Don’t Be Dull And Fucking Boring – Muriel Belcher Colony Room Club
“Just don’t be dull and fucking boring, that’s the golden rule.” said; Muriel Belcher, owner of London’s demimonde Colony Room Club. She… Read More
10 July 2016
News
Hull Strips For Spencer Tunick’s Latest Sea of Naked Bodies Installation
Spencer Tunick’s latest creation the ‘Sea of Hull’ installation has taken place, Saturday 9 July.
10 July 2016
David Bomberg Landscape Exhibition Opens At Towner Gallery Eastbourne
A new exhibition of landscapes by the seminal British Modern artist David Bomberg entitled A Sense of Place, has opened… Read More
9 July 2016
Ron Arad Unveils St Pancras International Train of Thought Installation
A major site-specific installation, Thought of Train of Thought, 2016, by Royal Academician Ron Arad has been unveiled, for Terrace Wires,… Read More
9 July 2016
Artist Michael Simpson Wins The Prestigious £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize
The prestigious £25,000 John Moores art prize 2016 has been awarded to the artist Michael Simpson for his painting ’Squint (19) ‘ 2015. It was announced at… Read More
7 July 2016
Outstanding V&A Wins Coveted Art Fund Museum of the Year £100,000K Award
After a record-breaking year, the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum has been named the Museum of the Year 2016. The judges… Read More
6 July 2016
Heavyweight Support For Chris Dercon Appointment At Berlin’s Volksbuhne Theatre Arrives
Serpentine Director Hans Ulrich, 2015 Venice Biennale curator and current Director of Munich’s Haus der Kunst Okwui Enwezor, architect Rem Koolhaas, Director of… Read More
6 July 2016
The Ninth Liverpool Biennial Readies For Launch This Weekend
The Ninth Liverpool Biennial Readies For Launch This Weekend
5 July 2016
Contemporary Sculpture China Opens At The Cass Foundation
The Cass Sculpture Foundation has announced the opening of the first major exhibition of newly commissioned outdoor sculpture by some of… Read More
5 July 2016
Refugee Portraits From Syria, Iran And Iraq Exhibited At The Proud Archivist
July marks the opening of a new photography exhibition in London, highlighting the positive impact of refugees on society from… Read More
5 July 2016
Francesca Pasquali: Spiderwall Installation Utilises Dusters To Create Contemporary Still Lives
MOCA London is presenting a new show by the artist Francesca Pasquali’s (Bologna,1980). This site-specific installation called Spiderwall is made up of thousands of simple,… Read More
4 July 2016
British Museum Celebrates 2016 As Most Successful Year Ever
The British Museum has released their Annual Review for 2016 revealing thatit was the Museum’s most successful year ever with nearly 6.9 million… Read More
4 July 2016
Ellsworth Kelly $40,000 Annual Award Unveiled By Foundation for Contemporary Arts
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York have unveiled The Ellsworth Kelly Award, a new $40,000 annual grant. It is the… Read More
4 July 2016
Georgia O’Keeffe Retrospective Explores Founding Figure of American Modernism – Preview
The highly anticipated Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) retrospective opening at Tate Modern next week will be one of the highlights of… Read More
3 July 2016
Henry Moore: £24.7m Auction Record For Important Festival Of Britain Masterpiece
Henry Moore’s ground-breaking 1951 modernist sculpture Reclining Figure: Festival (£24.7m) led Christie’s 250th anniversary auction Defining British Art on 30 June, the sale achieved… Read More
2 July 2016
Doug Fishbone Artwork Appropriated By Sky Arts To Create Culture Gameshow
The well known Conceptual artist Doug Fishbone has had his work appropriated by Sky Arts and turned into a game… Read More
2 July 2016
Jeremy Deller Commemorates Battle Of Somme With Nationwide Performance Piece
We’re here because we’re here’ was a performance piece unveiled yesterday in London to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme…. Read More
2 July 2016
Art Night London: Get Ready For The Event Of The Season
Get ready for Art Night this Saturday 2 July! This is a new free annual contemporary arts festival that will… Read More
1 July 2016
Banksy SWAT Van And Warhol Mao Lead Bonham’s Contemporary Sale
Bonhams as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art season in London has achieved strong results with its sale at… Read More
1 July 2016
London Art Market Strength At Auction Now Christie’s Defies Brexit
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction received strong bidding in the room and on phones to achieve high sell through… Read More
30 June 2016
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2016 Announces Winning Artists
International law firm Ashurst and Oaktree & Tiger Gallery are pleased to announce the winners of the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize… Read More
30 June 2016
Artist Gerry Judah Creates Mega Sculpture For Goodwood Festival of Speed Centenary
Artist Gerry Judah was asked by BMW to come up with a sculpture, bigger and better than anything he’s done… Read More
29 June 2016
Sotheby’s London Contemporary Evening Sale Achieves £52,194,000 Despite Brexit Decision
Sotheby’s London evening sale has achieved £52,194,000 / $69,350,168 / €62,580,802 this was above the high estimate despite the Brexit decision which is engulfing British… Read More
29 June 2016
British Art Show 8 Opens In Norwich With Several New Commissions
The Hayward Touring exhibition, British Art Show 8 (BAS8), opened in Norwich across three venues on 24 June 2016 is the third leg… Read More
28 June 2016
David Hockney Yosemite Suite iPad Drawings Presented At Annely Juda London
Ahead of his portraits exhibition at the Royal Academy, David Hockney is presenting an exhibition of iPad drawings at Annely Juda Fine… Read More
28 June 2016
Phillips First Post-Brexit Sale of Contemporary Art in London Scrapes By
Phillips first Post-Brexit sale of Contemporary art in London was topped by Anselm Kiefer’s late painting For Velimir Khlebnikov; The doctrine of… Read More
28 June 2016
Nan Goldin: Major New Exhibition Opens At MoMa New York
As part of its Spring/Summer programme of exhibitions, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) is reinstalling its second-floor contemporary galleries… Read More
27 June 2016
Art Below Launches its Annual Summer Show Above And Below Ground
Art Below, now in it’s 10th year, presents its 2016 annual Summer Show featuring a variety of work by a selection… Read More
27 June 2016
Sculpture in the City London Launches Sixth Annual Public Art Programme
Now in its sixth year, Sculpture in the City, the City of London’s annual public art programme, launches tomorrow with the… Read More
27 June 2016
Royal College Of Art 2016 Fine Art Degree Shows – Photo Feature
The Royal College of art Fine Art degree shows season opened In Battersea, on Friday with a strong representation of Sculpture, Painting,… Read More
26 June 2016
Brexit Turns A Cruel Spotlight On British Metropolitan Cultural Institutions
The Brexit vote has not come at a happy moment for the various Tate galleries. The new extension of Tate Modern,… Read More
26 June 2016
Camberwell Degree Shows 2016 Florence Goodhand-Tait Reports From The Inside
After reviewing Camberwell’s final year exhibitions here on Artlyst for the past couple of years, I was very excited to be… Read More
25 June 2016