30 January 2023
Jonathan Baldock: Interview of the Month, February 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
Jonathan Baldock works across sculpture, installation and performance. He has a way with unexpected faces – as in his long-running series of ceramic masks
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28 January 2023
Andy Goldsworthy: Storm King Wall 1997 – 1998 Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
'The child,' Wordsworth famously remarked, 'is father to the man.' Growing up in West Yorkshire, the land was always close to Andy Goldsworthy's heart.
23 January 2023
Contemporary Artists In The Spotlight 2023 – Nico Kos-Earle
For this rolling feature Nico Kos-Earle has chosen 15 international artists working in various mediums to look out for in 2023.
18 January 2023
Women Artists Dominate 2023 Exhibition Schedule
Women artists are set to dominate the exhibition schedule in the major museums and galleries in 2023
9 January 2023
Twelve Out of London Art Exhibitions 2023
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2023.
Fair Comment 2023: International Art Fair Guide Recommended By Artlyst
The collector's word in the aisles during many of the international art fairs is that there are just too many art fairs!
4 January 2023
Surveying New Exhibitions With A Spiritual Twist January 2023 Art Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens
Surveying current and upcoming exhibitions at the turn of the year provides evidence of the breadth and depth of the past and present engagement...
2 January 2023
London Art Exhibitions 2023 A Month By Month Guide
*UPDATED* Artlyst has put together a month-by-month guide of the best of the London art exhibitions coming in 2023.
29 December 2022
Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2022 – History Has Its Eyes On You
Presenting the much-coveted Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2022. This is Artlyst's way of acknowledging our industry’s hard work and achievements, as we see and...
29 November 2022
Andres Serrano: Talks About Free Speech And NFTs – Artlyst Interview
Serrano's photograph, Piss Christ (1987), became the subject of a US national debate on freedom of artistic expression.
7 November 2022
Great Art Cities Explained – An Art And Travel Video Series
Following the wildly successful YouTube art history series, Great Art Explained in 15 Minutes, founded in 2020 by art writer and curator James Payne,...
28 September 2022
Pyotr Pavlensky Uncensored The Artlyst Interview With Paul Carter Robinson
Pyotr Pavlensky was born in 1984 in Leningrad. He studied monumental painting at the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design.
30 August 2022
Spencer Tunick: The Naked Facts – Artlyst Interview With Paul Carter Robinson
The work of artist Spencer Tunick defies genres by transforming both landscapes and the human form into powerful artworks.
26 October 2021
Paul Carey Kent Artist Interview Of The Month Index – Artlyst
Welcome to this new series of monthly artist interviews by critic Paul Carey-Kent. Paul has written for Art Monthly and Frieze Magazine
1 June 2020
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...
Top 10 – Appropriation Artworks
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...
Photo Features
6 June 2022
Colour And Art History On A Paris Road Trip – James Payne
Paris is always good for an Artlyst road trip, as James Payne discovers as he visits Fondation Louis Vuitton, Cluny Museum and goes on...
8 May 2022
The Return Of A Post Pandemic Art Brussels – Paul Carey Kent
Art Brussels sprouts back to life after two years missed for Covid, from 28 April – 1 May.
9 May 2020
Artist Lockdown In New York City – Scarlett Lingwood
The reality of Covid19 started to appear more on my radar towards the beginning of March. By the time the Armory Show happened with...
4 May 2020
London Gallery Lockdown Night And Day – A Photo Essay
London Gallery Lockdown 4/05/2020: Greta Thunberg would undoubtedly agree with the first statement
15 April 2020
How To Isolate: Art Industry Interviews – Oliver Malin
Dearly beloved, we are all unfortunately still gathered here on this unexpected Summer holiday to a destination unknown.
16 January 2020
London Art Fair Ticket Giveaway 2020
Here we go again! It’s time for the London Art Fair. Artlyst as 2020 media partners have ten pairs of tickets to give away....
23 July 2019
Hirvitalo: A Hive For Finland’s Experimental Arts With DIY Anarchist Roots – Jude Cowan Montague
Pipoca (Paola de Ramos) invited me to participate in an art exhibition and residency at Hirvitalo, Pispala, Tampere, Finland in July 2019, the theme...
13 July 2019
Expressionist Prints: From Turmoil To Conflict – Hunterian Glasgow – Leyla Sanai
The unassuming Hunterian Gallery in Glasgow, perched next to the University library, houses stunning paintings by the Glasgow Boys (and Girls) and the Scottish...
Opinion
6 July 2022
Ten Things To Shout About At London’s Masterpiece Art Fair – Nico Kos Earle
Masterpiece is one of London's unmissable art fairs. This is a melting pot where visitors can view and buy the finest works of art,...
3 May 2022
Venice To London May 2022 Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens
Several exhibitions/installations in Venice during the 59th Biennale re-situate key works or themes from Christianity's historic engagement with the Arts, in some cases overlaying...
Hello Cunty: Sotheby’s Appropriates The Colony Room – Darren Coffield
The event was a travesty of everything the Colony stood for, organised by people who thought they could recreate a special place.
