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Twelve Out Of London Art Exhibitions Summer 2023
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions outside the capital and around the UK this summer. With exhibitions like Sean Scully at Houghton Hall or...
Jeremy Deller The Battle Of Orgreave 2001 – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
Back in 1984, when he was a young person living through the Thatcher era, Jeremy Deller remembers seeing on TV what has now become an iconic moment....
London Gallery Weekend 2023 – What Artlyst Loved – Nico Kos Earle
Despite the punitive rail strikes that continue to hammer London's working population, a gift of exhibitions opened across the capital's art...
A Turner Mystery Solved – Kelly Grovier
It is among the most intriguing mysteries surrounding the art and imagination of Joseph Mallord William Turner: the secret he insisted was waiting...
The Art Diary June 2023 – Rev Jonathan Evens
The June Art Diary includes Gwen John, Marc Chagall, Louis Carreon, Peter Howson, Laura Knight, Cecilia Vicuña and Yun Hyong-keun. Gwen John's...
Callum Innes: Interview of the Month June 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
Over the past four decades, Callum Innes has worked in series, creating luminous abstractions which expose the fundamentals of painting: pigment,...
Frank Gehry At Battersea Power Station The Verdict – Alex Murray
It takes a long time to reawaken a slumbering giant, forty years in the case of the Battersea Power Station. And remaking the giant's bed, all 42...
Photo London 2023 Everything Everywhere – Nico Kos-Earle
Just as Photo London was about to open its doors, it seemed that AI was about to blow everything up (again) after an eerie black-and-white image...
The Art Diary May 2023 – Rev Jonathan Evens
This May sees the launch of a major monograph, the first on Joe Tilson, published by Lund Humphries. To coincide with this, two major exhibitions of...
Sabine Moritz: Interview of the Month May 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent
Sabine Moritz was born in East Germany in 1969: her family managed to move west in 1985, but her early work often took its subjects from...
Pablo Picasso: Top Ten Seminal Paintings – The Critical Eye – Artlyst
After visiting the excellent Paul Smith-curated Pablo Picasso exhibition at the Musée Picasso in Paris, I was inspired to choose ten paintings,...
Are Artists Like Jeff Koons And Damien Hirst Only In It For The Money?
It's difficult to say definitively whether artists like Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst are "only in it for the money," as motivations can be complex...