Welcome to the fifth birthday edition of the Artlyst Alternative Power 100. This is a list of merit awarded, by our panel, to art industry insiders who have made a major contribution to the discipline of Contemporary Art, in the previous twelve months. I would like to...
Simon Lee Gallery is presents an exhibition of new paintings (all 2015) by Los Angeles based artist Jim Shaw. Material wealth, innocence and guilt, man's relationship with nature and religious fanaticism all come under fire in Shaw’s new paintings. Mining and...
The term ‘offence’, in the context of ‘to take offence at’ (as opposed to, an illegal offence or act against the law) is defined as an “annoyance or resentment brought about by a perceived insult to or disregard for oneself”. Thus...
Turner Prize-winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen's next big project will be to direct a biopic on American actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson, reports the Guardian.“His life and legacy was the film I wanted to make the second after Hunger," McQueen...
Brett Bailey's controversial Exhibit B forces the audience to engage with stories of exploitation, say the supporters of the artwork branded as racist which has since been called off. Exhibit B, staged by The Barbican at The Vaults venue in London, was to have...
Upon entering the disused Domino sugar factory, in New York the first thing you notice is the smell. It's pungent, acrid, and forces a sensitive nose to wrinkle slightly. A little further in, you encounter the cherubic countenance of a pre-pubescent black boy clad in...
Ben Okri has unveiled his poem (see below) dedicated to William Hoare’s compelling portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, the earliest known British oil portrait of a freed slave. This is also t he first portrait in this country to honour an African subject as...
The Turner Prize winning artist Steve McQueen's has won the People's Choice award for his film 12 Years a Slave, at the Toronto International Film Festival. This paves the way to a sure fire Oscar nomination which will take place on 2 March 2014. The film is an...
The Booker Prize winning writer Ben Okri has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to write a new poem to be incorporated into a special display of its loaned painting of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, the first portrait of a black African Muslim and freed slave....