12 June 2021
Phyllida Barlow Awarded Damehood In Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Phyllida Barlow given Damehood in the Queen's birthday honours list. Also recognised Edmund de Waal, CBE and Photographer Martin Parr, CBE
News
Venice Biennale Announce Title and Theme – Monumental Kokoschka Triptych On Display At Relaunched Courtauld – QUEERCIRCLE New LGBTQ+ Community Space
La Biennale di Venezia Announce Title and Theme - Monumental Kokoschka Triptych On Display At Relaunched Courtauld - QUEERCIRCLE New LGBTQ+ Community Space
20th Serpentine Pavilion By Counterspace Unveiled – Sarah Hardie Wins Inaugural Soho House Art Prize – Madge Gill: Nature in Mind Exhibition Announced
20th Serpentine Pavilion Unveiled - Sarah Hardie Wins Inaugural Soho House Art Prize - Madge Gill: Nature in Mind Exhibition Announced
Sprüth Magers Takes On John Baldessari Estate – Cecil Rhodes Oxford Statue Academics Sign Petition – French Woman Ends Legal Battle Over Nazi-Looted Pissarro
Cecil Rhodes Oxford Statue Academics Sign Petition - French Woman Ends Legal Battle Over Nazi-Looted Pissarro - Sprüth Magers Takes On John Baldessari Estate
24 May 2021
Super Inclusive Fourth Plinth Proposals Unveiled In London
The latest proposals for the Fourth Plinth commission project in Trafalgar Square were announced in London today.
23 May 2021
Lord Hall National Gallery Chairman Resigns Over Diana Interview – 20th Serpentine Pavilion – Art Basel HK What The Galleries Said
Lord Hall National Gallery Chairman Resigns Over Diana Interview - 20th Serpentine Pavilion - Art Basel HK What The Galleries Said
21 May 2021
The Trouble With The Turner Prize – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Turner Prize continues to be in trouble. The competition has an aim: to single out the best new artists living and working in...
19 May 2021
Liverpool Biennial Launches 11th Edition Titled The Stomach And The Port
The Liverpool Biennial opens today, showcasing nine new exhibitions, bringing together the complete presentation of the 11th Edition
Turner Prize 2021 Announces Shortlist of Artist Collectives
The shortlist for the Turner Prize 2021 has been revealed by Tate Britain, and for the first time, the Turner Prize jury has selected...
27 April 2021
€1500 Caravaggio Found In Madrid Auction House – Robert Indiana Estate Cheated By Lawyers – Armory Show Announces 2021 Exhibitor List
€1500 Caravaggio Found In Madrid Auction House - Robert Indiana Estate Cheated By Lawyers - Armory Show Announces 2021 Exhibitor List
Researchers Create Whitest White Paint – Maurizio Cattelan At Pirelli HangarBicocca – Yoko Ono Unveils Wish Tree In Washington
Researchers Create Whitest White Paint - Yoko Ono Unveils Wish Tree In Washington - Maurizio Cattelan At Pirelli HangarBicocca
Netflix Takes On Gardner Museum Heist – Why Saudi Arabia Refused To Loan Salvator Mundi – theVOV A New Virtual Arts Ecosystem
Netflix Takes On Gardner Museum Heist - Why Saudi Arabia Refused To Loan Salvator Mundi - theVOV A New Virtual Arts Ecosystem
11 March 2021
Christie’s £50m NFT Milestone – Senior Curator Mark Godfrey Quits Tate – Cindy Sherman Moves To Hauser & Wirth
Christie's £50m NFT Milestone - Senior Curator Mark Godfrey Quits Tate - Cindy Sherman Moves To Hauser & Wirth
26 February 2021
What’s The Fuss About Non-Fungible Tokens? – Edward Lucie-Smith
Suddenly my web feed is full of information about Non-Fungible Tokens - the latest form of digital art. Here, for example, are images of...
6 October 2020
Philip Guston Postponed: Curator David Anfam Speaks Out – Paul Carter Robinson
On 21 September, a statement quietly appeared on the website of the National Gallery Washington. It announced the postponement, of the "Philip Guston Now"...
