When a major exhibition of such significant artists as Chaim Soutine and Leon Kossoff, with such a comprehensive display of important paintings, comes to a seaside town like Hastings…
4 April 2023
Soutine / Kossoff is the first-ever museum exhibition to explore the artistic relationship between British artist Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) and Belarus-born painter Chaim Soutine (1893-1943).
2 March 2023
Now in its 35th year, London Art Fair continues to play a pivotal role in bringing British Modern and Contemporary Art to market.
26 January 2023
All hail the must see London Art Fair which returns to its January slot from 18-22 January 2023, launching the London and international art collecting calendar
15 December 2022
There was a time when Nativity exhibitions routinely featured among the Christmas offerings from London Galleries.
11 December 2022
The British artist Tom Phillips RA has died. Phillips was born in London in 1937. He attended St Catherine’s College, Oxford, in 1957, where he read English
2 December 2022
Iconic Lowry Painting Sold For £7.8 Will Remain In Salford – Ai Weiwei and Peter Doig Donate Works To Benefit WWF
20 October 2022
Sometimes I wonder if the art fair is a symptom of the internet and our contemporaneous assumption that everything is instantly available at the click of a button
18 October 2022
After reading Kwasi Kwarteng’s book ‘Ghosts of Empire’, I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism
21 July 2022
Masterpiece is one of London’s unmissable art fairs. This is a melting pot where visitors can view and buy the finest works of art, design, furniture and jewellery
6 July 2022
The 59th Venice Biennale’s top prize, the Golden Lion, has been awarded to Great Britain’s Sonia Boyce OBE RA for Best National… Read More
24 April 2022
I had the good fortune to meet Wayne Thiebaud in Sacramento, California. We spent a day together and I was impressed with his kindness and modesty.
28 December 2021
Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting is a major new touring retrospective of paintings by the seminal British artist (1926 – 2019).
30 September 2021
Seventy-Five artists selected for New Contemporaries 2021 demonstrating the resilience of the creative process in a challenging year have been revealed by Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021.
8 July 2021
Among contemporary painters, none has investigated what it is that makes us individual and human more eloquently than Tony Bevan.
9 February 2021
Art Critic Barbara Rose Dies – Damien Hirst’s Personal Instagram Tour – 2020 Cultural Gifts Scheme Revealed
28 December 2020
Tate and the art dealer Anthony d’Offay have agreed to end their relationship. The announcement came today in a joint statement by Tate and Anthony d’Offay.
4 September 2020
In this new series, Sue Hubbard explores single works by leading contemporary artists.
1 September 2020
Ellora Sutton and Elsie Hayward have been announced as the inaugural winners of the Artlyst Art to Poetry Award
31 July 2020
The legendary Marlborough Gallery is to close their NY premises with an announcement about the future of their London flagship pending.
19 June 2020
Sonia Boyce OBE RA has been announced as the artist to represent the UK at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2021.
12 February 2020
London Art Fair is the UK’s oldest established Contemporary art fair. It returns from 22-26 January 2020, bringing museum-quality modern and contemporary art to the capital.
2 December 2019
Bloomberg New Contemporaries which has recently opened their 2019 edition at Leeds Art Gallery is a must-see exhibition for those trying to keep their finger on the pulse of the emerging art emanating from the UK’s top art colleges.
19 September 2019
Brave New Visions, this special exhibition at Sotheby’s George Street galleries, is a tell and show of the ways in which Britain’s insular art world was expanded and transformed by newcomers,
23 July 2019
The death of Leon Kossoff, who died on 4 July after a short illness is nearly the end of an era for the great wave of British painting known as the School of London.
6 July 2019
Hastings Contemporary, (the former Jerwood Gallery) launched as an independent gallery on Tuesday with three notable exhibitions, Roy Oxlade alongside works by his tutor David Bomberg, Contemporary Danish Artist Tal R, and new works by artist/illustrator Quentin Blake.
4 July 2019
Summer has finally arrived in the UK so if you’re planning on heading out of London, Artlyst has put together a list of twelve exhibitions to see around the UK. Don’t miss the Keith Haring extravaganza at Tate Liverpool; major sculpture exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park including David Smith and Damien Hirst as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International; seaside photography at Turner Contemporary and painting shows galore from early 20th century masters such as Vuillard to contemporary giants Bridget Riley and Paula Rego and historical exhibitions such as Last Supper in Pompeii at the Ashmolean.
4 July 2019
A brand new fair focusing on Contemporary and Modern art has been announced for London during the Masterpiece/Olympia corridor.
17 June 2019
The first major retrospective of Paula Rego’s work in England for over twenty years will go on show at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes 15 June – 22 September 2019.
2 June 2019
It was a relief to step away from the hustle and bustle of the Giardini and Arsenale, the main venues for the 58th Venice Biennale, to visit exhibitions elsewhere.
14 May 2019
Jonathan Jones’ new book from Laurence King Publishing is a quality job. Entitled Sensations, it bears on its back cover a recommendation from none other than Tracey Emin, which reads as follows:“I never loved Jonathan’s writing when he slagged my work off! He is a true thinker: a brilliant art historian who can back up his opinion with more than just criticism.”
5 May 2019
The British art dealer, Anthony d’Offay, who was ‘me-tooed’ last year by three former colleagues, has been reinstated as an adviser to the Artist Room’s programme in the UK and Scotland.
8 April 2019
