Serota should be awarded the Turner prize, “for furthering so many worthless careers”. This is one of the many put-downs by the late art critic Brian Sewell. Here’s what Brian has to say about some of the other biggest names in Modern and Contemporary art.
24 December 2016
In light of current world events, Artlyst thought it poignant to point out that with change comes cultural diversity, which in turn empowers the evolution of art. Here is our list of the top 10 refugee artists.
24 December 2016
Love it or loath it, the Turner Prize award always raises a critic’s scrutinising eyebrow. Some past prize winners are now household names, others have sunk into the hinterlands of obscurity. Here are some of the more outlandish past entrants.
23 December 2016
With Sotheby’s new record for the highest total at a London auction, it would seem that the sky is indeed… Read More
21 December 2016
Artlyst has compiled our latest curated Top Ten with our ‘Most Wanted Stolen Artworks’ as taken from the Art Loss Register database.
19 December 2016
Works by the late British artist Michael Andrews (1928–1995) are to be exhibited at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London.
15 December 2016
The Art of Rivalry is a relief in art critical terms. It is well and clearly written, with no pretentions. Sebastian Smee is currently the art critic for the Boston Globe, where he has been since 2008.
22 November 2016
The Colony Room: Masterpieces from Pallant House Gallery, is a major new exhibition, chronicling the life and times of the legendary… Read More
19 September 2016
Hugh Mendes is to exhibit his obsessional obituary paintings in a new show at Charlie Smith London. Operating simultaneously as… Read More
16 September 2016
Christie’s have made further discoveries and positive attributions while cataloguing the collection of the late Brian Sewell critic for the… Read More
26 August 2016
August is nearly here – the time when the contemporary art world in London begins its annual snooze, to wake up,… Read More
28 July 2016
If you’re planning on leaving the metropolis for your staycation, Artlyst has put together a selection of the best UK… Read More
19 July 2016
These books are worth noticing together (even though one of them is in fact a reissue) because of the things they… Read More
20 June 2016
Artlyst has attended The Slade School Of Art MA MFA PhD Degree Show 2016 to investigate the fresh and exciting… Read More
17 June 2016
Christie’s are offering an unusually comprehensive pair of sales of Modern British and Irish art at the end of this month… Read More
2 June 2016
Oh no, not another bloody Listicle! When I first got into writing drivel for advertising, using a numbered list format was frowned upon.
1 June 2016
A marble statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin has sold at Sotheby’s, New York for a record $20.4m (£14m)…. Read More
10 May 2016
Nicholas Serota director of Tate has warned that ‘London’s increasingly high cost of living is making it impossible for young artists to… Read More
17 March 2016
I would love to say I’ve met David Hockney: I admire him enormously as a draughtsman, especially innumerable portraits capturing… Read More
26 February 2016
Melanie Clore, the highly respected Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and one of the most experienced businesswomen and art experts working… Read More
15 February 2016
Following her successful retrospective show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal last year, the Canada Gallery is currently presenting… Read More
8 February 2016
Creating Figurative Works some where between Jenny Saville and Lucian Freud, Rizvan Rahman has been building up an impressive body of paintings… Read More
3 February 2016
The human body stripped bare has the power to compel, to shock and to seduce. From the heroic, muscular male forms… Read More
13 November 2015
Christie’s has achieved several record prices for artists at their auction in New York last night. The highest prices were… Read More
10 November 2015
White Cube Bermondsey presents ‘Tightrope Walk: Painted Images after Abstraction’, a group exhibition, curated by Barry Schwabsky. The exhibition brings… Read More
29 October 2015
The ‘Frieze Week’ auctions at Phillips totalled £38,522,675 / $58,694,880 / €51,305,365 selling 99% by value and 86% by lot…. Read More
16 October 2015
Messum’s are holding a survey exhibition of Miles Richmond’s work at their Cork Street gallery in Mayfair. Happily the show… Read More
15 October 2015
This October 2015, Christie’s will bring together an international selection of over 300 artists to headline the Frieze Week auctions… Read More
8 October 2015
The British Art critic Brian Sewell has died aged 84. Mr Sewell who was considered an expert on the French artist Poussin was the art critic for the London Evening Standard
19 September 2015
The forthcoming Made in Britain auction has been announced by Sotheby’s. It is the third edition of a sale uniquely… Read More
17 August 2015
Sotheby’s has achieved the highest total for any auction of Contemporary Art ever held by the auction house in London. The sale which took… Read More
2 July 2015
Basel on a budget. Seemingly impossible, where even the most reasonable hotel is priced out at £250 per night, the… Read More
20 June 2015
