Turner Prize 2025 Nominees Announced On 250th Anniversary of Turner’s Birth
The four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2025 were announced this morning at Tate Britain on the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth.
23 April 2025
News
Scientists Reveal OLO A Brand New Intense Colour Variant
Researchers in the United States have ventured beyond the bounds of human perception, claiming to unlock a colour no eye has ever seen—until now….
22 April 2025
Sir John Soane St John On Bethnal Green Renovation Project Launched
St John on Bethnal Green is a Grade 1 listed building of international significance that has been at the centre of the vibrant parish…
22 April 2025
UK AIDS Memorial Quilt To Be Displayed In Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
From June 12 to June 16, 2025, Tate Modern will host a powerful and poignant exhibition: the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt. This vast textile…
22 April 2025
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Sarah Cunningham: Lisson Gallery Rising Star’s Death Was Accidental
The death of artist Sarah Cunningham, whose work was championed by London’s Lisson Gallery, has been ruled accidental by a coroner….
11 April 2025
Rare Rembrandt Lion Drawing Auctioned To Fund Big Cat Conservation Efforts
Billionaire collector and conservationist Thomas Kaplan has announced plans to sell Young Lion Resting, a rare Rembrandt drawing, to support wildlife conservation initiatives….
10 April 2025
David Hockney Cigarette Controversy Paris Metro Bans Exhibition Poster
David Hockney, Britain’s most celebrated living painter, is at the centre of a censorship row after Paris Metro authorities pulled a promotional poster for his upcoming retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton…
3 April 2025
Art Market News
Warhol’s Big Electric Chair Poised To Electrify Christie’s Spring Sale
A seminal work from Andy Warhol’s controversial Death and Disaster series will lead Christie’s marquee 20th-century art evening sale on… Read More
23 April 2025
Art Basel/UBS Reports Global Art Market Declines for Second Year Running
The latest Art Market Report by Art Basel and UBS reveals a continued downturn in global art and antiques sales, with a… Read More
9 April 2025
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 What Sold What The Dealers Said
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 concluded today, reinforcing the status as Asia’s preeminent art fair while celebrating its dynamic and… Read More
30 March 2025
Rediscovered Klimt Portrait of African Prince Attracts Museum Interest
A striking early portrait by Gustav Klimt depicting Ghanaian Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona may soon find a home in… Read More
24 March 2025
People
Antoni Gaudí Formally Declared Venerable In Vatican’s Sainthood Process
Antoni Gaudí, the mystic master of Catalan Modernism, has taken an unexpected step—not in architecture, but in ecclesiastical ascent. This… Read More
23 April 2025
King To Exhibit Original Artwork In Royal Drawing School Anniversary Show
King Charles III, custodian of the renowned Royal Collection—one of the world’s most significant private art holdings—is set to reveal… Read More
23 April 2025
Val Kilmer: Tribute to the Actor And Artist (1959–2025) Obituary
Val Kilmer, a fiercely original actor and visual artist, has died at age 65. He was best known for his… Read More
8 April 2025
Christophe Cherix Named New Director of MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has appointed Christophe Cherix as its next David Rockefeller Director, marking a pivotal transition… Read More
31 March 2025
Events
Richard Wright
Camden Art Centre presents Richard Wright’s (b. 1960, London, UK) first solo exhibition at an institution in London
Cartier
A major exhibition featuring more than 350 objects, including precious jewels, historic gemstones, iconic watches and clocks.
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur presents over 40 new works by Sir Grayson Perry (1960).
Edvard Munch Portraits
Widely regarded as one of the great portraitists of the 19th and 20th centuries, Edvard Munch consistently produced intimate portraits of family, friends.
Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350
With over a hundred exhibits made by artisans working in Siena, Naples, Avignon and beyond, see some of Europe’s earliest, most exquisite and most significant artworks.
Leigh Bowery!
A celebration of the boundary-pushing career of artist Leigh Bowery.
Goya to Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection
The Courtauld Gallery presents an exceptional selection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the first ever exhibition of the Oskar Reinhart Collection.
Flowers – Flora In Contemporary Art & Culture
NEW DATE ADDED
FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE seeks to reveal the myriad ways that flowers continue to be depicted by artists and their omnipresence within our contemporary culture.
Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker
Visceral Canker encompasses the majority of Rodney’s surviving works from 1982 to 1997
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
Mickalene Thomas’ vibrant, large-scale portraits of Black women at rest reclaim space and representation in art history, celebrating love and radical repose.
Linder: Danger Came Smiling
Linder’s first London retrospective showcases 50 years of the pioneering feminist artist’s work, dissecting our fascination with the body and its representation.
