Jonathan Jones’ new book from Laurence King Publishing is a quality job. Entitled Sensations, it bears on its back cover a recommendation from none other than Tracey Emin, which reads as follows: “I never loved Jonathan’s writing when he slagged my work off! He is a...
At first glance, the Sean Scully show that just opened at the National Gallery in London couldn’t be more different from the exhibition not far away at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill. It features just one artist, rather than a series of well-known names. The works on view...
Grayson Perry has donated a work of art to raise funds for the leading HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust. The sculpture will go under the hammer at Christie’s auction house in London on Monday 15 April to raise vital funds to support people living...
Grayson Perry's timely pair of vases depicting Brexit, one leave the other remain go on permanent display in the V&A’s Ceramics Galleries from today. Created in 2017 in response to the vast social and political rift caused by Brexit, each vase depicts supporters...
Tate Britain has one very good reason to offer us a Vincent Van Gogh show, which is that it is sure to raise attendances at an institution fighting to get them. It’s the upstart twin, Tate Modern, that is now Britain’s most visited public collection. In attendance...
The celebrated art historian and nun Sister Wendy Beckett has died at the age of 88, it has been announced. In the 1980s and 90s she became one of the most unlikely television stars, the BBC said on their website. Sister Wendy is fondly remembered for her thoughtful...
It has been in many ways a somewhat melancholy year for art exhibitions, here in Britain – or should I say: ‘here in London’? -since pretty well all the shows I will mention here took place in a capital city that seems to be drifting steadily away from the rest of...
As we reach the end of yet another challenging year in the art world, Artlyst's Paul Black has chosen some of his 2018 highlights. From extraordinary events - to museum openings, and blockbuster exhibitions, here is his selection which includes one or two of the less...
How times have changed! And how much they haven’t! A small but telling display of work by the celebrated Victorian artist Sir Edwin Landseer, now on view at the National Gallery, invites both comparison and cogitation. Landseer gave his animal compositions an...