Venice Biennale Announces Koyo Kouoh As Artistic Director 2026
The Venice Biennale named Swiss-Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh as the artistic director of its 61st International Art Exhibition.
3 December 2024
News
Talks Over Parthenon Marbles Take Back Seat
Discussions between the British Museum and Greek officials on the possible reunification of the Parthenon Marbles in Athens are “well advanced,”
3 December 2024
Groucho Club: Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape
A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape amid an investigation into a reported sexual attack at the Groucho Club in central London.
1 December 2024
Notre Dame Reopens: First Look At Iconic Cathedral Post-Fire
Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the best examples of Gothic architecture and an iconic representatives of French heritage is about to open its doors….
29 November 2024
Banksy’s Well Hung Lover Mural Faces Uncertainty As Building Auctioned
One of Bristol’s most iconic and photographed Banksy artworks, Well Hung Lover, is about to enter a new chapter.
28 November 2024
Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Faces UK Export Ban
A sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain’s most lauded 20th-century artists, has been placed under a temporary export bar…
28 November 2024
Art Market News
Record Sales: Christie’s Highlights Emerging Artists Alongside Big Names
Christie’s New York delivered a successful 21st-Century Evening Sale, drawing a packed auction room despite the weather. While works by the well-known artists… Read More
25 November 2024
Magritte Achieves $105m At Christie’s Double-header Evening Sales
Christie’s evening sales in New York had moments of high drama and subdued junctures, notched up an impressive total of $486 million to further underscore how vital the art market still is, with its penchant for fresh-to-market high-quality works. It also showed some unevenness in… Read More
20 November 2024
$65.5m Monet Water lily Painting Leads Sotheby’s New York Autumn Sales
Sotheby’s November auctions in New York kicked off on November 18 with solid results across its Evening Sales. It amassed… Read More
20 November 2024
Mark Rothko Ukraine Flag Painting Takes 30% Dive In Hong Kong
Untitled (Yellow and Blue) by Mark Rothko has sold at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong for 30% less than it had… Read More
12 November 2024
People
Jasleen Kaur Scoops 40th Turner Prize At Tate Britain
And the 2024 Turner Prize goes to Jasleen Kaur. This year, the prize was presented by the actor James Norton… Read More
3 December 2024
Candida Gertler Co-founder Of The Outset Contemporary Art Fund Resigns
Candida Gertler, who co-founded the Outset Contemporary Art Fund in June 2003, has resigned from the organisation’s board of trustees…. Read More
28 November 2024
Anselm Kiefer: Amsterdam Exhibition Unites Stedelijk Museum And Van Gogh Museum
A monumental work by the German artist Anselm Kiefer, reaching no less than 24 metres in length, will be given pride of place in an exhibition of landmarks opening next spring in Amsterdam. In an unprecedented collaboration, the Van Gogh Museum… Read More
28 November 2024
Liz Gilmore Steps Down As Director of Hastings Contemporary
Liz Gilmore, the Director of Hastings Contemporary, is stepping down from her role after 14 years to become CEO of… Read More
20 November 2024
Events
Electric Dreams: Art And Technology Before The Internet
This major exhibition brings together groundbreaking works by a wide range of international artists who engaged with science, technology and material innovation.
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.
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
This major exhibition will celebrate the extraordinary creative output and internationalist culture of the Golden Age of the Mughal Court (about 1560 – 1660)
Picasso printmaker
This exhibition offers insights into Picasso’s life through his art, including his complex relationships with women and his partnerships with printers, publishers and other artists.
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael Florence, c. 1504
See some of the finest examples of Italian Renaissance drawing, including Leonardo’s Burlington House Cartoon and the studies by Leonardo and Michelangelo for their murals
Drawing the Italian Renaissance
This exhibition brings together the widest range of drawings from the Renaissance.
Hew Locke: what have we here?
In this groundbreaking new show, Locke (born 1959) explores, questions and challenges narratives of British imperialism through objects from the British Museum collection
Francis Bacon: Human Presence
The exhibition will explore Francis Bacon’s deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre.
The Imaginary Institution of India Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
Mike Kelley: Ghost And Spirit
The first major UK exhibition of American artist Mike Kelley
Monet and London. Views of the Thames
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Some of Monet’s most remarkable Impressionist paintings were made not in France but in London. They depict extraordinary views of the Thames
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers
Get ready to be amazed by Van Gogh’s breathtaking paintings at a once-in-a-century exhibition.
Reviews
Michelangelo Leonardo Raphael At The Royal Academy Review – Revd Jonathan Evens
The central premise for Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c.1504 at the Royal Academy of Arts is that at the turn of the sixteenth century, these three titans of the Italian Renaissance briefly crossed paths, competing for the attention of the most powerful patrons in Republican Florence.
3 December 2024
Hew Locke: Thought Provoking Exploration Of Imperialism – British Museum – Sue Hubbard
The Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke worked for two years with staff across the British Museum to select objects with which to explore the cultural impact of British Imperialism.
25 November 2024
Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury Pallant House – Brian Childs
Dora Carrington was, and remains, an enigma. A rebel who shunned the public gaze, an outsider who immersed herself in the Bloomsbury set…
20 November 2024
Surrealism At 100 Celebrated With Epic Pompidou Centre Exhibition – Lee Sharrock
100 years of Surrealism is celebrated with an epic exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris………….
