Just Stop Oil Protesters Charged Over Defacing Darwin’s Grave
Two environmental activists who sprayed chalk paint on Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey, London…
14 January 2025
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Just Stop Oil Activists Spared Jail After Glueing Themselves To Turner Painting
A Manchester Magistrates’ Court judge has spared jail for two activists from Just Stop Oil who had glued themselves to a JMW Turner painting at Manchester Art Gallery…
3 October 2024
Just Stop Oil Targets Van Gogh Exhibition At National Gallery
Just Stop Oil Activists have targeted the National Gallery’s Van Gogh ‘Poets and Lovers’ exhibition with another vandalistic climate protest.
27 September 2024
Just Stop Oil Activists Guilty of Criminal Damage After Soup Attack On Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, both 22, Just Stop Oil activists, have been found guilty of criminal damage after throwing tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”
28 July 2024
Just Stop Oil Activists Target Stonehenge with Orange Powder Paint
In yet another redundant gestural protest, two Just Stop Oil activists have targeted the iconic Stonehenge with orange powder paint.
19 June 2024
Just Stop Oil Women Charged After Attacking British Library’s Magna Carta
The British Library in London was the centre of an incident on Friday when two elderly women attempted to breach the protective glass…
13 May 2024
Just Stop Oil Activists Smash Glass On Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus
Just Stop Oil activists have smashed the glass covering the Rokeby Venus, located in London’s National Gallery.
6 November 2023
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
Artists Pledge Not To Accept Sponsorship Money From Oil Companies
Over 200 artists and arts organisations pledged not to accept sponsorship money from oil companies. The signatories include fourth plinth… Read More
28 September 2015
National Gallery Security To Be Updated In Light Of Attacks
Improved Security Measures at the National Gallery will take effect immediately following Just Stop Oil and pro-Palestinian protests…
17 October 2024
Third Activist Charged Over Orange Powder Protest at Stonehenge
A third person has been charged in relation to a June protest at Stonehenge, during which the ancient monument was sprayed with orange powder….
21 November 2024
Girl With Pearl Earring Vandalised – Peter Schjeldahl New Yorker Art Critic Dies – The Art Of Sanction Busting British Businessman Arrested
They’ve smashed up petrol pumps and glued themselves to museum masterpieces; now, the latest audacious stunt saw mashed potatoes thrown at a Monet by climate activists.
24 October 2022
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
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
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
The Art Diary August 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
August’s diary highlights a range of shows which engage with art as a form of storytelling by revealing hidden histories and telling lost stories.
6 August 2024
Stonehenge Tunnel Project: Chancellor Rachel Reeves Scraps Contentious Scheme
The UK government has officially cancelled the controversial Stonehenge tunnel project, which aimed to construct a two-mile tunnel near the iconic prehistoric monument.
29 July 2024
The Art Diary July 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The July Art Diary includes exhibitions at Fitzrovia Chapel, Ingleby, The Gallery of Everything, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Cristea Roberts Gallery, The Parsonage Gallery, Wellhouse Gallery
2 July 2024
Frieze LA 2024 My Top 10 Choices – Clayton Calvert
Frieze LA is a perfect opportunity to catch some of the most influential new art being made on the West Coast while visiting the global art world stalwarts displaying all their finery.
4 March 2024
Frans Hals: A Golden Age Dutch Master Returns – Nico Kos-Earle
Hals’ paintings have an incisive immediacy – of something captured in the moment. To achieve this, one not only needs virtuosity of talent – for the hand to capture what the eye has seen…
26 February 2024
UK Museum COP Summit Promises A Greener Future
In an unparalleled move, leaders from 68 UK museums, sector bodies, and funders have come together for the first UK Museum COP summit.
8 November 2023
Van Gogh And His Contemporaries An Artistic Revolution Along the Seine – Mariella Guzzoni
Van Gogh along the Seine is the title of the new exhibition now open at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, concluding the Museum’s 50th anniversary year
6 November 2023
Sussex Modern: Exploring the Synergy Between Modern Art and Local Wine
The picturesque landscapes of East and West Sussex have long been a muse for artists seeking to capture the essence of its rolling hills,
21 August 2023
Van Gogh In Auvers sur Oise: Visions of Genius – Mariella Guzzoni
With 30 kilos of luggage, just enough to hold his most precious items, Vincent boarded the train heading back North… Read More
2 August 2023
London Gallery Weekend 2023 – What Artlyst Loved – Nico Kos Earle
With so much to see, Artlyst highlights exhibitions in three areas during London Gallery Weekend 2023.
8 June 2023
Peter Howson AT 65 – Edinburgh City Art Centre – Clare Henry
“Epic. Powerful. Brutal. Incredible. Miraculous. Spectacular.” Hyperbole is essential when speaking of PETER HOWSON’s work.
6 June 2023
The Art Diary May 2023 – Rev Jonathan Evens
The May Art Diary by Rev Jonathan Evens covers new books and selected exhibitions.
8 May 2023
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 with sales as buoyant across the fair as predicted.
6 December 2022
Paris Art Week Round-Up Plus Paris+ Art Basel – Nico Kos Earle
They say that in Paris, the story finds you. With the first edition of Paris + Art Basel opening after Frieze London, the city of lights has re-emerged as the leading capital of culture.
1 November 2022
Art Vaudeville: Frieze London and Frieze Masters – Nico Kos Earle
Sometimes I wonder if the art fair is a symptom of the internet and our contemporaneous assumption that everything is instantly available at the click of a button
18 October 2022
Juan Muñoz: Drawings Centro Botín, Santander – Nico Kos Earle
I approached the Centro Botín from the right – its smooth, pixellating belly cantilevered over the silvery waves.
16 August 2022
Controversial Philip Guston Exhibition To Open In Boston – Art Gallery of New South Wales To Open In December – Professor Deborah Swallow To Step Down At Courtauld
After two years of indecision from museum directors both in the US and UK, The Philip Guston exhibition will finally… Read More
26 April 2022