18 June 2019
Sotheby’s Sold To Private French/Israeli Media Tycoon Patrick Drahi
Sotheby's has been sold to the French/Israeli Media Tycoon Patrick Drahi for $3.7 Billion, taking the second largest Auction House in the world from...
News
UK Museums Now Protected From Court-Ordered Seizure For Loaned Artworks
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has vowed to protect objects on loan from abroad in temporary exhibitions in UK museums from seizure by the...
16 June 2019
Art Basel 2019 Bubble-Wrap What The Dealers Said
Art Basel closed the doors on the 2019 edition reporting buoyant sales to private collectors and public institutions by galleries across all market sector....
12 June 2019
UK Regains Number Two Position In Annual UBS Art Market Report
Each year during Art Basel in Switzerland, UBS publishes its annual art market report. The document has become one of the most essential barometers...
12 June 2019
Da Vinci Salvator Mundi Not Onboard Saudi Prince’s Yacht
I think it’s hilarious that Kenny Schachter’s ‘April-fool-style’ reporting of Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi hiding aboard Saudi Prince MBS’s yacht (as reported in ArtNet...
11 June 2019
Lost Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Film Found In BFI Archive
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s long ‘lost’ optical sound film, Tönendes ABC / ABC in Sound (1933), missing for over 80 years has been rediscovered and restored...
11 June 2019
BP Portrait Award 2019 Won By Charlie Schaffer
Charlie Schaffer has won the prestigious BP Portrait Award 2019. It was announced last night at the National Portrait Gallery, London. The painting titled...
8 June 2019
Rachel Whiteread Made Dame In Queen’s Birthday List
Rachel Whiteread CBE, the Turner Prize-winning artist has been made a Dame in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday List. The painter Glen Brown and Photographer...
3 June 2019
RA Summer Exhibition Returns To Form Under Jock McFadyen
This year the RA Summer Exhibition has returned to form with a talented lineup of artists chosen by an inexhaustible group of jurors. The...
2 June 2019
Paula Rego Abortion Paintings To Feature In MK Retrospective
The first major retrospective of Paula Rego’s work in England for over twenty years will go on show at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes...
Salvator Mundi Loan Declined For Louvre Da Vinci Exhibition
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, named as the buyer of the highly contentious Salvator Mundi painting by Leonardo da Vinci has declined the...
Banksy Sets Up Anti Cruise Ship Market Stall In Venice
Banksy has created a new collateral event in Venice for the Biennale.
16 May 2019
Jeff Koons $91m Rabbit Sets World Auction Record for Living Artist
Christies Postwar and Contemporary Sale in New York has realised a total of $538,971,750 / £418,131,691 million, reaching their revised presale estimates after the...
12 May 2019
Lithuania Wins Golden Lion Award At 58th Venice Biennale
The Golden Lion awards for Best National Participation at the 58th Venice Biennale has been announced. Lithuania's Sun & Sea (Marina) an immersive sound...
Discarded Gerhard Richter Drawings – Man Found Guilty Of Theft
A German man has been found guilty by a court on charges of stealing discarded works of art from the well-known abstract painter Gerhard...
1 May 2019
Diverse Turner Prize 2019 Tate Britain Announces Nominees
The four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2019 have been announced at Tate Britain today.
16 April 2019
Elton John and David Furnish Donate Photography Gallery To V&A
The V&A has announced a new, long-term collaboration with Elton John and David Furnish to improve public access to photography.
Sackler: A Family Divided – Dame Jillian Sackler Speaks Out
Dame Jillian Sackler, third wife of the late Arthur Sackler has defended her branch of the family's philanthropic donations with a statement to the...
7 April 2019
Grayson Perry Brexit Vases Go On Display At V&A
Grayson Perry's timely pair of vases depicting Brexit, one leave the other remain go on permanent display in the V&A’s Ceramics Galleries from today.
20 March 2019
Art And Money Laundering Why The Global Art Market Needs Regulation
High-end art, antiquities, and antiques have become more and more attractive to money launders says, Peter D. Hardy a partner at Ballard Spahr, writing...
