In a town not unfamiliar with colourful personalities, Peter Waldron was for several decades one of the most familiar figures about the streets and...
8 August 2022
Horniman Agrees To Return Benin Bronzes To Nigeria - Henry Darger Federal Lawsuit Revealed - Green Light For Gormley Sculpture Celebrating Codebreaker Alan Turing
26 July 2022
Damien Hirst To Publically Burn Paintings - Samson Kambalu To Unveil Fourth Plinth Commission - Rhea Storr New Art On The Underground Commission
Claes Oldenburg, the first-wave Pop Artist who turned everyday objects into hard and soft sculptures, has died aged 93.
18 July 2022
Documenta Director Sabine Schormann Resigns Over Antisemitism Row - Sotheby's Sell $2.5m Tables Made From Asbestos - Complete Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné To...
A previously unknown self-portrait by the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh has been found on the back of another painting in the National Galleries...
14 July 2022
Three new Royal Academicians have been elected to round off the year. Shirazeh Houshiary, Brian Griffiths and Clare Woods
12 July 2022
Paris+ par Art Basel, which has all but replaced the French art fair FIAC in the Grand Palais, has announced the lineup for the...
4 July 2022
Kim Jones, the creative director of Dior, has created a new collection of menswear inspired by the Bloomsbury Group painter Duncan Grant 1885 –...
As a student, Boris Johnson lambasted UK officials for not allowing the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles.
29 June 2022
The sale proceeds of Jeff Koons’ iconic Balloon Monkey (Magenta) (2006-13), which sold for £10,136,500 / $12,437,486 / €11,738,067 at Christie’s last night...
One of the great innovators of postwar American art, Sam Gilliam, has died aged 88.
23 June 2022
A group of people representing the Windrush generation joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station (22 June 2022) to witness...
15 June 2022
The Turner Prize has announced that it will be presented at Towner Eastbourne in 2023, as the centrepiece of the gallery’s centenary celebrations.
Dame Paula Rego, one of the finest UK based figurative painters of her generation, has died suddenly in London aged 87.
23 May 2022
The Royal College of Art, the world’s leading university of art and design, unveiled its new campus in Battersea
16 May 2022
The Whitechapel Gallery has announced that curator and writer, Gilane Tawadros, has been appointed their new Director.
12 April 2022
In the early morning hours, I walked beside a tranquil River Mersey towards Tate Liverpool’s press launch, where there was an exciting buzz as...
06 Jul '22-20 Aug '22
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The exhibition features some of Christopher Le Brun’s most ambitious work, including monumental triptychs and diptychs, providing an
15 Jul '22-16 Oct '22
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Worshipped by Abstract Expressionists Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, Milton Avery expressed his vision of the world through harmonious colour and
29 Jun '22-18 Sep '22
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An exhibition of 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, who draw on science fiction, myth and Afrofuturism to question our knowledge of
21 Jun '22-21 Aug '22
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After two years in winter, the RA Summer Exhibition is back where it should be. The theme chosen by the exhibition’s coordinator, Alison Wilding
27 May '22-04 Sep '22
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A major collection of works by Edvard Munch will be shown in the UK for the first time at The Courtauld
04 May '22-04 Sep '22
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Reframed: The Woman in the Window is the first exhibition to explore the enigmatic motif of the ‘woman in the
19 May '22-16 Oct '22
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Using transformation, playfulness and storytelling, Cornelia Parker engages with important issues of our time, be it violence, ecology or human
28 Apr '22-18 Sep '22
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The first major retrospective of Walter Sickert at Tate in over 60 years, this exhibition explores how he had an often radical, distinctive approach
19 July 2022
I was delighted to attend the first edition of the Allora festival (Art & Cinema) in Ostuni, Puglia, which took place at the end...
14 July 2022
The Vanity of Small Differences is an exhibition of six huge tapestries by Grayson Perry, which has recently opened to the public at Salisbury...
2 July 2022
The British painter George Shaw embraced the liminal spaces of the council housing estate of his childhood to create paintings...
19 June 2022
Marina Adams What Are You Listening to? LGDR I first saw Marina Adams' bold, beautiful abstractions in a 1998 show at the wonderful "Art...
11 June 2022
Built by the Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates, a one-time urban planner turned artist, in collaboration with the award-winning British architect Sir David Adjaye OBE,...
5 June 2022
Cornelia Parker’s inaugural survey show in London spans a 35-year period, from the 1980s through to 2022...
The word carnival derives from Latin expressions meaning either to remove meat or say farewell to meat. These indicate the Christian roots of carnival...
29 May 2022
In a stormy wind, the choppy waves of the Stade Hastings felt dangerous. No fishing boats could be seen out today on the lively...
18 May 2022
The first major exhibition of Glyn Philpot R.A. (1884-1937) in almost 40 years is currently at Pallant House Gallery, while Tate Britain has the...
9 May 2022
I wasn't sure what to expect from Radical Landscapes, but it went beyond my expectations. As usual, Tate Liverpool has developed a thought-provoking and...
4 May 2022
The Whitney Biennial is big, sprawling across the entire museum, featuring 59 artists and bravura curation.
13 April 2022
Newlands House Gallery in Petworth, Sussex, is showing more than 65 paintings and smaller works on paper by Frank Auerbach,
28 March 2022
Everything Damien Hirst does is controversial, from the initial shock of the new - the sensation of the YBAs - through his use of...
10 March 2022
Even if you don’t know Robert Indiana’s name, you know his most popular work, LOVE. Cited as the most known artwork in the world,...
1 March 2022
Surrealism: Beyond Borders presents an expansive and hugely varied retelling of the story of Surrealism that challenges the Paris-centric traditional art history tale of...
