History tells that where there is big money to be made there is always a scammer out there to fake it. Many artists have copied their heroes in order to learn from the process of re-creating a work of art, but to forge a signature on it is where the trouble begins. It...
Welcome to the Top 10 - Art Disasters "A visual experience is vitalising. Whereas to write great poetry, to draw continuously on one's inner life, is not merely exhausting, it is to keep alight a consuming fire". - Sir Kenneth Clark Throughout the centuries art has...
Warning… If you are easily offended then please do not open this top 10! Art has been a great marker for social change and most of the works in this week's feature would hardly raise one of my eyebrows. I leave it up to your discretion to act as judge, jury and...
Some works of art are funny ha ha. Some are funny and we're laughing with them. Some are funny but we're laughing at them. Art is a subjective means of communication and most times it's just down to the artist's ability to get their message across, or not. Here is our...
Artists were very likely the first ‘Rock Stars! Since Caravaggio, they have left behind a legacy of volatile extremes whether it be drunken incontinence or in your face infidelities. For every triumph achieved in their careers, there is always a story of excess and...
'Come up and see my etchings' was a students catchphrase in the 1940s that rapidly gained a much wider currency throughout the English speaking world. It may find its root in Mae West's 'come up and see me sometime!'. But Prof. S. H. Monk writes: "I am certain that I...
What is Outsider Art? Roger Cardinal the English art critic coined the term 'Outsider Art' in 1972 as the English alternative to 'Art Brut' (French: "raw art" or "rough art").This was a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the...
Artlyst has put together its top ten Christmas works of art for the festive season. This list includes a wide range of Yuletide art, both classical and contemporary, traditional and controversial - so put your Christmas jumper on, pour yourself some Christmas punch,...
Artlyst has decided to cross the line and 'name and shame' local UK councils and public bodies for commissioning some of the most horrendous misuses of bronze and other materials in history. This is entirely a subjective list of visual misdemeanours which have invaded...