ArtBAB Bahrain A Contemporary Art Oasis – Fair Round-Up – Paul Carter Robinson
ArtBAB Bahrain, in its third edition, is an international event to be reckoned with.
18 March 2018
Features
Art Dubai Guide 2018 – What You Need To Know
Art Dubai Contemporary and Modern is the most diverse. edition to date.
18 March 2018
Armory Week – Snow and Art Virginie Puertolas-Syn Highlights
While many collectors and Art world professionals were in Europe for TEFAF and the Auctions in London, I went instead to visit the New York art scene for the Armory week.
14 March 2018
Armory Show Highlights and Lowlights 2018 Round-Up
As we reach the end of another New York Armory Show few revelations are on hand.
11 March 2018
Tate’s Big Faux-Pas: Picasso Exhibition Opens On International Women’s Day
Today (8th March) is International Women’s Day, it’s also the public opening of the new Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern. For those of you familiar with Picasso and his self-mythologized monster; you may need to read that sentence again.
8 March 2018
Pablo Picasso: Genius Or Just Another Misogynistic Pig – Edward Lucie-Smith
With Pablo Picasso 1932 – Tate Modern’s major exhibition for the first half of this year – ready to open (March 8th), the drumbeats are already beginning.
6 March 2018
Glasgow Girls: Artists Heavily Engaged In Social Comment – Clare Henry
One Hundred years after the suffragette movement which culminated in women gaining the right to vote, it feels like this may finally be the year for Women and with International Women’s Day this week, let’s celebrate. So what about artists labelled GIRLS – and even worse, “Glasgow Girls?
5 March 2018
Giorgio Griffa: The Golden Ratio And Inexplicable knowledge – Revd Jonathan Evens
Camden Arts Centre is currently presenting the first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom of Giorgio Griffa, an Italian abstract painter who has been closely linked to the Arte Povera movement.
4 March 2018
London Gallery Exhibitions March 2018 – Chosen By Paul Carey-Kent
Up Now in London – Paul Carey-Kent chooses his favourite exhibitions for March 2018.
3 March 2018
London’s Latest Must-See Photography Exhibitions
There are some thought-provoking and informative photography exhibitions on show in London at the moment. Ranging from the Barbican’s Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins which explores subjects on the edge of society to the four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018 at the Photographers’ gallery. Also just opened is the Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography which shows together Oscar Rejlander (1813–75), Lewis Carroll (1832–98), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–79) and Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-65). Here is a selection of what’s on offer.
28 February 2018
Journaling In Pregnancy: Maternal Mental Health Improved By Creative Activities
There is growing recognition of the serious nature of maternal mental health problems during childbirth
24 February 2018
Edward Lucie-Smith Bids A Final Farewell To The Avant-Garde
The contemporary art world seems an increasingly strange place to be.
21 February 2018
Doggie-Themed Art Happening Embraces Chinese New Year In London
Chinese New Year, got off with a woof yesterday with the launch of ‘Embracing the Underdog’, celebrating the Year of The Dog. Over one hundred and twenty emerging and underground artists put on what could be described as a doggie-themed art happening.
19 February 2018
Luke Heng: After Asphodel – Singapore Artist Profile – Eva Wong Nava
Luke Heng is an emerging Singaporean artist, born in 1987. He lives and works in Singapore and holds a B.A. (Hons.) in Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts, graduating in 2013.
11 February 2018
Art Genève A Pleasant Encounter By Virginie Puertolas-Syn
I really enjoyed visiting Art Genève (1-4 February) as well as discovering the city’s art scene last week.
11 February 2018
Highlights From Brussels including BRAFA and Christo by Gallerist James Payne
Gallerist James Payne from PayneShurvell visited Brussels recently during BRAFA and has selected his highlights from the fair. Art fairs… Read More
7 February 2018
Emerging Artists From Budapest – Zoltan Alexander Investigates This Dynamic Scene
Could Hungary still retake its place on the art-map of Europe and contemporary art from Budapest have an international recognition
6 February 2018
Philip Pearlstein: A Figure Of Speech – Video Interview By Edward Lucie-Smith
Last month Edward Lucie-Smith filmed this exclusive video for Artlyst with the well known NY figurative painter Philip Pearlstein, at the Saatchi Gallery, London.
