Francis Bacon: Alice Herrick And Clive Jennings Discuss The Ravarino Drawings
The Herrick Gallery, London is currently presenting a selection of drawings purportedly by the great British painter Francis Bacon, lent… Read More
5 May 2016
The Herrick Gallery, London is currently presenting a selection of drawings purportedly by the great British painter Francis Bacon, lent… Read More
5 May 2016
Gavin Nolan’s latest exhibition at Charlie Smith London consists of recent paintings depicting versions of historical figures. The show runs… Read More
16 April 2016
The news of a new Rembrandt is bound to set tongues wagging. And any preconceived doubts about its authenticity are… Read More
8 April 2016
When learning of Tracey Emin’s decision to marry a rock of course the first thing the less charitable parts of… Read More
25 March 2016
Paul Black has visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to meet Turner Prize, and 2013 Contemporary Art Society Award winner… Read More
22 March 2016
A couple of years ago, for this very publication, I lambasted the Royal Academy for its Allen Jones retrospective, which… Read More
18 March 2016
Did Shakespeare really write all those plays? I find myself not even caring that much whether he did, or was… Read More
11 March 2016
I’m apprehensive of the announcement by Oscar winning Breakthru Animation studios of “the world’s first feature-length painted animation,” ‘Loving Vincent’…. Read More
4 March 2016
I would love to say I’ve met David Hockney: I admire him enormously as a draughtsman, especially innumerable portraits capturing… Read More
26 February 2016
Michael Joo was kind enough to talk to Paul Black about the fascinating nature of his practice, and the artist’s… Read More
24 February 2016
The Noordbrabants Museum exhibition of Hieronymous Bosch – one of my favourite painters of bestial grotesque nastiness
19 February 2016
The issue of fakes is alluring headline fodder: what is it that is so compelling about forged artworks? Once could… Read More
12 February 2016
I‘ve spent many a year working in Knightsbridge and Belgravia, and the tell-tale signs of a cellar dig out –… Read More
5 February 2016
Last week we had Saatchi falsely bending to women artists, this week with the Oscars furore we look at another… Read More
29 January 2016
There’s something not quite right about the latest show at the Saatchi Gallery. Champagne Life is so named after one… Read More
15 January 2016
Happy New Year, bytches. Late in 2014 I began salivating over the announcement of the National Gallery’s autumn blockbuster for… Read More
8 January 2016
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A partridge in an Ai Weiwei Tree This… Read More
29 December 2015
It’s been a year of everyone suing everyone else, grappling over intellectual property, and spending too much at the auctions…. Read More
18 December 2015
I know I bytch a lot about how museums should remain free to enter, and how it’s not so bad… Read More
11 December 2015
Assemble, the 2015 winners of this years coveted Turner Prize are a collective consisting of 18 members. Their practice crosses… Read More
8 December 2015
What’s the difference between the art fairs of Miami Beach and Black Friday/Cyber Monday? The answer is, both are enormous… Read More
4 December 2015
Without doubt the best exhibition all year has been Goya: The Portraits at the National Gallery. What makes a great… Read More
1 December 2015
We’re safe, it seems, for now. George Osborne has finally realised – or rather his aides have realised and quickly… Read More
27 November 2015
The famed street artist Shepard Fairey has recently revealed his contribution to the climate and sustainability debate in Paris, ahead… Read More
27 November 2015
I’m for once at a loss as to where to start this week. How can one begin to wrap one’s… Read More
20 November 2015
In light of the recent events in Paris, Artlyst reflects on the artists engagement with society in times of socio-political… Read More
17 November 2015
After Boris Johnson recently called for new artists’ studios and cultural spaces it seems that little is changing for the… Read More
11 November 2015
The UK’s largest ever exhibition of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is currently on at London’s Tate Modern. Calder is considered one… Read More
10 November 2015
Boris Johnson has called for new artists’ studios and cultural spaces. This important cultural plea comes as the London Mayor… Read More
28 October 2015
Each October Art Review publishes its Power 100. A list that always reflects the power brokers of the art world,… Read More
23 October 2015
In the 42nd week of Fig-2 at the ICA Studio, Artlyst visited the latest exhibition by Scottish artist Bruce McLean,… Read More
22 October 2015
In light of Anish Kapoor’s Olympic Park ArcelorMittal Orbit tower losing £520,000 in 2014-15, burning through £10,000 every week, Artlyst… Read More
21 October 2015