18 January 2020
Betty Spackman: Posthumanism Debates – Interview Revd Jonathan Evens
Betty Spackman is an installation artist and painter who exhibited internationally for over 25 years with a studio based in Toronto and Europe before...
Features
Recommended Features
10 Biennial/Triennials You Must see In 2020
Yes, there are a number of biennials/triennials on offer around the globe this year.
4 January 2020
International Art Fair Guide 2020 – Artlyst’s Global Companion
Welcome to the Artlyst printable pull-out International Art Fair Guide 2020. This is our curated choice of the events not to miss in the...
2 January 2020
London Art Exhibitions Preview A Month By Month Guide 2020
We’ve just welcomed in not only a new year but a new decade. So let's look forward to the exciting exhibitions that will be...
What I Don’t Like About The Contemporary Art Scene – Edward Lucie-Smith
A New Year, a new decade - I’ve been thinking about all the things I currently don’t like about the contemporary art scene here...
Andy Warhol: Catholicism His Work, Faith And Legacy – Revd Jonathan Evens
In 1987, in a eulogy given at a Memorial Mass for Andy Warhol, the art historian John Richardson revealed the extent of Warhol’s Catholic...
9 December 2019
Sculptor Conrad Shawcross On Space And Time – Interview Paul Carter Robinson
On the surface, Conrad Shawcross' sculpture retains the appearance of scientific rationality.
2 December 2019
London Art Fair: First UP For The 2020 Art Season
London Art Fair is the UK's oldest established Contemporary art fair. It returns from 22-26 January 2020, bringing museum-quality modern and contemporary art to...
Photo Features
16 January 2020
London Art Fair Ticket Giveaway 2020
Here we go again! It’s time for the London Art Fair. Artlyst as 2020 media partners have ten pairs of tickets to give away....
23 July 2019
Hirvitalo: A Hive For Finland’s Experimental Arts With DIY Anarchist Roots – Jude Cowan Montague
Pipoca (Paola de Ramos) invited me to participate in an art exhibition and residency at Hirvitalo, Pispala, Tampere, Finland in July 2019, the theme...
13 July 2019
Expressionist Prints: From Turmoil To Conflict – Hunterian Glasgow – Leyla Sanai
The unassuming Hunterian Gallery in Glasgow, perched next to the University library, houses stunning paintings by the Glasgow Boys (and Girls) and the Scottish...
12 July 2019
Cornwall’s Eden Project: A Little-Known Art Collection – Paul Carter Robinson
This Summer Cornwall's Eden Project has unveiled new permanent sculptural works by Julian Opie and Ryan Gander installed in the grounds. This tops up...
14 May 2019
Venice Biennale Collateral Exhibitions Provide Calm and Quality
It was a relief to step away from the hustle and bustle of the Giardini and Arsenale, the main venues for the 58th Venice...
2 May 2019
Recommended London Art Exhibitions May 2019 – Paul Carey Kent
The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended contemporary art exhibitions May 2019
1 May 2019
Henry Moore At Houghton Hall An Exemplary Pairing
A trip to the magnificent Palladian house Houghton Hall in Norfolk is always a much look forwarded to pleasure. The current exhibition is a...
6 April 2019
Van Gogh’s Religious Journey Around London – Revd Jonathan Evens
Vincent van Gogh arrived in Britain as a young trainee art dealer who then had a spell as a teacher before leaving Britain to...
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
18 January 2020
Betty Spackman: Posthumanism Debates – Interview Revd Jonathan Evens
Betty Spackman is an installation artist and painter who exhibited internationally for over 25 years with a studio based in Toronto and Europe before...
9 December 2019
Sculptor Conrad Shawcross On Space And Time – Interview Paul Carter Robinson
On the surface, Conrad Shawcross' sculpture retains the appearance of scientific rationality.
10 November 2019
Christopher Clack: Connecting The Material And Immaterial – Interview Revd Jonathan Evens
Christopher Clack says; I have been making images for as long as I can remember, and for as long as I can remember there...
11 August 2019
Micky Johnson Collector/Gallerist Behind No 20 Islington A Passionate Eye
Micky Johnson is a Musician, Entrepreneur, and Gallerist. He is also an enthusiastic collector of British Contemporary Art.
21 June 2019
Godfrey Worsdale Henry Moore Foundation Director Talks Yorkshire Sculpture International with Sculptor Richard Stone
Godfrey Worsdale is Director of the Henry Moore Foundation and responsible for the artist's Studios and Gardens in Hertfordshire and the Henry Moore Institute...
18 May 2019
The Erotic Garden Of Shen Wei – Zoltan Alexander
Sensual bodies, erotic flowers, urban settings. That would give a somewhat accurate description of New York-based Chinese artist, Shen Wei's work. His style is...
18 March 2019
ArtBAB Founder Kaneka Subberwal Interview – Paul Carter Robinson
The Fair looks absolutely brilliant this year Kaneka, It’s improved in terms of the setup. Have you got a new company
3 March 2019
Artist to Artist – Interview with Guernsey born Jeni Snell by Anka Dabrowska
Guernsey-born artist Jeni Snell in converstation with artist Anka Dabrowska about Snell's current exhibition Achtung Baby!
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...