Banksy Glasto Mural Realises £445k At Paris Auction
A Banksy painting that was produced on the side of a festival worker’s trailer, during the 1998 Glastonbury Festival, has… Read More
2 June 2015
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Carsten Holler Provides Overnight Robotic Beds At The Hayward Gallery
A new Hayward Gallery exhibition invites visitors to book a night in the artist’s robotic beds that roam around the… Read More
2 June 2015
Richard Serra Awarded The Prestigious French Legion of Honour
The artist Richard Serra will today receive France’s highest honour, the insignia of Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour,… Read More
1 June 2015
Pablo Bronstein London Tube Map Design Released Today By TFL
Art on the Underground, the art programme sponsored by Transport for London (TfL), has launched the latest pocket Tube map,… Read More
1 June 2015
Agnes Martin Exhibition Of Evocative Canvases To Open At Tate Modern
Tate Modern will present the first retrospective of the seminal American painter Agnes Martin since her death in 2004. Martin… Read More
1 June 2015
Jerwood Makers Open 2015 Announces Debut Artists Exhibition
The following artists who were selected for the 2015 Jerwood Makers Open. Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, Malene Hartmann Rasmussen, Jasleen Kaur, Ian McIntyre, Silo… Read More
1 June 2015
Contemporary Art and Law Explored In New London Group Exhibition
Embedded in this new exhibition, at Copperfield in London, the Re-contextualising of the heraldic motto ‘Dieu et mon droit,’ which translates… Read More
1 June 2015
Banksy’s Grim Reaper Finds New Permanent Home At Bristol Museum
Banksy’s The Grim Reaper has found a permanent home following a programme of restoration. The iconic mural which was painted on the bottom of… Read More
1 June 2015
Volcano Extravaganza: Fiorucci Art Trust Announces Their fifth Edition Programme
The Fiorucci Art Trust has announced the fifth edition of Volcano Extravaganza, an annual festival of contemporary art, presented on the… Read More
31 May 2015
Lucian Freud Painting Gifted To Duchess ‘Debo’ For Sotheby’s Auction
The work Four Eggs on a Plate, 2002, was given to the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, affectionately known as… Read More
31 May 2015
Jack Vettriano May Never Paint Again After Shoulder Injury
Jack Vettriano the Scottish painter famous for his ‘Athena style’ kitsch paintings has announced he is to give up painting due… Read More
30 May 2015
Inside Central Saint Martins MA Degree Shows 2015 Our Pick
Show One of the Central Saint Martins Degree Shows has opened at their Kings Cross campus. This consists of Art: BA Fine… Read More
30 May 2015
Chris Ofili Holy Virgin Mary Elephant Dung Painting To Be Auctioned
Chris Ofili’s most controversial painting, ‘The Holy Virgin Mary’ (1996) will be offered for sale at an auction at Christie’s on 30 June in London…. Read More
30 May 2015
Turner Prize To Be Hosted In Hull In 2017 Culture Year
The Turner Prize, one of the most important events in British art, will be hosted in Hull UK City of… Read More
29 May 2015
Cornelia Parker Unveils Reversed Clock Installation At St Pancras Station
The Turner Prize nominated British artist and Royal Academician, Cornelia Parker presents ‘One More Time’, 2015, a working replica of the… Read More
29 May 2015
Grayson Perry Discloses The Truth About A House For Essex
Artlyst has travelled to Wrabness in Essex to meet Grayson Perry at the site of his latest project, ‘A House… Read More
29 May 2015
Duane Hanson: Realist Sculpture Retrospective To Open At Serpentine Gallery
The Serpentine presents the work of late American sculptor Duane Hanson in his first survey show in London since 1997…. Read More
29 May 2015
Darren Henley Arts Council England’s New Head Speaks Out Against Further Cuts
Darren Henley the new head of Arts Council England has said further arts cuts should be halted as the government seeks to balance the… Read More
28 May 2015
Jasper Johns Opens New York Space Dedicated To Artist-Curated Shows
Jasper Johns is opening a new project space in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, with the project being dedicated exclusively to artist-curated… Read More
28 May 2015
$2.8 Million Grant Programme Implemented To Rescue Artists In Conflict Zones
The Institute of International Education with funding from Mellon Foundation has launched a project to aid persecuted artists and performers… Read More
28 May 2015
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Inventor of the World Wide Web Honoured With Statue
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide… Read More
28 May 2015
Sterling Hundley Named Winner of the V&A Illustration Awards 2015
Sterling Hundley a talented designer nominated for his series of illustrations for classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (commissioned by The Folio Society)… Read More
28 May 2015
Van Gogh Recreated With Virtual Reality Explores His Famous Paintings
Technical wiz-kid, animator Mac Cauley of New York has recreated a virtual walk through some of Vincent van Gogh’s best known art works. The video references… Read More
27 May 2015
Art15 The Final Word On London’s Leading Spring Art Fair
Art15 is now London’s leading spring Contemporary Art fair. They present a wide selection of artists, galleries and collectors from… Read More
27 May 2015
In Conversation: Artist Peter Doig And Tate Director Nicholas Serota
During the Preview week of the Venice Biennale Artlyst was privileged to attend a conversation between Peter Doig, the Turner… Read More
27 May 2015
Richard Prince: New Instagram Appropriations Selling For $100,000
Richard Prince has again been raiding the Instagram accounts of the largely female rich and famous with a series of… Read More
27 May 2015
Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst Announced For 5th Edition Of Sculpture In The City
Sculpture in the City, the dynamic yearly public art exhibition in the City of London, returns this summer with a… Read More
27 May 2015
Gabriel Hartley: Lozenges To Open At Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by young British artist Gabriel Hartley. Characterised by bold,… Read More
27 May 2015
Hoxton Artists Given Ultimatum As Studios Under Threat Of Demolition
Artists at the Cremer Street Studios have been told to sign a letter in support of tower block development. The… Read More
26 May 2015
Bloomberg New Contemporaries Announces Artists For 2015
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, one of the most important exhibitions for spotting new and emerging talent in Britain has announced this… Read More
26 May 2015
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses After Dusk To Open At Serpentine Gallery
The Serpentine Gallery presents Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses After Dusk. The artist was born 1977, London, Yiadom-Boakye’s oil paintings depict figures… Read More
26 May 2015
Doug Aitken Station to Station Project Artists Announced Barbican Centre
The Barbican has announced further programming details for Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening — American multi-media artist Doug Aitken’s experiment in spontaneous artistic… Read More
26 May 2015