Terry Farrell: Architect of Postmodernist Fantasy Dies Aged 87
Terry Farrell, who has died aged 87, was one of the most conspicuous figures in British postmodernism – a designer… Read More
29 September 2025
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Is Arts Council England About To Be Put Out To Pasture?
Rumblings around Whitehall suggest that Arts Council England (ACE) may be about to lose one of its most fundamental powers….
25 September 2025
RSA Appoints David Joseph CBE as Chief Executive
The Royal Society of Arts has named David Joseph CBE, former Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK, as its… Read More
22 September 2025
Theatre Picasso – Performativity of his Art – Tate Modern – Clare Finn
Tate’s new Picasso exhibition is not, we are told in the catalogue, “an exhibition that explores the relationship between Picasso and theatre”. It is a ‘gesture’ to “bring out new relationships [between his works] and audiences”.
17 September 2025
London Art Fair Guide Autumn 2025
Artlyst has compiled a comprehensive guide to the London Art Fair season to help you navigate this hectic time of year in the art fair calendar.
2 September 2025
David Hockney Announces New Exhibition At Serpentine Galleries
The Serpentine Galleries have announced a major presentation of new works by David Hockney, opening at Serpentine North from March 12 to August 23…
1 September 2025
London Art Exhibitions Not To Miss Opening Autumn 2025
Autumn exhibitions at the major museums and galleries in London will feature an array of blockbuster shows
1 September 2025
The Art Diary September 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
September provides an opportunity to look back as well as look forward. The celebrations for the centenary of Francis Newton Souza’s birth culminated in the first half of 2025.
30 August 2025
D*Face: Subversion Armed With A Spray Can – Artlyst Interview 2025
London’s streets have long been a battleground for visual dissent, but few have weaponised pop iconography as precisely as Dean Stockton, better known as D*Face…
7 August 2025
Vincent van Gogh: An Artist’s Life Celebrated On The Day Of His Death
Vincent van Gogh. Born 30 March 1853 (Died 29 July 1890) in the rural Dutch village of Zundert, his existence was… Read More
29 July 2025
Lubaina Himid With Magda Stawarska Kettle’s Yard – Rev Jonathan Evens
1989 was ‘Museums Year’ in the United Kingdom, a celebration of our cultural institutions which inspired Lubaina Himid to make a body of work that was displayed at Chisenhale Gallery in London in the summer of that year.
22 July 2025
Folkestone Triennial 2025 How Lies The Land – Jude Montague
This is Sorcha Carey’s first Folkestone Triennial as curator, but the festival has a firm reputation now as this is its sixth edition.
21 July 2025
8 Art Exhibitions Not To Miss Closing August 2025
If you have any time off work this summer, please visit these art exhibitions, which are due to close in August. All the exhibitions have been singled out by the Artlyst team as well worth a visit.
14 July 2025
MIMA To Host Turner Prize 2026: A Cultural Coup For Middlesbrough
The Turner Prize is coming to Teesside. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) will stage the prestigious contemporary art award in autumn 2026…
14 July 2025
Sussex Reflections Pallant House and Ditchling Museum – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Claudia Barbieri Childs visited Pallant House and the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in Sussex to see their latest exhibitions.
14 July 2025
Mark Woods: Formula + Fetish – Artlyst Book Of The Week
In Formula + Fetish, the first comprehensive monograph devoted to British artist Mark Woods, readers are drawn into a world where the decorative and the disturbing walk in lockstep….
10 July 2025
Sir Brian Clarke Visionary of Contemporary Stained Glass Dies Aged 72
Artlyst Obituary | 7 July 2025: Sir Brian Clarke, whose restless experimentation and a driving ambition updated stained glass from an ecclesiastical craft into a powerful contemporary art form….
9 July 2025
Moira Cameron Wins Annual NPG Portrait Award 2025
Moira Cameron has been awarded first prize in the 2025 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award for her contemplative and boldly executed self-portrait, A Life Lived….
8 July 2025
The Art Diary July 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
July’s Art Diary begins with exhibitions in and reflection on ecclesiastical buildings, through the Liverpool Biennial and the Waterloo Festival.
30 June 2025
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting – A Masterful Catalogue
Jenny Saville’s monumental depictions of the human body are as much about the materiality of paint as they are about the flesh they portray. Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting…
19 June 2025
Rubens Oil Sketch: DCMS Export Ban Aims To Save Masterpiece For The Nation
A rare oil sketch by Peter Paul Rubens, Cimon Falling in Love with Efigenia (c. 1616–17), now faces an export bar in a bid to retain the work for the UK….
17 June 2025
Sussex Modernism Towner Eastbourne Thought Provoking And Original – Claudia Barbieri
Sussex Modernism at the Towner Eastbourne Gallery one of the most thought-provoking and original exhibitions in the current summer season.
2 June 2025
The Art Diary June 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
For the June diary, I begin with two important recently published books about religion and contemporary art.
2 June 2025
Ten Out Of London Art Exhibitions Summer 2025
Artlyst has selected ten exhibitions that will open outside London and throughout the UK in Summer 2025.
30 May 2025
V&A East Storehouse Opens Unique Museum Experience
The V&A’s new working store and visitor attraction, V&A East Storehouse, opens to the public on 31 May 2025.
28 May 2025
Alan Yentob: Arts Broadcaster And BBC 1 Controller Dies Aged 78
Alan Yentob, the respected BBC broadcaster, documentary filmmaker, and arts champion, has passed away aged 78. Over a career spanning… Read More
25 May 2025
Cate Blanchett To Co-Host Serpentine Summer Party’s 25th Anniversary
London, UK – The Serpentine Galleries’ annual Summer Party, the capital’s most anticipated cultural soirée since its launch in 2000, marks… Read More
15 May 2025
London Art Degree Shows 2025 Guide
Here is a comprehensive list of all the major London art degree shows scheduled for the summer.
13 May 2025
The Parkin Lot: Three generations One Show Rogue Gallery St Leonards – Sophie Parkin
Sophie Parkin on Molly Parkin’s Alzheimer’s, growing up as an artist and passing the paint brushes on to her daughter…
9 May 2025
Royal Reopening: King And Queen Open Transformed National Gallery Sainsbury Wing
On the second anniversary of their Coronation, King Charles III and Queen Camilla returned to the National Gallery to mark the completion of a two-year
7 May 2025
Stephen Cox: Atavistic Sculptures Adorn Houghton Hall Norfolk – Sue Hubbard
Houghton Hall, in Norfolk, was commissioned by the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.
7 May 2025
The Art Diary May 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
For the May Art Diary, I include three exhibitions involving gardens – at Gainsborough’s House, Philip Mould and Company, and Waddesdon Manor.
1 May 2025