2 June 2020
Christo A Personal Recollection By Marina Vaizey
Over four decades ago I had one of the most exciting experiences of my life – encountering perhaps the most original and innovative artists...
What's On(line)
19 Jun '21-05 Sep '21
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Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life
Design Museum
The Design Museum, London puts a spotlight on the work of one of the giants of 20th-century design, a free spirit who championed good design for
19 May '21-25 Jul '21
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Matthew Barney: Redoubt
Hayward Gallery
Matthew Barney: Redoubt reveals a major new direction in the work of a renowned artist and
18 May '21-31 Oct '21
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The Making of Rodin
Tate Modern
Experimental works reveal a new side to the sculptor who changed modern art
21 May '21-31 Jul '21
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Frank Bowling
Hauser & Wirth (London)
Sir Frank Bowling’s inaugural exhibition with Hauser & Wirth will be presented in both the gallery’s London and New York locations
19 May '21-29 Aug '21
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Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy
Whitechapel Gallery
This definitive retrospective charts Eileen Agar’s ground-breaking career from the 1920s to the
23 May '21-26 Sep '21
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David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
Royal Academy of Arts
In the midst of a pandemic, David Hockney RA captured the unfolding of spring on his iPad, creating 116 new and optimistic works in praise of the
17 May '21-22 Aug '21
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Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty
Barbican Art Gallery
An exhibition celebrating French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), one of the most singular and provocative voices in postwar modern
20 May '21-01 Aug '21
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Ryoji Ikeda
180 Studios
The Vinyl Factory x Fact in collaboration with Audemars Piguet Contemporary will present RYOJI IKEDA, the largest exhibition of works by the
Reviews
9 June 2021
Rodin: Suffering And Conflict – Tate Modern – Revd Jonathan Evens
To stage a major Rodin exhibition in 2021, the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante is particularly appropriate ...
3 June 2021
Modern British Artists At The Beach Hastings Contemporary – Jude Cowan Montague
Jude Cowan Montague explores Seaside Modern: Art and Life on the Beach at Hastings Contemporary.
27 May 2021
David Hockney: Sequentially Spring Royal Academy – Marina Vaizey
David Hockney is, for a variety of reasons, a British National Treasure. Why? It is stunningly evident in the special exhibition of paintings done...
12 May 2021
Tony Cragg Imposing And Authoritative Houghton Hall – Marina Vaizey
Tony Cragg is the latest artist to be featured in the magnificent grounds of Houghton Hall, Norfolk this Spring and Summer.
4 May 2021
More London Art Exhibitions Spring 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
Skarstedt’s fascinating new exhibition Painter / Sculptor brings together a sculpture and a painting by nine artists who says the gallery, ‘have mastered both...
25 April 2021
Archie Brennan At Dovecot Studios Edinburgh. – Shockingly Overdue! – Clare Henry
Archie Brennan was a creative genius and pioneer who transformed tapestry from a method of slavish, rigid reproduction, replication and restriction into one of...
21 April 2021
Rachel Whiteread: A Beguiling New Exhibition At Gagosian – Marina Vaizey
The Gagosian Gallery on Grosvenor Hill is a subtly magnificent slab of grey. particularly appropriate for the art of Rachel Whiteread.
4 April 2021
Sean Scully: Philosophical Poetic Pastoral The 12 / Dark Windows – Revd Jonathan Evens
Sean Scully has created new works for this exhibition in the world in which we currently live, with 'the existential threat from COVID
24 March 2021
KAWS: Reinventing Appropriation Brooklyn Museum – Raphy Sarkissian
Upon entering the Brooklyn Museum to view “Kaws: What Party”, the visitor is confronted by a colossal and strikingly iconic sculpture
18 March 2021
Arthur Jafa: The Art Of Cutting And Pasting – Revd Jonathan Evens
Since childhood, Jafa has cut pictures out of books and magazines, pasting them into new contexts. Black potention is an awareness.
