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Madonna Art Collector’s Humble Brag Is A Stand-Up Comedy Disaster
Last week Madonna got up on the Tonight Show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, in a staged and contrived act and performed not the best of her 80s music, in...
Why Art Offends: A Perfect Storm In A Teacup
Artlyst recently created a list of the most offensive works of art; so what is the difference between this and its idea of hated art? Our good...
Tate’s Chris Dercon Rumoured Resignation NPG’s Sandy Nairne Bows Out
Artlyst is not normally one for conspiracy theories, but we have noticed an alarming trend with the seeming exodus of London's leading museum...
London’s Leading Museum Directors Exit In Droves
Do I detect a pattern here? There is an exodus afoot amongst the highest echelons of museum management; in the past twelve months...
Debora Delmar Corp. Talks To Artlyst About Upward Mobility, Assemblage, And The Cult Of Celebrity
Modern Art Oxford presents 'Upward Mobility' a major new site-specific installation by Debora Delmar Corp. This is the adopted name of Mexican...
Jeff Koons And The Ten Million Pound Easter Egg
Religious or not, we are all familiar with the spirit of giving, new life and general goodwill associated with decorating and eating eggs at Easter....
Rembrandt vs Damien Hirst The Art And The Ego
Rembrandt, unlike Vermeer who made extraordinary universes out of small rooms in the provincial town of Delft, needed to leave his native Leiden for...
Hans Haacke Proposes Tate For Gift Horse Beyond The Fourth Plinth
In the second and final part of our featured discussion between Hans Haacke and Jon Bird at the ICA, we conclude that Mr Haacke's work...
English Painter Edward Coyle Talks To Artlyst About Material Space, Aborted Futures, And Serendipity
Berloni Gallery presents 'BUILD!', a solo exhibition by English painter Edward Coyle, following the artist's twelve month on-site residency at the...
Art Outrage Is Subjective To The Zeitgeist Of Social Perception
The term ‘offence’, in the context of ‘to take offence at’ (as opposed to, an illegal offence or act against the law) is...
New Copyright Law Threatening To Put Artists And Publishers Behind Bars Is An Act Of Censorship
In light of recent decisions in the courts regarding the appropriation and use of images in works of art, that saw the Belgian artist Luc Tuymans...
Why Contemporary Art Should Have More Of A Sense Of Humour
There is a strong case to be made that what we recognise as “high” art and laughter are entirely mutually exclusive: take the famous...