Sixth Prix Pictet Photography And Sustainability Award Shortlist Announced
Prix Pictet, the global award in photography and sustainability has announced their 2015 shortlist on Friday. The finalists for this sixth… Read More
14 July 2015
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Jenny Holzer Solo Exhibition Opens At Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Hauser & Wirth Somerset announces ‘Softer Targets’, a major solo exhibition by Jenny Holzer, featuring both new work and a… Read More
14 July 2015
Shortlisted: Four Museums Compete For £40,000 Contemporary Art Society Award
The four shortlisted museums for the annual Contemporary Art Society Award have been announced. The prize will give the winning museum a chance… Read More
13 July 2015
High Court Rules Henry Moore’s ‘Old Flo’ Belongs To East London Council
The new Mayor of Tower Hamlets has scrapped his disgraced predecessor’s decision to sell Henry Moore’s ‘Old Flo’. The public… Read More
13 July 2015
Hackney WickED Art Festival Cancelled To Make Way For Smaller Events
The Hackney WickED Art Festival will not go ahead this year. Instead, Hackney WickED CIC will curate a programme of… Read More
13 July 2015
Major UK Artists Announced For Inaugural Exhibition At Plymouth’s Ocean Studios
Ocean Studios has announced their inaugural show at their new Plymouth gallery. The programme highlights key ideas and themes; identity, communication, feminism, diversity, radical craft… Read More
13 July 2015
Bacon, Freud And Hockney New Exhibition Opens At Walker Art Gallery
Reality: Modern and Contemporary British Painting is a new exhibition curated by artist Chris Stevens and organised by the Sainsbury… Read More
13 July 2015
Bill Viola To Present Important New Exhibition At Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is to present an important exhibition by pioneering American video and installation artist, Bill Viola,… Read More
12 July 2015
Tate Liverpool And Nottingham Contemporary Present Glenn Ligon: Encounters And Collisions
Tate Liverpool and Nottingham Contemporary present a major exhibition curated by one of America’s most distinguished contemporary artists, Glenn Ligon… Read More
12 July 2015
Fiona Tan: Artist’s Survey Opens At BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Art
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead presents a survey exhibition and major new commission by the Dutch artist and filmmaker… Read More
11 July 2015
Shepard Fairey Arrested In LA Over Detroit Malicious Destruction Charges
The American Graffiti artist Shepard Fairey, who was charged in Detroit with causing criminal damage after allegedly vandalising several buildings during his residency in… Read More
11 July 2015
Artlyst EXCLUSIVE: LISTEN To Choir Perform Live For Avro Pärt, Gerhard Richter Collaboration
Artlyst was fortunate enough to attend the première of a rather special collaboration that was several years in the making. A project… Read More
10 July 2015
Ai Weiwei Among Contemporary Chinese Artists Exhibiting At OVADA, Oxford
WASTELANDS presents the works of eight artists who all have links to China or are of Chinese descent. This group… Read More
10 July 2015
Winnie the Pooh Sketch Goes Under The Hammer With £50k Estimate
A lost original drawing by the well known illustrator E H Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet standing beneath Owl’s house, staring at a… Read More
10 July 2015
Contemporary Sound Artists Respond To Six Paintings From The National Gallery
This summer, the National Gallery offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience some of the highlights of the collection in… Read More
10 July 2015
Rodin Sculpture Stolen 25 Years Ago Recovered From Christie’s Sale
A valuable, stolen bronze by Auguste Rodin has been recovered, after being offered at an auction, at Christie’s. In 1991,… Read More
9 July 2015
Judy Chicago: Star Cunts & Other Attractions New London Exhibition Announced
The American Feminist artist Judy Chicago will open an exhibition of historic works at Riflemaker on 14 September. Star Cunts & other… Read More
9 July 2015
Degenerate Art: London Exhibition Explores This Ominous Period of German History
An exhibition of German Expressionist artists, exponents of Degenerate Art has opened at E&R Cyzer gallery. It is an unique opportunity… Read More
9 July 2015
Artlyst Podcast: Curator Aretha Campbell Discusses Paula Rego And Autobiographical Themes
Rook & Raven presents ‘She Came To Stay’, an exhibition that takes its title from the novel of the same… Read More
9 July 2015
Is MFA Boston’s Monet Kimonos Dress Up Event An Insensitive Racist Outrage?
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has cancelled their programme which allowed museum-goers to dress up in kimonos inspired by the… Read More
8 July 2015
William Gear: New Major Retrospective Explores This Post War British Abstractionist
For those of you who have never heard of William Gear, this an undervalued painter worth discovering! His is perhaps,… Read More
8 July 2015
Artlyst Photo Special: EXCLUSIVE David Hockney The Arrival Of Spring
Artlyst has visited Annely Juda Fine Art for an exclusive look at the latest series of works from great British… Read More
8 July 2015
Lucian Freud’s Picasso Drawing To Go To Walker Art Gallery
An unusual, early drawing by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, has been acquired The Walker… Read More
8 July 2015
Ferens Art Gallery in Hull Gets A Facelift For 2017 Turner Prize
The Ferens Art Gallery in Hull has announced it will shut its doors for a revamp in time to host the Turner Prize… Read More
8 July 2015
Samuel Leuenberger Announced As New Curator For Art Basel’s Parcours Sector
Samuel Leuenberger has been announced as chief curator for Art Basel’s Parcours sector, succeeding Florence Derieux. Parcours engages with the city of… Read More
8 July 2015
Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust At The Royal Academy Of Arts
Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust offers an overview of the American artist’s inventive oeuvre, surveying around 80 of his remarkable box constructions,… Read More
8 July 2015
Art Gemini Prize 2015: Global Art Prize Extends Its Deadline
Following the success of the ArtGeminiPrize 2014 which attracted over 760 entries from 44 countries, 8 April saw the launch… Read More
8 July 2015
JMW Turner Painting Saved For The Nation After Ashmolean Fundraising Campaign
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford recently announced the launch of a public campaign to raise the final £60,000 to secure for… Read More
7 July 2015
Black British Cultural Heritage Celebrated In New Exhibition
Black British cultural heritage, in the 20th century with its social and political history is to be celebrated at a… Read More
7 July 2015
Unearthed: New Details Of Claude Monet’s Planning Struggle In Creating Giverny
The Royal Academy of Arts will be presenting a new exhibition exploring ‘Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse’, this major… Read More
7 July 2015
Jules Wright Visionary Founder Of The Wapping Project Dies Age 67
Jules Wright was one of London’s most daring and visionary commissioners of contemporary art and artists. She took a characteristically innovative
6 July 2015
Late Chinese Artist Chen Zhen Opens At Frith Street Gallery
Chen Zhen was born in Shanghai in 1955 and died in Paris in 2000. The artist is regarded as one… Read More
6 July 2015