David Cameron Urged To Save Sekhemka Statue From Export
Campaigners fighting the export of the Sekhemka statue – an historic work of art sold by Northampton Borough Council for… Read More
28 July 2015
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Robert Rauschenberg Retrospective Exhibitions Announced For Tate Modern And MoMa
The American Artist Robert Rauschenberg is to have a retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern in 2016. This will be the first… Read More
28 July 2015
Grayson Perry, Julian Opie Respond To The Idea Of Portraiture At V&A
This summer the V&A presents Facing History: Contemporary Portraiture, a display of 80 prints and photographs drawn from the V&A’s… Read More
28 July 2015
The Boys The Girls And The Political At Lisson Gallery London
The boys the girls and the political brings together 10 international artists and articulates a group dynamic built upon multifaceted… Read More
28 July 2015
Ai Weiwei Expected To Attend Royal Academy Exhibition In London
The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been granted a visa to travel to Germany. it is now expected that he… Read More
28 July 2015
Georgia O’Keeffe Retrospective Announced For Tate Modern In Summer 2016
A major exhibition devoted to the American artist Georgia O’Keeffe has been announced by Tate Modern for summer 2016. This founding figure of… Read More
27 July 2015
Damien Hirst: The First Art On Another Planet
In light of the recent and stunning images of Pluto taken by New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager from a… Read More
27 July 2015
Art Fund’s UK Curatorial Scheme Increased By £100k In New Round
The Art Fund has announced that applications are open for a second phase of the New Collecting Awards, the charity’s landmark… Read More
27 July 2015
Rachel Howard: Damien Hirst’s First Assistant Exhibits At Jerwood Gallery
This summer Jerwood Gallery presents British artist, Rachel Howard, for her largest solo public gallery exhibition in the UK. The… Read More
27 July 2015
Anna Barham Creates Virtual Chinese Whispers Game At The ICA
The Multi-media artist Anna Barham will encourage visitors at the ICA Studio to participate in an elaborate game of Chinese Whispers…. Read More
27 July 2015
Francis Bacon Blockbuster To Open At Tate Liverpool In 2016
The new exhibition at Tate Liverpool will focus on Bacon’s use of ‘space-frames’ – considered one of Britain’s greatest modern… Read More
27 July 2015
Tracey Emin Upsets Neighbours With Plans To Demolish Local Landmark Building
Tracey Emin has come up against opposition from her Shoreditch neighbours, after submitting plans to demolish a local landmark building… Read More
27 July 2015
Wayne Thiebaud: First London Works On Paper Exhibition Announced
The first London exhibition of prints and works on paper by the celebrated American artist Wayne Thiebaud has been announced… Read More
26 July 2015
Was Grayson Perry’s Puppy Proposal Dismissed By The Tower Of London?
The Turner Prize-winner Grayson Perry tweeted that he had submitted a proposal to install nearly one million ceramic puppies around… Read More
26 July 2015
Magnificent Obsessions Moves To Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts
Celebrating the many and varied motivations for collecting, ‘Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector’ presents the fascinating personal collections of… Read More
25 July 2015
New Tory Cuts Threaten Free Council Run Museums Entry
Charges for museum entry were scrapped at national galleries in England, Scotland and Wales in 2001. Many of these institutions had… Read More
25 July 2015
Camden’s David Roberts Art Foundation To Increase Performance Art Commitment
The David Roberts Art Foundation is to increase its ongoing commitment to performance, by opening a dedicated live projects space…. Read More
24 July 2015
New Art Installed In Fukushima’s Radioactive Zone Inaccessible For Decades
The deserted radioactive zone of Fukushima has become home to the works of leading international and Japanese artists, having installed… Read More
24 July 2015
Rosenfeld Porcini Presents First UK Solo Exhibition Of Duo Spazio Visivo
The gallery rosenfeld porcini present Beyond Sight, a first solo UK exhibition for the collaborative duo Spazio Visivo. Installations merging… Read More
24 July 2015
Robert Irwin To Open At White Cube Bermondsey
White Cube presents an exhibition by Robert Irwin, one of the pivotal figures in recent American art. Irwin’s oeuvre has… Read More
24 July 2015
Bristol Cracks Down On Illegal Tagging As Upfest Gets Underway
A Green Party councillor in Bristol wants to re write the local rules on graffiti in the city. The area… Read More
24 July 2015
William Kentridge Celebrates Coronet Theatre Rebirth With Handspring Puppet Collaboration
William Kentridge’s landmark collaboration with South African novelist and playwright, Jane Taylor, and the Handspring Puppet Company, will celebrate the relaunch… Read More
23 July 2015
Artlyst EXCLUSIVE: LISTEN To Gabriel Yared’s Sound Installation For Paul Cézanne’s Bathers
Artlyst attended the National Gallery to experience its latest exhibition: Soundscapes. The Gallery has commissioned leading contemporary sound artists and… Read More
23 July 2015
Artlyst Photo Special: Eloise Hawser, Lives On Wire ICA London
Artlyst likes to keep its eye on emerging artists in the capital, and with that in mind we attended the… Read More
23 July 2015
Display Gallery Presents Group Exhibition: A Sequence Of Nows
Display Gallery presents ‘A Sequence of Nows’, a group exhibition by six promising, international artists for whom time acts as… Read More
23 July 2015
Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner Announces New Blenheim Art Foundation Exhibition
A new exhibition by American artist and founding figure of Conceptual Art, Lawrence Weiner has been announced by the Blenheim Art… Read More
23 July 2015
Irma Stern Painting Sold To Fund Nelson Mandela Defence To Be Auctioned
An historic painting by the South African artist Irma Stern, which was discovered in a London flat, where it was… Read More
23 July 2015
Dame Elisabeth Frink: Major Survey Of Her Public Sculpture Announced
A major survey exhibition of Dame Elisabeth Frink’s public sculpture commissions has been announced opening 25 November 2015 at the The… Read More
22 July 2015
Ai Weiwei Has Passport Returned By Chinese Authorities
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei could soon be travelling around the world again with his art. The artist who… Read More
22 July 2015
Anthony Caro Celebrated With Double-Venue Retrospective In Yorkshire
A new exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the late Anthony Caro. Caro in Yorkshire is… Read More
22 July 2015
Christie’s Auctioneers Release Record Half Year Results Of £2.9 Billion
Christie’s have announced record half year sales of £2.9 billion, up 8% $4.5 billion, up 0% on last year’s figures from the… Read More
22 July 2015
Takashi Murakami And Louis Vuitton Collaboration To Come To An End
In 2003, Takashi Murakami unveiled his particular interpretation of the iconic Louis Vuitton logo, rendered in the Pop artist’s signature… Read More
21 July 2015