7 December 2022
Veronica Ryan Wins The 2022 Turner Prize In Liverpool
The £25,000 Turner Prize has been awarded to Veronica Ryan at a gala ceremony at Tate Liverpool.
News
5 December 2022
Damien Hirst Creates 300 Mass-Produced Paintings at $40k A Pop – Stolen Kandinsky Polish Museum Authorities Threaten Legal Action – Viva Magenta Is Pantone Colour Of The Year 2023
Damien Hirst Creates 300 Mass-Produced Paintings at $40k A Pop - Stolen Kandinsky Polish Museum Authorities Threaten Legal Action - Viva Magenta Is Pantone...
4 December 2022
Art Basel Miami Beach 20th Anniversary Edition – What The Dealers Said
Art Basel's 2022 edition in Miami Beach closed on Saturday, December 3, 2022, following a week of solid sales across all market sectors and...
Elgin Marbles: UK Government In Settlement Talks With Greece – Banksy Mural Theft Foiled In Kyiv – Omai By Sir Joshua Reynolds Raises £25m To Stop Export
Elgin Marbles: UK Government In Settlement Talks With Greece - Banksy Mural Theft Foiled In Kyiv - Omai By Sir Joshua Reynolds Raises £25m...
Tom Phillips RA Creator Of A Humument A Continually Evolving Artwork Dies
The British artist Tom Phillips RA has died. Phillips was born in London in 1937. He attended St Catherine’s College, Oxford, in 1957, where...
1 December 2022
Record-Breaking Venice Biennale Closes – Katy Hessel The Story Of Art Without Men Chosen Waterstones Book Of The Year – Douglas Gordon Presents Neon-Inspired Work On Piccadilly Screen
Record-Breaking Venice Biennale Closes - Katy Hessel The Story Of Art Without Men Chosen Waterstones Book Of The Year - Douglas Gordon Presents Neon-Inspired Work On Picadilly Screen
Ashley Bickerton Leading Neo-Geo Artist Dies Aged 63
The Neo-Geo Artist Ashley Bickerton (May 26, 1959 – November 30, 2022) has died in Bali after a protracted illness.
Grace Ndiritu Wins Jarman Award 2022 – £120,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year Award – 2023 Turner Prize Towner Eastbourne Jury Announced
Grace Ndiritu Wins Jarman Award 2022 - £120,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year Award - 2023 Turner Prize Towner Eastbourne Jury Announced
Andres Serrano: Piss Christ Immortalised On The Blockchain With New NFT
The most vandalised artwork in modern history, Piss Christ, 1987, by the American artist Andres Serrano, is celebrating its 35th anniversary
Cult Film Director John Waters Donates Personal Art Collection To BMA
Cult-film director John Waters famous for his groundbreaking flicks, Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, has donated 372 works of art to the BMA
15 November 2022
Kunstmuseum Basel Unveils Degenerate Art Exhibition From Their Own Collection
The Kunstmuseum Basel has unveiled an exhibition from their unique German and French Modernism collection.
Arts Council England Announce Shock Levelling Up Measures
Arts Council England has announced a £43.5 million shift in funding as part of the Government's pet project 'Levelling up'. ACE is the main...
31 October 2022
Frances Morris To Step Down As Tate Modern Director – Art Basel Head Marc Spiegler Quits – Stuart Semple Launches Pantone Alternative Colour Chart
Frances Morris To Step Down As Tate Modern Director - Art Basel Director Marc Spiegler Quits - Stuart Semple Launches Pantone Alternative Colour Chart
Sonia Boyce Venice Pavilion Comes To Turner Margate – Clémentine Schneidermann Wins Taylor Wessing Prize 2022 – Frieze Founder Matthew Slotover To Chair Turner Margate
Sonia Boyce Venice Pavilion Comes To Turner Margate - Clémentine Schneidermann Wins Taylor Wessing Prize
Turner Prize 2022 Exhibition Opens At Tate Liverpool
The Turner Prize 2022 exhibition has opened at Tate Liverpool, unveiling the four shortlisted artists, Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Sin Wai...
