Features

Keeping his (?) identity a closely guarded secret, the Bristol street artist Banksy has long been famous for provocative images stencilled around...

What is an art Scandal? It is a good idea to dissect the word scandal before you apply it to the wonderful world of international art. Art is the...

Visual Art has traditionally been one big boy’s club. Many critics, even today, overlook great women artists in favour of their less talented...

During the last few years, the world of contemporary art has undergone a number of drastic changes, which many leading participants seem extremely...

The term “starving artist” is a stereotype! As we know, most true artists must create; it is their life’s blood. The act of creation is part of...

Rich is a non-gender specific term. But what about the fact that the top ten richest artists are all male. After all How many female artists...

What is rich? Here are some definitions taken from the Oxford English Dictionary that may apply to the ten people who top our 1% richest list of...

Since its inception, Artlyst has been a huge fan and supporter of 'Outsider Art' as a genre. So when we discovered The Museum of Bad Art...

Well, I knew you just had to click onto this! Couldn't resist …Right!!! This week Artlyst features some of the greatest paintings (and other works...

Love it or loath it, the Turner Prize award always raises a critic's scrutinising eyebrow. Some past prize winners are now household names, others...

A widespread observation is that a great talent has a free spirit, which is often a threatening reality to those who wish to maintain the political...

History tells that where there is big money to be made there is always a scammer out there to fake it. Many artists have copied their heroes in...