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David Hockney At 88: A Life In Technicolor – Artlyst Profile
Happy 88th Birthday David Hockney! Few artists have traversed the terrain of contemporary art with the same vitality, irreverence, and formal...
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...
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...
Frida Kahlo Artist or Cult Figure? Making Her Self Up at V&A
Frida Kahlo's life is so interwoven with her art that there is little separation. Her biography is well-known, and so is her image. The brightly...
Rose Wylie: Forget Age And Gender The Message Is The Painting – Edward Lucie-Smith
Rose Wylie is 83 years old. Her rise to fame has been fairly meteoric. Ten years ago few had heard of her, either in this, her native country, or...
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...
Kiev In Focus A Contemporary Art Profile – Edward Lucie Smith
A trip to Kiev – no, call it ‘Kviv’, which is the correct form in the Ukrainian language – revealed a bustling, energetic contemporary art world,...
Top 10: Black Artworks You Should Know – Artlyst
In 2016, Anish Kapoor acquired exclusive rights to the unique Vanta black pigment, reported to be the blackest shade of black in existence. Artists...