"After reading Kwasi Kwarteng's book 'Ghosts of Empire', I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism in our macro and micro-environments; so I wanted to investigate what role art and culture play in cracking open this conversation to a broader audience....
Summer has arrived. Have you planned your UK staycation yet? To help you, Artlyst has put together a selection of twelve exhibitions to tempt you outside of London and across the length and breadth of the UK. New Arrivals | From Salvador Dalí to Jenny Saville Scottish...
One of the great innovators of postwar American art, Sam Gilliam, has died aged 88. Gilliam invented ways in which painting could be interrogated and redefined. His six-decade career saw him selected in 1972 to represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale. He was the...
A group of people representing the Windrush generation joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station (22 June 2022) to witness the unveiling of the first National Windrush Monument. "I am grateful to the members of the Windrush Commemoration...
The Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours list 2022 has given the nod to several people involved in the Visual Arts, including a knighthood for the filmmaker/installation artist Isaac Julien, The installation artist Cornelia Parker OBE and the Illustrator Sir Quentin Blake...
Rarely does a second go, a revised version, a re-edited revamp, turn out much better than the first presentation, but now Tramway, together with curators Beca Lipscombe and Mairi MacKenzie, have a triumph on their hands. Fashion and Textiles in the Life and Work of...
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled 'The Milk of Dreams', will open to the public from Saturday April 23 to Sunday November 27, 2022, at the Giardini and the Arsenale; it will be curated by Cecilia Alemani and organised by La...
Tate Britain will present London’s biggest retrospective of Walter Sickert (1860-1942) in almost 30 years. A master of self-invention and theatricality, Sickert took a radically modern approach to painting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, transforming how...
The organisers of the Venice Biennale have confirmed that the Ukraine pavilion will go ahead as planned this April. It was thought that the Russian invasion would make it logistically impossible for the pavilion to proceed. Last month, Pavlo Makov, the Artist chosen...