2016 was the 100th anniversary of the first Dada performances at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland. So in reverence to this critical moment in 20th-century Art History, Artlyst brings you the Top 10 Dadaist Artists. The word Dada is said to mean either...
Appropriation art, or the art of appropriation, is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. It follows in the spirit of Marcel Duchamp's Readymades. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in art...
Nine years ago, Artlyst compiled a list of 10 Artists under 30. Where are they today? A list of this nature is entirely subjective, as there are over 10,000 graduates from Art schools in the UK alone each year. Here is our international list, and let's call it only...
Brian Sewell once called for the Tate director Nicholas Serota to be sacked, citing the exhibition Abracadabra as a “prime example of the hocus-pocus and mumbo jumbo by which the false intellectuals of the art world are able to ‘hey presto!’ anything into art”. Serota...
Keeping his (?) identity a closely guarded secret, the Bristol street artist Banksy has long been famous for provocative images stencilled around the streets of the UK, and in some of the most politically charged areas of the globe, managing to create anarchic and...
Visual Art has traditionally been one big boy's club. Many critics, even today, overlook great women artists in favour of their less talented male counterparts. Outspoken artists such as the discredited Georg Baselitz dismiss all art created by women. Meanwhile,...
The tenth edition of Young Gods, curated by Zavier Ellis, which opens at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON on 13 January is always an important exhibition to visit if you want to continue to have your ear to the ground! Young Gods is an annual presentation of graduate and...
During the last few years, the world of contemporary art has undergone a number of drastic changes, which many leading participants seem extremely reluctant to acknowledge. In particular, I think it is no longer possible to cling to the idea of a unified avant-garde,...
The term “starving artist” is a stereotype! As we know, most true artists must create; it is their life’s blood. The act of creation is part of their make-up rather than just a nine-to-five profession. Sadly, many of history’s greatest artists have infamously led...