David Bowie Statue Not Fitting A Man Who Loved Fine Art
The latest in a long line of examples is a new statue honouring the late artist David Bowie, unveiled over the weekend in Aylesbury.
26 March 2018
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Jeremy Deller Launches How to leave Facebook Campaign
The Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller has launched a new campaign titled How to leave Facebook
24 March 2018
The Background To The Boom And Other Tales – Edward Lucie-Smith
Three very different books that somehow reflect different facets of the same situation.
19 March 2018
Tacita Dean’s Triple Header Implicit Nostalgia And History – Sue Hubbard
Film is Tacita Dean’s medium. Not that catch-all of so many contemporary artists, video, but analogue film with all its implicit nostalgia and history. Although Tacita Dean emerged in the 90s, at the height of conceptualism, she’s always been essentially a Romantic.
17 March 2018
Dale Lewis And Emma Cousin The Painterly Post Digital Vernacular – Paul Carey-Kent
The story of painting has become, in large part, the story of its response to other media, especially photography.
12 February 2018
20/21 British Art Fair Sold And Rebranded At Saatchi Gallery
The 20/21 British Art Fair, is to be rebranded as The British Art Fair and move to the Saatchi Gallery, as part of a major investment by its new owners.
7 February 2018
Relaunched Kettle’s Yard Seamlessly Blends Old And New
Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge reopens this week after a two-year redevelopment programme by Jamie Fobert Architects which includes major new exhibition galleries, generous education spaces and a cafe. Fobert is the new favourite architect of the museum world. Last year saw his completion of the extension at Tate St Ives, and he has just been appointed to undertake the £35.5m transformation of the National Portrait Gallery.
5 February 2018
London Art Fair 2018 Sue Hubbard Has The Last Word
There was a time when the London Art Fair was the glitziest thing in the capital’s art world calendar.
20 January 2018
Jeremy Deller Helps Relaunch 1940s School Prints Programme At Hepworth Wakefield
Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller is helping to relaunch the pioneering school prints project which brought contemporary art to children who would not otherwise have had the opportunity to see ‘good’ work.
20 January 2018
Ten Must See Art Exhibitions Out Of London 2018
Here are Artlyst’s tips for the ten must-see exhibitions outside of the capital this year.
2 January 2018
Eduardo Chillida Estate To Be Handled By Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth have announced worldwide exclusive representation of The Estate of Eduardo Chillida, Spain’s foremost sculptor of the twentieth century.
30 November 2017
Naum Gabo Sculpture Donated To Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art
An important 20th-century sculpture made from glass, perspex and stainless steel by the Russian artist Naum Gabo (1890-1977) has been acquired by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, thanks to the generosity of the artist’s family. The work has been gifted through the Arts Council’s Cultural Gifts Scheme by Graham Williams on behalf of himself and his wife, the artist’s daughter Nina Williams.
28 November 2017
Alt Power 100 ArtLyst 2017 – Meet The Alternative Powerhouses
Alt Power 100 ArtLyst: 2017 has been an extraordinary year for exhibitions both here in the UK and abroad.
31 October 2017
Bruce Nauman – Raw Materials Returns To Turbine Hall For Artist Rooms Show
Bruce Nauman is the latest artist to be given a solo exhibition as part of the Artist Rooms series of annual free exhibitions.
31 July 2017
Banksy Balloon Girl Tops Poll of The Nation’s Favourite Artworks
Banksy’s Girl With A Balloon has been voted the nation’s favourite artwork.
26 July 2017
Yorkshire Art Museum Triangle Launch International Sculpture Triennial
Four Yorkshire art galleries, including two Art Fund Museum of the Year winners, have secured funding of £750,000 in order to organise an international sculpture triennial, titled Yorkshire Sculpture International.
18 July 2017
Sarah Lucas Dialogues With Rodin In First Major US Museum Show
Sarah Lucas presents her first major museum exhibition in the United States titled Good Muse at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
15 July 2017
Art Beyond London: Unmissable Exhibitions Summer 2017
If you’re planning on leaving the capital this Summer, Artlyst has put together a selection of the best UK shows outside of London.
14 July 2017
Hepworth Wakefield Wins Prestigious Museum Of The Year £100,000 Prize
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
British Realist Painting From The 1920s And 1930s Explored In Edinburgh
An exhibition of more than 80 paintings by a now obscure generation of artists, exploring the realist tradition in British art, between the two World Wars has opened in Edinburgh.
3 July 2017
British Modern Masters Explored In New York Exhibition At Rosenberg & Co
Everyone in Britain was torn apart by World War ll. Artists were hungry, dislocated and like everyone else had lost their sense of safety and home. Rosenberg & Co.’s current exhibition ‘British Modern Masters’ presents the artistic release of the emotional build up of what British artists had seen or perhaps done during the war.
27 May 2017
Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn in Cumbria In Danger Of Sell Off
Kurt Schwitters’ Merz Barn in Cumbria is in danger of being sold off on the open market as Arts Council England have refused the project funding three times.
5 May 2017
Stations of the Cross Video Works Exhibited At St Stephen Walbrook
St Stephen Walbrook, an important church in the City of London designed by Christopher Wren in 1672, accommodates the first classical dome… Read More
9 April 2017
Chris Levine Queen Portrait Triples Estimate Selling For £187K At Sotheby’s
The auction was led by a record for pioneer of ‘light art’ Chris Levine as his strikingly modern portrait of Queen Elizabeth II tripled its pre-sale estimate to sell for £187,500 (£50,000-80,000).
6 April 2017
Ageism Sucks: Turner Prize Scraps Under Fifty Age Restriction
The Tate announced today that The Turner Prize will scrap the stipulation that shortlisted artists must be under 50.
29 March 2017
10 Exhibitions To See Outside of London This Easter 2017
The clocks have gone forward heralding British Summer Time and the Easter holidays are approaching. So if you are thinking of leaving London for a short break, here is a select list of 10 exhibitions to see around Britain.
27 March 2017
Chris Ofili To Unveil New Tapestry At London’s National Gallery
The National Gallery will unveil a new tapestry by the Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili. Titled the Caged Bird’s Song, the exhibition marks the first time the artist has worked in the medium of tapestry and will include a series of preparatory works on paper in an installation conceived by the artist for the Gallery’s Sunley Room.
24 March 2017
New Hepworth Wakefield Exhibition Merges Fashion And Modern Art
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
British Council Announces 2017 Partnerships For 57th Venice Biennale
The British Council has announced their 2017 partnership with England, Scotland, and Wales in presenting three exhibitions at the 57th International Venice Biennale Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
10 February 2017
Hull UK City of Culture Off To A Strong Start
Hull’s year as UK City of Culture is already off to a strong start, with January seeing the reopening of the Ferens Art Gallery and the launch of the new Humber Street Gallery with its first exhibition: COUM Transmissions. Since winning the title in 2013, the city has enjoyed a £1 billion boost in investment and unprecedented visitor numbers.
7 February 2017
Spanish Pavilion At 1937 Paris Exposition Inspires New London Exhibition
An exhibition inspired by the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne,… Read More
17 January 2017
Top 10 – Most Wanted Stolen Artworks
Artlyst has compiled our latest curated Top Ten with our ‘Most Wanted Stolen Artworks’ as taken from the Art Loss Register database.
19 December 2016