Alex Katz at the Guggenheim Museum Decades ago, when I lived in Soho, a familiar sight was the sweatshirt-hooded Alex Katz on his daily early morning jog. Running into his wife, the beautiful Ada Katz, was always a pleasure - her warm smile exuded genuine charm. When...
“Drawing is the starting point to nearly all of Kentridge’s work. He sees drawing as a testing of ideas, a slow-motion version of thought.” Charcoal is the medium he works with most; it’s easy to rub out and you can change your composition ‘as quickly as you can...
The V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) has decided to drop their contentious ties with the Sackler family by renaming spaces within the Kensington site. The decision came about after the US owned family drugs business was found partly responsible for the addiction...
Here is the Link For Artlyst's Frieze Week 2023 Printable Pull-out Guide Welcome to the Artlyst Frieze Week 2022 printable pull-out Guide. This is our curated choice of events not to miss during the busiest week in the London Contemporary Art calendar. Our events...
I first encountered Winslow Homer’s work at the National Gallery in Kehinde Wiley: The Prelude where Wiley included paintings inspired by Homer’s The Herring Net and Lost on the Grand Banks. It is interesting that Wiley chose these images of white North Atlantic...
Yesterday I battled through the streets of London thronged with the Queen’s mourners to make my way to Asia House, where Lord Patten of Barnes was announcing the recipients of the Praemium Imperiale Awards. Asia House stepped into the breach when it became apparent it...
London comes into its own in Autumn with the opening of a whole array of exciting exhibitions, fairs and auctions. Artlyst has put together a list of ten art exhibitions presented in our world-class galleries and museums opening in Autumn 2022. Carolee Schneemann:...
The work of artist Spencer Tunick defies genres by transforming both landscapes and the human form into powerful artworks. He reinvents public spaces to create temporary monuments using naked bodies. Tunick is constantly rewriting the locations through a complex,...
The death of Claes Oldenburg provides an opportunity to reflect on the part that Judson Memorial Church, a Baptist church in New York played at an early stage in his career. André Daughtry, Community Minister of the Arts at Judson Memorial Church, has explained how,...