Significant Works: A New Series Of Contemporary Art Essays By Sue Hubbard
In this new series, Sue Hubbard explores single works by leading contemporary artists.
1 September 2020
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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 unveilings.
31 July 2020
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, the UK’s largest arts charity, Art Fund, today launched a campaign for museums, with the announcement of plans for a special edition of Art Fund Museum of the Year and a week celebrating museums, running from 12 October 2020.
23 July 2020
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 Hill on Tuesday 7 July with an installation of works by Khadija Saye, the young Gambian-British artist who tragically lost her life in the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, aged just 24.
6 July 2020
SOHO HOUSE ANNOUNCES THE INAUGURAL SOHO HOUSE ART PRIZE
Judges including Maria Balshaw CBE, Director of Tate, Hebru Brantley, contemporary American artist and Kate Bryan, Head of Collections for Soho House will select the winner, who will be commissioned to create an exhibition and site-specific installation at Miami Beach House during Art Basel Miami Beach
2 July 2020
Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics – Revd Jonathan Evens
Galleries and museums around the world are reopening. Among the first exhibitions being shown that caught my eye were Leaves of Grass by Max Gimblett at Page Galleries in Wellington, the pairing of Kudditji Kngwarreye and Idris Murphy at Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane, and Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics at Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki.
27 June 2020
Six Black Artists Depict Race and Discrimination – MC Llamas
The BLM protests in recent weeks have shown us how relevant issues of race still are. It’s shocking to see that racial discrimination still exists in this day and age. It is our role as cultural influencers to give our attention and support to the fight against systemic racism.
13 June 2020
Black Art Matters – Paul Carter Robinson
This is long overdue, but under the worrying circumstances that have dominated the news in the past week, I feel it is essential to voice an opinion representing Artlyst.
4 June 2020
London Gallery Lockdown Night And Day – A Photo Essay
London Gallery Lockdown 4/05/2020: Greta Thunberg would undoubtedly agree with the first statement
4 May 2020
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces 2019 Recipients of Awards for Artists
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) has announced the 2019 recipients of Awards for Artists, one of the most significant philanthropic awards for visual artists and composers in the UK.
13 November 2019
How Wheelchair Friendly Are London Commercial Galleries? – David Lock Investigates
As a wheelchair user, I wanted to write a piece about what it’s like for a disabled person visiting commercial galleries in London.
28 October 2019
My Frieze Week 2019 – Zoltan Alexander
From Botticelli to Tillmans. 160 of the world’s leading galleries at Frieze, 130 at Frieze Masters, over 1000 international artists. No sign of the Brexit-uncertainty and escalating political instability. No sign that Britain is in the midst of an economic and political crisis. Dealers did good business.
10 October 2019
St Fagans National Museum of History Wins Museum of the Year 2019
The Art Fund’s Museum of the Year 2019 has been awarded to St Fagans National Museum of History, near Cardiff…. Read More
4 July 2019
Art Brussels 37th Edition What To See Guide – Artlyst
Since its inception, Art Brussels has evolved into one of the top European contemporary art fairs and is a must-see in the international art calendar. Over 26 – 28 April 2019
23 April 2019
My NY Armory Week 2019 Fairs And Exhibitions – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
I was not looking forward to the freezing cold weather when I decided to attend the Armory week but once… Read More
14 March 2019
Anglo-Saxon Pendant Voted Britain’s favourite In Art Fund’s 2018 Poll
The winner of the UK’s most popular acquisition in 2018 is an Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, found in Winfarthing, Norfolk and purchased by Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
18 December 2018
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces Awards To UK Visual Artists And Composers
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation have unveiled the Ten visual artists and composers living and working in the UK who will each receive £60,000 with no strings attached, making this the largest and most flexible award for individual artists in the UK.
20 November 2018
RCA Secret 2018: Postcard Masterpieces Return At £60 A Pop
Once again it’s RCA Secret time where the public is invited to try and spot the named artists from the students in order to acquire a mini-masterpiece at a bargain price.
19 November 2018
Pronounce Artists’ Names Correctly – An Artlyst How To Guide
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
Tate St Ives Wins Art Fund Museum Of The Year 2018 Award
Tate St Ives has won the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 award.
7 July 2018
Art Basel 2018 Round-Up Reports Buoyant Sales At Core Event
Art Basel Switzerland which is always an important barometer in the art market has reported that some of the world’s premier galleries experienced remarkable sales across all levels of the market.
18 June 2018
Britain’s Leading Artists Protest Against The Decline Of Art In Schools
Over 100 artists, including Tracey Emin, Jeremy Deller, Antony Gormley, Lubaina Himid, Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry, Sam Taylor Johnson, Mark Wallinger and Rachel Whiteread, have written to The Guardian to protest against the decline of art in schools.
8 May 2018
Arts Council Collection Acquire More Women Artists In 2017-18
The UK’s largest national loan collection of modern and contemporary art, the Arts Council Collection, has unveiled the full list of 47 works by 25 artists that it has acquired for the nation in 2017-18.
4 April 2018
Michael Rakowitz Unveils His Fourth Plinth Commission In London’s Trafalgar Square
The latest artist to exhibit a work for the “Fourth Plinth’ commission is the US artist Michael Rakowitz’.
28 March 2018
Art Wars Launches New Exhibition At Hix Art Shoreditch
London Based Art initiative Art Wars and Hix Art have announced ‘Art Wars East’. Opening on March 29th.
20 March 2018
Censored Stations Of The Cross Exhibition Curator Ben Moore Goes Public
I was honoured and surprised when Revd Jonathan Evens invited me to curate a ‘Stations of the Cross’ Group Exhibition at St. Stephen Walbrook, a Christopher Wren church based in the heart of the city of London.
19 March 2018
Michael Rakowitz Fourth Plinth Commission First Photo Unveiled
Here is the first view of Michael Rakowitz’s new commission, The Invisible Enemy, Should Not Exist which will be unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square
15 January 2018
Sotheby’s Rounds Off 2017 Reaching $4.7 billion Annual Sales Total
Sotheby’s concluded their 2017 auctions this week, reaching an annual sales total of $4.7 billion that represents a 13.1% increase over our 2016 results.
21 December 2017
Art Wars Art Initiative Travels to Miami And LA
Artlyst is again the media partner with London-based art initiative Art Wars which travels to Miami and Los Angeles this December to unveil 20 brand new works by emerging and established artists.
30 November 2017
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Artist Awards 2017 Present £60k No Strings Attached Prizes
The 2017 Hamlyn Awards for Artists have been announce by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, with Jane Hamlyn, Chair and Jarvis Cocker presenting the prizes.
9 November 2017
Alt Power 100 ArtLyst 2017 – Meet The Alternative Powerhouses
Alt Power 100 ArtLyst: 2017 has been an extraordinary year for exhibitions both here in the UK and abroad.
31 October 2017
Grenfell Tower Art Auction Raises £1.9m At Sotheby’s
London: An auction held at Sotheby’s in aid of survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire has raised £1.9m. Thirty one lots donated by artists including Anish Kapoor, Wolfgang Tilmans Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin sold over the estimates set by the auctioneers.
17 October 2017