Van Gogh’s The Night Cafe: US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal For Restitution
The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for the return of a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece “The Night Cafe” from the… Read More
29 March 2016
News
Palmyra: Some Key Monuments Reduced To Dust And Lost Forever
The destruction caused to Palmyra’s ancient monuments during IS (Islamic State) occupation is irreversible to some of the key monuments, a Syrian archaeological expert for the… Read More
29 March 2016
George Shaw National Gallery’s Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist Unveils Exhibition
For the past two-and-a-half years, George Shaw has been the National Gallery’s Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist. Armed with a sketchbook, the teenage Shaw made… Read More
29 March 2016
Palmyra Recaptured: UNESCO World Heritage Site Back Under Government Control
Palmyra the Syrian UNESCO World Heritage Site has been retaken by Syrian government troops with the help of Russian air strikes…. Read More
28 March 2016
Adrienne Edwards Announced As Performa 2016 Curator at Large
The appointment of Performa curator Adrienne Edwards as Curator at Large, has been announced by the internationally acclaimed organisation dedicated to… Read More
27 March 2016
Art Basel Hong Kong 2016 Fourth Edition Round-Up
Art Basel show Hong Kong attracted over 70,000 visitors, among them directors, curators, trustees and patrons from over 100 leading… Read More
26 March 2016
Monumenta: Huang Yong Ping Chosen For 2016 Grand Palais Installation
Monumenta has invited outstanding artists with an international reputation to take on the Nave of the Grand Palais, an immense… Read More
24 March 2016
Deja Vu: National Gallery Shows Support For The People Of Brussels
It has only been a matter of months since the appalling bombings last November in Paris and just fifteen months since the… Read More
24 March 2016
Digital Age Identity Construction Explored In New Zabludowicz Collection Exhibition
Emotional Supply Chains is a new exhibition at The Zabludowicz Collection which addresses the construction of identity in the digital age.
23 March 2016
Damien Hirst To Curate Jeff Koons Exhibition At Newport Street Gallery
The first solo exhibition of work by the American artist Jeff Koons since his Serpentine show in 2009, will be… Read More
23 March 2016
Bonkers: Tracey Emin Marries An Ancient Rock In France
From ‘Unmade Beds’ nominated for the Turner Prize to the artist’s latest revelation announcing she has married an ancient rock in… Read More
23 March 2016
Art Basel Announces New Expanded Cities Initiative
A new initiative from the Art Basel fair organisers has been announced. It is a new cities programme, which will expand… Read More
23 March 2016
Yayoi Kusama 87th Birthday Celebrated In Photos
Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto, Japan in 1929. Her early career saw her train in traditional Japanese painting while… Read More
22 March 2016
Sean Scully Receives Harper’s Bazaar Art International Artist of the Year Award
Sean Scully, one of the leading abstract painters of his generation is the recipient of this year’s Harper’s Bazaar Art International Artist… Read More
21 March 2016
Hepworth Prize for Sculpture Announces Names Of Four Artists Shortlisted
“Sculpture communicates an immediate sense of life – you can feel the pulse of it” – Barbara Hepworth (1959) Hepworth Wakefield in West… Read More
21 March 2016
TEFAF Maastricht The Worlds Most Exclusive Art Fair 2016 – Roundup
TEFAF Maastricht, once again welcomed around 75,000 visitors, illustrating the consistent annual pull of the 270 international dealers to public… Read More
21 March 2016
Art Dubai Tenth Edition Closes With Record Sales And Attendance
Art Dubai’s tenth edition closed last night with participating galleries and artists reporting one of the most successful years of the fair to date.
20 March 2016
Cuban Artist Glauber Ballestero Explores Three Pillars Of Western Civilisation
House of Egorn, Berlin is currently presenting a new exhibition of Glauber Ballestero based on Cetus Quasar, a critical examination of three pillars… Read More
20 March 2016
The Design Museum Announces Free Entrance Policy To permanent Collection
The Design Museum has announced that it will open in its new home on Kensington High Street, on 24 November… Read More
19 March 2016
The Treasures Of TEFAF: Artlyst Contributor Virginie Syn Chooses Ten Pieces
TEFAF is by far the Queen of the Art fairs. The “one and only”, “the Davos of the Art world” or… Read More
19 March 2016
Andy Warhol Complete Hand Coloured Lithographic Shoe Portfolio To Be Auctioned
Sotheby’s London is to auction a complete portfolio consisting of 18 hand coloured lithographs of shoe designs by Andy Warhol… Read More
18 March 2016
David Mach Unveils Easter Installation Golgotha At Chester Cathedral
David Mach, the Turner Prize nominated artist and one of Britain’s leading sculptors will see his monumental sculpture Golgotha installed… Read More
18 March 2016
Tate’s Nicholas Serota Fears High Cost London Will Force Artists Out
Nicholas Serota director of Tate has warned that ‘London’s increasingly high cost of living is making it impossible for young artists to… Read More
17 March 2016
Tax Relief For Temporary or Touring Exhibitions Announced In Latest Budget
The chancellor George Osborne has announced in his budget that Museums and galleries are to get tax relief to help cover the… Read More
17 March 2016
James McNeill Whistler: FAS Presents Largest Print Exhibition In 40 Years
The Fine Art Society is presenting an exhibition of prints by James McNeill Whistler (1834 – 1903). Featuring over 80 works from… Read More
17 March 2016
Son of Punk To Burn Multi-Million Pound Collection Of Sex Pistols Memorabilia
Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s son, Joe Corré, has issued a press release stating his plans to burn his £5… Read More
16 March 2016
Corrupt Hotel Drouot Auction House Porters Accused Of Stealing From The Dead
Valuable art, antiques and gems worth millions of euros went systematically missing form the world renowned Hotel Drouot auction house in… Read More
16 March 2016
Simon Starling Examines Time and Space In New Nottingham Exhibition
Simon Starling, the Turner Prize-winning artist who studied photography in Nottingham in the late 1980s, returns to the city for his biggest… Read More
16 March 2016
Eileen Cooper Unveils New Work At First Rook & Raven Solo Show
A speech by Puck in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is the inspiration for Eileen Cooper’s latest exhibition at Rook… Read More
16 March 2016
Jane Bustin Explores Ballets Russes Legend Vaslav Nijinsky In New Exhibition
A new exhibition of work by Jane Bustin (British b. 1964) presents a series of paintings that utilises the Modernist Russian ballet… Read More
15 March 2016
Photo Feature: Steven Claydon’s The Gilded Bough At Sadie Coles HQ
Artlyst has attended Steven Claydon’s second exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, where surprisingly the viewer is met with the acrid… Read More
15 March 2016
Shan Zhai Phenomenon Explored In Hack Space Exhibition In Hong Kong
A new group exhibition titled, HACK SPACE which includes the New Zealand artist Simon Denny together with a group of… Read More
15 March 2016