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Things I Hate About The British Art World Today – Edward Lucie-Smith
The British art world is apparently in a healthy state at the moment. In particular, it is on extremely cuddly terms with a benevolent arts...
Richard Long Knighted In New Year’s Honours List 2018
Richard Long, the four-times Turner Prize nominee and one-time winner (1989) has been knighted in the New Year's honours list. Other Visual...
Top Art News Stories Featured On Artlyst In 2017
It has been a challenging year in the art world with record auction prices and soaring fair costs. Many art dealers have had to rethink their...
Tim Rollins Artist And KOS Founder Dies Aged 62
The artist Tim Rollins has died, age 62. He co-founded Group Material in Manhattan, 1979 with Julie Ault and Félix González-Torres before going on...
Superflex Hospital Equipment Installation Repurposed And Shipped To Syria
SUPERFLEX the Danish collective who have currently taken over the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern have repurposed and donated their Hospital Equipment,...
Stolen Hans Hofmann Paintings Recovered – Scandalous Inside Job Exposed
Part of a collection of Hans Hofmann paintings stolen in 2004 from a New York City-based fine art storage facility has been recovered. Working with...
Art On The Underground Mark Woman’s Right To Vote Centenary With Year Of Women Artists
A large London-wide exhibition of work by women artists will run across the capital in 2018 to celebrate 100 years since women won the right to...
Arts Council Publishes 2016/17 In Lieu Cultural Gifts Scheme Annual Report
The Arts Council has published its 2016/17 Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in lieu annual report. It shows that in the last year, 44 cases –...
New Asian Art Gallery At British Museum A Let Down – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new galleries of Asian art at the British Museum, named after benefactor Sir Joseph Hotung and numbered 33 on the museum’s floor plan, ought to...
Sotheby’s Rounds Off 2017 Reaching $4.7 billion Annual Sales Total
Sotheby’s concluded their 2017 auctions this week, reaching an annual sales total of $4.7 billion that represents a 13.1% increase over our 2016...
Richard Avedon Foundation Calls On Random House To Suspend Biography
The Richard Avedon Foundation have set their lawyers to work by calling on Spiegel and Grau, an imprint of Random House, to cease publication,...
V&A Unveil Uniforms More Suitable For Rambling Than Museuming
V&A staff have new uniforms designed by the British fashion designer Christopher Raeburn. Sorry, Tristram, you could have done much better! You...
