Martin Parr: Interview of the Month May 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
Martin Parr is famous worldwide for over 50 years of intensely colourful and wittily affectionate photographic observations of people.
3 May 2022
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David Salle, Martin Parr and William Monk Kick Off The Spring Gallery Season – Edward Lucie-Smith
The London exhibition scene is currently so enamoured with dead avant-gardists that it was a pleasure to see work by the well-established American artist David Salle (b. 1954)
17 March 2019
Only Human: Martin Parr
This major new exhibition brings together works by one of Britain’s best-known and most widely celebrated photographers, Martin Parr.
Open daily 10.00 – 18.00/ Fridays until 21.00
Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr – 2017 Exhibition
A complete celebration of the medium of photography.
The Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr – 2017 Exhibition features rich and fascinating photographic stories from key figures and emerging talent of the photography scene today.
Mon-Fri 10.00-21.00 (except Mon 01 May 10.00-20.00), Sat & Sun 10.00-20.00
ONLY IN ENGLAND: PHOTOGRAPHS BY TONY RAY-JONES AND MARTIN PARR SCIENCE MUSEUM
Between 1966 and 1969 Tony Ray-Jones created a body of photographic work documenting English customs and identity. Humorous yet melancholy,… Read More
11 April 2013
The Art of St Martin In The Fields By Revd Jonathan Evens
Although to some, such as Anselm Franke [i], ‘Faith is incompatible with art’ and even ‘destroys the sovereignty of art,’ the practice of a church like St Martin-in-the-Fields eloquently demonstrates that that need not be so.
28 November 2016
Central Saint Martins Student Claims Scatworks Caused Her To Fail
A Central Saint Martins ceramics student has alleged that she failed her undergraduate ceramics degree because a series of ceramic… Read More
5 August 2014
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
12 June 2021
Duchess Of Cambridge Joins Jenny Saville And Grayson For NPG Gala
The Duchess of Cambridge National Portrait Gallery patron joined, Princess Beatrice of York, Miles Aldridge, Phyllida Barlow, David and Victoria Beckham, Ozwald Boateng, Alexa Chung, Michael Craig-Martin, Lawrence Dallaglio, Jourdan Dunn, Christina Estrada, Jess Gillam, Bianca Jagger, Sir Don McCullin, Kate Moss, Duro Olowu, Martin Parr, Grayson Perry, Elizabeth Peyton, Nicola Roberts, Jenny Saville, Mike Skinner and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye were among the guests at the 2019 Portrait Gala, a special event held at the NPGon Tuesday 12 March.
12 March 2019
Photo London 2023 Everything Everywhere – Nico Kos-Earle
Just as Photo London was about to open its doors, it seemed that AI was about to blow everything up (again)
17 May 2023
Masterpiece Fair Relaunches Under New Branding – Photo London Welcomes New Fair Director Kamiar Maleki
The co-founders of the now defunct Masterpiece fair, cancelled last month by the MCH Group, owners of Art Basel, are reviving the fair in time for Summer
9 February 2023
Paul Carey Kent: Artist Interview Of The Month Index – Artlyst
Welcome to this new series of monthly artist interviews by critic Paul Carey-Kent. Paul has written for Art Monthly and Frieze Magazine
26 October 2021
Twelve Exhibitions To See Outside London Summer 2019
Summer has finally arrived in the UK so if you’re planning on heading out of London, Artlyst has put together a list of twelve exhibitions to see around the UK. Don’t miss the Keith Haring extravaganza at Tate Liverpool; major sculpture exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park including David Smith and Damien Hirst as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International; seaside photography at Turner Contemporary and painting shows galore from early 20th century masters such as Vuillard to contemporary giants Bridget Riley and Paula Rego and historical exhibitions such as Last Supper in Pompeii at the Ashmolean.
4 July 2019
One Small Step: Art Exhibition To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11
A special exhibition to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing in July 1969 curated by Ben Moore at Art Below, will be on view at The Other Art Fair hosted by Saatchi Art.
