Bloomberg New Contemporaries which has recently opened their 2019 edition at Leeds Art Gallery is a must-see exhibition for those trying to keep their finger on the pulse of the emerging art emanating from the UK’s top art colleges.
19 September 2019
Art News, News, Preview
Micky Johnson is a Musician, Entrepreneur, and Gallerist. He is also an enthusiastic collector of British Contemporary Art.
11 August 2019
Features, Interviews
Hastings Contemporary is to mount the first major UK retrospective of work by British artist Victor Willing (1928-1988) since his… Read More
29 July 2019
Preview
The latest exhibition at Cross Lane Projects in Kendal, Cumbria opens this weekend with a group show Auto – Destruct, featuring works by Steve Carr, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Cedric Christie, Jean Luc Dubin, Lee Holden, Graeme Miller, Simon Liddiment, Stacie McCormick, Elena Montesinos, Owen Oppenheimer, Ben Philpott, Jay Price, Pascal Rousson, Rebecca Scott, Gavin Turk and Tisna Westerhof.
29 June 2019
Preview
The Jerwood Gallery in Hastings is to relaunch as Hastings Contemporary: Independent gallery for the South East on 6th July with a major presentation by international contemporary painter Tal R, alongside British artist, Roy Oxlade (the late husband of Rose Wiley)
26 March 2019
Art News
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.
19 December 2018
Features, Photo Feature
There can be no doubt that Richard Long is one of the giants of British art. Or so a very impressive curriculum vitae would lead one to suppose. He is now in his early 70s. He made his reputation almost half-a-century ago, as what was then called a Land Artist
10 December 2018
Reviews
All of us here at the Artlyst find it daunting at times to correctly pronounce the names of the artists that appear daily on the Artlyst website.
29 August 2018
Features, How To
The Autumn is an incredibly busy period in the London art scene. Here is the first part of the Artlyst guide to art in London Autumn 2018.
28 August 2018
Features
If you’re planning on heading out of London this summer, Artlyst has put together a list of twelve exhibitions to see around the UK. The main event over the summer has to be the Liverpool Biennial but Artlyst is covering this deserving spectacle elsewhere. However, while in Liverpool don’t miss Tate Liverpool’s powerful comparison study of Egon Schiele and Francesca Woodman and the 60th anniversary John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery. Elsewhere around Britain shows not to miss include the Patrick Heron retrospective at Tate St Ives, Elisabeth Frink at Abbot Hall in Cumbria, Yves Klein at Blenheim Palace and Antony Gormley at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.
20 July 2018
Features
New Contemporaries has opened in Liverpool to coincide with the 20th birthday of the Liverpool Biennial. The exhibition selected from recent graduates of UK art schools, it is a good insight into practices, showcasing some of the most dynamic work being made by emerging artists.
15 July 2018
Art News
The R.A.’s celebration of its 250th-anniversary show has met with hosannas in the press, with maybe the loudest of all coming from those who see themselves as the declared foes and detractors of anything remotely conservative looking in the visual arts.
11 June 2018
New Contemporaries has announced this year’s selected artists with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
3 May 2018
Art News, News
The 20th century saw God lose his central role within the scheme of human belief and philosophy.
2 March 2018
2018 will offer a variety of exhibitions to cater for everyone’s taste in art from spending time with modern masters such as a year in the life of Picasso, Monet’s relationship with architecture, drawings by Klimt and Schiele, through classical artists Ribera and Murillo to contemporary greats like Tacita Dean and Joan Jonas not to mention Frida Kahlo’s iconic wardrobe. In addition, London increases its exhibition spaces with the re-opening of the Hayward Gallery in January and the Royal Academy of Arts extension opening in May.
28 December 2017
Features
Bloomberg New Contemporaries is to leave its home at the ICA London for Block 336 in Brixton.
23 November 2017
Announcement, Art News
An important portrait by Francis Bacon of his friend/rival Lucian Freud is to be shown in Tate Britain’s landmark exhibition
13 November 2017
Announcement
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017 launches in Gateshead showcasing new and recent fine art graduates
2 October 2017
Art News
Dame Julia Peyton-Jones is the winner of the annual Critics Circle Visual Arts and Architecture Award which will be presented at the Thaddeus Ropac Gallery Dover Street on the evening of 12th September.
12 September 2017
Announcement, News
Autumn sees the launch of a number of exciting exhibitions around the country, confirming that you don’t have to visit the capital to see first rate art.
7 September 2017
Tate has announced its 2018 programme which covers all four venues. The forthcoming shows include exhibitions of work by ground-breaking figures in painting, performance, textiles, film and photography.
26 May 2017
Preview
Rich is a non-gender specific term. But what about the fact that the top ten richest artists are all male. Welcome to Artlyst’s Top 10 Richest Women Artists. (First published June 2015)
23 December 2016
Features, Top 10
Throughout the centuries art has suffered at the hands of natural disaster, (Pompeii) conflict (WW2) and negligent owners (Casino owner Steve Wynn). Here is Artlyst’s top 10 list of art disasters.
22 December 2016
Features, Top 10
Announcing Artlyst’s 2016 Frieze Week Guide, a tried and tested lyst of the events not to miss during the busiest… Read More
4 October 2016
Art News, News
I’m sure all of Artlyst’s regular readers know how much we love an exhibition that thinks outside the box, when… Read More
13 September 2016
Art News, News
Collector Frank Cohen is to collaborate with the Fortnum & Mason food emporium to present a pop-up, takeover art event,… Read More
1 August 2016
Art News, News
Leeds Art Gallery has removed its collection to welcome the 42 artists showing in the eighth edition of the British… Read More
12 October 2015
Art News, News
Reality: Modern and Contemporary British Painting is a new exhibition curated by artist Chris Stevens and organised by the Sainsbury… Read More
13 July 2015
Art News, News
Sotheby’s has achieved the highest total for any auction of Contemporary Art ever held by the auction house in London. The sale which took… Read More
2 July 2015
Art Market, News
I should stand up for fellow art bitches and applaud this week’s lyst of the most wealthy female artists: were… Read More
26 June 2015
Artbytch, Features
RCA Secret turns 21 this year and is celebrating coming of age with a bold new collaboration that sees the… Read More
7 March 2015
Art News, News
The Serralves Foundation in Porto, with its wonderful contemporary art museum, designed by Pritzker prize-winning architect Alvaro Siza Vieira (known… Read More
12 October 2014
Art News, News