Warhol Muse Lee Radziwill Sister Of Jackie Kennedy Onassis Dies
Lee Radziwill The socialite sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and friend to Pop Artist Andy Warhol has died age 85.
News
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
Minimalist Artist Robert Ryman Dead At 88
Robert Ryman, a Minimalist who was known for his white paintings died last week at his home in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. He was...
Residents Lose Tate Modern Invasion Of Privacy Case
The residents of four flats in the Neo Bankside development next to Tate Modern in the South Bank have lost their invasion of privacy...
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.
George Michael’s Contemporary Art Collection To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
The late George Michael, the British singer and songwriter, is to auction off his extensive collection of YBA artworks.
7 February 2019
Marina Abramović Serpentine Performance Presented In Augmented Reality
Marina Abramović, the iconic performance artist, presents her latest performance: The Life in Mixed Reality (a wearable augmented reality experience).
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...
1 February 2019
Banksy Princess Diana Tenner Acquired By British Museum
The British Museum has added a Banksy to its permanent collection. This is the first time one of his works has been acquired by...
29 January 2019
Susan Hiller Contemporary Art Investigator And Maker Has Died Age 78
The artist Susan Hiller has died age 78. Hiller will be remembered not only as a thinker and mentor, but as a powerful and...
29 January 2019
James Turrell Shuts MoMa Skyspace As Neighbouring Construction Invades Installation
James Turrell has voluntarily shut his popular Skyspace installation at MoMA due to scaffolding from a nearby construction site overshadowed the delicate viewing chamber.
28 January 2019
Royal College of Art Sets Out Five Year Strategic Growth Plan
The Royal College of Art (RCA), which has consistently topped the tables as 'best art school in the world' has launched GenerationRCA, an ambitious...
25 January 2019
Lubaina Himid CBE Elected Royal Academician
It's been a fantastic run of accolades for the Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid CBE who has been elected as a Royal Academician in...
24 January 2019
Eva Rothschild Unveils Her Vision For Venice Biennale Pavilion
Eva Rothschild the artist chosen to represent Ireland at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (11 May – 24 November...
Jonas Mekas Avant-Garde Filmmaker/Influencer Dies Age 96
Jonas Mekas, avant-garde filmmaker, curator and visual art influencer has died at his home in Brooklyn age 96.
Is Pyotr Pavlensky Just An Attention Seeking Muppet
In the aftermath of sentencing the exiled Russian artist Petr (AKA Pyotr) Pavlensky on Thursday, I ask myself why is he doing this? Is...
11 January 2019
Jock McFadyen RA Announced As Coordinator Of 251st Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Scottish painter, Jock McFadyen RA will be the coordinator of the 251st Summer Exhibition in 2019.
6 January 2019
John Ruskin: 200th Anniversary Celebrated With Year-Long Programme
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the influential writer, thinker, artist and social reformer John Ruskin (1819 -1900)
Looking Forward To Art In 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
Looking forward to the art year ahead of us – 2019 – there are certain things one notices immediately, in the announcements so far...
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...
26 October 2018
Jeff Koons Ashmolean Exhibition Announced For February 2019
Jeff Koons (b. 1955) will have a major exhibition to be held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in spring 2019.
What's On
14 Feb '19-30 Mar '19
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David Bailey: The Sixties
Gagosian (Davies Street)
Gagosian presents selected photographs by iconic portrait photographer David
13 Feb '19-06 May '19
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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 '19-14 Jul '19
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Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
Victoria and Albert Museum
Spanning 1947 to the present day, this exhibition will trace the history and impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers,
06 Feb '19-07 Apr '19
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Tracey Emin: A Fortnight of Tears
White Cube - Bermondsey Street
A solo exhibition by Tracey Emin of new paintings, photography, large-scale bronze sculptures and
26 Jan '19-31 Mar '19
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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
05 Feb '19-06 May '19
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Don McCullin
Tate Britain
Tate Britain presents a comprehensive retrospective of the legendary British photographer Don
23 Jan '19-06 May '19
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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
24 Oct '18-24 Feb '19
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Edward Burne-Jones
Tate Britain
This exhibition – his first solo show at Tate since 1933 – charts Burne-Jones’s rise from an outsider with little formal art training to
Reviews
17 February 2019
Upcoming Curators Review Zabludowicz And New Art Projects London
Exhibitions at the Zabludowicz and New Art Projects reviewed by upcoming curators who are students of the How to be an Independent Curator course...
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.
12 February 2019
Pig Out: Chinese Open Underground Art Exhibition Q Park – Jude Cowan Montague
It can be touch and go whether it's on or not each year. The logistics are huge. The goodwill required for this annual impromptu...
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...
