The British art world is apparently in a healthy state at the moment. In particular, it is on extremely cuddly terms with a benevolent arts bureaucracy. Tate Modern has quite recently more or less doubled in size. There are a number of other major official and...
The Newport Street Gallery, a private museum owned by Damien Hirst will present an exhibition of work by British artist Rachel Howard (b.1969), opening 21st February 2018. Howard was Damien Hirst’s first assistant and worked on many of his spot paintings. The YBA...
Artlyst has produced a helpful guide to the closing times of the major London museums and galleries. The majority of commercial galleries will be closed for the whole holiday period so check first if you intend to visit. However, the museums and public galleries stay...
Sotheby’s concluded their 2017 auctions this week, reaching an annual sales total of $4.7 billion that represents a 13.1% increase over our 2016 results. From the record-breaking sale of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 masterpiece Untitled to Japanese collector and...
Artlyst is again the media partner with London-based art initiative Art Wars which travels to Miami and Los Angeles this December to unveil 20 brand new works by emerging and established artists. Each artist has been provided with a Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet, with...
The Connaught Christmas Tree is rapidly becoming an art community tradition in London. The commission has seen important artists such as the British sculptor Antony Gormley and YBA Damien Hirst design the festive tree. This year the tree has been designed by Tracey...
Bloomberg New Contemporaries is to leave its London home at the ICA where it has been mounted since 1989 for Block 336 in Brixton. Following this year's launch at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead in September, Block 336 will showcase work from new and...
With a feeling of nausea, only a few days after the closure of FRIEZE week, there are still endless words and images to digest. Apart from the usual twin events, the 15th edition of FRIEZE London, bringing more than 160 international galleries together and FRIEZE...
Just occasionally, an exhibition manages to take me unawares. This was very much the case with Dan Colen’s new show at Damien Hirst’s splendid Newport Street Gallery. It does help that this is one of the very best spaces for showing art in London. Colen first emerged...