London’s Future As Global Art Hub Depends On EU Free Movement
In a survey taken by the exhibitors at the London Art Fair 2017, 49% believe ensuring free movement of people and goods within the EU is the most important thing.
18 January 2017
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Crashproof: The Resilient Art World As Artlyst Saw It In 2016
Oh, what a year 2016 has been! Many of us won’t be sorry to see the end of it, although not to be overly pessimistic, 2017 will certainly have its challenges with both the Brexit economy and the new US President. Yes, the one with the bad haircut! On the Art front there was plenty to keep us entertained, amused and informed and here are the year’s highs and lows:
29 December 2016
Art Impacted – A Radical Response To Radicalisation By Revd Jonathan Evens
We face the world in which it appears ever more likely that a Clash of Civilisations will be played out on the world stage, potentially with weapons of mass destruction, as the axis of the world appears to have shifted significantly in this year of political shocks.
19 December 2016
The influence of Buddhism On Art Explored At The Rubin Museum
The Rubin Museum is an oasis of calm and beauty. A much respected and cherished environment for its clean, modern architectural symmetry, presenting the most excellent of historic and contemporary eastern cultural works in its cylindrical vessel of artistic and spiritual ideals.
21 November 2016
Art Responds To Science Fiction In London Underground Car Park
A spectacular multimedia group exhibition is set to open in a multi-storey underground car park situated in the heart of Soho’s, West End over the period of 10 days.
15 November 2016
No Commission: South Bronx Waterfront Warehouse Plays Host To 36 Artists
In the midst of an August heat wave, art, music, and harmony presided over a South Bronx waterfront warehouse. After a huge… Read More
18 August 2016
Greg Smith Explores Cross Section Between Art And Computer Science
New York – Greg Smith is not your run of the mill artist. Holding both a MFA from Hunter College and… Read More
9 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
Brexit: Expect Museums To Start Charging And Non-UK Art Prices To Skyrocket
The decision by British voters to leave the European Union has been announced – and commentators have begun the analysis,… Read More
24 June 2016
Psychedelic Artist Peter Max In Multi-Million Family Dispute Over Paintings
The psychedelic painter Peter Max is caught in a battle between his second wife and his son. Mary Max has claimed that… Read More
25 December 2015
Taboos And Erotic Forms Of Pleasure Explored In New Exhibition
The first Swiss exhibition of its kind exploring forms of pleasure in contemporary creation, Nirvana. Strange Forms of Pleasure is now on view… Read More
24 November 2015
Memory And Emotional Preservation Explored In New Tate Liverpool Exhibition
“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world… Read More
23 November 2015
What Art Do The Artists We Collect, Collect?
I had a wonderful evening at 192 bookstore in Chelsea, listening to authors Stacey Goergen and Amanda Benchley talk about… Read More
22 November 2015
Sexism In Art: And What We Perceive As Acceptable Body Depictions
So, I was about to launch into thoughtful musings on that inexplicable relationship between artist and muse and how the… Read More
24 July 2015
Unfinished Works of Art Highlighted In New Courtauld Gallery Exhibition
The subject of unfinished works of art and why they are interesting enough to be displayed in a public gallery… Read More
22 June 2015
How Much Has the Foreign Office Spent On Art In The Last 5 Years
Artlyst asks; “How much money the Foreign and Commonwealth Office spent on art, in the last 5 years and how… Read More
8 April 2015
What Is Art And What Does It Mean To Primary School Children
A national competition will reveal what art means to primary school children. A UK-wide competition is launched today asking all… Read More
14 January 2015
Contemporary Art: Where’s Your politics? Where’s Your Guernica?
Last month I went to see KP Brehmer. Real Capitalism–Production at Raven Row gallery. I came away feeling elated that… Read More
7 December 2014
Twin Peaks Fans Ecstatic As David Lynch Brings Art Exhibition To MIMA
With the return of a new series of Twin Peaks announced fans will be overjoyed as David Lynch brings his… Read More
13 November 2014
Art Marks Great War With Ceramic Poppies, Films and Ghost Sculptures
To mark the 100 year anniversary of the First World War, which began at 23:00 on 4 August 1914 and… Read More
4 August 2014
Leo Gabin American Pop Culture Filtered and Interpreted
White Cube has just announced an exhibition of paintings and films by Leo Gabin, as part of the Inside the… Read More
23 May 2014
Artlyst London Launches Sister Website In Sao Paulo Brazil
Artlyst London is proud to announce the launch of our new sister website Artlyst Brazil. With the help and partnership… Read More
4 April 2014
MIMA Explores Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain
Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain is a major new exhibition that explores the changes in the country’s mood and… Read More
8 January 2014
Future London Art Exhibitions To Watch Out For In 2014
As we rapidly approach the New Year, Artlyst has compiled a list of the top ten art exhibitions to look… Read More
28 December 2013
British Museum Mounts Exhibition of Sexually Explicit Japanese Shunga Art
Thousands of ‘spring pictures’ or shunga, art were produced in Japan between 1600-1900. Now the British Museum has compiled a… Read More
1 October 2013
Witches And The Supernatural Featured In Scottish National Gallery Exhibition
Delving into the world of Witches and Wicked Bodies through depictions in art is the theme of a major new… Read More
29 July 2013
The Energy Frequency Of Creation In Our Relationship To Art
Amanda McGregor asks; If Our Relationship To Art is Determined By A Need To Escape To A Controlled World Of… Read More
18 May 2013
Mayan Calendar Folk Carvings Reveal The Art of Armageddon
A popular prophecy that ancient Mayan culture may or may not have predicted is about to be tested tomorrow. The… Read More
20 December 2012
Syria Fine Art Embargo To Be Enforced By EU
June of this year saw the confirmation of a luxury goods embargo on Syria by the European Union, a political… Read More
11 July 2012
Apple Set To Take Art World By Storm
Apple has finally launched its latest and greatest Macbook which is set to take the art world by storm. With… Read More
13 June 2012
Free Range Showcases Graduate Shows From Across The UK
Free Range is an Old Truman Brewery special project set up by Tamsin O’Hanlon to provide new creative graduates with… Read More
28 May 2012
NY Frieze Sets The Benchmark For Future Art Events
A stunning fair with style and substance opens on Randell’s Island Frieze is just what the doctor ordered to reinvent… Read More
4 May 2012