28 July 2022
Three exciting previews: Dame Paula Rego The National Gallery - Claes Oldenburg The Store Recreated - Marina Abramović Modern Art Oxford
26 July 2022
Curator Rokhee Hwang is presenting the first of 2 exhibitions of contemporary South Korean artists at J/M Gallery in London's Notting Hill.
21 July 2022
After reading Kwasi Kwarteng's book 'Ghosts of Empire', I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism
Manifesta 14 Prishtina has announced the full participant list for the 14th edition of the European Nomadic Biennial which gets underway on the 22nd...
13 July 2022
A memorial exhibition to artist/teacher Gerard Hemsworth (1945-2021) opens next week at Cross Lane Projects in Kendal. It is the most extensive exhibition of...
9 July 2022
Always On My Mind, curated by Harry Pye, is a group exhibition at the Fitzrovia Gallery in London's West End from 27-30 July
6 July 2022
Milton Avery (1885 – 1965) has long been recognised in the United States as one of the most important and influential twentieth-century American artists.
29 June 2022
The Hayward Gallery's new exhibition titled 'In the Black Fantastic' is the UK's first major exhibition dedicated to the work of Black artists
29 June 2022
Tate has announced a diverse programme of exhibitions for 2023. Two groundbreaking figures in modern art, Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, will be...
21 June 2022
Photographer Misia-O’ will unveil 4 large-format photographs inspired by Lee Miller in Arles in an exhibition titled ‘The Spirit of Lee Miller’, which will...
15 June 2022
Turner Prize shortlisted artist Nathan Coley has installed a series of large-scale outdoor light sculptures at six spectacular locations across East Sussex as part...
2 June 2022
From June 3 and on view until November 20, 2022, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) will present the most comprehensive retrospective exhibition of General...
19 May 2022
A significant collection of works by Edvard Munch will be exhibited in the UK for the first time at The Courtauld Gallery.
3 May 2022
The art of Sean Scully is widely acknowledged as among the most influential proponents of abstraction during the last half-century — particular attention has...
24 March 2022
William Turnbull (1922-2012) was one of Britain's most important post-war Modernists. He was described by Nicholas Serota when Director of the Tate as 'an...
10 August 2022
Qatar, a country that is no stranger to important contemporary public art, with works by Richard Serra and Damien Hirst, will be Transformed into...
2 August 2022
One of the things about this series is that it provides an opportunity to look back on keynote contemporary works with a degree of...
1 August 2022
Charmaine Watkiss is the daughter of Jamaicans who came to post-war Britain in the 1960s when immigration from former colonies was encouraged to help...
1 August 2022
Oldenburg’s show at Judson House in May 1959 was his first solo show and consisted of three-dimensional constructions.
6 July 2022
Masterpiece is one of London's unmissable art fairs. This is a melting pot where visitors can view and buy the finest works of art,...
3 July 2022
It is a work that has deeply influenced the practice of countless artists, in particular fine art photographer Jeffery Becton.
28 June 2022
Summer has arrived. Have you planned your UK staycation yet? To help you, Artlyst has put together a selection of twelve exhibitions to tempt...
6 June 2022
Paris is always good for an Artlyst road trip, as James Payne discovers as he visits Fondation Louis Vuitton, Cluny Museum and goes on...
4 June 2022
In the autumn of 1921, Henry Moore, a student from the Royal College of Art, visited Stonehenge. It would have a profound effect on...
23 May 2022
The 59th Venice Biennale reconnects sensory awareness with ancestral forms of knowledge
18 May 2022
I was curious to see how the Curator Cecilia Alemani - one of the few female curators of the Biennale, was going to address...
4 May 2022
Away from the political battles of Westminster, Britain’s most famous interrogator has a passion not many people know about… painting. With his latest exhibition...
2 May 2022
The Venice Biennale sparks surreal conversations between past and present in 'Milk of Dreams', curated by Cecilia Alemani
29 April 2022
Great Art Cities Explained (GACE) follows the successful YouTube art history series Great Art Explained in 15 Minutes, founded last year by art writer...
27 April 2022
I have just returned from the 59th Venice Biennale, which was thrown off course by a year due to the pandemic.
26 April 2022
Writer and PR Consultant Lee Sharrock has selected eight of the best collateral events taking place in Venice during the 59th Biennale.
17 April 2022
This year, the Venice Biennale offers 30 official collateral events that the curators have sanctioned. They will run at the same time as the...
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled 'The Milk of Dreams', from Saturday April 23 to Sunday November 27
16 March 2022
The traditional epicentre in Cork Street has moved west to Dover Street and Albemarle Street. Soho has always been home to several galleries.
7 March 2022
BRIGHTON: Marilyn Stafford thought of herself as a jobbing photographer; she had a living to earn as a single mother.
28 February 2022
Artlyst has selected twelve exhibitions taking place in galleries and museums out of London and around the country this Spring 2022. Covering textile art,...
13 January 2022
Artlyst has compiled a dateline of international Art Fairs scheduled to open in the next twelve months
29 December 2021
Presenting the much-coveted Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2021. This is our way of acknowledging our industry's hard work and achievement, as we see it....
14 December 2021
Artlyst has selected twelve of the most exciting exhibitions promised for 2022 in London.
26 October 2021
Welcome to this new series of monthly artist interviews by critic Paul Carey-Kent. Paul has written for Art Monthly and Frieze Magazine
1 June 2020
This is a new series by Artist/historian James Payne demystifying great works of art. We will be adding to this page as the content...
Appropriation art or the art of appropriation is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. Here...
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