There is such a contrast between Maastricht and Hong Kong. Two different cities, continents, cultures and art fairs.It is this contrast that I embrace and cherish travelling from one fair to the other just a few days apart.
9 April 2017
Features
Coming to TEFAF 2017 is a journey, but it is worth it. The fair is a feast for the art lovers eyes.
2 April 2017
Art Market, Features
In our latest in the series of Artist To Artist Darren Coffield interviews the portrait artist Geraldine Swayne who has a new show at London’s Fine Art Society.
30 March 2017
Features
The new Marc Quinn exhibition at the Sir John Soane’s Museum is a rare treat. It merges contemporary art with one of the finest house museum settings in the world.
28 March 2017
Features
The clocks have gone forward heralding British Summer Time and the Easter holidays are approaching. So if you are thinking of leaving London for a short break, here is a select list of 10 exhibitions to see around Britain.
27 March 2017
Features
In this new series of interviews between artists, Hedley Roberts is interviewed by Darren Coffield. Hedley currently has a new exhibition “Other Portraits” NEW ART PROJECTS London Thu 09 Mar 2017 – Sat 29 Apr 2017
20 March 2017
The Lives of Others is two exhibitions of work by German refugee artists at Ben Uri Gallery and Museum from 29 March – 18 June 2017, while Chaim Stephenson: Between Myth and Reality at St Martin-in-the-Fields (to Wednesday 10 May) showcases work by an artist with a lifelong concern for people driven from their homes.
19 March 2017
Features, Preview, Reviews
Turner-prize winning artist Sir Howard Hodgkin sadly died last week at the age of 84. Test your knowledge of him here.
14 March 2017
Quiz
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
Art News, Features
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
Art News, Features
Throughout the History of Art, there are examples of loving couples in passionate embraces. Here Artlyst presents its top 10 most memorable kisses in art.
13 February 2017
Features, Top 10
One of the most interesting books of art history published in 2016 was Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism by American academics Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness. This book is of interest because it explores the religious (particularly Christian) influences and impulses running through modern art.
12 February 2017
I met Kevin Ryan to discuss Shootx9 his new online Gallery project.
5 February 2017
Artist George Boorujy feels particularly pumped to take on the environmental cause, especially since ‘Day One’ the Environmental Protection Agency has been quieted with regard to global warming. Boorujy, an artist devoted to highlighting and protecting our precious natural world says, “This shouldn’t be a partisan issue! Democrats, as well as Republicans, need to breathe.
4 February 2017
Art News, Features, Opinion
I was introduced to Matthias Waschek through a friend. He is Director of the Worcester Art Museum.
29 January 2017
Art News, Features
Christian Science does not explain the work of Nash and Nicolson just as surely as their work does not illustrate Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
15 January 2017
Art News, Opinion
Artlyst is once again media partners with the London Art Fair 2017. Competition: Answer The Following questions and email to info@ artlyst.com subject as, Artlyst LAF Competition.
All answers can be easily found on Artlyst.
6 January 2017
Features, Quiz
In case you missed the Royal Academy of Arts Autumn blockbuster exhibition Abstract Expressionism or you want to re-live it, here is a 360 degree tour of the show.
3 January 2017
Features, Photo Features
London in 2017 will play host to a number of truly exciting exhibitions. Here is a sample of what will be on offer.
31 December 2016
Features
In 2016 Anish Kapoor acquired exclusive rights to the unique Vanta black pigment, reported to be the blackest shade of black in existence. So this week Artlyst celebrates the Top 10 black paintings.
30 December 2016
Features, Top 10
2016 saw the 100 year anniversary of the first Dada performances at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland. So in reverence to this important moment in 20th century Art History, Artlyst brings you the Top 10 Dadaist Artists.
27 December 2016
Features, Top 10
Here is the Artlyst for the top 10 international black artists working today, the first of many celebrating diversity in the visual arts!
27 December 2016
Features, Top 10
The feminist art movement emerged in the 1960s with women artists taking an interest in how they differed from their male counterparts. Artlyst has put together its top 10 feminist artists.
27 December 2016
Features, Top 10
Appropriation art or the art of appropriation is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. Here is the Artlyst top ten most controversial works of Appropriation Art, and some of the court cases that followed.
26 December 2016
Features, Top 10
As Winter is upon us and the nights are already closing in, what can be more appropriate than works of art in monochromatic white.
26 December 2016
Features, Top 10
The horrific events in Paris over the weekend has prompted us to look back to the many artists in the last fifty years who have realised the power of art as a tool in raising awareness and propagating the concept of world peace. Here are our top ten examples of this very powerful medium.
26 December 2016
Features, Top 10
In this week’s Top 10 theme, Artlyst has searched Art History for the 10 best works of art featuring skulls.
26 December 2016
Features, Top 10
A list of this nature is entirely subjective, as there are over 10,000 graduates from Art schools in the UK alone each year. Here is our international list and let’s call it only part one of the artists that have caught our eye in the last twelve months. (First published October 2015)
26 December 2016
Features, Top 10
London has three of the most innovative artist-designed Christmas Trees on display this year.
26 December 2016
Features, Photo Features
Serota should be awarded the Turner prize, “for furthering so many worthless careers”. This is one of the many put-downs by the late art critic Brian Sewell. Here’s what Brian has to say about some of the other biggest names in Modern and Contemporary art.
24 December 2016
Features, Top 10
In light of current world events, Artlyst thought it poignant to point out that with change comes cultural diversity, which in turn empowers the evolution of art. Here is our list of the top 10 refugee artists.
24 December 2016
Features, Top 10
Artlyst brings you our top ten Banksy’s of all time. Which one is your favourite?
24 December 2016
Features, Top 10