18 November 2020
Marcus Lyon: Human Atlas Explorations – Interview Revd Jonathan Evens
Marcus Lyon is an artist whose early work took him to the slums and ghettos of the developing world to explore issues surrounding street...
Tracey Emin’s Last Hurrah? And Other Stuff – Edward Lucie-Smith
Just as the new lockdown was being announced, the Sunday Times (UK) was unusually full of stuff about contemporary art. The main colour supplement...
Art And Faith A Time For Seeing – Revd Jonathan Evens
Edward Lucie-Smith has rightly wondered, as 'the contemporary art world goes dark, and as galleries – official spaces and commercial ones – slam shut...
Bill Viola And The Art Of Contemplation – Revd Jonathan Evens
In welcoming Bill Viola’s installations at St Paul’s Cathedral, Mark Oakley noted that: ‘Viola’s art slows down our perceptions in order to deepen them.’
2018 A Melancholy Year For Art Exhibitions In Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
It has been in many ways a somewhat melancholy year for art, here in Britain – or should I say: ‘here in London’? -since...
Interviews
30 January 2023
Jonathan Baldock: Interview of the Month, February 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
Jonathan Baldock works across sculpture, installation and performance. He has a way with unexpected faces – as in his long-running series of ceramic masks
2 January 2023
Jonny Briggs: Interview of the Month, January 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
Jonny Briggs combines photography, performance, and sculpture to explore issues around childhood and identity.
4 December 2022
Winslow Homer: American Passage An Interview With Biographer Bill Cross
The author of the biography Winslow Homer: American Passage, Bill Cross, is an independent scholar and a consultant to art and history museums.
29 November 2022
Andres Serrano: Talks About Free Speech And NFTs – Artlyst Interview
Serrano's photograph, Piss Christ (1987), became the subject of a US national debate on freedom of artistic expression.
5 November 2022
Romuald Hazoumè: Interview of the Month, November 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
Beninese artist Romuald Hazoumè has been making his well-known masks for many years, but 'Carnaval', his show at the October Gallery
30 August 2022
Spencer Tunick: The Naked Facts – Artlyst Interview With Paul Carter Robinson
The work of artist Spencer Tunick defies genres by transforming both landscapes and the human form into powerful artworks.
1 August 2022
Charmaine Watkiss: Interview of the Month August 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
Charmaine Watkiss is the daughter of Jamaicans who came to post-war Britain in the 1960s when immigration from former colonies was encouraged to help...
28 June 2022
Mali Morris: Interview of the Month, July 2022 – Paul Carey-Kent
Mali Morris is a popular and notably active member of the Royal Academy of Arts, making her an appropriate choice for the annual commission...
Quiz
14 March 2017
Quiz – Test Your Knowledge of Sir Howard Hodgkin
Turner-prize winning artist Sir Howard Hodgkin sadly died last week at the age of 84. Test your knowledge of him here.
Artlyst Competition: Win A Pair Of Preview Evening Tickets To The London Art Fair
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,...
Quiz – How much do you know about the Turner Prize?
How much do you know about the Turner Prize?
Quiz – James Turrell
How much do you know about light artist James Turrell?
Quiz – Masterpiece
How much do you know about the world's masterpieces?
Quiz – Top Selling Artists in 2015
How much do you know about the top selling artists in 2015?
Top 10
Top 10 London Museum Exhibitions Summer 2017
Here’s the Artlyst guide to the Top 10 best Museum exhibitions on in London this Summer, half of which have Free admission.
Top 10 Most Memorable Kisses in Art
Throughout the History of Art, there are examples of loving couples in passionate embraces. Here Artlyst presents its top 10 most memorable kisses in...
Top 10 – Black Paintings
In 2016 Anish Kapoor acquired exclusive rights to the unique Vanta black pigment, reported to be the blackest shade of black in existence. ...
Top 10 – Dada Artists
2016 saw the 100 year anniversary of the first Dada performances at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland. So in reverence to this...
Top 10 – International Black Artists
Here is the Artlyst for the top 10 international black artists working today, the first of many celebrating diversity in the visual arts!
Top 10 – Feminist Artists
The feminist art movement emerged in the 1960s with women artists taking an interest in how they differed from their male counterparts. Artlyst has...
Top 10 – Appropriation Artworks
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...
Top 10 – White Artworks
As Winter is upon us and the nights are already closing in, what can be more appropriate than works of art in monochromatic white....
Artbytch
6 December 2020
Nicola Ravenscroft Sculpture With A Peaceful Stillness – Revd Jonathan Evens
Nicola Ravenscroft A graduate of Camberwell School of Art, she has owned and run a sculpture gallery and, as an art teacher, has nurtured...
Artbytch 2016: Death, Fake News And A Few Bloody Good Exhibitions
Artbytch looks back on a depressing year with great exhibitions.
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 is to shutdown. The...
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, the post event combing...
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 one wonders, what did...
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 2007, mainly because it’s...
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 old Pablo Picasso. What...
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 for renters to have...