Late, as often can be the case with our timetable, we arrived at Bridge Point Rye creative arts centre at a deserted exhibition. Everyone had been shipped off in minibus, or on eco-electric bikes or had somehow gone to view the highlight of the exhibition, the...
Seventy exhibitions and events from over 100 artists. Sounds a lot? Yet, the overall result of Glasgow International is disappointingly thin. Today's restrictions don't help. Covid prevents international artists jetting in and gallery-goers now have to book a ticket...
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...
With a background in tagging, rapping, skateboarding and surfing, Californian-born Louis Carreon is a street artist who is currently sampling art history, and its religious iconography in particular. Sampling, which began as a feature of Hip Hop in the 1980s,...
The shortlist for the Turner Prize 2021 has been revealed by Tate Britain, and for the first time, the Turner Prize jury has selected a shortlist consisting entirely of artist collectives. Array Collective, Black Obsidian Sound System, Cooking Sections,...
As Museums and Galleries plan their reopenings after the current Covid restrictions and the public plan their Summer staycations, Artlyst has put together a selection of exhibitions throughout the country to get you through the season. John Nash: The Landscape of Love...
The Philanthropist and entrepreneur Eli Broad, who co-founded with his wife Edye the contemporary art museum, The Broad in LA has died age 87. “Eli saw the arts as a way to strive to build a better world for all. He was a fiercely committed civic leader, and his...
Art created during a crisis can be a powerful catharsis for both artist and audience. Chinese American Martin Wong (1946-1999) once said, “Everything I paint is within four blocks of where I live.” The California transplant moved to New York’s Lower East Side and...
Today, April 13, 1870 — 151 years ago — the New York State Legislature approved the incorporation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, formed by a collective of businessmen, thinkers, and artists who sought to make art and art education available to the American public....