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A new exhibition at the National Gallery is a celebration of monochrome and in particular painting in black and white. The term monochrome is used...

Cultural vandalism manifests itself in various ugly ways. There are examples of government approved vandalism, like the destruction of TFL's Eduardo...

What is Outsider Art? Roger Cardinal the English art critic coined the term 'Outsider Art' in 1972 as the English alternative to 'Art Brut' (French:...

Picked By Paul Black - With Anselm Kiefer's ambitious new exhibition, Paul Nash At Tate Britain, Picasso at the NPG, and Georgia O’Keeffe, and Mona...

I’m just back from a week in Santiago, the capital of Chile. The third time I’ve been there, but the first two were just before Pinochet stepped...

Good artists can create bad art, and fine artists are included in this selection; even they can create low-brow, mass produced work, in a perpetual...

Artlyst has delved through the archives of art world oddities to bring you the reader the strangest art performance pieces of all time. From scary...

Artlyst has put together its top ten Christmas works of art for the festive season. This list includes a wide range of Yuletide art, both classical...

The Art Loss Register has long been the market leaders in tracking down stolen art. This independent company has compiled the definitive list of...

Throughout history artists have created erotic art. Defining erotic art is difficult since perceptions of both what is erotic and what is art...

Artlyst has decided to cross the line and 'name and shame' local UK councils and public bodies for commissioning some of the most horrendous misuses...

We face the world in which it appears ever more likely that a Clash of Civilisations will be played out on the world stage, potentially with weapons...