19 January 2020
Experts Reveal Stolen Gustav Klimt Is Authentic
A stolen multi-million-pound painting discovered hidden in a false wall has been confirmed as an authentic Gustav Klimt original, Italian authorities have confirmed. The...
News
Art Auguries: The Shape Of Things To Come – Edward Lucie-Smith
On Monday, January 13 the Times (London) published a chirpy article by Ben Luke promising wonders to come in London's official galleries during the...
14 January 2020
Connect, BTS: Global Project Merges Music And Visual Art
What better way to launch a global art event than to have a K-Pop band (BTS), Hans Ulrich Obrist and a host of first-rate...
8 January 2020
Whipped Cream And Other Delights: Fourth Plinth Goes Soft Serve
A giant soft-serve dollop of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone by Heather Phillipson will grace the Fourth Plinth...
6 January 2020
London Galleries Warn Clients About New Anti-Money Laundering Laws
Cristea Roberts, one of London's leading art galleries, has sent a memo to all of their clients warning of strict new Anti-Money Laundering legislation,...
John Baldessari Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies Age 88
John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 5, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images.
Pablo Picasso Painting Vandalised At Tate Modern
Pablo Picasso's Bust of a Woman (1944) on view at the Tate Modern has been removed from display and is undergoing conservation after a...
27 December 2019
Steve McQueen and David Shrigley On New Year Honours List 2020
The New Year Honours list 2020 has given the nod to several people involved in the Visual Arts. A knighthood for the Turner Prize...
26 December 2019
Lost LS Lowry Painting To Be Sold At Christie’s
A long lost painting by LS Lowry which hasn't been seen for 70 years has been rediscovered and heads for the auction block at...
18 December 2019
Ten UK Exhibitions You Should Have Seen In 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
From a critic’s point of view, It is pretty difficult, to sum up, the year 2019. It was, for example, a year when greater and...
11 December 2019
Alt Power 100 2019 Artlyst – Back To Basics
The Alt Power 100 2019 Artlyst is our annual way of acknowledging and thanking all of the recipients for making a difference to the...
10 December 2019
Rebecca Salter Becomes Twenty-Seventh President of The Royal Academy
Rebecca Salter has been elected the 27th President of the Royal Academy It was announced today that she will succeed Christopher Le Brun PPRA...
Tackling Artistic Inequality Outside Mainstream Art Institutions
Art has incredible power. It is a force for cultural reflection, social change and an invaluable medium through which we challenge existing assumptions, broaden...
1 December 2019
Judy Chicago: Baltic Gateshead – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the calendar moves ever closer to the pre-Christmas election that will in all likelihood bring about Brexit, exhibition scheduling grows ever more bizarre....
22 November 2019
Nan Goldin and Dr Nicholas Cullinan In Conversation NPG – David Buckley
To coincide with her major exhibition "Sirens" at the Marian Goodman Gallery, Nan Goldin was welcomed by a full-house audience at the National Portrait Gallery.
Tutankhamun: Raiding The Tomb At The Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
As a child in Jamaica, where there are no archaeological museums of any kind, I fell in love with this long-ago Egyptian pharaoh. I...
How Wheelchair Friendly Are London Commercial Galleries? – David Lock Investigates
As a wheelchair user, I wanted to write a piece about what it's like for a disabled person visiting commercial galleries in London.
What's On
22 Jan '20-26 Jan '20
Recommended
London Art Fair 2020
Business Design Centre
London Art Fair is an unmissable opening to the international art calendar, with the next edition taking place from 22-26
20 Nov '19-15 Mar '20
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Dora Maar
Tate Modern
During the 1930s, Dora Maar’s provocative photomontages became celebrated icons
12 Nov '19-03 May '20
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Steve McQueen: Year 3
Tate Britain
Turner Prize-winning artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen unveils his epic portrait of London’s Year 3
15 Nov '19-26 Jan '20
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Anselm Kiefer: String Theory. The Norns (Urd, Verdandi, Skuld), Runes and Gordian Knots
White Cube - Bermondsey Street
A major solo exhibition by Anselm Kiefer encompassing large-scale painting and
21 Nov '19-08 Mar '20
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Troy: myth and reality
British Museum
The legend of Troy has endured for more than 3,000 years. Explore the breath-taking art that brings the captivation characters to life, from
27 Oct '19-26 Jan '20
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Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits
Royal Academy of Arts
In a world-first, the Royal Academy unites Lucian Freud’s self-portraits in one extraordinary exhibition. See more than 50 paintings, prints and
23 Oct '19-26 Jan '20
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Bridget Riley
Hayward Gallery
A major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of celebrated British artist Bridget
Reviews
21 January 2020
West End Gallery Mixed Bag – Edward Lucie-Smith
The 2020 art world is coming sluggishly to life and some early offerings are, it must be said, a bit disappointing.
