Mona Hatoum (b. 1952) is the fifth artist to receive the prestigious annual Art Icon award at the Whitechapel Gallery. The Art Icon 2018 award will be presented on Monday 29 January 2018.
24 October 2017
The Street Artist Banksy has created two new artworks inspired by Jean Michael Basquiat at the Barbican.
18 September 2017
Banksy has donated £205,000 from the sale of a wall-sized artwork to anti-arms campaigners.
17 September 2017
Art Basel 2017 is a curated selection of 291 first-rate galleries exhibiting at the fair’s 48th edition in Basel. The gallery list for the Swiss event, taking place from June 15 to June 18, 2017, is a corker.
7 June 2017
Between 2014 and 2017 Hedley Roberts produced a series of ‘non-portraits’ of lovers, friends, family, acquaintances and strangers. Roberts begins by working from photographic collages using source materials from social media sites or images sent to him by friends. Sometimes he begins with a photographic image of someone that he wishes to portray, more usually he begins with a collaged image or photograph of someone who looks similar to his subject. Occasionally he just begins.
5 March 2017
Banksy, the elusive British street artist has opened a hotel next to Israel’s brutalist style wall in Bethlehem.
4 March 2017
In light of current world events, Artlyst thought it poignant to point out that with change comes cultural diversity, which in turn empowers the evolution of art. Here is our list of the top 10 refugee artists.
24 December 2016
Artlyst brings you our top ten Banksy’s of all time. Which one is your favourite?
24 December 2016
The UK’s oldest arts centre and Liverpool’s Centre for the Contemporary Arts, the Bluecoat announces a vibrant programme of exhibitions and events to celebrate their 300th anniversary of its landmark building in 2017.
14 November 2016
A major retrospective of the work of Dia Al-Azzawi is to take place simultaneously at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art… Read More
2 August 2016
The Street artist Banksy has created a half-term surprise on the walls of a Bristol primary school as a reward… Read More
7 June 2016
Mona Hatoum’s work, as collected together in this retrospective, neatly straddles recent preoccupations at the great institution where it currently resides. There’s… Read More
18 May 2016
The first UK survey of the work of Mona Hatoum opens today at Tate Modern in London. Hatoum (born in… Read More
4 May 2016
The world’s largest collection of modern and contemporary Arab art, visits Spain for the first time. Looking at the World Around… Read More
8 February 2016
Paul Carey-Kent curates his pick of the top London art exhibitions for December 2015 and into January 2016 Clem Crosby: My,… Read More
29 November 2015
BERLONI presents the first London solo exhibition of Paris based painter Hani Zurob. Low Quality Love comprises of new works… Read More
4 November 2015
The owner of the original building was bemused when people crowded round his wall. But art aficionados had spotted Banksy’s… Read More
20 September 2015
The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first UK survey of artist Emily Jacir this autumn. Bringing together almost two decades of… Read More
24 August 2015
A new installation in Weston-super-Mare bearing all of the characteristics of a Banksy has been unveiled. The giant sculpture of a theme-park castle and… Read More
19 August 2015
This autumn, BERLONI will stage the first London exhibition of Kamal Boullata’s work since 1978. The acclaimed Jerusalem born artist… Read More
17 August 2015
The following artists who were selected for the 2015 Jerwood Makers Open. Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, Malene Hartmann Rasmussen, Jasleen Kaur, Ian McIntyre, Silo… Read More
1 June 2015
Banksy’s The Grim Reaper has found a permanent home following a programme of restoration. The iconic mural which was painted on the bottom of… Read More
1 June 2015
After the famous street artist Banksy’s appearance on the ruined streets of Gaza, with graffiti stencils on concrete rubble popping… Read More
1 March 2015
Banksy’s Cheltenham mural “Spy Booth” which appeared last April on a house three miles from the top government listening post… Read More
20 February 2015
The ICA presents the first UK ‘institutional’ solo exhibition of Dor Guez, an artist of Christian Palestinian and Jewish Tunisian… Read More
19 February 2015
When a helpful schoolboy on a train was handed a ‘Banksy’ by a passenger it instantly reignited the mystery concerning… Read More
15 January 2015
Following an open call for entries, Jerwood Visual Arts today announced the artists selected for Jerwood Makers Open: a unique… Read More
9 December 2014
The ICA has announced highlights for their 2015 programme. As one of the UK’s key cultural organisation responding to contemporary… Read More
18 November 2014
Paul Carey- Kent is no stranger to Frieze London. Here he recaps his top choices from this year’s mega fair… Read More
25 October 2014
A Banksy stencil painting has been removed by Clacton Council after a complaint of racism. The mural which showed a… Read More
2 October 2014
The latest in Paul Carey-Kent’s rolling top ten, together with previous choices which you can still see. TEN CURRENT… Read More
30 September 2014
Ornate china tea sets, warped casserole dishes, and smartphone apps are all disobedient objects, according to a new exhibition in… Read More
12 August 2014
