31 July 2020
Heather Phillipson Quietly Unveils Fourth Plinth Commission In Trafalgar Square
The artist Heather Phillipson quietly unveiled her fourth plinth commission in Trafalgar Square, yesterday with a lack of fanfare not seen before in past...
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30 July 2020
Sotheby’s Sells A Rembrandt For The Price Of A Leger – Hugh Mendes
I also visited the auction house to view all the lots, which made up quite an impressive exhibition: from ‘Rembrandt to Richter’ as it...
30 July 2020
UK Youth Charity Gifted Bronze Sculpture of HRH The Princess Royal
Sir Jack and Lady Petchey have gifted the highly publicised birthday sculpture of Princess Anne to UK Youth to celebrate her work with the...
Public Art Galleries vs Commercial Who Will Win – Edward Lucie-Smith
At the moment there is an undeclared contest going on, both within the British art world and also, on a much larger scale, in...
UK Guidelines Exempt Masks In Museums, Galleries And Auction Houses
Beginning today under new guidelines that have come into force in England, people will need to wear a face-covering in shopping centres, banks, shops...
Art Fund Announces £200,000 Museum of the Year Super Prize
On the eve of the re-opening of museums around the UK, from nationals Tate and the V&A to Turner Contemporary and Yorkshire Sculpture Park,...
Marc Quinn Replaces Statue Of Edward Colston With BLM Protester
The YBA artist Artist Marc Quinn who was responsible for iconic contemporary statues such as 'Self' (Blood Head) and Alison Lapper Pregnant which appeared...
Banksy’s New COVID Rats Alert Underground Passengers
Keep Alert! The elusive street artist Banksy has taken to the underground literally by producing a series of sneezing rats warning passengers of the...
14 July 2020
Frieze London Cancels Flagship Autumn Fair 2020
Frieze has announced that their flagship London fair won't take place this year. The announcement came into VIPs this afternoon. See full statement below.
Gilbert & George Quit Royal Academy Over Cancelled Show
Gilbert & George have quit the Royal Academy over an alleged dispute involving a cancelled show promised before the change over of Administration, last...
Liverpool Biennial Announces New 2021 Dates
The 11th edition of Liverpool Biennial, under the directorship of Fatoş Üstek will take place from 20 March – 6 June 2021. Titled The Stomach and the...
8 July 2020
National Gallery Re-Opening What to Expect – Edward Lucie-Smith
The National Gallery is re-opening its doors, somewhat in advance of the Tates. The Titian show of mythological paintings made for Philp II of...
Has The Word Master Reached Its Sell-By Date? – Revd Jonathan Evens
The debate about the continuing use of the term ‘Old Master’ has been re-energised by exhibitions shortly to open or reopen, such as ‘Forgotten...
7 July 2020
Christo’s Mastaba Returns To Serpentine In Augmented Reality
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's London Mastaba returns to the Serpentine this summer recreated in Augmented Reality by Acute Art in collaboration with the Serpentine Galleries.
6 July 2020
£1.57B UK Government Rescue Package Announced To Prop Up Culture
Future of Britain’s museums, galleries, theatres, independent cinemas, heritage sites and music venues will be helped with emergency grants and loans. Funding will also...
Grenfell Victim Khadija Saye Featured In New Public Art Project
A new public art project, Breath is Invisible (7 July – 9 October 2020), will be launched by the MP David Lammy in Notting...
2 July 2020
Turner Prize Bursaries 10 Artists Revealed
Tate Britain has announced the ten artists who will each receive one-off £10,000 bursaries in place of this year's Turner Prize: Arika, Liz Johnson...
2 July 2020
Art Derivatives Challenges Auction House Manipulation By Analysing Data
Art Derivatives a project by the Italian artist Paolo Cirio that challenges the 'out of control' practices of manipulation of the art market, the...
Tate, National Gallery And Royal Academy To Reopen In July
You saw it here first, Tate, The National Gallery and the Royal Academy have announced plans to reopen in July.
Michael Craig-Martin Unveils New Oxford Street Installation
Sir Michael Craig-Martin has created a new work for an iconic site in London’s Oxford Street, which will be launched on Monday 29 June,...
Leonardo’s Last Supper: Is The RA’s Copy Better? – Edward Lucie-Smith
Leonardo’s Last Supper is back on view at the RA. Or at least a copy of it is, made by his pupil Gianpetrino. And...
Murillo Virgin Mary Painting Destroyed By Amateur Restoration
A 19th-century copy of a painting by the Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s titled The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables has been destroyed by...
23 June 2020
UK Museums And Galleries May Reopen From 4 July
Museums and galleries will be allowed to reopen in England from 4 July. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced measures easing the coronavirus restrictions...
Hackney Council Announce Public Statues Honouring The Windrush Generation
Hackney Council has announced two public artworks to be unveiled celebrating the Windrush Generation.
19 June 2020
Marlborough To Close NY Gallery – London Next?
The legendary Marlborough Gallery is to close their NY premises with an announcement about the future of their London flagship pending.
Oxford Statue Of Imperialist Cecil Rhodes To Be Removed
Oriel College in Oxford, the epicenter for recent student protests, has announced that they will remove the controversial statue of the racist/imperialist Cecil Rhodes....
17 June 2020
Giuseppe Penone Donates Drawings To Pompidou And Philadelphia Museum
Giuseppe Penone (born in 1947) has made two generous gifts of 350 drawings to the Centre Pompidou and a similar number works on paper...
Forensic Architecture Continue Grenfell Tower Project Awareness
On the third anniversary of the tragic fire which took seventy-two lives in the Grenfell tower block in West London, Artlyst thought it a...
A Sculpture Falls – The Trouble With Problematic Public Statues – Richard Stone
As a sculptor who has used Victorian and other found sculptures in my work for some time, the increasingly heated debate on the future...
10 June 2020
Banksy: Stolen Bataclan Mural Found In Italy – Colston Statue Update
Banksy, Bristol's international artist/influencer has suggested a plan which should appeal to both critics of the sudden removal and dumping of the statue of...
8 June 2020
London’s Galleries And Auction Houses To Reopen From 15 June
The first of the London mega galleries have announced they are to reopen after a three-month lockdown period. White Cube and Gagosian will open...
8 June 2020
Do Tate Galleries Have A Slavery Past?
The Tate issued a statement in 2019 to put to rest talk about the gallery founder and namesake Henry Tate's involvement in slavery.