Archives: Features

Rotraut: Yves Klein’s Legacy: First London Solo Show In Fifty Years

A rare treat is on offer at 45 Park Lane in London – the first London solo show in over… Read More

7 July 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Pablo Bronstein Discusses His Latest Exhibition At Nottingham Contemporary

Nottingham Contemporary is currently presenting Pablo Bronstein and the Treasures of Chatsworth [House] for season one of The Grand Tour… Read More

7 July 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Grayson Perry Explores A House For Essex With A Tour

Artlyst travelled to Wrabness in Essex to meet Grayson Perry at the site of his latest project, ‘A House for… Read More

5 July 2015

Champagne Swillers Jostled By Sotheby’s Protesters With No Cigar For Bacon Pope

What’s the real value of a humble Dollar/Pound? For those champagne swillers who braved a loud and angry protest outside… Read More

3 July 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Amanda Geitner Discusses Francis Bacon And Lisa Sainsbury

The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts presents ‘Francis Bacon and the Masters’, bringing together over twenty-five major works by Bacon… Read More

2 July 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Luc Tuymans – Domesticity, Plagiarism, And Politics – David Zwirner

The influential artist Luc Tuymans was recently back at David Zwirner, which was presenting an exhibition of the artist’s latest… Read More

26 June 2015

Women Artists Shatter The Glass Ceiling – But At What Cost?

I should stand up for fellow art bitches and applaud this week’s lyst of the most wealthy female artists: were… Read More

26 June 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Hans Haacke Discusses His Fourth Plinth Commission

Hans Haacke is a leading figure in the contemporary art world. His work crosses boundaries of Conceptual, Minimal, Pop and… Read More

25 June 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Jeremy Deller Discusses Andy Warhol And William Morris At Modern Art Oxford

At the age of 20, the Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller took up an invitation from Andy Warhol to… Read More

24 June 2015

Richard Prince: Images Appropriated – Copyright Artlyst 2015 All Rights Reserved

Gagosian Gallery Davies Street is currently showing Richard Prince: New Portraits, a collection of appropriated images pulled from unsuspecting Instagramers… Read More

22 June 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Justin Mortimer On Skidding Paint And New Directions

Parafin Gallery, London is currently displaying the latest works by British painter Justin Mortimer. The artist’s painting reflects upon a… Read More

20 June 2015

Richard Prince: Instagram Art – Is Appropriation Art Appropriate?

The famed American artist Richard Prince is in the news again for his particular practice of appropriation, and as usual… Read More

19 June 2015

BP Portrait Awards: A Non Starter Slippery As An Oil Slick

The genre ‘portraiture’ is as open ended as the limitless expanses of landscape, history painting, still lifes, and abstract: yet… Read More

18 June 2015

Artlyst Podcast: Grayson Perry Discusses Julie Cope The Feminine Heart Of Essex

One of the highlights this year’s Royal Academy Summer Show 2015 is Grayson Perry’s Julie and Rob tapestry, a large… Read More

15 June 2015

Visual Arts Overlooked On Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2015

The Queens Birthday Honours list has again snubbed the Visual Arts. This is the second time since 2015 began, with… Read More

14 June 2015

Podcast: Dominic Shepherd In Conversation With Zavier Ellis And Dr Gavin Parkinson

CHARLIE SMITH London is presenting Dominic Shepherd in the artist’s latest exhibition ‘Bare Foot Prophet’, where Shepherd responds to the… Read More

12 June 2015

Damien Hirst: Worlds Richest Artist Still Laughing His Way To The Bank

Morbid question one: if Damien Hirst fell into a vat of formaldehyde tomorrow, how would this affect the monetary value… Read More

12 June 2015

Roger Hiorns In Race To Bury Boeing Aircraft Before Swiss Rival

The Turner Prize nominated artist Roger Hiorns plans to bury a jumbo jet for a site-specific installation near Birmingham. Meanwhile the… Read More

11 June 2015

Minimalism: A Relatively Empty Vessel For Lifestyle Obsessed Non-Art Lovers

Spot the difference (sorry.. actually not sorry) between Yayoi Kusama and Agnes Martin, the darling of minimalism, whose retrospective at Tate Modern… Read More

5 June 2015

Lynn Hershman Leeson Discusses Her Prophetic Oeuvre, Cindy Sherman, And Media Manipulation

Modern Art Oxford is presenting ‘Origins of the Species (Part 2)’ an expansive exhibition of works by the acclaimed US… Read More

2 June 2015

Justin Mortimer Discusses His Latest Work, And The Serendipitous Magic Of Painting

British painter Justin Mortimer’s latest works are currently on display at Parafin Gallery, London. The artist’s painting reflects upon a… Read More

1 June 2015

Bad Art vs Naive Art With All The Pop Cultural References

Art in whatever form – painting, theatre, a child’s potato stamp – is the means by which we express externally… Read More

29 May 2015

Hoxton Artists: Redevelopment Or The Devolution Of Cultural Wealth

A decent studio space is hard enough to acquire in London but now it seems it’s also hard to hold… Read More

29 May 2015

Cat Paintings: The Mysterious Chat Noir Litters Art History

The mysterious chat noir litters (a pun already? Awesome) art history like so much shed fur; the terribly unsubtle feline companion… Read More

23 May 2015

The Turner Prize: A Limp Shrug Of Non-Spiration

Writing about the increasingly obsolete Turner Prize is the very definition of shooting fish in a barrel. Waldemar Januszczak has… Read More

14 May 2015

Curator Kelly Large Discusses The Zabludowicz Collection, YBAs And The Establishment

The Zabludowicz Collection is presenting a major exhibition featuring over 30 leading international artists, including eight Turner Prize winners, to… Read More

14 May 2015

Blight Or Beauty: Steve Messam’s Red PaperBridge Unveiled In Lake District

Does art add anything to places of natural beauty? It seems to be popular at the moment for site specific… Read More

10 May 2015

Curator Kelly Large Talks To Artlyst About The Zabludowicz Collection, Appropriation, And The Body

The Zabludowicz Collection presents a major exhibition featuring over 30 leading international artists, including eight Turner Prize winners, to celebrate… Read More

9 May 2015