The Art Diary December 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
In the December diary, I am highlighting books and exhibitions exploring themes of national art – both British and Sudanese.
2 December 2025
In the December diary, I am highlighting books and exhibitions exploring themes of national art – both British and Sudanese.
2 December 2025
Lisson is presenting a solo exhibition of new sculptures by Tony Cragg. The exhibition brings together a selection of animated and gestural configurations…
1 December 2025
There is a wall inside the entrance to Paul Smith in Mayfair, currently painted a soft blush, that has come to represent the creative vitality and resilient joy of London’s contemporary art scene.
18 November 2025
The Louis Theroux Podcast: This week, Louis sits down with critically and culturally acclaimed performance artist Marina Abramović. In this dynamic and fascinating interview…
18 November 2025
Over the years, many artists have crossed my path, and I have crossed theirs. I have nothing but respect for the ways they commit to a life in the arts….
5 November 2025
November’s art diary begins with exhibitions by artists (including Lakwena Maciver, Hannah Rose Thomas, Tuli Mekondjo, and Paul B. Kincaid)
4 November 2025
Nico Kos Earle spoke to three art professionals about what they saw, what they loved and what they wanted to buy in Paris, during Art Basel Week.
3 November 2025
In advance of Schoeni projects’ debut at Asian Art in London @ Sotheby’s with Lloyd Choi Gallery, I sat down with Nicole Schoeni to discuss her work as a creative instigator and gallerist….
31 October 2025
Nico Kos Earle gives an artful roundup in London during the Autumn season.
28 October 2025
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place outside of London in Autumn / Winter 2025,
20 October 2025
From 15–19 October, Regent’s Park becomes the gravitational centre of the art world as Frieze London and Frieze Masters…
4 October 2025
We Are Not Alone, part of Budapest’s Expanded Media Art Biennale, boldly explores new traditions and languages shaped by our time.
2 October 2025
Barcelona has always been one of my favourite European cities, with the Sagrada Família and Gaudí’s remarkable architecture
1 October 2025
For the October Art Diary, I feature exhibitions by several artists whose work I have championed through essays and exhibitions,
30 September 2025
In 1958, Mark Rothko was invited to paint a cycle of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant inside the Seagram Building, then the epicentre of New York’s chic modernism….
23 September 2025
Seventeen is well worth a visit on its twentieth anniversary, as you can see both a celebratory group show with many of the gallery’s artists, and Bex Massey’s solo exhibition…
14 September 2025
Artlyst has compiled a comprehensive guide to the London Art Fair season to help you navigate this hectic time of year in the art fair calendar.
2 September 2025
Autumn exhibitions at the major museums and galleries in London will feature an array of blockbuster shows
1 September 2025
September provides an opportunity to look back as well as look forward. The celebrations for the centenary of Francis Newton Souza’s birth culminated in the first half of 2025.
30 August 2025
London’s streets have long been a battleground for visual dissent, but few have weaponised pop iconography as precisely as Dean Stockton, better known as D*Face…
7 August 2025
For two decades, Emma Critchley’s subject has been the underwater world: she describes herself as ‘an artist who uses a combination of photography, film, sound and installation to continually explore the human relationship…
4 August 2025
This is Sorcha Carey’s first Folkestone Triennial as curator, but the festival has a firm reputation now as this is its sixth edition.
21 July 2025
If you have any time off work this summer, please visit these art exhibitions, which are due to close in August. All the exhibitions have been singled out by the Artlyst team as well worth a visit.
14 July 2025
July’s Art Diary begins with exhibitions in and reflection on ecclesiastical buildings, through the Liverpool Biennial and the Waterloo Festival.
30 June 2025
Mark Woods (b. 1961, Surrey) is a British artist whose work straddles the charged space between adornment, provocation, and artifice.
25 June 2025
For those seeking respite from the intensity of the global fair circuit—or simply pacing themselves ahead of Art Basel in mid-June—ARCO Lisboa offers a refreshing and rewarding detour.
18 June 2025
Linder—first weaponised scissors and glue in the mid-1970s, hacking through women’s magazines and softcore pornography to create photomontages…
16 June 2025
Art, education and environment. These are the three pillars at the heart of the newly launched not-for-profit Goodwood Art Foundation near Chichester, Sussex.
2 June 2025
Artlyst has selected ten exhibitions that will open outside London and throughout the UK in Summer 2025.
30 May 2025
Here is a comprehensive list of all the major London art degree shows scheduled for the summer.
13 May 2025
While visiting Taipei a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with Maggie Tsai, Director of the Fubon Art Museum
12 May 2025
Richard Wright, who won the Turner Prize in 2009, is known primarily for his site-responsive, and usually temporary, ceiling and wall-based paintings…
7 May 2025