Cecilia Vicuña Unveils Seventh Annual Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
Cecilia Vicuña Unveils Seventh Annual Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
What's On(line)
12 Nov '22-12 Feb '23
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Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin
Royal Academy of Arts
Making Modernism is the first major UK exhibition devoted to pioneering women working in Germany in the early 1900s: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kӓthe
26 Oct '22-08 Jan '23
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Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Hayward Gallery
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art is the first large-scale group exhibition in the UK exploring how contemporary artists have used clay in
14 Oct '22-08 Jan '23
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Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism
The Courtauld Gallery
One of the most original and eccentric artists of the 18th century, the Swiss-born Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) is the subject of a new exhibition
08 Sep '22-08 Jan '23
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Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics
Barbican Art Gallery
Bringing together paintings, sculptural assemblages, performance photographs, films and large-scale multimedia installations, as well as rarely seen
01 Oct '22-22 Jan '23
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Lucian Freud: New Perspectives – The Credit Suisse Exhibition
National Gallery
This landmark exhibition is being staged by the National Gallery to mark the centenary of the birth of the major 20th-century artist Lucian Freud
24 Sep '22-11 Dec '22
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William Kentridge
Royal Academy of Arts
William Kentridge is known for his distinctive drawings, animated films, performances, and large-scale productions. This ambitious and immersive
05 Oct '22-12 Mar '23
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Cezanne: The EY Exhibition
Tate Modern
Tate Modern presents a once-in-a-generation exhibition of paintings, watercolours and drawings by Paul Cezanne
24 Nov '22-26 Feb '23
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly In League With The Night
Tate Britain
The first major survey of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, one of the most important painters working
Reviews
1 December 2022
Lucian Freud And His Circle Surveyed In Two London Exhibitions
A noted John Deakin photograph of Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud in Soho in 1963
28 November 2022
Mayfair: London Gallery Round-Up December 2022 – Nico Kos Earle
This month, Gavin Turk unveiled a series of meticulously rendered still lives of candles after Gerhard Richter's renowned photorealist work.
The Love of Print: A Who’s Who of Scottish Printmaking – Kelvingrove Art Gallery – Clare Henry
LOVE OF PRINT is a superb, giant size, memorable, wide-ranging and serious exhibition which spans 50 years of Scottish printmaking.
16 November 2022
Emma Witter: A Moveable Feast Portman Estate Marylebone – Nico Kos Earle
‘A Moveable Feast’ is a presentation at of small sculpture and digital prints by the artist Emma Witter at The Portman Estate in Marylebone.
16 November 2022
Women Making Modernism A Revisionist History – Royal Academy – Sue Hubbard
The title 'Making Modernism' implies that the artists included in this Royal Academy exhibition were at the forefront of the avant-garde. That they were...
13 November 2022
A Question Of Clay: Strange Clay – Hayward Gallery – Revd Jonathan Evens
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in ceramics from artists and the public, from the popularity of The Great Pottery, Throw Down...
7 November 2022
Laure Prouvost: An Immersive Migration – National Museum Norway
Her latest site-specific, immersive installation for the Light Hall at Norway's new National Museum is spectacular.
20 October 2022
Turner Prize: Liverpool Hosts Challenging 2022 Edition – Alice Lenkiewicz
The Turner Prize has arrived at Tate Liverpool for the second time in 20 years. Visitors can now explore the work of this year's...
9 October 2022
William Kentridge: Merging Politics With Aesthetics – RA – Revd Jonathan Evens
"Drawing is the starting point to nearly all of Kentridge's work. He sees drawing as a testing of ideas, a slow-motion version of thought."
7 October 2022
Power Of The Sea: Turner And Fofana- Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
The current Exhibition at Tate Liverpool, "Dark Waters", consists of works by Joseph Mallory William Turner and Lamin Fofana.
7 October 2022
Cezanne The Road To Modernism Tate Modern – Leila Lebreton
The Tate Modern's Cezanne exhibition is probably one of the most elaborate and rich exhibitions this year. Spanning the entirety of Cezanne's painting career,...
24 September 2022
Winslow Homer: Beyond The Sea – National Gallery – Revd Jonathan Evens
Homer is an artist that, although a household name in America, is entirely unrepresented in UK public collections.
Hew Locke And The Christian Roots Of Carnival – Tate Britain – Revd Jonathan Evens
The word carnival derives from Latin expressions meaning either to remove meat or say farewell to meat. These indicate the Christian roots of carnival...
28 March 2022
Damien Hirst The Visceral Reality Of Death – Revd Jonathan Evens
Everything Damien Hirst does is controversial, from the initial shock of the new - the sensation of the YBAs - through his use of...
16 December 2020
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Lets The Paint Tell The Story – James Payne
Fly In League With The Night, at Tate Britain covers Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's work from her graduation in 2003 to the present day, with some...
Previews
7 December 2022
New Contemporaries Returns To South London Gallery For Fifth Consecutive Year
New Contemporaries 2022 returns to the South London Gallery with a rich diversity of approaches to making. The exhibition features 47 artists.