17 December 2020
Aliza Nisenbaum: Portraits That Subvert Traditions – Tate Liverpool Alice Lenkiewicz
Aliza Nisenbaum is a painter, living and working in New York. Describing herself as torn between wanting to be a social worker or a...
16 December 2020
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Lets The Paint Tell The Story – James Payne
Fly In League With The Night, at Tate Britain covers Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's work from her graduation in 2003 to the present day, with some...
3 December 2020
Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch Exploring The Inner Self – Edward Lucie-Smith
Tracey Emin is one of the two major survivors from the so-called YBA (Young British Artists) Group that made such a lot of noise...
30 July 2020
Ai Weiwei A Disturbing History Of Bombs IWM Marina Vaizey
Ai Weiwei IWM: History of Bombs. Little Boy, Fat Man, Daisy Cutter, Snake Eye, Grand Slam, Tomahawk, Tsar Boba, are seemingly innocuous even childlike...
26 March 2020
Edmund de Waal Books Thousands of Books British Museum – Marina Vaizey
Books written in exile by the exiled. It is this phenomenon, the triumph of the human spirit in dire circumstances, that is the focus...
Previews
10 June 2021
Photorealist Richard Estes To Exhibit At Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery
A full scale exhibition of the Photorealist painter Richard Estes born 1932 covering the last 35 years of his career will be presented at...
3 June 2021
Gertrude Stein And The Birth Of Modernism Explored At Nahmad Projects
Gertrude Stein: a rose is a rose is a rose, a homage to the iconic author's role as patron, critic, and friend to the...
1 June 2021
Nicola Vassell Opens First Black-Owned Gallery In New York’s Chelsea
Nicola Vassell Opens First Black-Owned Gallery In New York's Chelsea
19 May 2021
Bourse de Commerce: François Pinault Unveils Mega Paris Art Gallery
Paris: The Bourse de Commerce, François Pinault's new mega contemporary art gallery launches officially on May 22.
12 May 2021
Henry Moore Foundation Edmund de Waal Show Set To Open
This Living Hand, the exhibition curated by artist and writer Edmund de Waal for the Henry Moore Foundation will now open on the 19...
6 May 2021
Paula Rego Retrospective Announced At Tate For Summer
This Summer sees Tate Britain open the largest and most comprehensive retrospective of the work of Paula Rego.
22 April 2021
Notorious Roman Emperor Nero Explored In New British Museum Show
The British Museum is to mount the first major UK exhibition on Nero, one of the most notorious ancient Roman emperors.
15 April 2021
Major Auguste Rodin Exhibition At Tate Modern Finalised
Tate Modern will be presenting a major new exhibition of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). It will show how he broke the rules
Art Night 2021 Announces UK Wide Fifth Edition Programme
Art Night, London's favourite contemporary art festival, will celebrate its fifth edition by taking place in locations across the United Kingdom for the first...
11 March 2021
Fifth Folkestone Triennial Artists And Summer Dates Announced
Creative Folkestone has announced the new dates for the fifth Folkestone Triennial, The Plot, from 22 July – 2 November 2021.
24 February 2021
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy – Royal Academy
From June 2021, the Royal Academy of Arts will present David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
18 February 2021
Sir Frank Bowling Exhibition Announced For Bristol’s Arnolfini
Bristol's Arnolfini has announced a major exhibition with the pioneering abstract painter Sir Frank Bowling, OBE RA. This will be part of their 60th...
18 February 2021
British Art Show 9 Announce New Opening and Tour Dates
The long-awaited opening of British Art Show 9 has been announced by Hayward Gallery Touring.
10 December 2020
The 1980s Revisited: MEMPHIS GROUP At The MK Gallery
The first significant survey of the influential 80s design movement Memphis takes place at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes this December-April.
Features
20th Century Women Artists Challenging Conventions In Britain – Revd Jonathan Evens
The twentieth century was a time of great change for women. Those born, raised and educated in the 19th century, then forming relationships and...
