Art Basel Paris 2025 has settled into itself. Now in its fourth edition, the fair feels less like an ambitious transplant and more like a native force. Two hundred and six galleries from forty-two countries occupy the newly restored Grand Palais — a temple of glass...
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Turner Prize 2025: The Good The Bland And The Ugly – Sue Hubbard
According to the Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index 2025, Bradford is designated as the second-worst city to live in in the UK. The dubious distinction of the first being given to Walsall. One wonders if that study was done before Bradford was nominated this...
Radical Harmony The Art Of The Dot National Gallery – Sara Faith
Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists at the National Gallery is an exhibition about dots in painting. Long before the dot in art became associated with Damien Hirst or Yayoi Kusama, a small group of artists in the late 19th century delved into...
Banksy’s Piranha Tank Bites Back in London Museum Relaunch
A Banksy outdoor installation that electrified London in the Summer of 2024 awaits its next appearance: a prime spot in the newly refurbished London Museum in Smithfield. The artwork, depicting a police sentry box transformed into an aquarium teeming with piranhas,...
Hilary Weston Influential Patron of the Arts Has Died Aged 83
Hilary Weston, whose discerning eye and quiet generosity shaped Canada's cultural landscape, has died at 83. A business leader, philanthropist and former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, she was equally revered in the art world for her support of artists and...
British Art Fair Announces Exhibitors For Autumn 2025 Edition
Now in its fourth decade, the British Art Fair returns this autumn as both a marketplace and a living archive. At this rare convergence point, Hepworth's carved forms share space with Hirst's dot paintings, where Riley's optical vibrations dialogue with Emin's neon...
Sir Brian Clarke Visionary of Contemporary Stained Glass Dies Aged 72
Artlyst Obituary | 7 July 2025: Sir Brian Clarke, whose restless experimentation and a driving ambition updated stained glass from an ecclesiastical craft into a powerful contemporary art form, has died aged 72. His death came just one day before what would have been...
Sting Launches Baltic’s £10m Endowment Fund with Major Donation
Gateshead, UK – Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art has received a transformative donation from North East music legend Sting, marking the launch of its ambitious £10 million Endowment Fund campaign. The announcement comes as the celebrated riverside gallery celebrates...
RA Summer Exhibition: An Annual Artistic Ephemeral Jamboree – Oliver Malin
Another Annus Mirabilis, Another RA Summer Exhibition, No 258, which all kicked off in 1769, the year of Napoleon Bonaparte's birth, so it's always had big boots to fill. 1769 also saw James Watt's patent for the Steam engine being granted. This year's show's Station...