6 February 2019
New London Exhibitions February 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
There’s a conflict of impulses in the art world just now. On the one hand, there is a desire to reflect what’s going on...
6 February 2019
Glasgow Exhibitions Winter 2019 – Clare Henry
GLASGOW's reputation has risen & fallen over the years. 1990 saw a peak. The city is now in a trough.
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 –...
24 January 2019
Richard Pousette-Dart An Elegant Affair With A Covert Past – Edward Lucie-Smith
Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992) is now one of the less-clearly remembered of the New York Abstract Expressionists, especially here in the UK. He was however...
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
16 January 2019
Lynette Yiadom Boakye In Lieu Of A Louder Love – Ilka Scobie
A couple of years after Lynette Yiadom Boakye dazzled New York with her solo show at the New Museum, she returns to the city...
9 January 2019
How Egon Schiele Became Egon Schiele – Fondation Louis Vuitton – Jude Cowan Montague
When I visited art college studios as a jealous English student in the 1980s, the cool, edgy artists had pictures of skinny, edgy women...
28 December 2018
Jean-Michel Basquiat – Fondation Louis Vuitton – Review Jude Cowan Montague
Where are the black artists in the galleries? We think it's bad now, what about during the 1980s? The early 1980s before Basquiat?
27 December 2018
Thomas Gainsborough: A Thirst For Visible Originality – Edward Lucie-Smith
After various adventures away from its traditional subject-matter – the recent Michael Jackson show being a case in point, the National Portrait Gallery returns...
17 December 2018
Edwin Landseer The Return Of A Moralistically Empathetic Artist – Edward Lucie-Smith
How times have changed! And how much they haven’t! A small but telling display of work by the celebrated Victorian artist Sir Edwin Landseer,...
15 December 2018
Bloomberg New Contemporaries South London Gallery – Review – Jude Cowan Montague
I confess straight away that I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to spend on this exhibition. It has a...
29 November 2018
Fernand Léger A Mechanical Visual Language – Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
It was captivating to see the Fernand Léger exhibition (until 17 March 2019) at Tate Liverpool.
18 November 2018
Hilma af Klint: Paintings For The Future – Guggenheim Museum NY – Ilka Scobie
Hilma af Klint’s abstract paintings first dazzled me when I encountered her work in the 2013 Venice Bienalle.
31 October 2018
Klimt And Schiele: Naked Social Disruption – Royal Academy – Edward Lucie-Smith
The R.A.’s show of drawings by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, almost all of them loaned by the Albertina Museum in Vienna, arrives at...
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
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
ArtBAB 2019 Pushes Technology To The Next Level
ArtBAB 2019 plans to push technology to the next level at the 2019 edition of the region's highly influential fair.
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...
22 January 2019
Zurab Tsereteli: Larger Than Life – Saatchi Gallery
Zurab Tsereteli: Larger Than Life, which opens Tuesday 22 January at the Saatchi Gallery, is the first major solo retrospective of Georgian-Russian artist.
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.
20 November 2018
Diane Arbus The Formative Years New Hayward Exhibition Announced
The Hayward Gallery is to celebrate the early work of the American photographer Diane Arbus with a new exhibition of her work. Diane Arbus:...
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 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 Where Quality Is Paramount – 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...
13 February 2019
Frieze LA Plus Satellite Events – Artlyst Pull-Out Guide
Welcome to the Artlyst Frieze Week LA 2019 printable pull-out Guide, This is our curated choice of the events not to miss during the...
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.
2 February 2019
Recommended London Art Exhibitions February 2019 – Paul Carey- Kent
The noted art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows for London Art Exhibitions February 2019.
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.
2018 A Melancholy Year For Art Exhibitions In Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
It has been in many ways a somewhat melancholy year for art, here in Britain – or should I say: ‘here in London’? -since...
19 December 2018
My Ten Favourite UK-Centric Art Events Of 2018 – Paul Black
As we reach the end of yet another challenging year in the art world, Artlyst's Paul Black has chosen some of his 2018 highlights.
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.
24 November 2018
A Conversation With French Collector Thierry Forien – Paris Photo 2018 – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Thierry Forien is a collector of Contemporary Art, Prix Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo. He is on the board of Thalie Art...
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.
8 November 2018
The Only Word Is Art – Michael Petry Interview – Paul Carter Robinson
Michael Petry is a visual artist whose works often leads him to write about the topics of his artistic attention.
25 October 2018
Mario Merz – HangarBicocca: Nomadic Bodies In Synchronous Orbits – Paul Black
Artlyst has visited Pirelli HangarBicocca Milan, which is currently presenting the iconic igloos of the late Mario Merz
7 October 2018
Bruegel The Painter Who Painted Things That Couldn’t Be Painted
Few painters have fascinated and enthralled over the centuries as much as Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525/30‒1569) Now, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna...