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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 we do before it...
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 such a...
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....
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...
Jeff Koons: Showing The Love For Irony And Pseudo Philosophical Claptrap
The loads of people who know me as a boring old traditionalist (Turner Prize?! Yah boo hiss!) are always surprised when I say I actually love Jeff...
Turner Prize 2016 The Artbytch Verdict Is Out And WTF
This week I visited the new George Shaw exhibition at the National Gallery; the result of two years’ worth of study and response to its permanent...
V&A’s Bizarre Decision To Ban All Sketching At Undressed Is Pants
I know I'm a little late to the party here but several people have been asking me what I make of the V&A's bizarre decision to ban all sketching...
Francis Bacon: Alice Herrick And Clive Jennings Discuss The Ravarino Drawings
The Herrick Gallery, London is currently presenting a selection of drawings purportedly by the great British painter Francis Bacon, lent by...
Gavin Nolan Sixty Second Interview With Artlyst’s Paul Carter Robinson
Gavin Nolan’s latest exhibition at Charlie Smith London consists of recent paintings depicting versions of historical figures. The show runs from...
Microsoft Rembrandt vs Microsoft Republican Candidate In Bad Toupee
The news of a new Rembrandt is bound to set tongues wagging. And any preconceived doubts about its authenticity are immediately allayed: it looks...
Tracey Emin’s Unintentionally Unironic Zoolander-style Who Am I Quest
When learning of Tracey Emin’s decision to marry a rock of course the first thing the less charitable parts of our minds would be thinking will be...
A Restoration: Elizabeth Price And Paul Black In Conversation
Paul Black has visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to meet Turner Prize, and 2013 Contemporary Art Society Award winner Elizabeth Price, and view...