Noah Davis
Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.
Reviews
Underwater Extravaganza Hastings Contemporary – Jude Montague
Undersea is the latest exhibition on a maritime theme, curated by art historian James Russell, for the Hastings Contemporary. It completes a trilogy following Seaside Modern (2021) and (2022).
22 April 2025
Archibald Knox The Visionary Manx Designer – Sara Faith
Archibald Knox (1864-1933) is best known as a designer for The Silver Studio and then for Liberty & Co. in the early years of the 20th century,
22 April 2025
Giuseppe Penone Thoughts in The Roots Serpentine – Sue Hubbard
Giuseppe Penone’s show brings together Penone’s sculptures, installations and drawings from 1969 until now.
11 April 2025
The Frick And Other Delights New York Spring Exhibitions Round Up – Ilka Scobie
In 2020, the beloved Frick temporarily relocated to the former Whitney Museum’s Brutalist Breuer building. Five years later, the museum has re-opened with a glorious 220 million dollar renovation of the original Gilded Age mansion…
7 April 2025
Arpita Singh Social Observations Serpentine North – Revd Jonathan Evens
Although Arpita Singh’s work has been seen in the UK previously, this is the first institutional solo exhibition of her work in London.
26 March 2025
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur A Raucous Romp Through The Wallace Collection
Grayson Perry has always been a master of holding up a carnival mirror to society, and his latest exhibition, Delusions of Grandeur, at the Wallace Collection…
26 March 2025
Victor Hugo Astonishing Things Royal Academy – John K Grande
Astonishing Things, the RA show’s title comes from a comment Vincent van Gogh made on seeing Victor Hugo’s drawings.
24 March 2025
Siena: The Creative Achievement Of Christendom – Revd Jonathan Evens
A key exhibit in Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300‒1350, is a ‘Head of Christ’ by Lando di Pietro, which is split in two.
17 March 2025
Amsterdam: Anselm Kiefer & Vincent van Gogh – Mariella Guzzoni
The Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, collaborating for the first time on a common project, present Anselm Kiefer – Sag mir die Blumen sind (Where have all the flowers gone?…
15 March 2025
Edvard Munch Portraits: Personas With A Body – John K. Grande
“Nature is the vast eternal kingdom which nourishes art,” Munch observed, and this vast source was not a choice but a reality…
13 March 2025
Tadek Beutlich Weaving On and Off the Loom – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Textile weaving has long been undervalued as a creative art form. But this is changing. A year ago, at London’s Barbican Gallery, Unravel….
5 March 2025
The Myth of Leigh Bowery Laid Bare in New Tate Show – James Payne
Leigh Bowery was a groundbreaking performance artist, club entrepreneur, fashion designer, musician…. a thief, a shitkicker and…uh…he wanted to be famous.
27 February 2025
Goya to Impressionism Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection – Sue Hubbard
“Even if such works may legally be owned by an individual, in a higher sense they belong to everyone, their… Read More
22 February 2025
Anonymous Artists: American Photography At The Rijksmuseum – Marcus Howard-Vyse
The Dutch Survey of American Photography is the first in Europe. It traces America’s self-documented history with cool detachment…..
13 February 2025
Previews
Turner Prize Winner Richard Wright Unveils Major London Exhibition At Camden Art Centre
Camden Art Centre is proud to present Richard Wright’s (b. 1960, London, UK) first solo exhibition at an institution in London, and his largest institutional exhibition in the UK for more than 20 years.
23 April 2025
James Vaulkhard: Between Reverence And Ruin An American Sublime – Interview With Artlyst
James Vaulkhard’s latest exhibition, The Sublime & The Consumed, at London’s Blond Contemporary, presents a striking reimagining of the American landscape…
9 April 2025
David Hockney Takes Over Fondation Louis Vuitton For Career Retrospective
Few living artists command the cultural reverence of David Hockney, whose seven-decade career has ceaselessly redefined the boundaries of painting, drawing, and digital art….
9 April 2025
Future Ritual Presents CEREMONY: A Festival of Performance
Future Ritual Presents CEREMONY: A Festival of Performance, a new 5-day festival taking place this April 23-27 at Peckham’s Copeland Gallery in South-East London….
1 April 2025
Joanna Allen: Subconscious Playground A New Exhibition At Bowman Sculpture
Bowman Sculpture is presenting Subconscious Playground, the debut solo exhibition of British contemporary sculptor Joanna Allen, marking an exciting new voice in three-dimensional art.
