20 October 2012
Review – Edmund de Waal certainly has a lot going for him. A glance at his biography shows that he always has. He received a place to study English at Cambridge, but deferred entry to be apprentice to Geoffrey Whiting, who in turn was disciple to Bernard Leach. During this time he made hundreds and […]
18 October 2012
Hollywood Costume, the V&A’s major autumn exhibition, is major indeed. This is the sort of blockbuster show that delivers what many museums only imagine possible. It is curated by Hollywood costume designer and senior guest curator Deborah Nadoolman Landis, along with the former rector of the RCA Sir Christopher Frayling, as guest curator and V&A […]
11 October 2012
Because I’ve never attended the London or New York fashion week shows, I assume the opening of Pace gallery’s new London space was like one; or at least like the gallery openings in films, where people you apparently should want to know only whisper in each other’s ears. Pace have had (what now looks like […]
3 October 2012
Review – The Zabludowicz Collection has commissioned the artist Matthew Darbyshire to recreate T Rooms an installation originally exhibited at Tramway in Glasgow. This new work builds on his previously successful concept, making modifications which fit more into the London urban-scape, but still play on the pastiche of familiar Glasgow and other 20th century design […]
1 October 2012
Review – Bharti Kher’s is one of India’s best-known contemporary artists. Collections of Her work has attracted the attention of important collectors such as François Pinault, Charles Saatchi and Frank Cohen. To name a few. Although the artist was born and bred in England, she settled in India permanently in 1992 after meeting her future […]
21 September 2012
Drawing was once considered one of the cornerstones of Western art. The reason for this is simple: if art was to be accurate and representational, then one had to learn how to draw first before one could paint or sculpt. For an example of how the practice of drawing was once considered to be so […]
16 September 2012
It’s difficult to know where to begin when discussing a show that includes 242 artists in 27 locations. Liverpool has given itself over to contemporary art for the next 10 weeks, exploring the theme of ‘hospitality’. Within that realm there is a sub-themed exhibition, ‘The Unexpected Guest’ curated by Lorenzo Fusi, in which works by […]
16 September 2012
Deriving from rinascere, an Italian word meaning ‘to be reborn,’ it is fitting that the work of Dutch Renaissance artist Hieronymus Bosch is reborn in a contemporary interpretation by Wolfe von Lenkiewicz. All Visual Arts current exhibition features large-scale drawings and paintings based on Bosch’s most famous work, The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490-1510). Held […]
16 September 2012
In the postmodern world of art, tertiary institutions have increasingly ditched technical skills in favour of conceptual innovation. In London, art colleges that pride themselves on technical excellence are a rare commodity. There are a number of reasons for this. In the twentieth century, artists began to challenge the role of art in society. Many sought […]
7 September 2012
International Arts Corespondent Andrea Shortell Sends This ArtLyst Exclusive Report, From The Sao Paulo Frontline. São Paulo flourishes with cultural energy the weekend before the 30th Biennial begins, as if it were preparing for a tsunami of visitors. Every cultural space from the contemporary arte commercial galleries in the chic neighbourhood of Jardims opens its […]
31 August 2012
A girl ironically goes into a Mayfair nightclub, the kind where attractive young women get in free, and the men pay £50 entry and for all the drinks. It will be a bit of a laugh. While in there, a man approaches her, buys her a few drinks, and more happens. They start seeing each […]
27 August 2012
A flash of colour and lingering pose adorn the walls of the Lazarides gallery near Tottenham Court Road. For a brief moment London is transformed into a modern Viennese court of wonder. New and old are mixed together with international flare at the new exhibition “Klimt Illustrated”. Nine international street artists have been working tirelessly […]
18 August 2012
London is getting better at showing Fine Art Photography. The number of galleries dedicated to the medium is negligible when compared to New York, mediocre as measured up against Paris and barely on par with the German cities. There is no British national institution dedicated the form, despite the efforts of those at the V&A, […]
18 August 2012
In an age of austerity, it has become increasingly rare for private galleries to make the space for art that is so unsellable, so uncommodifiable. But then the White Cube is not just any gallery and Damiàn Ortega is not just any artist. The brainchild of British Art dealer, Jay Jopling, the White Cube quickly […]
12 August 2012
Vyner Street has been receiving its share of adverse publicity lately, with some critics questioning whether this cultural enclave in Bethnal Green is now a has-been in the art world. During better economic times, Vyner Street became a thriving artistic hub, with critically acclaimed galleries attracting an eclectic mix of dealers, collectors, artists and art […]
