A portrait by the British artist Francis Bacon which has not been seen in public for over 55 years is to be sold at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, a highlight of London’s Frieze Week auctions. Head with Raised Arm (1955, estimate: £7,000,000...
Chris Dercon unveils his first production as the new artistic director of the Volksbühne Theater in Berlin, on 14 September. This highly anticipated season, located in the Volksbühne’s main building on Rosa-Luxembourg-Platz and at a hangar space in the city’s...
Artlyst has put together a handy exhibition guide to what's on in London this Autumn. Summer is over and the London art scene is hotting up for an exciting season. As well as Frieze and Frieze Masters taking over Regent’s Park in early October, the major museums and...
London: Moniker Art Fair’s eighth edition will consolidate its position as one of the leading global art fair dedicated to urban art and its related subcultures, welcoming a wave of existing and new collectors keen to collect and interact with the...
I went to see the R.A.’s new Matisse show, but not at the press view, as I was abroad. I did go very shortly after it opened. Not unexpectedly, it was jammed with visitors, and I mean jammed. You had to dodge round backs to get a proper view of some of the smaller...
British Graffiti Art In Focus: Is an indigenous rock painting showing off the number of kills any different to a rebellious teenager taking his girl to their local make-out spot where he declares his love to her spray-painted in crude bright colours the night before? ...
The artist Alex Chinneck b.1984 has completed his latest deconstructed monumental artwork entitled ‘Six pins and half a dozen needles’ on Assembly London. This landmark public artwork is Chinneck’s first permanent sculpture and follows projects that include a 35-metre...
Banksy’s Balloon Girl or Girl With A Balloon as it is officially titled, has been voted the nation’s favourite artwork. The populist poll sponsored by a new device which displays art as a TV screensaver when idling, spoke to over 2000 art enthusiasts to reach the...
London’s most exciting art’s festival celebrate a Summer of Love at Hackney WickED DIY Open Studios (28th - 30th July) For one weekend only, art lovers from across London and the world are invited to Explore the labyrinth of spaces that make up "London's creative...