Paul Nash The Most Evocative Landscape Painter Of His Generation
Tate Britain is presenting an exhibition of Paul Nash, the largest exhibition of the artist’s work for a generation. Paul Nash is… Read More
11 July 2016
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USA Website ArtList That Infringed UK’s Artlyst Name Closes Down
The New York based online company ArtList, not to be confused with the popular London based art information website Artlyst… Read More
8 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
Tate’s Switch House A Dialogue Between Art And Space
It’s alarming to think that Tate Modern opened in 2000, firstly because it makes me feel super old, but also… Read More
17 June 2016
Fun House: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition A Hodgepodge Of All Sorts
Ok, I admit it. I’ve deliberately avoided the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition every year since I first saw it in… Read More
10 June 2016
Dropping Out Like Flies In A Damien Hirst Installation
The Artlyst lystical of creative people who dropped out at uni includes some predictable names: John Lennon, Orson Welles, good… Read More
3 June 2016
Yayoi Kusama: Turning Pumpkins Into Vuitton Bags And Airbnb Rooms
I was interested to read that Tate Modern has apparently been working in conjunction with Airbnb to provide the opportunity… Read More
27 May 2016
Jeff Koons: Showing The Love For Irony And Pseudo Philosophical Claptrap
The loads of people who know me as a boring old traditionalist (Turner Prize?! Yah boo hiss!) are always surprised… Read More
20 May 2016
Turner Prize 2016 The Artbytch Verdict Is Out And WTF
This week Artbytch looks at the announcement of the shortlisted Turner Prize nominees for 2016.
13 May 2016
V&A’s Bizarre Decision To Ban All Sketching At Undressed Is Pants
I know I’m a little late to the party here but several people have been asking me what I make… Read More
6 May 2016
Francis Bacon: Alice Herrick And Clive Jennings Discuss The Ravarino Drawings
The Herrick Gallery, London is currently presenting a selection of drawings purportedly by the great British painter Francis Bacon, lent… Read More
5 May 2016
Gavin Nolan Sixty Second Interview With Artlyst’s Paul Carter Robinson
Gavin Nolan’s latest exhibition at Charlie Smith London consists of recent paintings depicting versions of historical figures. The show runs… Read More
16 April 2016
Microsoft Rembrandt vs Microsoft Republican Candidate In Bad Toupee
The news of a new Rembrandt is bound to set tongues wagging. And any preconceived doubts about its authenticity are… Read More
8 April 2016
Tracey Emin’s Unintentionally Unironic Zoolander-style Who Am I Quest
When learning of Tracey Emin’s decision to marry a rock of course the first thing the less charitable parts of… Read More
25 March 2016
A Restoration: Elizabeth Price And Paul Black In Conversation
Paul Black has visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to meet Turner Prize, and 2013 Contemporary Art Society Award winner… Read More
22 March 2016
R. Crumb vs Allen Jones What A Lovely Pear And Other Double Entendres
A couple of years ago, for this very publication, I lambasted the Royal Academy for its Allen Jones retrospective, which… Read More
18 March 2016
Hashtag-Ironic: Banksy Geo-profiling Study A Big Fat Waste Of Funding
Did Shakespeare really write all those plays? I find myself not even caring that much whether he did, or was… Read More
11 March 2016
Is Loving Vincent Yet Another Lousy Filmic Portrayal Of A Dead Artist?
I’m apprehensive of the announcement by Oscar winning Breakthru Animation studios of “the world’s first feature-length painted animation,” ‘Loving Vincent’…. Read More
4 March 2016
David Hockney: Brimming With Talent But Such A Miserable Git
I would love to say I’ve met David Hockney: I admire him enormously as a draughtsman, especially innumerable portraits capturing… Read More
26 February 2016
Turning Silver Into Gold: Michael Joo And Paul Black In Conversation
Michael Joo was kind enough to talk to Paul Black about the fascinating nature of his practice, and the artist’s… Read More
24 February 2016
Museum Blockbusters: A Cat In A Mona Lisa Wig Could Have Done Better
The Noordbrabants Museum exhibition of Hieronymous Bosch – one of my favourite painters of bestial grotesque nastiness
19 February 2016
Fake Warhol Fake Rothko: Who Are The Losers Here
The issue of fakes is alluring headline fodder: what is it that is so compelling about forged artworks? Once could… Read More
12 February 2016
Damien Hirst: Another Basement Conversion In Hampstead And Other Tales
I‘ve spent many a year working in Knightsbridge and Belgravia, and the tell-tale signs of a cellar dig out –… Read More
5 February 2016
Oscars Row Highlights The Scarcity Of Successful Black Visual Artists
Last week we had Saatchi falsely bending to women artists, this week with the Oscars furore we look at another… Read More
29 January 2016
Champagne Life: Let’s Pop A Cork And Celebrate Feminism
There’s something not quite right about the latest show at the Saatchi Gallery. Champagne Life is so named after one… Read More
15 January 2016
Beyond The Valley Of Caravaggio And Other Exhibitions To Bytch About
Happy New Year, bytches. Late in 2014 I began salivating over the announcement of the National Gallery’s autumn blockbuster for… Read More
8 January 2016
A Year Of Blatant Art Consumerism Our 12 Days Of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A partridge in an Ai Weiwei Tree This… Read More
29 December 2015
Art 2015 Sum-up: Lawsuits, Over Inflated Auctions And Cultural Armageddon
It’s been a year of everyone suing everyone else, grappling over intellectual property, and spending too much at the auctions…. Read More
18 December 2015
Christmas Art And Shopping And More F-ing Gift Shopping
I know I bytch a lot about how museums should remain free to enter, and how it’s not so bad… Read More
11 December 2015
Assemble: Turner Prize Winners In Conversation With Artlyst – Exclusive Interview
Assemble, the 2015 winners of this years coveted Turner Prize are a collective consisting of 18 members. Their practice crosses… Read More
8 December 2015
Art Basel Miami The Black Friday Of All Art Fairs
What’s the difference between the art fairs of Miami Beach and Black Friday/Cyber Monday? The answer is, both are enormous… Read More
4 December 2015
Artbytch Announces Her Best And Worst London Exhibitions Of 2015
Without doubt the best exhibition all year has been Goya: The Portraits at the National Gallery. What makes a great… Read More
1 December 2015