11 August 2012
Zhang Huan (White Cube Bermondsey) is an interesting artist, with an impressively diverse range of art to his name. The artist was born in 1965, on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, pursuant to which whole tracts of Chinese culture were obliterated – somewhat unusually by China’s own people rather than by a foreign colonial […]
11 August 2012
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) lived a life of irreconcilable contradictions. He regularly went to church on Sunday, didn’t run up debts and didn’t do drugs. He openly lived as a gay man at a time when many still preferred to hide their sexuality in the closet. Yet, in the 1980s, he claimed that he was a […]
4 August 2012
Fitzrovia has rapidly grown into one of London’s prime contemporary art hubs. June 2012 witnessed the launch of Fitzrovia Lates (http://www.fitzrovialates.co.uk). As part of the scheme, over 20 galleries stay open until 9pm on the last Thursday of every month. On the menu is a programme of curator tours, discussions and performances for art lovers who […]
3 August 2012
This is a show of unadulterated image-making from a simultaneously wiser and more innocent time. Full of the type of photography that turns people onto the medium, it is a meditative, soulful experience. We’re proud of London aren’t we? Now the Opening Ceremony has come and gone, even more so maybe, for if that show […]
3 August 2012
Anthony Gormley’s work is interesting for a number of reasons. Not least, is that the conceptual foundations of his practice are rooted in eastern spirituality. Second, his oeuvre is unashamedly centered on the human body. Both are remarkable in the contemporary art world, which often eschews religion in art and which can be quick to […]
2 August 2012
Review – It is not an easy feat for an emerging artist to make a splash in London, during the Olympics or at anytime for that matter . But here we have Thierry Guetta AKA Mr Brainwash coming onto the London scene and doing just that. Mr Brainwash was made in heaven for the tabloids. […]
25 July 2012
Tis the season of the group show, so it is refreshing when a gallery attempts to use this format to create a dynamic exhibition instead of a mere’ greatest hits’ of represented artists. There is sound commercial imperative for the latter approach, but, as is the case with the excellent ‘Uncommon Ground’ at Flowers […]
23 July 2012
Hoxton is one of East London’s most exciting art neighborhoods with well-established galleries like White Cube Hoxton Square, to small lesser-known spaces. Visitors to Hoxton’s art scene will re-encounter familiar names and become acquainted with new talent. White Cube Hoxton Square http://www.artlyst.com/events/antony-gormley-still-standing-white-cube-hoxton-square The Hoxton location of White Cube is currently home to a series of […]
17 July 2012
Fitzrovia has been receiving a great deal of attention recently, establishing itself as the next East London. Many of the galleries that are opening in and around the area had previously been located in the East End, near Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, and the like. Economic changes and Olympic gentrification have led many of these […]
8 July 2012
One can but admire the Goldsmiths approach to its art courses. By being prepared to allow students to develop autonomously, individually, this institution often produces artists of genuine originality. In taking this approach, the university risks its brand in a way that other venerable M.A’s seem unwilling to, staying committed to an ethos in which […]
7 July 2012
Art institutions in Britain’s capital city like to jockey for the position of being the epicentre of creativity in London. It seems every exhibition boasts the freshest, newest, most relevant talent to ever show on the London art scene. It’s no surprise then that Whitechapel Gallery suggests their open-submission exhibition called The London Open is […]
7 July 2012
Last night saw the opening of the 2012 MFA degree show at Goldsmiths, an event that always creates an atmosphere of anticipation due to the high calibre of graduates the college has produced in the past. A line-up that includes numerous Turner Prize winners such as Steve McQueen, Gillian Wearing, Antony Gormley, Grenville Davey, Damien […]
5 July 2012
Although it may not be as glamorous a location for its students, the expansion of the RCA to the environs of its old Sculpture building has worked wonders for the experience of visiting one of its shows. The exhibition is now spread across 3 buildings as well as the neighbouring space Testbed, allowing for a […]
4 July 2012
LETTERS FROM AMERICA, a pop up exhibition, mounted by LA’s Corey Helford Gallery opened last night with the level of buzz needed to convince even the jaded, that ‘Street Art” is still a meaningful genre with something to say and a quality of work rarely seen in painting sculpture and installation art today. The artists […]
3 July 2012
On my way to Modern Art Oxford I passed several people I didn’t know before bumping into my friend Nick. “Hey Nick,” I said, “would you like to come to see the Jenny Saville exhibition on at Modern Art Oxford?” He replied “I was just going to go to visit Walter Pater’s grave,” in his […]