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Is The Mona Lisa Nothing More Than A Cultural Black Hole?
“Ars longa, vita brevis” should be uttered (and was, repeatedly, ad nauseum by my moustachioed diploma fine art tutor) with a heavy dose of irony....
Artnapping: Should Museums Pay The Ransom Or Lose The Art?
In 2013 Van Buuren Museum, Brussels, suffered a robbery in which several works of art were stolen from its collection; including 'The Thinker'...
Thierry Morel Talks To Artlyst About Francis Bacon, Influence, And Memory
Francis Bacon and the Masters is the latest exhibition of works by the late-great British painter, bringing together over twenty-five major works by...
Interview With Artist Lucas Reiner by John Wisniewski Artlyst Exclusive
1) When did you begin drawing and painting, Lucas? My mother was an artist and so drawing and painting were always encouraged when I was young. It...
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 the resignations...
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 crosses...