Books! Thousands of books! Written by hundreds of authors from scores of countries, and countries not their own, forced by circumstance, persecution, and censorship to move and sometimes even to write in languages not their own. Books written in exile by the exiled....
A new exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield features two very British artists with crossover interests. The photographer Bill Brandt (1904-1983) and sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) first crossed paths during the Second World War when they both created images of...
The rather splendid show of new figurative painting, now on view at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, boasts that it is the first event of its kind since the New Spirit in Painting exhibition that made such an impact here in London in the now long-ago 1980s. The exhibition...
Rose Wylie has become one of the leading British contemporary artists of her generation. In the last decade, her work has come to the forefront both domestically and internationally, with a practice that is youthful, playful and fresh. At 86 she still retains an...
THEM is a new exhibition examining the work of an important group of artists who came to prominence in the early 1970s, including Duggie Fields, Andrew Logan and Derek Jarman. Curated by James Birch, the show’s title derives from an article of the same name written by...
The Art Fund is trying to raise £3.5m by 31 March 2020 to purchase Prospect Cottage the much-loved beachside home and garden of the artist/film director Derek Jarman. After Jarman purchased the Cottage in 1986, it quickly became a source of inspiration and a creative...
The Blenheim Art Foundation will unveil a significant solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace, running from 23 April to 5 July 2020. This will be the first exhibition in the Foundation’s programme to be comprised entirely of new...
What better way to launch a global art event than to have a K-Pop band (BTS), Hans Ulrich Obrist and a host of first-rate artists including Sir Antony Gormley officiate. This is what happened today at the Serpentine, in a futuristic wing of the gallery, designed by...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented impact worldwide, many of these events have been postponed or canceled. Welcome to Artlyst's printable pull-out International Art Fair Guide 2020. This is our curated choice of the fairs not to miss in the...