24 May 2021
Ken Currie: Unknown Man Scottish National Portrait Gallery – Clare Henry
Ken Currie, undoubtedly among the most significant painters of our time, is known for his dark side, his bleak, black pictures
24 May 2021
Louis Carreon: Sampling Art History – Interview Revd Jonathan Evens
With a background in tagging, rapping, skateboarding and surfing, Californian-born Louis Carreon is a street artist who is currently sampling art history,
17 May 2021
Marc Chagall’s Exquisit Stained Glass Window Commissions – Revd Jonathan Evens
For Marc Chagall, a stained-glass window represented "the transparent partition between my heart and the world's heart."
10 May 2021
British Museum Spotlight Loan Crossings: Community And Refuge – Revd Jonathan Evens
The Lampedusa cross is made from pieces of a boat that was wrecked on 11 October 2013 near the Italian island of Lampedusa, close...
5 May 2021
Out of London Museums Reopen for Summer Season 2021 – Artlyst Recommends
As Museums and Galleries plan their reopenings after the current Covid restrictions and the public plan their Summer staycations, Artlyst has put together a...
13 April 2021
Keith Haring: Personal Spiritual Imagery – Revd Jonathan Evens
Keith Haring was a revolutionary artist who transformed the art world during his short but impactful life
10 April 2021
Venice Curator Luca Berta Explains Latest Biennale Private Venue Restrictions – Interview
In light of the changes introduced by Venice town council, it is becoming increasingly difficult for private exhibition spaces
6 April 2021
Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights – Explained by James Payne
As part of his video series, Great Artworks Explained, James Payne tackles The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch.
14 March 2021
Stuart Semple Talks To Artlyst Candidly About His New Art Gallery
Stuart Semple multiple disciplinary artist talks to Artlyst candidly about his new art gallery 'Giant' in Bournemouth
4 February 2021
Creating During Crisis: With Matthew Burrows MBE – Zavier Ellis – Paul Carter Robinson FRSA
In this talk organised by the London Art Fair Paul Carter Robinson FRSA Editor of Artlyst welcomes panelists Matthew Burrows MBE Artist and...
11 January 2021
London Galleries and Museums: The Lights Are On But No One’s Home – Steve Daszko
Lockdown II - When the first lockdown started in March last year, Tate, like all Art Galleries, suffered financially.
4 January 2021
If Jesus Is A Man Of Colour Why Did We Make Him Aryan? – Revd Jonathan Evens
The National Gallery was hoping to open a re-arranged immersive digital experience inspired by Jan Gossaert's 16th-century masterpiece 'The Adoration of the Kings', on...
2 January 2021
London Art Exhibitions 2021 A Month By Month Guide
UPDATED Well, the exhibitions schedule for 2020 didn't quite go as planned. But here is an idea of what exhibitions to expect in 2021.
Revolutionary Art Movement Or Just A Catch Up – Edward Lucie- Smith
Looking at official galleries here in Britain (all temporarily closed as of this publication) - more especially at those situated in London - it...
29 September 2020
Curator Lee Cavaliere Talks About VOMA And The Sixteen Trust – Artlyst Interview
Lee Cavaliere is currently experiencing the busiest point of his career. He has worked tirelessly through the COVID crisis, as founder of The Sixteen...
14 September 2020
Graphic Storytellers/Comic Creatives In Conversation With Jude Cowan Montague
Jude Cowan Montague's lasted series titled, 'Graphic Storytellers/Comic Creatives in Conversation' comes at a time when fine artists are increasingly using references from graphic...
1 September 2020
Significant Works: A New Series Of Contemporary Art Essays By Sue Hubbard
In this new series, Sue Hubbard explores single works by leading contemporary artists.
25 June 2020
Wim Wenders An Exclusive Artlyst Interview
Renowned as one of the most important film directors of our time, Wim Wenders (b.1945, Dusseldorf) developed, in parallel, an extensive photographic oeuvre. It...
1 June 2020
Great Artworks Explained A New Video Series By James Payne
To celebrate getting 5000 subscribers and over 150.000 views James Payne's next film will be whichever work of art gets the most votes.
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