A dazzling new Serpentine Pavilion has been unveiled in London today. The 20th Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Johannesburg-based practice Counterspace, directed by Sumayya Vally will open to the public on 11 June 2021. Vally is the youngest architect to be...
Madge Gill produced thousands of ink drawings during her lifetime, with no training and no aspirations to fame. Her work remains an enigma: is it true she was inspired by an ethereal spirit guide? Was she genuinely in touch with 'the beyond', or was art-making a form...
This year's Frieze London and Frieze Masters drew an estimated 90,000 visitors from 108 countries, a figure that underlines London's ongoing pull as a global meeting point for art, ideas and influence. The surge in attendance included record numbers of museum groups...
Sophie Parkin is pulled into the magical world of seances, spirits and automatic drawing in anticipation of the witching season, Halloween. It's warm for October, for this year's Frieze. However, there's still the usual Eurotrash walking around in dead animals and...
Tate has announced three new acquisitions made possible through the 2025 Frieze Tate Fund, supported this year by £150,000 in philanthropic contributions. The works — by Lubna Chowdhary, Barbara Walker, and Madge Gill — reflect the museum's ongoing commitment to...
Grayson Perry has always been a master of holding up a carnival mirror to society, and his latest exhibition, Delusions of Grandeur, at the Wallace Collection, is no exception. This is the museum’s largest contemporary show to date, and Perry seizes the opportunity...
The March Art Diary first highlights exhibitions in Essex (Firstsite, Focal Point and Beecroft Galleries) followed by group shows engaging with spirituality and social issues (St John's Waterloo, National, Halcyon and Fitzrovia Galleries, Cambridge, Norfolk and...
The Central Pavilion at the Venice Biennale's 60th edition is led by curator Adriano Pedrosa, who uses the theme "Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere," a title which comes from the Palermo-based collective Claire Fontaine's anti-racism and anti-xenophobia...
The Venice Biennale is one of the art world's most significant recurring exhibitions. Now in its 60th edition, titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' Artlyst can reveal the roster of artists and collectives set to participate in the upcoming event, held from April 20 to...