14 November 2022
Art Alert: Michael Chow at Waddington Custot, Alex Wood MOCA London, Jay Price The Mine App
Three exciting art projects are launching this November: Michael Chow at Waddington Custot, Alex Wood at MOCA London and Jay Price's interactive artwork.
24 October 2022
Gavin Turk Appropriates Gerhard Richter’s Candle Paintings In New London Exhibition
The fourth solo exhibition of the British artist Gavin Turk (4 November – 14 January) has been announced by Ben Brown Fine Arts London.
19 October 2022
Making Modernism: Women Artists In Early 20th Century Germany RA
Making Modernism is the first major UK exhibition devoted to women artists working in Germany in the early 20th century.
11 October 2022
Sonia Boyce: Venice Golden Lion Winner’s Inaugural Show At Simon Lee
Just for the Record is a new exhibition by the 2022 Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner Sonia Boyce OBE RA’s. It is her inaugural...
27 September 2022
Conrad Shawcross Mounts Major Exhibitions At Mathematical Institute Oxford
Conrad Shawcross is mounting one of his largest exhibitions ever at The Mathematical Institute, Oxford.
29 June 2022
Tate Exhibition Programme Highlights Announced For 2023
Tate has announced a diverse programme of exhibitions for 2023. Two groundbreaking figures in modern art, Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, will be...
Features
8 December 2022
An Exhilarating Art Week During Miami Art Basel – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
I was very much looking forward to ending the 2022 fair season in Miami. Being Art Basel Miami's 20th anniversary and the last edition...
6 December 2022
Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 Ten Of The Best – Clayton Calvert
Art Basel Miami Beach 2022: The verdict is still out on whether or not the 20th edition of the fair was a runaway success...
5 December 2022
Gainsborough’s House – Suffolk Gets A World-Class Museum – James Payne
After a lengthy refurbishment, thanks to £10 million from The Lottery Fund, one of my favourite museums in the UK, has re-opened, and they...
4 December 2022
Winslow Homer: American Passage An Interview With Biographer Bill Cross
The author of the biography Winslow Homer: American Passage, Bill Cross, is an independent scholar and a consultant to art and history museums.
29 November 2022
Andres Serrano: Talks About Free Speech And NFTs – Artlyst Interview
Serrano's photograph, Piss Christ (1987), became the subject of a US national debate on freedom of artistic expression.
14 November 2022
Glasgow Print Studio Celebrates 50 Years Of Printmaking – Clare Henry
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO is internationally acclaimed, and its 50th birthday is being celebrated in a major, culturally significant exhibition at the city's main civic...
7 November 2022
Great Art Cities Explained – An Art And Travel Video Series
Following the wildly successful YouTube art history series, Great Art Explained in 15 Minutes, founded in 2020 by art writer and curator James Payne,...
5 November 2022
Romuald Hazoumè: Interview of the Month, November 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
Beninese artist Romuald Hazoumè has been making his well-known masks for many years, but 'Carnaval', his show at the October Gallery
1 November 2022
Soulages And Strange Clay November 2022 Art Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens
Under an image of Richard Woods' 'Small House' installation at Southwark Cathedral, Fergus Butler Gaillie
24 October 2022
Bill Brandt: Tate Britain Launches Free Photography Exhibition
Tate Britain opens a free new exhibition dedicated to celebrated British photographer Bill Brandt (1904-83).
16 October 2022
1-54 Art Fair London: My Six Favourite Exhibits – Lee Sharrock
As 1-54 celebrates its 10th birthday, the first international art fair to focus on modern and contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora
28 September 2022
Pyotr Pavlensky Uncensored The Artlyst Interview With Paul Carter Robinson
Pyotr Pavlensky was born in 1984 in Leningrad. He studied monumental painting at the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design.
30 August 2022
Spencer Tunick: The Naked Facts – Artlyst Interview With Paul Carter Robinson
The work of artist Spencer Tunick defies genres by transforming both landscapes and the human form into powerful artworks.
10 August 2022
Qatar Transforms Into An Outdoor Art Gallery Ahead Of FIFA World Cup
Qatar, a country that is no stranger to important contemporary public art, with works by Richard Serra and Damien Hirst, will be Transformed into...
3 July 2022
Channeling Andrew Wyeth: Jeffery Becton And Andrea Hamilton Between Two Worlds – The Poetics of Coastal Places
It is a work that has deeply influenced the practice of countless artists, in particular fine art photographer Jeffery Becton.
26 October 2021
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
1 June 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...
Top 10 – Appropriation Artworks
Appropriation art or the art of appropriation is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. Here...
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