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
21 Jun '19-06 Oct '19
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Serpentine Pavilion 2019 designed by Junya Ishigami
Serpentine Gallery
The Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, celebrated for his experimental structures that interpret traditional architectural conventions and reflect
15 Jun '19-22 Sep '19
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Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance
MK Gallery
The first major retrospective of Paula Rego’s work in England for over 20
12 Jun '19-08 Sep '19
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Kiss My Genders
Hayward Gallery
This summer Hayward Gallery presents Kiss My Genders, a group exhibition celebrating more than 30 international artists whose work explores and
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Art Car Boot Fair 2019
Cubitt Square
The Art Car Boot Fair’s mid-summer art love-in will take over Lewis Cubitt Square in King’s Cross on
06 Jun '19-08 Sep '19
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Faith Ringgold
Serpentine Gallery
The ground-breaking work of Faith Ringgold is celebrated in this exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, her first in a European
06 Jun '19-03 Aug '19
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Francis Bacon: Couplings
Gagosian Gallery (Grosvenor Hill)
An exhibition of Francis Bacon’s double-figure
04 Jun '19-25 Aug '19
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Michael Rakowitz
Whitechapel Gallery
Premiering Rakowitz’s most important projects from two decades, eight multifaceted installations draw on architecture, cultural artefacts, cuisine
06 Jun '19-08 Sep '19
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Natalia Goncharova
Tate Modern
Tate Modern will present the first retrospective of Natalia Goncharova ever held in the UK. Most of the works have never been seen in this country
31 May '19-26 Aug '19
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Frank Bowling
Tate Britain
Frank Bowling’s first major retrospective celebrates an artist who constantly pushes the possibilities of
10 Jun '19-12 Aug '19
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RA Summer Exhibition 2019
Royal Academy of Arts
The Summer Exhibition is the world’s largest open submission contemporary art show which has taken place every year without interruption since
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Art Night 2019
various venues around Walthamstow and King's Cross
Art Night 2019 is curated by Helen Nisbet and takes place in Walthamstow and King’s Cross on 22 June with a small selection of projects open for
30 May '19-01 Sep '19
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Lee Krasner: Living Colour
Barbican Art Gallery
This exhibition celebrates the work and life of Lee Krasner (1908–1984), a pioneer of Abstract
Reviews
18 June 2019
Paula Rego Where The Personal Is Political – Marina Vaizey
All art is perforce autobiography, and every picture tells a story. How could it be otherwise? No outstanding artist almost literally makes visual these...
18 June 2019
Natalia Goncharova: Luboks, Icons And Russian Avant-Gardism – Edward Lucie-Smith
Born in 1881, Natalia Goncharova was a full generation older than Lee Krasner and came from a very different background from that of Krasner’s...
17 June 2019
Gender Fluidity Celebrated In New Hayward Gallery Exhibition – Teo Robinson
Kiss My Genders at the Hayward Gallery curated by Vincent Honore is a dynamic voyage and vivacious celebration of infinite representations of gender-diversity, gender...
16 June 2019
Keith Haring: A Sign Of The Times – Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
The highly anticipated first UK exhibition of Keith Haring's work has opened at Tate Liverpool. It is vast, covering most aspects of his work...
11 June 2019
Oscar Murillo A Cultural Hero Of Sorts – Edward Lucie-Smith
I’ve just read a piece on the web complaining that the one area of the contemporary art world where gender equality is making no...
10 June 2019
Francis Bacon – The Power Of The Illicit – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Francis Bacon show at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill is something of a landmark event. It contains a sumptuous array of top-quality works. Only...
9 June 2019
Keith Tyson – Enrique Martínez Celaya Two London Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
If you want to take the temperature of the London art world, here are two places to do so. One is the show for...
