When I went to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition this year I noticed that Dame Elisabeth Frink’s iconic Horse and Rider located in front of Cafe Nero at Picadilly and Dover Street had gone missing. This grade two listed sculpture has stood at the foot of Dover Street since 1975.
10 July 2018
Love it or loathe it the RA’s Summer Exhibition is here to stay as a permanent fixture of the London art calendar. This year we are assaulted by the RA’s most flamboyant flaneur Grayson Perry who has chosen to paint the walls buttercup yellow.
6 June 2018
The Royal Academy’s radical extension of its premises including some splendid new exhibition spaces and an imposing new lecture-theatre excites me, but also generates some doubts and mixed feelings.
17 May 2018
Grayson Perry RA will be the co-ordinator of the Royal Academy annual Summer Exhibition in June 2018.
24 January 2018
Dame Julia Peyton-Jones is the winner of the annual Critics Circle Visual Arts and Architecture Award which will be presented at the Thaddeus Ropac Gallery Dover Street on the evening of 12th September.
12 September 2017
The Hepworth Wakefield is presenting an exhibition of 25 works personally selected by Tim Sayer MBE
8 August 2017
The Pompidou Centre in Paris noted for its exceptional collection of Modern art is about to sign a deal for a franchise gallery in Shanghai.
27 July 2017
The Hepworth Wakefield has won this year’s Museum of The Year Award. The gallery located in West Yorkshire has beaten Tate Modern, the Lapworth Museum of Geology in Birmingham, Sir John Soane’s Museum in London and the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art in Suffolk. The Art Fund aims to reward an institution that has shown “exceptional imagination, innovation, and achievement across the preceding 12 months”.
6 July 2017
The Art Fund has announced the five museums which have been selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017, the most prestigious prize for museums in the UK.
28 April 2017
JW Anderson curates ‘Disobedient Bodies’ The Hepworth Wakefield latest ambitious exhibition which merges fashion with roots firmly placed in fine art. Anderson is one of the world’s most innovative and critically acclaimed contemporary fashion designers. His exhibit responds to the Wakefield’s impressive collection of modern British art. This is the first in a new series of exhibitions at the award-winning gallery, curated by key figures from creative fields outside the visual arts, from fashion and music to film and literature.
19 March 2017
The Turner Prize nominated YBA artist Tracey Emin has abandoned her plans to demolish a listed East End building in order to build a new studio and modern living space. The plans were highly controversial and caused protests from neighbours and business in the area in Spitalfields, east London.
13 December 2016
This is a big year for the British artist Helen Marten. Not only has she been nominated for the 2016 Turner Prize but she has been awarded the inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture.
18 November 2016
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Prize 2016 has announced the shortlist for this important architecture prize . The winner will be announced on Thursday 24 November 2016.
3 November 2016
The Turner Prize winning artist duo Gilbert & George are planning to open a new museum near their home in Spittalfields,… Read More
4 June 2016
A major new large-scale public artwork by Yinka Shonibare MBE RA has been unveiled at the Royal Academy. It wraps… Read More
16 May 2016
The Royal Academy of Arts has elected Olafur Eliasson and Jenny Holzer as honorary RAs for 2016. The have also elected Sonia Boyce as… Read More
14 April 2016
The Turner Prize nominated artist Tracey Emin, best known for her ‘ Unmade Bed’ installation is at the center of a… Read More
7 February 2016
It would seem that the steady demise of artists studios in London is not the only cultural crisis occurring in… Read More
9 December 2015
As part of Artlyst’s recent trip to China, we visited the Rockbund Art Museum (RAM) in Shanghai, which is currently… Read More
7 September 2015
The Art Room is a local charity sponsored by The Duchess of Cambridge which helps children through art therapy is… Read More
28 April 2015
London’s Royal Academy of Arts (RA) has been awarded a grant of £1 million from the Clore Duffield Foundation for… Read More
25 December 2014
Berlin’s new modern and contemporary art museum is to be built behind the existing Neue Nationalgalerie – the art scene… Read More
14 November 2014
Each October during Frieze Week, Artlyst releases the Art PowerLyst, the alternative to ArtReview’s Power 100. Many think that AR’s… Read More
15 October 2014
The ambitious plans for a new art gallery at Goldsmiths, University of London, were unveiled today (Monday 28 July 2014)…. Read More
28 July 2014
De Waal, who grew up close to Margate in Canterbury is best known for his large installations of porcelain vessels… Read More
28 March 2014
Edmund De Waal, the best selling novelist and potter, who grew up in Canterbury and is best known for his… Read More
5 February 2014
London during Frieze Week is the only place to be on the planet if you are a dedicated follower of the visual arts.
15 October 2013
The RIBA Stirling Prize has named its shortlist for architectural excellence for 2013. The prize is one of the worlds… Read More
18 July 2013
The Orangery, a unique grade II* building in the heart of Wakefield has been transformed by the artist Richard Woods… Read More
9 June 2013
Rem Koolhaas, one of the most significant architects of our time has been appointed Director of Architecture at the Venice… Read More
10 January 2013
Kent County Council has cut £200,000 for sports development, £200,000 for Kent Music and £100,000 to Turner Contemporary art gallery… Read More
22 December 2012
Because I’ve never attended the London or New York fashion week shows, I assume the opening of Pace gallery’s new… Read More
11 October 2012
