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Tadek Beutlich Weaving On and Off the Loom – Claudia Barbieri Childs

Textile weaving has long been undervalued as a creative art form. But this is changing. A year ago, at London’s Barbican Gallery, Unravel….

5 March 2025

The Art Diary March 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens

The March Art Diary first highlights exhibitions in Essex (Firstsite, Focal Point and Beecroft Galleries) followed by group shows engaging with spirituality and social issues

4 March 2025

Features

Rags to Riches: The Myth of Arte Povera – Marcus Howard-Vyse

To what extent is the famous Italian art movement a ‘poor art’ rebellion or a rich man’s game?…

26 February 2025

Feature, Features

Book Review: Linder: Danger Came Smiling – Artlyst

If you’re looking for a book that captures the raw energy, subversive brilliance, and unapologetic feminism of one of Britain’s… Read More

12 February 2025

Books For Sale

Brasil! Brasil! Great Modernist Art But Look Deeper – Iluá Hauck da Silva

Brasil! Brasil!, the new show at the Royal Academy in London, claims that at the time of the emergence of its modernist art movement in the 1910s, Brazil was ‘a young, ambitious, and optimistic nation’ and that its modernist artists’ rejected European tastes for academic art.’

1 February 2025

Philip Guston’s Anti-Fascist Mural Restored And Unveiled In Mexico

After nearly a century, Philip Guston’s monumental mural, The Struggle Against Terrorism, has been meticulously restored…

29 January 2025

David Lynch: Influential Director And Artist, Dies Aged 78

David Lynch was not only an Oscar-nominated filmmaker but also a painter, actor, photographer and musician. He cultivated a Surrealist… Read More

16 January 2025

Obituary, People

Twelve Out of London Art Exhibitions 2025

Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2025.

14 January 2025

Feature, Features

London Art Exhibitions 2025 An Artlyst Month by Month Guide

*UPDATED*
2025 promises to see another full and varied programme of art exhibitions in London. Artlyst has put together this month-by-month guide.

5 January 2025

Feature, Features

Magritte Achieves $105m At Christie’s Double-header Evening Sales

Christie’s evening sales in New York had moments of high drama and subdued junctures, notched up an impressive total of $486 million to further underscore how vital the art market still is, with its penchant for fresh-to-market high-quality works. It also showed some unevenness in… Read More

20 November 2024

Art Market, Art Market News

$65.5m Monet Water lily Painting Leads Sotheby’s New York Autumn Sales

Sotheby’s November auctions in New York kicked off on November 18 with solid results across its Evening Sales. It amassed… Read More

20 November 2024

Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury Pallant House – Brian Childs

Dora Carrington was, and remains, an enigma. A rebel who shunned the public gaze, an outsider who immersed herself in the Bloomsbury set…

20 November 2024

The Art Diary November 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens

I begin the November Art Diary with exhibitions by artists with whom I have some former connections, starting with some I have interviewed, such as Michael Petry, Sean Scully and Genesis Tramaine.

4 November 2024

Features

Sotheby’s Announces $1 Billion Investment from Abu Dhabi’s ADQ

In a landmark development for the global art market, Sotheby’s has secured a $1 billion investment from Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ…

30 October 2024

Art Market, News

Leonora Carrington: Experts And Family Clash Over Authenticity Of Final Bronzes

Late bronzes attributed to the British-Mexican surrealist artist Leonora Carrington have sharply divided scholars, collectors, and her heirs into two camps of opinion regarding her final works…

30 October 2024

Art Basel Paris 2024 What Sold And What The Dealers Said

The 2024 edition of Art Basel Paris concluded successfully amid an energised response from galleries and local and international visitors…. Read More

20 October 2024

Frieze London 2024 What Sold And What The Dealers Said

London, 14 October 2024—Frieze London and Frieze Masters closed their doors after a successful five-day run, with significant sales and… Read More

14 October 2024

Sydell Miller Collection To Headline Sotheby’s NY November Marquee Sales

The extraordinary collection of Sydell Miller, known to reflect her philosophy of life, will headline Sotheby’s marquee sales this November… Read More

20 September 2024

Christie’s Announces MICA: THE COLLECTION OF MICA ERTEGUN

This Autumn, Christie’s New York is launching a landmark series of auctions with two exclusive single-owner sales. The first takes… Read More

19 September 2024

David Anfam, Leading Scholar of Abstract Expressionism Dies Aged 69

David Anfam, a distinguished art historian and curator known for his groundbreaking scholarship on Abstract Expressionism, passed away in London…

24 August 2024

The Victorian Radicals And Other Related Exhibitions – Revd Jonathan Evens

The Victorian Radicals featured in this exhibition were attempting to go back to the future, although, at points, they got lost in the past.

21 August 2024

Marisol: The Revaluation of A Pop Art Icon

Marisol Escobar, known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American artist born in France in 1930 who became one of her… Read More

24 July 2024

People

Cedric Morris And Arthur Lett-Haines Gainsborough House – Revd Jonathan Evens

Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines ran The East Anglian School of Art and Design from their home, Benton End, Hadleigh.

23 July 2024

Three South Coast Exhibitions Not To Miss – Claudia Barbieri Childs

This summer, a lot of exciting art can be seen in country towns and houses within commuting reach of London. For reasons ranging from high-speed broadband connectivity….

16 July 2024

Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead – Book Review

Joanna Moorhead’s Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington offers a compelling and richly detailed exploration of one of the 20th century…

4 July 2024

Books For Sale

Tracey Emin Made A Dame In King’s Birthday Honours List

Tracey Emin, YBA Artist, born on July 3, 1963, in Croydon, London, has been given a Damehood in the King’s Birthday Honour list 2024.

14 June 2024

The Art Diary June 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens

The June diary includes exhibitions by Judy Chicago, Belinda De Bruyckere, Isa Genzken, Nan Goldin, Dora Maar, Susie Hamilton, Samuel Walsh, Richard Kenton Webb, Caspar David Friedrich, Michael Takeo Magruder, as well as exhibitions exploring the influences of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, An Túr Gloine, art and faith, art and nature, art and space.

3 June 2024

Feature

Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Masterpiece Shatters Auction Records at Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s New York, Leonora Carrington’s 1945 tempera painting, Les Distractions de Dagobert, sold for a record-breaking $28.5 million (including fees),… Read More

16 May 2024