Royal Academy’s Axel Rüger Appointed New Director Of The Frick
Axel Rüger, secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts, is leaving his position for the role of… Read More
20 September 2024
New York
The Winter Show 70th Edition Exceeds Expectations – Clayton Calvert
The highly anticipated 70th Edition of The Winter Show exceeded expectations with over 70 booths full of treasures.
23 January 2024
Surrealists In New York – Charles Darwent – Thames & Hudson
An absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought Surrealism to America, helping to shift the centre of the art world from Paris to New York
13 July 2023
New York In November: Alex Katz – Edward Hopper And More – Ilka Scobie
Decades ago, when I lived in Soho, a familiar sight was the sweatshirt-hooded Alex Katz on his daily early morning jog.
13 November 2022
Great Art Cities Explained – An Art And Travel Video Series
Following the wildly successful YouTube art history series, Great Art Explained in 15 Minutes, founded in 2020 by art writer and curator James Payne
7 November 2022
New York Exhibitions November/December 2021 From Jasper Johns To Alex Katz – Ilka Scobie
Ilka Scobie trawls through the best art exhibitions New York currently has to offer.
22 November 2021
Rebound Ramblings: New York City Art Week 2021 RoundUp – Ilka Scobie
With major as well as offbeat art fairs, ranging from the Armory at the massive Javits Center (where I last went for my Covid vaccination) to tiny storefronts selling transgressive signage
19 September 2021
Nicola Vassell Opens First Black-Owned Gallery In New York’s Chelsea
Nicola Vassell Opens First Black-Owned Gallery In New York’s Chelsea
1 June 2021
Gabriel J. Shuldiner: The Poetry of Black — Raphy Sarkissian
“Can there be a more hypnotic colour than black?” is a question that impulsively arises when we encounter a work by Gabriel J. Shuldiner
24 February 2021
Lorna Simpson Explores Race Gender and History At Hauser & Wirth NY
Native New Yorker Lorna Simpson has creatively explored race, gender and history for over thirty years.
5 May 2019
Armory Week – Snow and Art Virginie Puertolas-Syn Highlights
While many collectors and Art world professionals were in Europe for TEFAF and the Auctions in London, I went instead to visit the New York art scene for the Armory week.
14 March 2018
Yinka Shonibare MBE Unveils NY Central Park Commission
New York’s Public Art Fund has unveiled ‘Wind Sculpture (SG)’, a new work by the Turner Prize-winning British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE.
12 March 2018
Shui Shi Liu: International Artist In Profile By Isa Freeling
I was asked to go out to Maspeth to meet an artist. I wasn’t even sure where Maspeth was. Queens itself intimidates me since it’s a maze of unlikely numbers in opposition with themselves all intersecting in nonsensical disunity. The only thing I knew about Shui Shi Liu is that he is a painter visiting from China who has his studio in Maspeth where he created an installation.
18 November 2017
Edward Albee Estate To Be Auctioned By Sotheby’s New York
Sotheby’s has announced that it will be handling the estate collection of the great American playwright Edward Albee. The dedicated auction will be held this September in New York with proceeds of the sale benefiting The Edward F. Albee Foundation, which provides residencies for writers and visual artists in Montauk, Long Island.
26 June 2017
Frieze New York 2017 Lizanne Merrill Chooses Her Top Six Booths
Whether you reach the luxurious tent that is Frieze by waterway or highway, the art fair’s weekend home on Randall’s Island is as accessible as the art itself.
7 May 2017
James Rosenquist First Wave US Pop Artist Dies Aged 83
James Rosenquist, a first wave pioneer of Pop Art has died in New York. He was 83. He began his career as a sign-painter
2 April 2017
Armory Show Highlights By Gallerist Zavier Ellis Of Charlie Smith London
The Armory Show, which opened to the public in New York on 2 March is always one of the highlights of the art fair season. This year, the first fully under new Executive Director Benjamin Genocchio is a step to separate the fair competitors like Frieze and Art Basel. “This is not a franchise fair,” Genocchio explained to the assembled press before the doors opened on Wednesday. “This is a New York institution.”
4 March 2017
Christopher Le Brun PRA Touch And Improvisation The Artlyst Interview
Christopher Le Brun, PRA, painter, and president of the Royal Academy is a very busy man. With two shows currently on in the United States, Christopher Le Brun: Composer, at the Albertz Benda gallery in New York (2 March-15 April 2017) and in Vero Beach, Florida (25 February-27 April 2017) at the Gallery at Windsor, he continues to expand his international reach as a force to be reckoned with.
3 March 2017
Frieze New York Announces Edition Six For Randall Island Park
Frieze New York has announced the sixth edition of this international art fair held at Randall’s Island Park from May 5–7, 2017. The event brings together more than 190 galleries from 30 countries, showcasing an unparalleled program of ambitious presentations by today’s most significant international artists
12 January 2017
Rothko’s Tenth Exhibition At Pace NY Explores His Darker Palette
Rothko: Dark Palette will be the 10th presentation of the artist’s work at Pace New York. The exhibition traces the history of Mark Rothko’s use of dark colors in his sectional paintings. It is on view at 510 West 25th Street from November 4, 2016 through January 7, 2017.
14 November 2016
French Modernist Designer And Architect Pierre Chareau Celebrated In New York Exhibition
The first U.S. exhibition focused on French designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) has opened in New York.
7 November 2016
Marilyn Marilyn Monroe Exhibition Curated By Whoopi Goldberg Unveiled In NY
Review of Mana Contemporary NY presents: Marilyn: Character Not Image September 25, 2016 – October 22, 2016 Curated by Whoopi Goldberg
18 October 2016
Richard Long Exhibits At The Judd Foundation In New York
“Richard was busy doing these pieces, and a trail of mud was going to the basement,” said Flavin Judd, curator of… Read More
10 October 2016
British Artist David Shrigley From Grocery List To NY Monument
The newly installed sculpture, ‘MEMORIAL’ by British artist David Shrigley replicates an average grocery list onto a 17-foot slab of… Read More
25 September 2016
Louise Nevelson: A Rare Female New York Mid-Century Art Star
Louise Nevelson was one of the relatively few female artists to make a major stir in the furiously competitive environment of the New York art world.
13 September 2016
Three Summer Shows in New York’s Chelsea You Shouldn’t Miss
There are many wonderful summer shows up right now in Chelsea, from group shows to solo exhibitions, sculpture to painting… Read More
17 July 2016
Art Now: Cologne, Brussels, Berlin And New York By Virginie Syn
Virginie Syn is Artlyst’s roving art correspondent. As an international art insider with a respected eye for what’s new Virginie has… Read More
14 May 2016
A-list Artists Prove Value At Sotheby’s £167,689,576 Contemporary Art Sale
Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary Art in New York has achieved a staggering $242,194,000 £167,689,576.22 The result included several record… Read More
12 May 2016
TEFAF Maastricht Moves In On The New York Art Market
TEFAF fairs, considered to be the leading art and antiques fairs in the world, will launch an unprecedented showcase in… Read More
4 February 2016
Jeff Koons Appropriates Great Masters While We Straighten Our Ties
A brand new series of paintings by the Post Pop artist Jeff Koons entitled Gazing Ball is currently on show in… Read More
8 December 2015
Rothko Masterpiece Worth $50m To Be Auctioned In New York
Sotheby’s New York will present The Schlumberger Collection this November. The magnificent compendium of Modern and Contemporary masterworks acquired by… Read More
6 October 2014
Stik Creates New Work At Union Tower In New York
Stik, the London grafitti artist, was in the process of finishing his second major New York City piece. Repeats of… Read More
11 June 2014