5 February 2018
Relaunched Kettle’s Yard Seamlessly Blends Old And New
Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge reopens this week after a two-year redevelopment programme by Jamie Fobert Architects which includes major new exhibition galleries, generous education spaces and a cafe. Fobert is the new favourite architect of the museum world. Last year saw his completion of the extension at Tate St Ives, and he has just been appointed to undertake the £35.5m transformation of the National Portrait Gallery.
5 February 2018
Singapore Art Week: The Last Word – Paul Carter Robinson
Singapore is a vibrant hub at the best of times, but it doubles up as a key global centre for contemporary art, as the world focuses on Singapore Art Week.
31 January 2018
Wayan Novi: Caring For Life – International Artist Profile – Eva Wong Nava
Iwayan Agus Novianto AKA Wayan Novi was born in 1989 in Bali.
30 January 2018
Derrick Adams Paintings Inspired By The 1936 Negro Travel Guide Exhibited
It’s been a busy year for Brooklyn based artist Derrick Adams. When I met the charming multimedia artist at Swiss Beatz’ holiday party, the huge letters spelling out Derrick’s name were in celebration of his banner year.
22 January 2018
London Art Fair 2018 Artlyst Chooses Six Of The Best
Artlyst chooses six of the best from the 2018 London Art Fair. The London Art Fair is the capital’s longest running Contemporary and Modern art fair. Now in its 30th year, the event presents leading British and international galleries alongside specially curated spaces, Art Projects and Photo50.
19 January 2018
London Art Fair 2018 – Everything You Need To Know About It – Guide
Overview: The London Art Fair is the capitals longest running Contemporary and Modern art fair. Now in its 30th year, the event presents leading British and international galleries alongside specially curated spaces, Art Projects and Photo50.
16 January 2018
Arabella Dorman Unveils New Installation At St James Church Piccadilly
St James Piccadilly is one of the best loved churches in London. It is the perfect pairing for a new installation by the artist Arabella Dorman.
13 January 2018
Frank Gehry: Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris – An Architect’s Impression – Alex Murray
I had never experienced a Frank Gehry up-close. Never stood slack-jawed, gawping at the gymnastic splendours that the photographs in the glossies promise.
6 January 2018
Sean Scully Indisputably The Most Universal Living Contemporary Artist- Edward Lucie-Smith
One name immediately sprang to mind – that of the born Irish, once British, now American painter Sean Scully.
4 January 2018
Last Chance London Art Exhibitions Closing January 2018
While the New Year has lots of great exhibitions to look forward to (see the Artlyst guide to exhibitions in 2018) there are also great exhibitions to see that you may have missed and that are closing in January.
3 January 2018
Ten Must See Art Exhibitions Out Of London 2018
Here are Artlyst’s tips for the ten must-see exhibitions outside of the capital this year.
2 January 2018
Transgender Artist Ela Xora Hospitalised During Hunger Strike Over Piers Morgan Comment
Over the New Year period, transgender artist Ela Xora collapsed and was taken to hospital after six days of hunger strike against historically inaccurate comments made on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, by its presenter Piers Morgan.
2 January 2018
Things I Hate About The British Art World Today – Edward Lucie-Smith
The British contemporary art world is apparently in a healthy state at the moment.
31 December 2017
Dearly Departed: Acknowledging Art Figures Who Died In 2017
Dearly Departed: 2017 has been a momentous year with a first-rate Documenta and Venice Biennale. The year introduced us to a number of new emerging artists as well as the sad reality of losing some of the great talents of our generation both young and old. Here are some of the Artists and Art World Figures we have lost in the past year.
29 December 2017