Exactly 100 years ago, the four Scottish Colourists had a very successful London show. It was only their second group appearance. Yet, ever since they are routinely seen together, they have been divorced from their European, Welsh, Irish, and English peers. This...
The British Council is considering selling off its £200 million art collection due to debts incurred during the COVID crisis. Over the last few years, mounting financial challenges have left the organisation struggling. The Council, which promotes British culture,...
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2025. The highly successful Women In Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990 completes its UK tour at The Whitworth in Manchester; Ithell Colquhoun starts at...
This is the first Art Diary of 2025. Viewing art, as with its making, involves paying attention. As Simone Weil once pointed out, paying attention equates to prayer. A new exhibition at Fitzrovia Chapel explores these themes. It is, therefore, a very appropriate...
Here is the Artlyst pick of out-of-London exhibitions on view this winter. There is renewed interest in the Bloomsbury Group and its circle with solo presentations of works by Vanessa Bell and Dora Carrington. Other solo shows include Chila Kumari Singh Burman,...
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) was an avant-garde artist associated with the early twentieth-century Bloomsbury Group. She was often overshadowed by her more famous sister, Virginia Woolf, and the group's unconventional lifestyles. Dorothy Parker famously said of the...
Anne Rothenstein's paintings and collages have a dreamlike quality, an impenetrable otherness. Her figures, landscapes and intimate interiors are alienated from the viewer by an invisible veil. Born into the third generation of one of the eminent dynasties of British...
The proposed development of a 3,000-square-foot "grab-and-go" coffee shop in London's King's Cross area, currently under review by Camden Council, is facing growing opposition. The plan, which would transform Coal Drops Yard—a historically significant site within a...
English Still Lives - Pallant House: Striations - Close: Morena di Luna - Maureen Paley Hove This summer, a lot of exciting art can be seen in country towns and houses within commuting reach of London. For reasons ranging from high-speed broadband connectivity to...