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...
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: 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...
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, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...