17 January 2019
London Art Fair 2019 Returns With Solid Foundations – Sue Hubbard
The New Year revels are over. It’s January, and the art world is back to work. The first sign of this stirring is the...
Features
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Bill Viola And The Art Of Contemplation – Revd Jonathan Evens
In welcoming Bill Viola’s installations at St Paul’s Cathedral, Mark Oakley noted that: ‘Viola’s art slows down our perceptions in order to deepen them.’
12 January 2019
Johnny Burt And Joe Kennedy The Ringmasters Behind Unit London – Zoltan Alexander
During December, Unit London ran their show with Jackie Tsai “Reincarnation", opened "Hunt Paintings" by pop artist Philippe Colbert at Saatchi, and in a...
3 January 2019
London Art Fair Competition Winners Announced – Artlyst
Answer the three questions below for the chance to win a free ticket for you and a guest to the London Art Fair worth...
29 December 2018
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.
Sister Wendy Beckett – A Reminiscence By Revd Jonathan Evens – Artlyst Exclusive
I first encountered Sister Wendy Beckett in the pages of ‘Modern Painters’, the art magazine founded by the art critic Peter Fuller which ‘celebrated...
London Art Exhibitions January 2019 – Paul Carey- Kent
The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows in London now.
24 December 2018
Bruce Eves Canadian Art Instigator Interviewed By Filmmaker Peter Dudar – Artlyst Exclusive
Bruce Eves was awarded Canada's 2018 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.
2018 A Melancholy Year For Art Exhibitions In Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
It has been in many ways a somewhat melancholy year for art, here in Britain – or should I say: ‘here in London’? -since...
19 December 2018
My Ten Favourite UK-Centric Art Events Of 2018 – Paul Black
As we reach the end of yet another challenging year in the art world, Artlyst's Paul Black has chosen some of his 2018 highlights.
3 December 2018
Kelly Grovier On 57 Ways Of Seeing Art – Interview Sara Faith
Kelly Grovier discusses his new book A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works with Sara Faith.
24 November 2018
A Conversation With French Collector Thierry Forien – Paris Photo 2018 – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Thierry Forien is a collector of Contemporary Art, Prix Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo. He is on the board of Thalie Art...
12 November 2018
Annely Juda Celebrates 50 Years – A Recollection by Marina Vaizey
In Praise of the Art Shop - Marina Vaizey looks back on 50 years of the Annely Juda gallery.
8 November 2018
The Only Word Is Art – Michael Petry Interview – Paul Carter Robinson
Michael Petry is a visual artist whose works often leads him to write about the topics of his artistic attention.
25 October 2018
Mario Merz – HangarBicocca: Nomadic Bodies In Synchronous Orbits – Paul Black
Artlyst has visited Pirelli HangarBicocca Milan, which is currently presenting the iconic igloos of the late Mario Merz
7 October 2018
Bruegel The Painter Who Painted Things That Couldn’t Be Painted
Few painters have fascinated and enthralled over the centuries as much as Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525/30‒1569) Now, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna...
Photo Features
29 November 2018
Your Art Basel Miami Beach 2018 Everything Guide – Artlyst
The 17th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach 2018 takes place in the newly renovated Miami Beach Convention Centre from 6-9 December 2018
14 October 2018
Sarah Lucas: A Walk On NY’s Wild Side – Ilka Scobie
“We need her work now more than ever,” Lisa Philips, the New Museum director stated, she continued, “We hope jaws will drop with this...
12 October 2018
D*Face and Kaspersky Go The Extra Electric Mile at Moniker Art Fair
Kaspersky Lab collaborates with British street artist D*Face and drives the 1970’s art car concept into the 21st century.
12 October 2018
Vanessa Prager: Soft Serve Painting – Interview Paul Carter Robinson
'Soft Serve' the title of American artist Vanessa Prager's first London solo show at Kristin Hjellegjerde dishes up a series of portraits and figures...
7 August 2018
Gala Dalí: The Forgotten Woman Behind The Surrealist Looking-Glass – Agnish Ray
Ever since the publication of Andre Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto (1924), the erotic male gaze on the female body came to be a defining component...
31 July 2018
Yves Klein: Claiming The Infinite Sky At Blenheim Palace – Paul Black
Yves Klein died from a heart attack in 1962, at the age of 34, shortly after creating two prominent works of art currently on display in...
19 July 2018
Liverpool Biennial 2018: Here Are Twelve Reasons To Visit This Event
The 2018 Liverpool Biennial is celebrating its 20th birthday. The 10th edition is more compact than in previous years with the majority of venues...
17 July 2018
Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles: Provence, Summer And Art
The Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles is not only the biggest and most famous photography festival in the world but is also one of my favourite...
Opinion
Bill Viola And The Art Of Contemplation – Revd Jonathan Evens
In welcoming Bill Viola’s installations at St Paul’s Cathedral, Mark Oakley noted that: ‘Viola’s art slows down our perceptions in order to deepen them.’
2018 A Melancholy Year For Art Exhibitions In Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
It has been in many ways a somewhat melancholy year for art, here in Britain – or should I say: ‘here in London’? -since...
Picasso To Souza: The Crucifixion Imagery Rarely Exhibited – Revd Jonathan Evens
Overshadowed by iconic images from Picasso 1932 and Bacon/Freud two of the Tate’s current exhibitions feature powerfully expressive crucifixion images.
Stuckism Is Alive And Well And Living In Prague – Edward Lucie-Smith
I’m just back from a visit to Prague. I went there specifically to see an exhibition of new British painting organised by an organisation...
