RCA Marks Eleven Years As Top Global Art & Design University
The Royal College of Art (RCA) in London has again been named the world’s leading university for art and design…
13 March 2025
News
Liu Jiakun Named 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner
Chinese architect Liu Jiakun has been named the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, the highest honour in the field of architecture.
10 March 2025
Tate Unveil Máret Ánne Sara As Next Hyundai Commission Artist
Tate and Hyundai Motor have announced that Máret Ánne Sara, a Northern Sámi artist and writer, will create the 10th annual Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall….
5 March 2025
Maurizio Cattelan: Trial Begins for Blenheim Palace Gold Toilet Theft
The brazen theft of a fully functional, solid gold toilet by the artist Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace
25 February 2025
William Blake’s London Home Moves Closer To Be Saved For The Nation
Saving William Blake’s London House for the nation moved closer to reality when the London Assembly passed a motion…
21 February 2025
Qatar to Build Permanent Pavilion at Venice Biennale’s Historic Giardini
Qatar has secured a prime location in the Giardini della Biennale, the historic heart of the Venice Biennale, to construct its national pavilion….
15 February 2025
Art Market News
UK Extends Tax Relief For Art Imports To Revive Ailing Market
In order to bolster the struggling British art economy, the UK Treasury has extended the window for fine art and… Read More
13 March 2025
Works from Sir Anthony Caro’s Collection Head to Christie’s NY Auction
This spring, Christie’s will present a special selection of works from the collection of the late artist Sir Anthony Caro,… Read More
12 March 2025
Banksy Homage To Jack Vettriano Sells For £4.3m At Sotheby’s
On Tuesday, a Banksy painting from the artist’s Crude Oil series sold for £4.3 million ($5.5 million) at Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary… Read More
6 March 2025
Art Basel Hong Kong Announces Highlights For 2025 Edition
Art Basel announces further highlights for its 2025 edition in Hong Kong, including details on unique sectors and an extensive… Read More
21 January 2025
People
Jack Vettriano: Self-Taught Scottish Magic Realist Painter Has Died Aged 73
Jack Vettriano, a popular Scottish painter who created memorable works reproduced by ‘Athena’ as posters in the 1990s, has died… Read More
4 March 2025
Arte Povera Pioneer Michelangelo Pistoletto Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Italian artist and Arte Povera pioneer Michelangelo Pistoletto has been nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, recognising his lifelong… Read More
1 March 2025
Lubaina Himid to Represent UK at 2026 Venice Biennale
Renowned British artist and Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid has been selected to represent the UK at the 61st Venice… Read More
25 February 2025
In the Mood for Love: Hockney in London, 1960–1963
David Hockney’s early years in London were a time of explosive creativity, personal discovery, and artistic daring. In the Mood for… Read More
14 February 2025
Events
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.
London Original Print Fair 2025
The 40th edition of LOPF will host over 40 leading international galleries, publishers, and printmaking studios,
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
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.
Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism
A major exhibition featuring over 130 works by ten important Brazilian artists from the twentieth century, capturing the diversity of Brazilian art at the time.
The 80s Photographing Britain
This exhibition traces the work of a diverse community of photographers, collectives and publications –creating radical responses to the turbulent Thatcher years in 80s Britain.
Reviews
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
An Uncommon Thread Hauser & Wirth Somerset – Revd Jonathan Evens
The exhibition features 10 contemporary artists driven by curiosity and inventive approaches to materiality and process.
10 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
Caillebotte Painting Men – The Elephant In The Room – Getty Center – Sara Faith
The largest display of French 19th-century artist Gustave Caillebotte’s (1848–1894) work on the West Coast of the USA in 30 years has just opened at The Getty in Los Angeles.
26 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
The Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives In Context – Clare Henry
Exactly 100 years ago, the four Scottish Colourists had a very successful London show. It was only their second group appearance.
11 February 2025
New York Gallery Notes Winter 2025 – Ilka Scobie
Chris Martin’s expansive vision encompasses astrophysical orbs, aluminium, and constellations choreographed with bursts of glitter…
3 February 2025
Brasil! Brasil! Great Modernist Art But Look Deeper – Iluá Hauck da Silva
Brasil! Brasil!, the new show at the Royal Academy in London, claims that at the time of the emergence of its modernist art movement in the 1910s, Brazil was ‘a young, ambitious, and optimistic nation’ and that its modernist artists’ rejected European tastes for academic art.’
1 February 2025
Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry Estorick Collection – Sue Hubbard
The early 20th century was an era of dramatic social and political upheaval. Futurism, the art movement that began in Italy, embodied a love affair with speed and new technology that ‘aimed to liberate Italy from the weight of its past’.
24 January 2025
Previews
Halcyon Presents Sacred & Profane: Artists Reimagine Religious Iconography
This new exhibition, Featuring Andy Warhol, David LaChapelle, Dominic Harris, Graceland London, Mitch Griffiths, Pedro Paricio, Robert Montgomery, and Santiago Montoya….
8 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
Mickalene Thomas: Artist’s First UK Solo Presentation At The Hayward Gallery Opens
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love is the pioneering artist’s first solo presentation in a UK public art gallery from 11 February to 5 May 2025.
10 February 2025
Hollywood Silver Screen Icons Celebrated In 45 Park Lane Exhibition
LONDON — As awards season approaches, 45 Park Lane, the sleek Mayfair hotel under the Dorchester Collection umbrella, is set… Read More
29 January 2025
Ai Weiwei Creates Exhibition Where Even The Press Release Is AI-Generated
Lisson Gallery is presenting a compelling exhibition of new works by the renowned artist Ai Weiwei, showcasing a provocative exploration of contemporary issues…
9 December 2024
The Great Mughals: Art Architecture and Opulence – V&A South Kensington
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London unveils its upcoming blockbuster exhibition, The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence, on 9th November 2024.
31 October 2024
Innovators Of Optical Kinetic And Digital Art Celebrated At Tate Modern
Tate Modern celebrates the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed, and digital art, who forged a new era of immersive environments and artworks that engage with new technologies. …
23 October 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
Features
Citra Sasmita: Interview of the Month, March 2025 – Paul Carey-Kent
Citra Sasmita grew up in the traditional Balinese Hindu culture. That flows into how her first UK solo show, ‘Into Eternal Land’, is not just visually compelling but has plenty behind how it looks….
9 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
Saudi Arabia A New Art Frontier – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
When Sabrina Amrani invited me to join the art travel program her gallery was organising in Saudi Arabia, I didn’t hesitate for a moment. “I’m in,” I told her immediately.
12 February 2025
Frieze Week Los Angeles 2025 – Artlyst Pivotal Guide
Frieze Los Angeles will return to Santa Monica Airport for its sixth edition despite the devastating wildfires that overtook parts of the city in early January….
11 February 2025
The Art Diary February 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
For the February 2025 Art Diary, I begin with exhibitions by artists I’ve followed and whose work I’ve written about. These include Peter Howson, Jonathan Anderson, Barbara Hepworth and Theaster Gates.
4 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
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
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
INVADER: In Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist – Book Review
INVADER: In Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the mind of one of the most enigmatic figures in contemporary art.
13 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
Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon by Sue Tilley – Book Review:
Sue Tilley’s definitive biography of Leigh Bowery, the man Boy George once called “modern art on legs,” returns in a vibrant new edition
5 February 2025
AI and the Art Market – Jo Lawson-Tancred – Book Review
AI and the Art Market by Jo Lawson-Tancred is a timely and accessible exploration of a subject rapidly transforming the cultural landscape….
30 January 2025