19 January 2020
New York Gallery Walkabout Winter 2020 – Ilka Scobie
Ilka Scobie takes a look at the first New York exhibitions for 2020 and discovers a few surprises along the way.
2 January 2020
Charlotte Salomon: The Holocaust’s Illustrated Epilogue – Ria Higgins
On 7th October 1943, Charlotte Salomon was deported to Auschwitz. She was 26 years old and five months pregnant. She probably died the day...
18 December 2019
Theaster Gates: Racial, Ethnic And Religious Minglings – Alice Lenkiewicz
The exhibition, AMALGAM by Theaster Gates, now showing at Tate Liverpool is an experience not to be missed with a poignant message for our...
12 December 2019
Nan Goldin: Sirens – Marian Goodman Gallery -Jude Cowan Montague
Nan Goldin is an American photographer who has chronicled her life for art gallery-goers. Her themes include intimacy, moments from an encounter with the...
12 December 2019
Mario Testino: East – Hamiltons – Edward Lucie-Smith
At Hamilton's, London's premier commercial gallery specialising in photography, it offers a series of images by Mario Testino
5 December 2019
Eco-Visionaries: Moralistic Participation – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Eco-Visionaries show just opened at the Royal Academy, in its new set of galleries (easiest entry via Burlington Gardens) embraces the current fashion...
4 December 2019
Vienna’s Spectacular Exhibitions Of Durer, Caravaggio and Bernini – Paul Carter Robinson
Vienna knows how to produce a blockbuster, and this Autumn/Winter season they have mounted two. For the first time in nearly twenty years, a...
28 November 2019
George IV: The Art Of Spectacle – Queen’s Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Queen’s Gallery, behind Buckingham Palace, is the place where the British Royal Collection Trust displays its treasures. The latest exhibition there – George...
25 November 2019
Anselm Kiefer: Everything is connected – Jude Cowan Montague
White Cube, in this instance, seems the perfect place for this exhibition. So perfect I feel it is over-designed. The perspex boxes of wires,...
19 November 2019
Steve McQueen: Year 3 – Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
I increasingly get the feeling that the two London Tates are struggling to know what to do with the huge central spaces that are...
8 November 2019
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2019 Returns To NPG – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize has come round once again, just as the announcement went out that the NPG will very soon close its...
4 November 2019
You Feel Me: A Place Without Division – FACT Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
I found this latest exhibition at FACT Liverpool thought-provoking. It challenges the way we view the world and what we are being taught to...
29 October 2019
Bridget Riley: Dynamic Interactions And Optical Wizardry – Edward Lucie-Smith
At a time when there is a continual fuss about giving ‘fair representation’ to women artists, many of whom were not, in fact, central...
28 October 2019
Lucian Freud / Antony Gormley Two RA Autumn Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
Lucian Freud / Antony Gormley, two shows at the RA, both by contemporary British artists. Apparently very different from one another
24 October 2019
Nam June Paik Outstripped By Technology Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
Nam June Paik (1932-2006) was a Korean-born artist who lived and worked in Japan, Germany and the United States. He played a considerable role...
17 October 2019
The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood Re-evaluated – Edward Lucie-Smith
All too often, when there is a sudden enthusiasm for a particular cause, those promoting it achieve the opposite of what they intend. This...
14 October 2019
Rembrandt-Velázquez And de Hooch: Two Major Autumn Exhibitions – Sue Hubbard
If you are planning an imminent trip to the Netherlands, there are two must-see exhibitions on at the moment. Pieter de Hooch in Delft:...
4 October 2019
Gauguin Not A Role Model For Our Time – Edward Lucie-Smith
Gauguin both is and isn't a hero for our time. In one sense it's brave of the National Gallery to mount a big show...
14 September 2019
William Blake: Personal Realms Of Fantasy – Edward Lucie-Smith
William Blake is one of the heroes of British art. In some ways, however, his work fits uncomfortably into the current establishment set up.
