Hackney WickED 2016: Get Ready For London’s Super-Atmospheric Art Festival
Hackney WickED CIC is always one of the high points of the Summer art season. Not only is it located… Read More
26 July 2016
News
Bill Viola To Present Second Large-scale Video Installation At St Paul’s Cathedral
Bill Viola is to present Mary, the second permanent large-scale video installation for St Paul’s Cathedral in the North Quire aisle of… Read More
26 July 2016
Artist Gillian Wearing Presented With Birmingham City University Honour
The Turner Prize winning artist Gillian Wearing has been given a top university honour in recognition of her contribution to… Read More
26 July 2016
Conrad Shawcross Commissioned To Create Major New Artwork For Greenwich Peninsula
Artist Conrad Shawcross, the youngest Royal Academician, has been commissioned to create a major new architectural intervention for the Greenwich Peninsula. The Optic… Read More
25 July 2016
Upfest Urban Paint Festival 2016 Reports Another Successful Event
The Upfest Urban Paint Festival 2016 closes today after a successful weekend which attracted some 30,000 visitors to the Bristol… Read More
25 July 2016
Bronze Sphere To Be Returned To World Trade Center Sculpture Garden
The Sphere Plaza Fountain, a large metallic sculpture created in 1971 for the World Trade Centre, by German sculptor Fritz Koenig is to… Read More
25 July 2016
A List Art Helps Leonardo DiCaprio Raise $45m For Eco Causes
The third Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation St.Tropez Gala has raised over $45m for eco causes. The foundation is dedicated to the… Read More
24 July 2016
The Inexorable Rise Of A Hybrid Creature Called The Curatist
Are there many top dancers who can’t dance? Are there many top actors who can’t act? Are there many top film directors… Read More
23 July 2016
Charlie Smith London Announces Ten finalists For Anthology Art Competition
The Anthology Art Competition sponsored by CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is always one of the high points of the Summer art season…. Read More
23 July 2016
Strict New German Art Market Controls Ratified By Bundesrat
The German Bundesrat has brought in a new law to control the country’s growing art market. Culture minister Monika Grütters has been busy… Read More
22 July 2016
Tate Modern Receives Unprecedented One Million Visitors In A Month
In a show of unprecedented confidence the new Tate Modern has announced that it has welcomed one million visitors to the new… Read More
22 July 2016
Oscar Wilde Explored By Leading Artists At HM Prison Reading
A new Artangel project will allow the public to enter inside HM Prison Reading, for the first time in its… Read More
21 July 2016
Vincent Van Gogh’s Ear Was Given To Brothel Maid Gabrielle Berlatier
According to a new investigation, Gabrielle Berlatier has been identified as the young woman that Vincent Van Gogh gave his… Read More
21 July 2016
Hormazd Narielwalla Lost Gardens Series Unveiled In New Southbank Centre Exhibition
A new series of work by emerging artist Hormazd Narielwalla will be unveiled at Southbank Centre in London on 14 July. Lost Gardens, a… Read More
20 July 2016
Catherine Yass Suspends Grand Piano Over Former BBC Television Centre
A grand piano has been suspended over the former BBC Television Centre in White City, by the Turner Prize nominated… Read More
20 July 2016
Out of London: Best UK Regional Exhibitions This Summer
If you’re planning on leaving the metropolis for your staycation, Artlyst has put together a selection of the best UK… Read More
19 July 2016
Vanya Balogh Explores The Order Of Charged Spiritual Symbolism In New Exhibition
The square is as high and as wide as a man with his arms outstretched. In the oldest writings and in… Read More
19 July 2016
Billy Name Photographer and Warhol Superstar Dies Aged 76
Billy Name, photographer and key archivist at Andy Warhol’s Factory has died age 76. His death was announced by his publisher
18 July 2016
Antony Gormley To Suspend Life-Size Figure From Ceiling Of NPG
Antony Gormley is to display a life-size sculpture suspended from the ceiling of the Ondaatje Wing Main Hall of the National Portrait… Read More
18 July 2016
Lost Lucian Freud Portrait Valued at £300,000 Authenticated By BBC
A painting by the 20th century master Lucian Freud valued at £300,000 has been authenticated by the BBC. The painting… Read More
18 July 2016
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey Banished To Back Benches By Theresa May
Minister for Culture Ed Vaizey MP for Wantage has been removed from his role as Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries by… Read More
17 July 2016
Damien Hirst Cleared Of Formaldehyde Gate Controversy At Tate Retrospective
Back in April 2016 we reported that Damien Hirst’s 2012 Tate gallery retrospective may have leaked dangerous fumes from the various… Read More
16 July 2016
Contemporary Female Artists Explored In New Sheffield’s Graves Gallery Exhibition
Leading international collector Valeria Napoleone, who concentrates on work by female artists has organised a display highlighting her collection in public for the… Read More
16 July 2016
David Bowie’s Own Art Collection to be Unveiled at Sotheby’s
“Art was, seriously, the only thing I’d ever wanted to own. It has always been for me a stable nourishment. I use… Read More
15 July 2016
Karen Bradley appointed new culture secretary replacing John Whittingdale
Karen Bradley, a former Home Office minister, is to take over as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in… Read More
14 July 2016
China’s Toilet Shaped Building Defies Architecture Ban
A new university building that more than resembles a 12-story “toilet” recently unveiled in Henan province has slipped through the… Read More
14 July 2016
Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery Nominated For Riba Stirling Prize
The six shortlisted entries for the prestigious 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building has been announced…. Read More
14 July 2016
London Art Week 2016 Reports A Successful Week Of Events
London Art Week wrapped up on Friday 8 July, reporting a successful close to the event. The fourth edition participants reported a significant number… Read More
13 July 2016
New Van Gogh Letter Confirms Artist Cut Off Entire Ear
The first exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to focus on the artist’s state of mental health, ‘On… Read More
12 July 2016
Art Car Boot Fair Prepares to Invade Hastings At Jerwood Carpark
The Art Car Boot Fair is all revved up and ready to go to the seaside with stacks of art,… Read More
12 July 2016
Paul Nash The Most Evocative Landscape Painter Of His Generation
Tate Britain is presenting an exhibition of Paul Nash, the largest exhibition of the artist’s work for a generation. Paul Nash is… Read More
11 July 2016
Justine Simons Appointed As Deputy Mayor For Culture And Creative Industries
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has appointed art project innovator Justine Simons as his deputy for Culture And Creative Industries…. Read More
11 July 2016