4 October 2020
Royal Opera Auctions Hockney Portrait To Cover COVID Debts
An iconic portrait by the British Artist David Hockney of Royal Opera House boss Sir David Webster will go under the hammer this month...
4 October 2020
An iconic portrait by the British Artist David Hockney of Royal Opera House boss Sir David Webster will go under the hammer this month...
2 October 2020
The British/Portuguese artist Paula Rego has severed ties with her long-term gallery Marlborough and joined Victoria Miro
1 October 2020
Damien Hirst has announced his first solo exhibition at his Newport Street Gallery, London, from 7 October 2020 – 7 March 2021. Titled ‘End...
29 September 2020
The V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) are contemplating mass redundancies a press release received on the Artlyst desk today states:
Robert Bechtle who has died age 88 was an American painter and printmaker born in San Francisco in 1932. He lived all his life...
25 September 2020
The eagerly awaited retrospective exhibition of the American artist Philip Guston, set to take place at Tate Modern in February 2021 has been postponed...
24 September 2020
A portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel by Sandro Botticelli painted in the 15th century will go under the hammer at Sotheby's...
22 September 2020
The Royal Academy has announced that they will be entering a period of consultation over staff redundancies at their London gallery. This is due...
20 September 2020
The V&A and Smithsonian have cancelled their joint venture in East London which would have seen the world-renowned institutions partner in creating a collaborative...
The American performance artist/impresario Spencer Tunick, known for his nude human installations in public spaces has gathered two hundred twenty members of the public...
15 September 2020
Art Basel has published their 2020 mid-year survey 'The Impact of COVID- 19 on the Gallery Sector' shows smaller galleries have been hardest hit,...
15 September 2020
The French are a defiant lot when it comes to business and culture, but COVID and new EU movement regulations have cancelled FIAC Paris...
12 September 2020
Sir Terence Conran, designer, philanthropist and founder of the Design Museum, has passed away, Saturday 12 September, he was 88 years old.
10 September 2020
The daughter of advertising mogul/collector Charles Saatchi has announced the launch of a new gallery in London's Mayfair.
Tate and the art dealer Anthony d'Offay have agreed to end their relationship. The announcement came today in a joint statement by Tate and...
2 September 2020
Art Basel has had a very tough year. Could it be the Murdoch curse? Due to the COVID pandemic's impact, Art Basel has announced...
1 September 2020
Experts are not always right. A painting, in the style of Rembrandt which has gathered dust for decades in the basement of the Ashmolean...
30 August 2020
Frank Dunphy, the man behind Damien Hirst and many leading YBAs financial success has died age 82.
The elusive 'Street Artist' Banksy has put his money where his mouth is by funding a rescue boat to help save refugees in dangerous...
An architecture student who caused over £350,000 damage to a Picasso painting at Tate Modern has been jailed for eighteen months.
The founder of the British Museum Sir Hans Sloane has had his bust removed from a prominent position in the gallery due to his...
24 August 2020
Photo London the UK's premier photo fair which was supposed to take place in October during Frieze week has been cancelled
20 August 2020
Grayson Perry the Turner Prize-winning transvestite artist has unveiled the installation of a previously unseen edition of his work The Tomb of the Unknown...
19 August 2020
The highly regarded GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO will soon be 50. Incredible. Half a century ago its humble beginnings in a rundown former electricians was...
17 August 2020
The collection from the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace, widely acknowledged to be the highlight of the Royal art collection will be brought together...
15 August 2020
UAL's summer graduate shows are a celebration of all the hard work and fantastic creativity for the students. Since lockdown started, they've been working...
14 August 2020
Hastings Contemporary mount beautifully curated intimate exhibitions of both British and now international artists. They are currently showing a retrospective exhibition of the Modern...
31 July 2020
Ellora Sutton and Elsie Hayward have been announced as the inaugural winners of the Artlyst Art to Poetry Award
31 July 2020
The artist Heather Phillipson quietly unveiled her fourth plinth commission in Trafalgar Square, yesterday with a lack of fanfare not seen before in past...
30 July 2020
I also visited the auction house to view all the lots, which made up quite an impressive exhibition: from ‘Rembrandt to Richter’ as it...
30 July 2020
Sir Jack and Lady Petchey have gifted the highly publicised birthday sculpture of Princess Anne to UK Youth to celebrate her work with the...