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Top 10 – Most Expensive Works Of Art – Artlyst
With auction houses achieving new records all the time, don’t believe the moaning minnies, as the outlook for sales is more than on target for...
Turner Prize 2025: The Good The Bland And The Ugly – Sue Hubbard
According to the Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index 2025, Bradford is designated as the second-worst city to live in in the UK. The dubious...
Amedeo Modigliani: An Elongated Greek Tragedy – Artlyst Profile
A new film about Amedeo Modigliani, directed by Johnny Depp, Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness, is released this week. Based on a play...
Giorgio de Chirico: Metaphysical Painter of Dreams – Artist Profile
Before surrealism had a name, Giorgio de Chirico was painting its blueprint. Born in 1888 in Volos, Greece, to Italian parents, his childhood was...
Tracey Emin: My Bed (1998) – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
Until now, I have avoided writing about Tracey Emin in this series of 'Significant Works'. It just seemed too obvious. She rose to fame on the crest...
Did Marcel Duchamp Steal Dadaist Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven’s Urinal
Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" has been one of those moments that defined modern art history. A urinal signed and dated with the inscription "R Mutt...
Great Art Cities Explained YouTube Series Venice Biennale Special
Great Art Cities Explained (GACE) follows the successful YouTube art history series Great Art Explained in 15 Minutes, founded last year by art...
Paul Carey -Kent: Artist Interview Of The Month Index – Artlyst
Welcome to this series of monthly artist interviews by the art critic Paul Carey-Kent. Paul is the former editor of Art World magazine and has...
Significant Works: A New Series Of Contemporary Art Essays By Sue Hubbard
In this series, Sue Hubbard explores single works by leading contemporary artists. Sue Hubbard is a freelance art critic, novelist, award-winning...
Great Artworks Explained A New Video Series By James Payne
This is a new series by Artist/historian James Payne demystifying great works of art. We will be adding to this page as the content is produced....
Peter Doig and Parisian Avant-Gardists Launch London Autumn Gallery Season – Edward Lucie Smith
Two exhibitions just opened at a pair of well-respected West End commercial galleries here in London, seem to illustrate the complexity of the...
Harland Miller – Voyage To The End Of Pop Art – Edward Lucie-Smith
Harland Miller’s rather handsome exhibition at White Cube, Mason’s Yard, looks more like the end of something than the beginning of something. There...