Stop Protests Targeting Artworks Says National Museum Directors’ Council
UK museum directors have written an open letter calling for an end to protests which target galleries and artworks. The demonstrations
12 October 2024
News
National Gallery: Picasso Targeted By Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators
A Picasso painting at London’s National Gallery became the focus of a protest by pro-Palestinian activists….
10 October 2024
Tate Acquires New Works From Frieze London 2024
Tate has acquired a new selection of works from Frieze London 2024, thanks to the ongoing support of the Frieze Tate Fund, backed by Endeavor.
10 October 2024
Mire Lee: Tate Unveils Turbine Hall Hyundai Commission 2024
Tate Modern has unveiled a new large-scale sculptural installation by artist Mire Lee. Lee reimagines the Turbine Hall as the inside of a body
8 October 2024
Shepard Fairey: Pro-Palestinian March Delays US Ambassador’s Mural Visit
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the unveiling of a mural by the U.S. Street Artist Shepard Fairey in east London
7 October 2024
Picasso Discovered In Capri By Italian Family Sparks Debate
For decades, a Cubist-style painting hung on the wall of Luigi Lo Rosso’s home in Capri. The artwork had a signature scrawled “Picasso”…
2 October 2024
Art Market News
Ed Ruscha: Large Standard Station Painting Expected To Achieve $50m
Christie’s has announced the sale of Ed Ruscha’s Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half. It will headline the… Read More
15 October 2024
Frieze London 2024 What Sold And What The Dealers Said
London, 14 October 2024—Frieze London and Frieze Masters closed their doors after a successful five-day run, with significant sales and… Read More
14 October 2024
British Council Marks 90th Anniversary With Christie’s Fundraising Auction
To mark the British Council’s 90th anniversary, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Day and Online sale (Thursday, 10th October 2024)… Read More
8 October 2024
Sydell Miller Collection To Headline Sotheby’s NY November Marquee Sales
The extraordinary collection of Sydell Miller, known to reflect her philosophy of life, will headline Sotheby’s marquee sales this November… Read More
20 September 2024
Christie’s Announces MICA: THE COLLECTION OF MICA ERTEGUN
This Autumn, Christie’s New York is launching a landmark series of auctions with two exclusive single-owner sales. The first takes… Read More
19 September 2024
Guernsey’s New York-Centric Auction Celebrates 60 Years of Downtown
New York, NY – September 25, 2024: Get ready for a one-of-a-kind auction on September 25, 2024, as Guernsey’s celebrates… Read More
10 September 2024
Armory Show 2024: What The Dealers Said Plus Sales Report
New York – On Sunday, September 8, The Armory Show concluded its 30th edition, marking a landmark year as the first under the… Read More
9 September 2024
People
Tracey Emin Tells Louis Theroux Damien Hirst Peaked In His 40s
In an exclusive interview with Louis Theroux, artist Tracey Emin stated that male artists like Damien Hirst peaked in their… Read More
15 October 2024
Denzil Forrester Wins Prestigious Robson Orr TenTen Award 2024
The British artist Denzil Forrester has been named the recipient of the prestigious Robson Orr TenTen Award for 2024, as… Read More
8 October 2024
Stormzy: Bulletproof Vest By Banksy Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London, 30 September 2024: Banksy’s poignant and provocative Vest will debut during Frieze Week when offered in Sotheby’s Contemporary… Read More
30 September 2024
Nan Goldin Shoots Debbie Harry For Gucci Cruise Campaign
Gucci’s latest campaign, “We Will Always Have London,” was launched worldwide this week. It includes images and films by Nan… Read More
28 September 2024
Paul Smith Launches New Art Exhibition Space In Albemarle Street
Fashion Designer Paul Smith is opening a new exhibition Space in Albemarle Street in time for Frieze Week. Since the… Read More
26 September 2024
Events
Francis Bacon: Human Presence
The exhibition will explore Francis Bacon’s deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre.
Outlaws: Fashion Renegades Of 80s London
This is the first exhibition to explore the range of designers and creatives associated with the 80s nightclub Taboo started by Leigh Bowery.
The Imaginary Institution of India Art 1975–1998
Mike Kelley: Ghost And Spirit
The first major UK exhibition of American artist Mike Kelley
Monet and London. Views of the Thames
Some of Monet’s most remarkable Impressionist paintings were made not in France but in London. They depict extraordinary views of the Thames
Turner Prize 2024
This year’s four shortlisted artists are Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine Le Bas.
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers
Get ready to be amazed by Van Gogh’s breathtaking paintings at a once-in-a-century exhibition.
Reviews
London Gallery Round-Up October 2024 – Nico Kos-Earle
One of the highlights of Frieze week is the exceptional – institutional-level – exhibition Frank Auerbach: Portraits of London at the newly opened Offer Waterman and Francis Outred Gallery in Mayfair….