8 June 2019
Faith Ringgold and Luchita Hurtado – Two Women Artists Of A Certain Age
I was looking at the tapestries with painted and sewn figures, the colourful designs of pioneering activist and artist Faith Ringgold when I heard...
2 June 2019
Frank Bowling: In The Presence Of A Significant Painter – Sue Hubbard
It’s rare to walk into an exhibition and be bowled over (forgive the pun). To encounter work that touches the heart as well as...
25 May 2019
Anish Kapoor: Splashing Bloody Wombs And One Penis – Jude Cowan Montague
I can't see an Anish Kapoor exhibition at the moment. I can't talk about Anish Kapoor at the moment. Not without the first thing...
25 May 2019
Leonardo Da Vinci A Man Of Seductive Charm – Edward Lucie-Smith
This will be a great year of Leonardo celebrations because 2019 marks five centuries since the great artist died and Leonardo is now one...
14 May 2019
Cathy Wilkes: Resurrecting The Forgotten British Pavilion Venice Biennale – Sue Hubbard
May you live in interesting times is the overarching theme of this year’s Biennale. Dystopia and dissonance are everywhere played out in the themes...
14 May 2019
Whatever Happened To Anthony Caro? – Three Reviews – Edward Lucie-Smith
Whatever happened to Anthony Caro? In Jonathan Jones’ new book about the history of British art from Hogarth to Banksy, Caro gets about half...
1 May 2019
Kathy Acker And I – ICA Retrospective – Paul Carter Robinson
I,I,I,I,I,I,I Kathy Acker is a fitting title for this quasi-retrospective exhibition which opened at the ICA on Tuesday night. In fact, it would have...
28 March 2019
Vincent Van Gogh His Very British Legacy – Edward Lucie-Smith
Tate Britain has one very good reason to offer us a Vincent Van Gogh show, which is that it is sure to raise attendances...
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...
Previews
FairforSaatchi: New Art Fair Announced For June’s Masterpiece Corridor
A brand new fair focusing on Contemporary and Modern art has been announced for London during the Masterpiece/Olympia corridor.
17 June 2019
Art Car Boot Fair 2019 Returns For A Summer Of Love
The Art Car Boot Fair is perhaps the one place to go for starter level collectors. This mid-summer art love-in awards the opportunity to...
16 June 2019
16th Istanbul Biennial Announces Artists And Programmes
The Istanbul Biennial has grown to be the leading contemporary art event in the region and is also one of the most respected Biennials...
15 June 2019
Ann Grim Reflects On The Future Of Humankind At h Club London
Cross-disciplinary artist Ann Grim is to have her first solo exhibition in London at the h Club (formerly The Hospital Club) running from 28...
6 June 2019
Wolfgang Tillmans: Image-Making In An Image-Saturated World – Maureen Paley
Wolfgang Tillmans ninth solo exhibition was unveiled last night at Maureen Paley. The exhibition focuses on Tillmans’ multifaceted approach to image-making, featuring new and...
30 May 2019
Michael Craig-Martin Sculpture Unveiled At Gagosian Britannia Street
Sculptural works by Michael Craig-Martin have been unveiled at Gagosian in Britannia Street.
21 May 2019
Edmund de Waal Venice Installation Confirmed For British Museum
Edmund de Waal is to exhibit his profoundly beautiful Venice Biennale collateral work, ‘Psalm’, Library of Exile, at the British Museum in London in...
2 May 2019
Twenty Unmissable Pavilions at 58th Venice Biennale – Artlyst
What goes around comes around and again it is time for the Venice Biennale. Now in its 58th edition and under the direction of...
8 April 2019
Antony Gormley Celebrated With Royal Academy Solo Show
In September 2019, the Royal Academy of Arts will present a solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed British sculptor Antony Gormley (b. 1950), the...
2 April 2019
Queer Spaces: New Whitechapel Gallery Exhibition Opens
Over half of London’s LGBTQ+ venues closed between 2006 and 2016 New exhibition explores queer spaces through contemporary artworks and rare archival material. It...