30 June 2019
Sorolla: National Gallery And Mike Nelson – Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
Two shows have just opened at major London institutions –Sorolla at the National Gallery and Mike Nelson at Tate Britain. Different as they are, they both give one cause to reflect on the current situation in British art. Indeed, about what is happening to British culture in general.
27 March 2019
Gavin Turk Unveils The world’s Largest Giant Egg Collaboration
Just in time for Easter, the sensational/YBA artist Gavin Turk has unveiled an ambitious new project in collaboration with Photo London, Somerset House, and Ben Brown Fine Arts, featuring his giant bronze egg sculpture, ‘Oeuvre’, to be unveiled on the River Terrace at Somerset House on 14th April.
17 March 2019
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.
29 December 2018
ParisPhoto 2017 Ebbs And Flows – by Zoltan Alexander
The Grand Palais always starts with the Mini Palais, the hidden corner café-bar-restaurant filled with friends, collectors, art lovers and the media.
23 November 2017
Hepworth Wakefield Wins Prestigious Museum Of The Year £100,000 Prize
The Hepworth Wakefield has won this year’s Museum of The Year Award. The gallery located in West Yorkshire has beaten Tate Modern, the Lapworth Museum of Geology in Birmingham, Sir John Soane’s Museum in London and the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art in Suffolk. The Art Fund aims to reward an institution that has shown “exceptional imagination, innovation, and achievement across the preceding 12 months”.
6 July 2017
National Portrait Gallery Receives £9.4m From National Lottery Towards £35.5m Refurbishment
The National Portrait Gallery is to receive £9.4 million from The National Lottery towards a £35.5m refurbishment programme, which will be the Gallery’s biggest ever development and its most significant project since the opening of its Ondaatje Wing in 2000.
15 June 2017
Photo London 2017 Everything You Need To Know About The Fair
Photo London opens their third edition to the public this week. The fair was created to give London an international photography event befitting the city’s status as a global cultural capital. Founded in 2015, it has already established itself as a world-class photography Fair and as a catalyst for London’s dynamic photography community.
16 May 2017
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 Finalists Announced
The Art Fund has announced the five museums which have been selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017, the most prestigious prize for museums in the UK.
28 April 2017
Brighton Photo Biennial’s Seventh Edition Focuses On Identity And Representation
The seventh edition of the Brighton Photo Biennial opens on 1st October. It is an international photography festival produced by Photoworks. October 2016… Read More
12 September 2016
A Very British Ideal for Living Explored In New London Photography Exhibition
We want our country back! they cried An Ideal for Living is a new exhibition at Beetles and Huxley, London that explores how photographers… Read More
20 July 2016
New London Art Exhibitions June 2016 By Paul Carey Kent
Paul Carey-Kent curates his choices of London art exhibitions for June 2016. His rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows are all… Read More
31 May 2016
Photo London 2016 Announces Details Of Public Talks Programme
Photo London today announced details of the public talks that will take place at Somerset House from 18 – 22… Read More
5 April 2016
Tate And Barbican Focus On Heavy Hitting Spring Photography Exhibitions
It’s interesting to compare the curatorial approaches to the two densely comprehensive photography group shows on at the the moment:… Read More
26 March 2016
Top UK Art Exhibitions of 2015 By Sara Faith
My favourite exhibition of 2015 had to be the Richard Diebenkorn at the Royal Academy. His love of paint, brushstrokes,… Read More
30 December 2015
Photo London Announces Plans For 2016 Events Week
Photo London at Somerset House is always a highlight of the UK art calendar. The fair is always a focal… Read More
27 November 2015
Magnificent Obsessions Moves To Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts
Celebrating the many and varied motivations for collecting, ‘Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector’ presents the fascinating personal collections of… Read More
25 July 2015
Les Rencontres Transforms Arles Into World Photography Capital This Summer
Les Rencontres d’Arles (from 6th July to 20th September this year) is to photography what the Venice Biennale is to Contemporary Art: an international… Read More
14 July 2015
Whitworth Awarded £100,000 Art Fund Museum Of The Year 2015 Prize
The Whitworth has been awarded the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015. The £100,000 Prize was presented… Read More
2 July 2015