14 October 2024
Turner Prize 2024: In The Language Of Institutional Representation – Nico Kos Earle
The four artists shortlisted for the 40th edition of the Turner Prize 2024, Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine le Bas, are a motley crew.
30 September 2024
Still Life: Immortal Apples Eternal Eggs – Hastings Contemporary – Brian Childs
In the multi-tiered hierarchy of academic painting, Still Life has traditionally ranked on the bottom rung, its everyday meat-and-veg celebrations…
30 September 2024
Asian Bronze A World of Beauty Rijksmuseum – Jude Montague
Lit against minimalist greys, the unpainted bronzes tarnished by the process of age gather in the upper rooms of the National Museum dedicated to the Dutch arts for the Asian Bronze, 4,000 Years of Beauty exhibition
30 September 2024
Monet And London Reflections On The Thames Courtauld Gallery – Sara Faith
Monet’s views of London from his hotel balcony overlooking the Thames towards the Houses of Parliament were realised over three extended trips to London in 1899, 1900 and 1901.
27 September 2024
Anne Rothenstein At Charleston Intuitive And Mysterious – Claudia Barbieri
Anne Rothenstein’s paintings and collages have a dreamlike quality, an impenetrable otherness. Her figures, landscapes and intimate interiors are alienated from the viewer by an invisible veil.
20 September 2024
Van Gogh: Poets Lovers And Emotional Directness – Sue Hubbard
If there is one exhibition you should see in London this autumn, it has to be Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery…
15 September 2024
The Victorian Radicals And Other Related Exhibitions – Revd Jonathan Evens
The Victorian Radicals featured in this exhibition were attempting to go back to the future, although, at points, they got… Read More
21 August 2024
Cedric Morris And Arthur Lett-Haines Gainsborough House – Revd Jonathan Evens
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines ran The East Anglian School of Art and Design from their home, Benton End, Hadleigh.
23 July 2024
Yoshitomo Nara: Four Decades Of Artistic Evolution – Guggenheim Bilbao
Yoshitomo Nara’s expansive retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, from June 28 to November 3, 2024,
1 July 2024
In the Eye of the Storm Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s Royal Academy – Sue Hubbard
Ukraine has long held a fascination. Family lore has it that my great-grandfather left Odessa in the 1890s, driven out by pogroms, to settle in the East End of London.
1 July 2024
Previews
Major David Hockney Graphics Exhibition Living In Colour Opens At Halcyon
Halcyon has opened ‘Living in Colour’, one of the world’s largest collections of David Hockney’s graphics. The exhibition comprises more than 150 works.
13 October 2024
Chris Gollon: Life In Paint A New Documentary Film – Barbican Centre
The World Premiere of a new documentary ‘CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint’ (85 mins) is at the Barbican Centre on 29 October….
3 October 2024
Rediscovered Geniuses: Juan Antonio Guirado & Igor Gorsky Red Eight Gallery
Red Eight Gallery and Nina Churchill have announced Rediscovered Geniuses: Juan Antonio Guirado and Igor Gorsky. This transatlantic exhibition…
3 October 2024
Conversations with Nature Maisons Ruinart launches Carte Blanche 2024
Maisons Ruinart launches Carte Blanche 2024, a unique “Conversations with Nature” project from a diverse collective of artists, each with a solid connection to nature.
3 October 2024
Salon Des Etrangers: Venice Exhibition Inspired By Albert Camus’ The Outsiders
Salon Des Etrangers (Strangers Lounge) is a salon-type exhibition devised for the historic 60th Biennale Di Venezia.
1 October 2024
Mike Kelley: Dark Pop Art Survey Opens At Tate Modern
Tate Modern opens the first major UK survey exhibition of American artist Mike Kelley (1954–2012). Kelley’s influential and experimental practice
1 October 2024
James Vaulkhard Captures Striking Nairobi – Guerin Projects British Art Fair
Guerin Projects are showcasing the latest works by artist James Vaulkhard at the British Art Fair, which takes place from 26 September to 29th…
27 September 2024
David Bowie’s Childhood Friend George Underwood Leads War Child Fundraiser
This month, 180 Studios in London will host a benefit art exhibition and auction spearheaded by designer George Underwood, the man behind some of David Bowie’s most iconic album covers.
22 September 2024
Michael Craig-Martin’s New Royal Academy Exhibition – A Happy Place
The Royal Academy of Arts is presenting the most comprehensive retrospective of Michael Craig-Martin RA seen in the UK to date….
19 September 2024
Pioneering Computer Artist Barbara Nessim Launches New Exhibitions In Paris And LA
Barbara Nessim is an artist recognised as a pioneer in early computer art. She was among the first to explore the creative potential of computers…
14 September 2024
Liverpool Cathedral Hosts Anish Kapoor Centenary Exhibition
As part of its centenary celebrations in 2024, Liverpool Cathedral is set to host a landmark exhibition by internationally acclaimed sculptor Anish Kapoor.