Edward Lucie-Smith Bids A Final Farewell To The Avant-Garde
The contemporary art world seems an increasingly strange place to be.
6 January 2018
Frank Gehry: Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris – An Architect’s Impression – Alex Murray
I had never experienced a Frank Gehry up-close. Never stood slack-jawed, gawping at the gymnastic splendours that the photographs in the glossies promise.
4 January 2018
Sean Scully Indisputably The Most Universal Living Contemporary Artist- Edward Lucie-Smith
One name immediately sprang to mind - that of the born Irish, once British, now American painter Sean Scully.
Interviews
12 January 2019
Johnny Burt And Joe Kennedy The Ringmasters Behind Unit London – Zoltan Alexander
During December, Unit London ran their show with Jackie Tsai “Reincarnation", opened "Hunt Paintings" by pop artist Philippe Colbert at Saatchi, and in a...
24 December 2018
Bruce Eves Canadian Art Instigator Interviewed By Filmmaker Peter Dudar – Artlyst Exclusive
Bruce Eves was awarded Canada's 2018 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.
8 December 2018
Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker On The Legacy Of ArtWay – Revd Jonathan Evens
Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker is editor-in-chief of ArtWay, a website which seeks to stimulate reflection on the role of images in church and open up the...
3 December 2018
Kelly Grovier On 57 Ways Of Seeing Art – Interview Sara Faith
Kelly Grovier discusses his new book A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works with Sara Faith.
26 November 2018
Peter Howson Artlyst interview – Revd Jonathan Evens
A central member of the group of young artists to emerge from the Glasgow School of Art during the 1980s dubbed the New Glasgow...
24 November 2018
A Conversation With French Collector Thierry Forien – Paris Photo 2018 – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Thierry Forien is a collector of Contemporary Art, Prix Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo. He is on the board of Thalie Art...
8 November 2018
The Only Word Is Art – Michael Petry Interview – Paul Carter Robinson
Michael Petry is a visual artist whose works often leads him to write about the topics of his artistic attention.
22 October 2018
Katharina Grosse Interview – Grand Palais FIAC 2018 – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Artist Katharina Grosse is the Gagosian guest of honour at the FIAC this 2018
Quiz
14 March 2017
Quiz – Test Your Knowledge of Sir Howard Hodgkin
Turner-prize winning artist Sir Howard Hodgkin sadly died last week at the age of 84. Test your knowledge of him here.
Artlyst Competition: Win A Pair Of Preview Evening Tickets To The London Art Fair
Artlyst is once again media partners with the London Art Fair 2017. Competition: Answer The Following questions and email to info@ artlyst.com subject as,...
Quiz – How much do you know about the Turner Prize?
How much do you know about the Turner Prize?
Quiz – James Turrell
How much do you know about light artist James Turrell?
Quiz – Masterpiece
How much do you know about the world's masterpieces?
Quiz – Top Selling Artists in 2015
How much do you know about the top selling artists in 2015?
Top 10
Top 10 London Museum Exhibitions Summer 2017
Here’s the Artlyst guide to the Top 10 best Museum exhibitions on in London this Summer, half of which have Free admission.
Top 10 Most Memorable Kisses in Art
Throughout the History of Art, there are examples of loving couples in passionate embraces. Here Artlyst presents its top 10 most memorable kisses in...
Top 10 – Black Paintings
In 2016 Anish Kapoor acquired exclusive rights to the unique Vanta black pigment, reported to be the blackest shade of black in existence. ...
Top 10 – Dada Artists
2016 saw the 100 year anniversary of the first Dada performances at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland. So in reverence to this...
Top 10 – International Black Artists
Here is the Artlyst for the top 10 international black artists working today, the first of many celebrating diversity in the visual arts!
Top 10 – Feminist Artists
The feminist art movement emerged in the 1960s with women artists taking an interest in how they differed from their male counterparts. Artlyst has...
Top 10 – Appropriation Artworks
Appropriation art or the art of appropriation is is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them....
Top 10 – White Artworks
As Winter is upon us and the nights are already closing in, what can be more appropriate than works of art in monochromatic white....
Artbytch
Artbytch 2016: Death, Fake News And A Few Bloody Good Exhibitions
Artbytch looks back on a depressing year with great exhibitions.
USA Website ArtList That Infringed UK’s Artlyst Name Closes Down
The New York based online company ArtList, not to be confused with the popular London based art information website Artlyst is to shutdown. The...
Brexit: Expect Museums To Start Charging And Non-UK Art Prices To Skyrocket
The decision by British voters to leave the European Union has been announced – and commentators have begun the analysis, the post event combing...
Tate’s Switch House A Dialogue Between Art And Space
It’s alarming to think that Tate Modern opened in 2000, firstly because it makes me feel super old, but also one wonders, what did...
Fun House: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition A Hodgepodge Of All Sorts
Ok I admit it. I’ve deliberately avoided the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition every year since I first saw it in 2007, mainly because it’s such...
Dropping Out Like Flies In A Damien Hirst Installation
The Artlyst lystical of creative people who dropped out at uni includes some predictable names: John Lennon, Orson Welles, good old Pablo Picasso. What...
Yayoi Kusama: Turning Pumpkins Into Vuitton Bags And Airbnb Rooms
I was interested to read that Tate Modern has apparently been working in conjunction with Airbnb to provide the opportunity for renters to have...
Jeff Koons: Showing The Love For Irony And Pseudo Philosophical Claptrap
The loads of people who know me as a boring old traditionalist (Turner Prize?! Yah boo hiss!) are always surprised when I say I...