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
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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
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
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
Ten Unmissable London Art Exhibitions Autumn 2024 – Artlyst
Autumn will bring significant exhibitions to the major museums and galleries in London.
28 August 2024
Francis Alÿs: Interview of the Month, August 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
The Barbican is currently presenting some forty of Francis Alÿs’s films of children’s games, alongside his paintings and other related material.
17 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
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
Conservative and Boring: Paris 2024 Olympics Artwork And Architecture
As Paris gears up to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, the city is not only preparing for the influx of athletes and spectators but also for an ambitious cultural program…
25 July 2024
Michael Petry Discusses In League With Devils with Revd Jonathan Evens
Michael Petry is interviewed by Jonathan Evens about his upcoming ‘In League with Devils’ exhibition.
8 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
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
Permindar Kaur: Interview of the Month June 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
Permindar Kaur’s thirty-year career survey at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, is titled ‘Nothing is Fixed’. As that suggests, her work maintains ambiguity…
15 June 2024
The Art Diary June 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The June diary includes exhibitions by Judy Chicago, Belinda De Bruyckere, Isa Genzken, Nan Goldin, Dora Maar, Susie Hamilton, Samuel Walsh, Richard Kenton Webb, Caspar David Friedrich, Michael Takeo Magruder, as well as exhibitions exploring the influences of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, An Túr Gloine, art and faith, art and nature, art and space.
3 June 2024
Art Basel 2024 Plus Satellite Art Fair Guide – Artlyst
Art Basel has unveiled their highlights for its 2024 edition, promising an expanded, city-wide program….
3 June 2024
London Art Degree Shows 2024 Guide
Here is a comprehensive list of all the major London degree art shows scheduled for the summer.
15 May 2024
The Art Diary May 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
May’s diary includes exhibitions exploring new towns, migration, literature, reflections, and martyrs at galleries
8 May 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
Foreigners Everywhere: My Mad Dash At The 60th Biennale di Venezia – Clayton Calvert
Collectors and art world cognoscenti clamoured for first access to Stranieri Ovunque (Foreigners Everywhere) at the 60th edition of the Biennale di Venezia
6 May 2024
Wallace Chan in Venice Interview – James Payne
I sat down with Wallace Chan to ask him about his latest exhibition. Like his works, his answers are sometimes curious and enigmatic but always reflect Chan’s insatiable curiosity and generosity of spirit.
29 April 2024
60th Venice Biennale Pavilions And Collateral Events Guide – Artlyst
The 60th Venice Biennale Arte, scheduled to spearhead the 2024 cultural calendar from 20 April to 24 November 2024, will mark a significant milestone…
8 April 2024
The Art Diary April 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The April 2024 Art Diary covers exhibitions as far apart as Salem, Massachusetts, Hong Kong, Venice, Cumbria, Welwyn Garden City and London.
3 April 2024
Darren Almond: Interview of the Month April 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
For thirty years, Darren Almond has explored the nature of time through several distinct yet mutually reinforcing streams of work.
2 April 2024
Maya El Khalil Talks To Leila Lebreton About Desert X And The Venice Biennale
Maya El Khalil is a highly regarded curator known for her innovative approaches to contemporary art curation and her commitment to promoting emerging artists…
24 March 2024
Sussex Artists In The Spotlight Spring 2024 – Claudia Barbieri
Sussex, a tranquil and moody countryside of varying beauty, has long attracted artists and thinkers. Turner, Constable, Sickert and Ravilious…
8 March 2024
The Art Diary March 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The March Art Diary includes exhibitions at Kettle’s Yard, Gallery 1957, Dulwich Picture Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Compton Verney, Stanley Spencer Gallery, Benjamin Rhodes Arts
4 March 2024
Frieze Week LA 2024 The Ultimate Pull-Out Guide
Amid the buzz and anticipation surrounding Frieze Los Angeles, the fair’s fifth edition promises to be a compelling array of international exhibitors and established Los Angeles galleries.
19 February 2024
The Lost Art And Priceless Chattels Aboard The Titanic
When the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, it took with it many artefacts belonging to passengers, crew, and the ship itself.
3 February 2024
Emma Cousin: Interview of the Month February 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent
Emma Cousin’s show ‘Tunnel Vision’ is the first in Niru Ratnam’s new space in Fitzrovia. The vibrant paintings were made either side of her giving birth…
2 February 2024