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
15 June 2019
Flying Into Art Basel 2019 – Paul Carey-Kent Reports
Paul Carey- Kent is in Basel for the worlds weightiest art fair Here are his top picks from the week the art world focused...
9 June 2019
Waterloo Festival Launches At St. John’s Waterloo – Revd Jonathan Evens
Churches hosting exhibitions and artists is a fantastic development says Almuth Tebbenhoff, co-curator of The London Group's outdoor exhibition 'Coming Good: Come Hell or...
Art Basel 2019 The World’s Top Art Fair – Visitors Guide
Art Basel brings together some of the world’s leading galleries exhibiting the works of over 4,000 artists. A full program of talks and special...
2 June 2019
John Bellany Alan Davie Spiritual Joy and Magic – Revd Jonathan Evens
In 1983 John Bellany painted a double portrait depicting himself alongside Alan Davie. These two influential artists are Scotland's best-known post-war artists. Cradle of...
29 May 2019
Guggenheim Bilbao Dazzles With Summer Blockbuster Exhibitions
Last week I travelled South to the Guggenheim Bilbao for perhaps the strongest Summer line-up of art exhibitions, anywhere on the planet.
20 May 2019
Whitney Biennial 2019 Open-Ended and Hopeful – Ilka Scobie
The Whitney Biennial 2019 is America’s oldest survey of contemporary art. Now in its 79th edition, this year's event opened as the stock market...
20 May 2019
ARCOlisboa Lisbon: F*** Art! Lets Dance! – Ben Austin Diary
FUCK ART! LET’S DANCE! Got your attention with a bit of comic vulgarity? Good. Not an easy thing to do, what with so many...
19 May 2019
The Rebirth Of Cork Street But Where Are The Galleries? – Oliver Malin
When most people think of the London art scene, It may be tricky to pinpoint what constitutes its epicenter. Perhaps it starts with the...
16 May 2019
Photo London 2019 The Capitals Most Coherent Photography Fair – Kerim Aytac
This week Photo London returns for its fifth edition, and it’s the strongest iteration yet. No longer just a fair, over the course of...
16 May 2019
London Degree Shows Guide 2019
Here is a comprehensive list of all the major London degree art shows scheduled for the summer. The list is not complete so keep...
14 May 2019
Venice Biennale Collateral Exhibitions Provide Calm and Quality
It was a relief to step away from the hustle and bustle of the Giardini and Arsenale, the main venues for the 58th Venice...
13 May 2019
Venice Biennale 58: From Climate Change To Automatonics – Paul Carter Robinson
Over the years, the Giardini and the Arsenale, the two official locations for the Venice Biennale have become interchangeable in terms of weightiness. Some...
2 May 2019
Stanley Kubrick Framing Perfection – Design Museum – Zoltan Alexander
Kubrick’s renaissance is undoubtedly in full swing. The Design Museum opened last week one of the most compelling exhibitions of the year “Stanley Kubrick:...
1 May 2019
Henry Moore At Houghton Hall An Exemplary Pairing
A trip to the magnificent Palladian house Houghton Hall in Norfolk is always a much look forwarded to pleasure. The current exhibition is a...
20 April 2019
58th Venice Biennale Collateral Events Guide – Artlyst
Outside of the Giardini and Arsenale, the main venues for the 58th Venice Biennale, there is an overwhelming abundance of other exhibitions and events....
17 April 2019
Dale Chihuly: His Stunning Return To Kew After Thirteen Years
Dale Chihuly is known for transforming the Studio Glass movement and elevating the possibilities of glass as a medium for fine art.
7 April 2019
Renzo Piano’s Landmark Spacecraft Defines The Academy Museum LA
The Academy Museum which is set to launch in Autumn 2019 will be the go-to institution dedicated to the art and science of film....
6 April 2019
Van Gogh’s Religious Journey Around London – Revd Jonathan Evens
Vincent van Gogh arrived in Britain as a young trainee art dealer who then had a spell as a teacher before leaving Britain to...
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...
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.