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. Locke, most well-known for his celebratory installation, The Procession, shown in the...
The word carnival derives from Latin expressions meaning either to remove meat or say farewell to meat. These indicate the Christian roots of carnival which are to be found in the period leading up the fasts of Lent. This period is a time of pre-Lenten indulgence and...
A new permanent artwork by British artist Hew Locke to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey was unveiled today . Locke presents The Jurors, a new public artwork permanently situated at the site where the Magna Carta was...
In October it was reported that the Andy Warhol Foundation filed a lawsuit against former Warhol bodyguard Agusto Bugarin after it was alleged that the former employee had stolen a 1964 Warhol portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, resulting in Manhattan Supreme Court justice...
When Artlyst first started its Alt Power 100 Artlyst fifteen years ago, we were aiming at an audience fed up with the gratuitous love fest that other Power 100 lists produced. This list rewarded the commercial while ignoring the hard work of curators, museum...
There's something different about staging a show in rural Somerset that leans into the simplest of children's games. CLOSE has taken Rock Paper Scissors as both title and provocation — a reminder that creativity often begins with nothing more than instinct, a bit of...
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place outside of London in Autumn / Winter 2025, from inspirational women artists like Bridget Riley at Turner Contemporary and photographer Jane Bown and Newlands House and Gallery to Modern British artists...
This year's Frieze London and Frieze Masters drew an estimated 90,000 visitors from 108 countries, a figure that underlines London's ongoing pull as a global meeting point for art, ideas and influence. The surge in attendance included record numbers of museum groups...
For the October Art Diary, I feature exhibitions by several artists whose work I have championed through essays and exhibitions, as well as solo and group shows that explore environmental, social, and spiritual concerns. Read on for news of exhibitions by Michael...