10 July 2019
Olafur Eliasson: Work That Is Right Here Right Now – Edward Lucie-Smith
Olafur Eliasson is now a very big deal in the world of contemporary art
Previews
19 January 2020
Cecily Brown To Mount Major Show At Blenheim Palace
The Blenheim Art Foundation will unveil a significant solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace, running from 23 April to...
19 January 2020
Larry Achiampong Unveils New Solo Show At John Hansard Gallery
A significant solo exhibition of new and existing works, by Larry Achiampong, titled 'When the Sky Falls', is to open at John Hansard Gallery...
18 January 2020
James Turrell: The Materiality of Light – Pace Gallery, London
New works by Light and Space master James Turrell is to go on show at Pace London 6 Burlington Gardens 11 February to 27...
15 January 2020
Elizabeth Eade Hix Award Winner 2018 Solo Show Unveiled
HIX ART is presenting, "I know you are but what am I", a presentation of new work by Elizabeth Eade, winner of the 2018...
15 January 2020
Richard Artschwager: A Display Of Cabinet of Curiosities – Gagosian London
Live in Your Head: Richard Artschwager's Cabinet of Curiosities is an exhibition spanning the five decades of Artschwager's career, and his first in London since...
9 January 2020
The Baltica! Group: Baltic Region Artists Present First London Show
An exhibition of new work from international artists focusing on the Baltic Sea and the land that surrounds the waves. With a contribution from...
7 January 2020
Southampton City Art Gallery Partners With 2020 London Art Fair
In 2019, Southampton City Art Gallery celebrated their 80th anniversary. This year the Gallery has been selected to feature an exhibit at London Art...
18 December 2019
Historical Depiction Of Women Explored In New Guildhall Exhibition
A major exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery will feature work by over 50 artists that draw upon the historical Depiction of women in enclosed...
11 December 2019
Second Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art – Artists Announced
The second Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA) has been announced. This major new biennial in Latvia lists participants for the event entitled...
9 November 2019
Metropolitan Museum Unveils Plans For New British Decorative Arts Galleries
The Met Museum's collection of British decorative arts is one of the most important outside the United Kingdom. Covering the 16th to 19th century
28 October 2019
Peter Doig Curates Cult Figure Caroline Coon Exhibition
In her first solo exhibition in London, Caroline Coon is ‘The Great Offender’, displaying her large scale, didactic paintings at TRAMPS, from September 29th...
28 October 2019
Andy Warhol Tate Retrospective Announced For Spring
Andy Warhol Tate Modern retrospectivecelebrates one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His life and work continue to fascinate and be...
8 October 2019
Hogarth’s Place and Progress Reunites At Sir John Soane’s Museum
This major exhibition will unite all of the paintings and engravings in Hogarth's Place and Progress series for the first time displayed across the...
Features
18 January 2020
Betty Spackman: Posthumanism Debates – Interview Revd Jonathan Evens
Betty Spackman is an installation artist and painter who exhibited internationally for over 25 years with a studio based in Toronto and Europe before...
10 Biennial/Triennials You Must see In 2020
Yes, there are a number of biennials/triennials on offer around the globe this year.
4 January 2020
International Art Fair Guide 2020 – Artlyst’s Global Companion
Welcome to the Artlyst printable pull-out International Art Fair Guide 2020. This is our curated choice of the events not to miss in the...
2 January 2020
London Art Exhibitions Preview A Month By Month Guide 2020
We’ve just welcomed in not only a new year but a new decade. So let's look forward to the exciting exhibitions that will be...
What I Don’t Like About The Contemporary Art Scene – Edward Lucie-Smith
A New Year, a new decade - I’ve been thinking about all the things I currently don’t like about the contemporary art scene here...
Andy Warhol: Catholicism His Work, Faith And Legacy – Revd Jonathan Evens
In 1987, in a eulogy given at a Memorial Mass for Andy Warhol, the art historian John Richardson revealed the extent of Warhol’s Catholic...
9 December 2019
Sculptor Conrad Shawcross On Space And Time – Interview Paul Carter Robinson
On the surface, Conrad Shawcross' sculpture retains the appearance of scientific rationality.
2 December 2019
London Art Fair: First UP For The 2020 Art Season
London Art Fair is the UK's oldest established Contemporary art fair. It returns from 22-26 January 2020, bringing museum-quality modern and contemporary art to...
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