27 March 2025
Tate Unveils Blockbuster 2026 Exhibition Programme
Tate has pulled out all the stops for 2026, announcing a blockbuster lineup across its galleries that promises something for… Read More
24 March 2025
Gabriel Moses: 180 Studios Showcases His Art Fashion And Cultural Heritage
This spring, 180 Studios will unveil Selah, the largest exhibition to date by the acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Gabriel Moses….
20 March 2025
Harland Miller: XXX York Art Gallery 2025
Internationally acclaimed artist and writer Harland Miller returns to York Art Gallery this March to present ‘XXX’, a new exhibition showcasing paintings…
17 March 2025
Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300–1350 Italian Masterpieces Reunited
In a historic celebration of its 200th anniversary, the National Gallery will reunite some of the most significant 14th-century Italian paintings…
6 March 2025
Features
Seven Unmissable Exhibitions For JMW Turner 250 Celebrations
Taking place throughout 2025, events across the UK will celebrate 250 years since the birth of the renowned painter J.M.W. Turner.
23 April 2025
Suzanne Treister: Interview of the Month, April 2025 – Paul Carey-Kent
Ahead of a major autumn survey at Modern Art Oxford, Suzanne Treister is showing a new series of works, Hexen 5.0, together with a selection of her visionary Museum paintings at Annely Juda in London….
9 April 2025
The Art Diary April 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
Easter regularly brings exhibitions exploring themes drawn from Christianity; this year is no exception.
31 March 2025
Ten Out Of London Exhibitions Spring 2025
Artlyst has selected ten exhibitions that will take place out of London this Spring, 2025.
22 March 2025
Peggy Guggenheim: Iconic Exhibition by 31 Women Reimagined In Lisbon
In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim, the pioneering collector and art dealer, made history by mounting the first exhibition of women artists in the US…..
18 March 2025
Edvard Munch And His Inner Freudian Trauma – Sue Hubbard
The German-Polish writer and anarchist Stanislaw Przybyszewski described his friend, the artist Edvard Munch, as ‘a painter of the soul’.
16 March 2025
Conversations Over Salmon Oskar Reinhart Collection Winterthur Switzerland – Nico Kos Earle
Nico Kos Earle visited the Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz” in Winterthur, Switzerland, before the exhibition Goya to Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection went on display at London’s The Courtauld Gallery.
4 March 2025
The Art Diary March 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The March Art Diary first highlights exhibitions in Essex (Firstsite, Focal Point and Beecroft Galleries) followed by group shows engaging with spirituality and social issues
4 March 2025
Rags to Riches: The Myth of Arte Povera – Marcus Howard-Vyse
To what extent is the famous Italian art movement a ‘poor art’ rebellion or a rich man’s game?…
26 February 2025
Twelve Out of London Art Exhibitions 2025
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2025.
14 January 2025
London Art Exhibitions 2025 An Artlyst Month by Month Guide
*UPDATED*
2025 promises to see another full and varied programme of art exhibitions in London. Artlyst has put together this month-by-month guide.
5 January 2025
Fair Comment 2025: International Art Fairs Guide – Recommended By Artlyst
Contemporary Art has an energy that pulses and a creativity that collides with culture to ignite something extraordinary. Nowhere is this fusion more electrifying than in the world’s premier art fairs….
3 January 2025
Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2024/2025 Art Of Our Time
Welcome to the Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2024/2025. The Alt Power 100 Artlyst celebrates the visionaries transforming the artistic landscape…
31 December 2024
Ten London Art Exhibitions Opening In 2025
Here are ten London Art exhibitions to look out for in 2025.
17 December 2024
Paul Carey Kent: Artist Interview Of The Month Index – Artlyst
Welcome to this new series of monthly artist interviews by critic Paul Carey-Kent. Paul has written for Art Monthly and Frieze Magazine
26 October 2021
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
Great Artworks Explained A New Video Series By James Payne
This is a new series by Artist/historian James Payne demystifying great works of art. We will be adding to this page as the content is produced.
1 June 2020
Books For Sale
The Radical Print: Politics Through Printmaking – Book Review – Dr Clare Finn
If world politics today is changing worlds it was no less so in late 18th century Britain; there was the… Read More
23 April 2025
Harland Miller XXX: The First Book Focusing On His Letter Paintings
Harland Miller’s Letter Paintings are visually witty—bold, brash, and laced with northern humour that makes you laugh before you’ve even processed why…
27 March 2025
Anselm Kiefer The Women – Prestel – Book Review
A New Perspective on the Artist Anselm Kiefer – Women, Myth, and History – Texts by Various Contributors
19 March 2025
Book Review: Linder: Danger Came Smiling – Artlyst
If you’re looking for a book that captures the raw energy, subversive brilliance, and unapologetic feminism of one of Britain’s… Read More
12 February 2025