National Gallery London To Begin Ten Day Strike Action From Today
National Gallery staff begin a 10 day walkout today which will occur during the half-term holidays. Around 200 members of the… Read More
26 May 2015
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Georg Baselitz Exhibition Opens In First White Cube Glyndebourne Festival Collaboration
‘The treble clef, the lines of the staves, the notes, and things start dancing, round and round, up and down, spaced… Read More
26 May 2015
London Photo Festival 2015 Winners announced
The Best in Show and runners up have been announced at the 8th London Photo Festival. Will Scott was this… Read More
26 May 2015
Picasso and Lee Miller Explored In Scottish National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
The unique relationship between Pablo Picasso and the iconic photographer Lee Miller is explored in a stunning new exhibition at… Read More
26 May 2015
Ai Weiwei Presented With Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2015
The international artist Ai Weiwei along with the folk singer Joan Baez were presented as the joint recipients of Amnesty… Read More
25 May 2015
Picasso Ceramics Collection Of Granddaughter Marina To Be Sold At Sotheby’s
Unique ceramics by Pablo Picasso belonging to the artist’s granddaughter, Marina Picasso will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this summer…. Read More
25 May 2015
Banksy And Koons Raises $30m At Star-studded Cannes AIDS Auction
One of the leading AIDS charitys has raised a staggering $30 million in support of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS… Read More
24 May 2015
Georg Baselitz: More Sexist Remarks On Why Women Painters Don’t Succeed
Georg Baselitz, The outspoken German painter has again caused controversy over his views of women painters. In an interview,with the Guardian newspaper,… Read More
23 May 2015
Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair Goes To The Dogs: Get Ready London
The date for this years Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair is fast approaching! After a dozen wildly successful years they’re finally… Read More
22 May 2015
Max Liebermann Painting From Cornelius Gurlitt Trove Auctioned In London
An exceptional painting by Max Liebermann discovered in Cornelius Gurlitt’s Home and successfully restituted to its rightful heirs, is to… Read More
22 May 2015
British Designer Jasper Morrison Presented With Prestigious Isamu Noguchi Award In NY
The Noguchi Museum has celebrated the 2015 Isamu Noguchi Award presented to the British Designer Jasper Morrison and the Japanese Architect Yoshio Taniguchi with… Read More
22 May 2015
Bow Arts Studio Complex Offers Artists Affordable Workspace In London
Yes! You heard this first on Artlyst! This summer, Bow Arts will open a new artist studio complex at London… Read More
21 May 2015
Four Seasons Renovation Fail: Is Aby Rosen A Walking PR Disaster?
The NY Landmarks Preservation Commission has turned down a planning request by the controversial New York developer Aby Rosen to make radical alterations… Read More
21 May 2015
Leading Artists Transform Rolls-Royce Ghost Cars For Breast Cancer Charity
Twelve leading artists have created unique artworks, each featuring a 1:18 scale replica of the iconic Rolls-Royce Ghost, for a one-of-a-kind collection. These spectacular… Read More
21 May 2015
Art15 Launches Their Third Fair At London’s Olympia
Art15, which opens in London today for its third edition, was set up by two of the original founders of… Read More
20 May 2015
Photo London Opens At Somerset House To Technicolour And Greyscale
Photo London, which opens today at Somerset House, is a major international photography event that will take place at Somerset… Read More
20 May 2015
The Geffrye Museum And British Library Winners In Heritage Lottery Funding
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced support worth £98m for nine major sites in England and Scotland. The stories… Read More
20 May 2015
Iconic John Constable Paintings Go On Display In Constable Country
Some of the most iconic masterpieces of British art by John Constable, including Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, are… Read More
19 May 2015
Peggy Guggenheim Grandchildren In Paris Court Today Over Venice Foundation
Peggy Guggenheim was one of the most influential collectors of Modern art in history. She left her art collection and Venice home,… Read More
19 May 2015
Jackson Pollock Explored In UK Exhibition After Three decade Hiatus
Tate Liverpool is presenting the first exhibition in more than three decades to survey the late paintings of Jackson Pollock… Read More
19 May 2015
Cornelia Parker’s Magna Carta Turns Shared Content Into A Physical Object
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, says: “Cornelia Parker’s embroidered Magna Carta takes shared onscreen content back into the world of physical… Read More
18 May 2015
Frieze New York 2015 Round-Up Ponchos and Big Bucks Exchange Hands
The art world is a very robust entity and even after the highs of the 56th Venice Biennale, which opened on… Read More
18 May 2015
Anders Knutsson and Lesley Hilling New London Exhibition Inspired By Miles Davis
The Knight Webb Gallery will be presenting ‘In a Silent Way’, an exhibition of monochrome paintings by Anders Knutsson and recycled wood… Read More
17 May 2015
Artlyst Photo Special: David Hockney, Painting And Photography
Annely Juda Fine Art presents David Hockney ‘Painting and Photography’. The show explores the artist’s lifelong interest in perspective and… Read More
16 May 2015
Grayson Perry Launches His New Landmark House for Essex
Grayson Perry has launched his latest project, ‘A House for Essex’ which has created a new landmark for Wrabness, close to the Essex… Read More
16 May 2015
More National Gallery Strike Action Planned For Late May
Due to strike action, in a long-running dispute over privatisation, affecting the National Gallery, the museum is expecting some room closures on… Read More
15 May 2015
Art Basel Announces Unlimited: Presenting 74 Large-scale Works Spanning Five Decades
Art Basel’s unique platform Unlimited, a section dedicated to artworks that transcend the traditional art-fair stand, will this year present 74 projects from… Read More
15 May 2015
Gurlitt Matisse: Unconditional Restitution Announced By Paul Rosenberg Heirs
The heirs of Paul Rosenberg have confirmed the unconditional restitution of Henri Matisse’s ‘Femme Assise’, discovered in the Munich home of… Read More
15 May 2015
Room&Book Art Book Fair To Open At ICA London
The directors of Room&Book are to present the second edition of Room&Book Art Book Fair. Bringing together some of the… Read More
15 May 2015
70 Galleries To Participate In Photo London At Somerset House
Following an outstanding response from galleries around the world after the announcement of the inaugural Photo London fair, 69 galleries… Read More
15 May 2015
Christie’s Achieves Eight New World Records For Contemporary And Modern Art
Christie’s Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary art has achieved US $658,532,000 (£419,714,468/ €584,662,254) with sell-through rates of 88% by lot and 94% by value…. Read More
14 May 2015
Lucian Freud: The Artist Examined In New Play
Lucian Freud, the German-born British painter was known for creating works of psychological penetration, and for the often discomforting examination… Read More
14 May 2015