15 November 2024
Mike Kelley A Blue Collar Minimalist Tate Modern – James Payne
Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit, currently on display at Tate Modern until March, 2025, offers a very extensive exploration of the American artist’s multifaceted career
12 November 2024
Modern Art Oxford Reopens After £2million Redesign – Revd Jonathan Evens
Modern Art Oxford has an enviable curation record with exhibitions that spotlight zeitgeist artists and themes.
6 November 2024
Leonora Carrington Still Relevant Firstsite Colchester – Revd Jonathan Evens
Leonora Carrington spent much of her childhood feeling out of place and not at home. As an adult and as an artist, she created replacement hybrid families by interacting with a wide range of artistic friends.
30 October 2024
Vanessa Bell Pioneering Modernist Painter MK Gallery – Sara Faith
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) was an avant-garde artist associated with the early twentieth-century Bloomsbury Group.
21 October 2024
Francis Bacon – Human Presence – National Portrait Gallery – Sue Hubbard
Francis Bacon is something of a Marmite painter. There are those who love him – his searing honesty and the existential search to extract the essence of a subject…
16 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
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
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
Previews
London Art Fair Partners With Sainsbury Centre For 2025 Event
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, renowned for its eclectic collection and iconic Norman Foster-designed building…
4 December 2024
Origins Of Imagination: New AI Work By Dominic Harris Launches
Halcyon presents Origins of Imagination, a new interactive work by British artist Dominic Harris, which launches…
27 November 2024
SAS Secret Apartment Part 2 Opens For Closing Week Venice Biennale 2024
SAS Secret Apartment returns with a new lineup for the closing week of the Venice Biennale: Foreigners Everywhere.
13 November 2024
Bowman Sculpture Gallery Presents Inaugural London Graduate Show
Bowman Sculpture Gallery is exhibiting its inaugural Graduate Exhibition, spotlighting the brightest and most promising talent in the world of sculpture….
11 November 2024
Best Of The Bloomsbury Group: Sotheby’s Unveils Radical Modernity Exhibition
Sotheby’s is hosting a selling exhibition focusing on the free-spirited Bloomsbury Group. Radical Modernity: From Bloomsbury to Charleston…
10 November 2024
Picasso Printmaker: New British Museum Exhibition
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) worked with printmaking throughout his career, yielding some of the 20th century’s most iconic graphic works.
7 November 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
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
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
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
Manifesta 15 Barcelona A Unique Experience – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
The 15th edition of Manifesta opened on the 8th of September in metropolitan Barcelona.
3 December 2024
The Art Diary December 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The December Art Diary takes us to Washington DC, New York, London and Bangkok.
2 December 2024
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024: Ultimate Guide To The Hottest Art Extravaganza
The countdown to Art Basel Miami Beach is on! The cultural elite is gearing up for a whirlwind few days of cutting-edge galleries, glitzy parties
1 December 2024
Tamar Mason: Interview of the Month, December 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
I talked to Tamar Mason at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, surrounded by her first UK solo show. In what looks initially like paintings…
1 December 2024
Ten Out of London Exhibitions Winter 2024-25
Here is the Artlyst pick of out-of-London exhibitions on view this winter.
26 November 2024
60th Venice Biennale Revisited – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
In just a few days, the 60th Venice Biennale will end, and I feel lucky to have visited it not once but twice: I experienced the bustling opening week and returned in November before its closure. It was certainly worth making the trip on two occasions, as this year’s Biennale has proven to be both intense and enriching.
19 November 2024
The Art Diary November 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
I begin the November Art Diary with exhibitions by artists with whom I have some former connections, starting with some I have interviewed, such as Michael Petry, Sean Scully and Genesis Tramaine.
4 November 2024
Dear Diary: Art Basel Paris Week 2024 – Nico Kos Earle
My journey to Paris for Art Basel Week 2024 began with a special breakfast in a repurposed boulangerie in the 9eme arrondissement.
24 October 2024
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
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
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
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
Frank Auerbach: Head of E.O.W.II – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
The painter Frank Auerbach, sent in 1939 to England learned years later, that his parents had perished in Auschwitz.
25 January 2022
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
Mirror Mirror by Michael Petry – Thames & Hudson – Book Review
Michael Petry’s Mirror Mirror is a striking exploration of our fascination with mirrors and reflective surfaces. It explores this subject through art over the centuries…
21 November 2024
Extraordinary Art Dealers – Catherine Ingram – Heni
Extraordinary Art Dealers offers a fascinating journey through the intricate world of art dealing, covering its development over three centuries…
14 November 2024
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture And Opulence – Edited By Susan Stronge
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence, edited by Susan Stronge, is a visually rich journey through the splendour of Mughal art and… Read More
7 November 2024
OUTLAWS Fashion Renegades of Leigh Bowery’s 1980s London – Martin Green, NJ Stevenson – Book Review
OUTLAWS Fashion Renegades of Leigh Bowery’s 1980s London is an unvarnished homage to the unhinged, anarchic inventiveness of the London Club scene in the 1980s….
17 October 2024