Exhibition
The Newport Street Gallery will be presenting an exhibition of work by John Bellany (1942–2013) and Alan Davie (1920–2014), opening on 27 February and...
8 January 2019
Edvard Munch Printmaking Explored In New British Museum Exhibition
The British Museum will be presenting a major new exhibition of printmaking by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944).
19 December 2018
Tate Announces New Exhibition Dedicated To Women Artists In Britain
A new display dedicated to women artists working in Britain over the past 60 years will open in April 2019.
27 November 2018
Bridget Riley: Comprehensive New Exhibition Announced By Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery is to present a major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of the celebrated British artist, Bridget Riley.
Major Keith Haring Exhibition For Tate Liverpool In June 2019
Looks like Tate Liverpool has once again trumped (if that word is still acceptable) Tate Modern or in fact all of the major London Galleries...
Features
17 March 2019
Peru In Focus: Strata Of A Landscape Opens At Casa De América
Coinciding with ARCOmadrid more than 100 works by over 30 contemporary Peruvian artists go on show for the most ambitious survey of Peruvian photography...
14 March 2019
My NY Armory Week 2019 Fairs And Exhibitions – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
I was not looking forward to the freezing cold weather when I decided to attend the Armory week but once in New York I...
12 March 2019
ArtBAB A Show Of Cultural Strength For The Gulf Region
The fourth edition of ArtBAB has closed with a unanimous thumbs-up from both the Artists and exhibiting Galleries.
10 March 2019
Curating Spiritual Sensibilities In Changing Times – Revd Jonathan Evens
Back in 1977, in the catalogue for ‘Perceptions of the Spirit in 20th-Century American Art’, theologian John Dillenberger argued that Los Angeles County Museum...
2 March 2019
Empire II Video Installation Travels to Mexico for Museum Show
Empire II finally lands in Mexico, for an expansive museum show at Maco, Oaxaca, before heading to its final screening destination at 58th Venice...
28 February 2019
ARCO Madrid 2019 Trophy Hunting For Something Profound – Ben Austin
So, with a deep breath and a healthy dose of cynicism I get into a taxi to take me to ARCO, now I must...
27 February 2019
Mexico City – Visual Arts’ New Berlin – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
When I landed in Mexico City to attend the Artweek earlier in February, I was not sure what to expect. Apparently, for the past...
17 February 2019
How To Become an Independent Curator Sarah Sparkes Explains
I am an Artist Curator. I also teach the short course 'How To Become an Independent Curator' at Central St Martins, University of the...
17 February 2019
Bosco Sodi Brick By Brick – Interview Zoltan Alexander
One of my favourite galleries Blain Southern presented at the time the first exhibition of renowned Brooklyn based Mexican artist, Bosco Sodi.
16 February 2019
Frieze LA Week Art, Mud And Rain – Paul Carter Robinson
Day One Frieze LA: Rain! Some things are just out of our control. This was torrential rain sheets of water like you see in...
6 February 2019
Bill Viola: Distraction By Life, Death And Rebirth – Zoltan Alexander
“Such a preachy, pompous show.” - Telegraph. “Viola’s art is dated, dead in the water.“ Guardian.
29 December 2018
London Art Exhibitions Preview A Month By Month Guide 2019
Here's a month by month guide to the highlights of the year's exhibitions at the major museums and art galleries.
3 December 2018
Kelly Grovier On 57 Ways Of Seeing Art – Interview Sara Faith
Kelly Grovier discusses his new book A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works with Sara Faith.
12 November 2018
Annely Juda Celebrates 50 Years – A Recollection by Marina Vaizey
In Praise of the Art Shop - Marina Vaizey looks back on 50 years of the Annely Juda gallery.