12 August 2024
Frieze Sculpture Expands For 2024 Regent’s Park Edition
The return of Frieze Sculpture in Regent’s Park from September 18 to October 27, 2024, always feels like the start of a new art season…
22 July 2024
Features
Frieze Week London Diary 2024 The Last Word – Nico Kos-Earle
The global art community descended on London last week for Frieze, which opened on Wednesday in leafy Regent’s Park.
14 October 2024
Marianne Faithfull: Francis Bacon’s Wild Child – Darren Coffield
When interviewed for my book, the pop icon Marianne Faithfull said she first crossed paths with Bacon after she’d just split up from Mick Jagger…
7 October 2024
The Art Diary October 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
I begin the October Art Diary with several monographs, which are also linked to launch exhibitions.
2 October 2024
Frieze Week London 2024: Artlyst’s Essential Pull-Out Guide
London’s art scene goes into hyperdrive every October, and this year promises to be no exception. From 9 October to the 13th, Frieze Week takes over London’s Regent’s Park…
1 October 2024
Tracey Emin: Interview of the Month, October 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
Diagnosed with cancer during the 2020 lockdown, Tracey Emin underwent radical surgery for bladder cancer. That hasn’t stopped her returning to art…
1 October 2024
TABOO Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London – Fashion + Textile Museum
Step into the creative hotbed of 1980s London with a new exhibition at the Fashion + Textile Museum in Bermondsey…. Read More
1 October 2024
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers – A Critical View – Mariella Guzzoni
These were the words Vincent van Gogh sent to his brother Theo from Arles on 18 September 1888. He had arrived in Provence just seven months earlier and, in that brief span…
20 September 2024
London Art Fair Guide Autumn/Winter 2024-25 – Artlyst
The Autumn Art Fair Season is about to start in London, with the British Art Fair 2024 once again held at the Saatchi Gallery.
18 September 2024
Bharti Kher: Interview of the Month, September 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
Bharti Kher believes growing up as a young Indian person in an English suburb in the 1970s and 80s gave her a sense of being different…
9 September 2024
The Art Diary September 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
In September’s Art Diary, I highlight a range of international exhibitions before returning to the UK for exhibitions at Hastings Contemporary, The Sainsbury Centre, The Fitzwilliam Museum and Elizabeth Xi Bauer.
2 September 2024
Ten Unmissable London Art Exhibitions Autumn 2024 – Artlyst
Autumn will bring significant exhibitions to the major museums and galleries in London.
28 August 2024
Tracey Emin: My Bed (1998) – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
Until now, I have avoided writing about Tracey Emin in this series of ‘Significant Works’. It just seemed too obvious. She rose to fame on the crest of the YBA wave in the 1980s.
13 August 2024
Arles 2024 Annual Photography Festival Les Rencontres Never Disappoints – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
In early July, I embarked on my annual pilgrimage to Arles. I wandered around the city, meeting artists and photography lovers, dining at Le Galoubet, and visiting the exhibitions on photography and contemporary Art at Luma.
10 July 2024
Ten Out of London Exhibitions By Women Artists – Sara Faith
Women artists are taking centre stage in the UK’s exhibition scene this summer.
2 July 2024
Visit Three Stately Homes Paired With Contemporary Sculpture – Sara Faith
This Summer, three of the UK’s most enchanting stately homes – Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Castle Howard in Yorkshire, and Compton Verney in Warwickshire – are hosting major sculpture shows.
7 May 2024
London Art Exhibitions 2024 A Month By Month Guide
Artlyst has compiled a month-by-month guide to the best London art exhibitions coming in 2024.
15 January 2024
Fair Comment 2024: International Art Fairs Guide – Recommended By Artlyst
The art world is a vibrant and dynamic realm where creativity converges with culture. Nowhere is this synergy more evident than at prestigious international art fairs.
31 December 2023
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
Francis Bacon: Human Presence Edited By Rosie Broadley
Francis Bacon: Human Presence is a profoundly considerate book that explores the artist’s many-sided relationship with the genre from the 1950s onwards.
8 October 2024
Monet and London: Views of the Thames – Book Review
Monet and London: Views of the Thames is a brilliant accompaniment to the major exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, which reunites his London series…
2 October 2024
Michael Craig Martin Catalogue Transforming Everyday Objects – Royal Academy
To accompany his current retrospective at the Royal Academy, Sir Michael Craig-Martin CBE RA (b. 1941), a popular figure in British art…
25 September 2024
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers – New Book To Accompany National Gallery Exhibition
This new book is an original interpretation of the final years of Van Gogh’s career, exploring the people and places in his late painting….
11 September 2024