UK Museums are working on a series of nationwide exhibitions to mark the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, the legislation that decriminalised male homosexuality in England and Wales in 1967. The first major exhibition dedicated to queer British art is to...
Now Closed Artlyst is once again media partners with the London Art Fair, now in its 29th edition. It returns to the Business Design Centre in Islington, from 18-22 January 2017. The Fair is synonymous with providing a supportive environment for collectors art...
London in 2017 will play host to a number of truly exciting exhibitions from Russian art during and after the revolution; the queen of Bloomsbury Group Vanessa Bell, the first show dedicated to Queer Art from 1861-1967, sculptor Alberto Giacometti, a David Hockney...
The first photography display bringing together work by the British modern artist, Vanessa Bell and the American poet, musician, writer and artist, Patti Smith will go on exhibit at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. ‘Legacy: Photographs by Vanessa Bell and Patti Smith’,...
Oscar Wilde’s prized full-length portrait by Robert Harper Pennington which took pride of place in his marital home is to return to the UK, this spring when Tate Britain will host the first exhibition dedicated to queer British art. The painting was sold off when the...
There’s just time to see the collection of the late Brian Sewell, coming up for auction at Christie’s saleroom in London on 27th September. It will be on view from 24h September.Christie’s, once Sewell’s employers, are making...
I’m sure all of Artlyst’s regular readers know how much we love an exhibition that thinks outside the box, when it comes to displaying art in unusual settings. In the past, we have written about shows in underground car-parks, under river bunkers...
Collector Frank Cohen is to collaborate with the Fortnum & Mason food emporium to present a pop-up, takeover art event, which will see the Piccadilly store transformed into the temporary home of some of the biggest names in British art. More than 60...
Few things are more confusing to the aficionado of contemporary art than the simple question ‘What’s going on in Russia?’ A current show, entitled Drawing: No Limits, at Pushkin House, the Russian cultural centre in London, makes...