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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 defined as an “annoyance or...
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 ‘Laughing...
Hans Haacke In Conversation About His Recent Fourth Plinth Commission
Hans Haacke is a leading figure in the contemporary art world. His work crosses boundaries of Conceptual, Minimal, Pop and site specific Land Art....
Gustave Courbet Case: Facebook Revises Rules Over Banned Content
Facebook has unveiled a revised and extended version of its “community standards” - the rule book through which the company governs what is...
Artlyst Tours Kirstie MacLeod’s First UK Solo Exhibition At Rook & Raven
Rook & Raven is currently presenting 'Punctured Perspectives', the first UK solo show of British artist Kirstie MacLeod. The artist is known for...
Artists Behaving Badly Infant Terrible Or Simply Self-indulgent Twats
There is an extremely thin line between embodying the tortured soul artiste, the infant terrible, and simply behaving like a self-indulgent twat to...
Is Damien Hirst Recruiting Photo-realist Painters To Boost His Flagging Paintings?
Damien Hirst's company Science UK LTD, has placed an advert for photo-realist painters. The ad, posted on the Jobs section of the Guardian, lists...
Tom Butler Talks To Artlyst About Inhabitants, Séances, And Concealment
CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is currently exhibiting the work of artist Tom Butler, with his second one person show at the gallery. The artist's practice...
Alex Katz On Black Backgrounds and His Relationship With Poetry
Artlyst met up with the American Artist Alex Katz, on the eve of the opening of his latest show 'Black Paintings,' at the Timothy Taylor Gallery, in...
Etchings: A Peculiar Mid-point Between The Grand Officialness Of Painting
Etchings occupy a peculiar mid-point between the grand ‘officialness’ of the painting medium, historically seen as noble – whether oil, watercolour,...