The Art Diary April 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The April 2024 Art Diary covers exhibitions as far apart as Salem, Massachusetts, Hong Kong, Venice, Cumbria, Welwyn Garden City and London.
3 April 2024
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Artist Keith Piper Unveils His Retort To Tate’s Racist Rex Whistler Mural
Rex Whistler’s mural, titled “The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats,” is his most significant artwork, created when the artist was just 21….
11 March 2024
Liverpool Biennial Appoints Marie-Anne McQuay Curator For 13th Edition
The Liverpool Biennial has announced Marie-Anne McQuay as the Curator for its 13th edition, set to run from June 7… Read More
23 January 2024
The Art Diary December 2023 – Revd Jonathan Evens
December’s art diary begins with books that would make interesting gifts this Christmas before focusing on our usual eclectic mix of exhibition
4 December 2023
Mark Rothko: A Breathtaking Retrospective Opens At Fondation Louis Vuitton
In the echoey halls of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the spectral artistry of Mark Rothko unfurls in a breathtaking retrospective
19 October 2023
R B Kitaj And Philip Guston: Figurative Painting Celebrated – Revd Jonathan Evens
Two artists whose dogged persistence with figurative art, in the face of more reductive critical perceptions of art, enabled us to reach this place of diversity are currently having major retrospectives in London: Philip Guston and R.B. Kitaj.
17 October 2023
Unfaltering Marina Abramović: RA Stages Largest Retrospective To Date
In 1973, Marina Abramović performed Rhythm 10 at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. Sitting at a table with twenty knives and two tape recorders
24 September 2023
Paula Rego: Abortion Etchings Acquired By US Public Collections
The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum in New York have expanded their collections of Paula Rego’s graphic work.
18 July 2023
Surrealists In New York – Charles Darwent – Thames & Hudson
An absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought Surrealism to America, helping to shift the centre of the art world from Paris to New York
13 July 2023
The Art Of Choice For Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials And Gen Z
Each generation has a diverse taste in art, influenced by unique experiences, cultural context, and technological advancements.
27 June 2023
LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 12TH EDITION: All You Need To Know To Navigate The Event
On Saturday, 10 June, Liverpool Biennial opened its 12th edition, titled ‘uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things’, unveiling a… Read More
13 June 2023
Whitechapel Gallery Unveils Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70
The Whitechapel Gallery In London has announced a major new exhibition bringing together over 150 paintings by an overlooked generation of 80 international women artists.
17 January 2023
Adriano Pedrosa Selected Artistic Director Of Venice Biennale 2024
The Board of La Biennale di Venezia have selected Adriano Pedrosa as Director of the Visual Arts Sector
15 December 2022
Lucian Freud And His Circle Surveyed In Two London Exhibitions
A noted John Deakin photograph of Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud in Soho in 1963
1 December 2022
Ashley Bickerton Leading Neo-Geo Artist Dies Aged 63
The Neo-Geo Artist Ashley Bickerton (May 26, 1959 – November 30, 2022) has died in Bali after a protracted illness.
1 December 2022
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces £600k Annual Arts Awards
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has awarded £600,000 to new recipients of Awards for Artists 2022.
10 November 2022
Turner Prize: Liverpool Hosts Challenging 2022 Edition – Alice Lenkiewicz
The Turner Prize has arrived at Tate Liverpool for the second time in 20 years. Visitors can now explore the work of this year’s nominees free of charge.
20 October 2022
Art Vaudeville: Frieze London and Frieze Masters – Nico Kos Earle
Sometimes I wonder if the art fair is a symptom of the internet and our contemporaneous assumption that everything is instantly available at the click of a button
18 October 2022
William Kentridge Ubu Tells The Truth – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
The white south African artist William Kentridge has used the play Ubu Roito to express his views against South African apartheid and its vicious attacks on its black citizens.
7 October 2022
Tribeca And Noho’s Best Exhibitions An Equinox Excursion October 2022 – Ilka Scobie
Returning to New York on Air Fair Weekend, I missed Independent, the Armory and Spring Break while nursing an airplane cold (luckily, not covid).
25 September 2022
Artist Musician Maxim Announces London Solo Exhibition
Musician and mixed media artist Maxim has announced a solo exhibition at Miart Gallery London. Fresh from a sell-out UK tour, Maxim, The Prodigy front man and talented fine artist
21 September 2022
Ten Things To Shout About At London’s Masterpiece Art Fair – Nico Kos Earle
Masterpiece is one of London’s unmissable art fairs. This is a melting pot where visitors can view and buy the finest works of art, design, furniture and jewellery
6 July 2022
Channeling Andrew Wyeth: Jeffery Becton And Andrea Hamilton Between Two Worlds – The Poetics of Coastal Places
It is a work that has deeply influenced the practice of countless artists, in particular fine art photographer Jeffery Becton.
3 July 2022
Misia-O’ To Unveil The Spirit of Lee Miller Photography Exhibition Belle Beau Gallery During Les Rencontres d’Arles
Photographer Misia-O’ will unveil 4 large-format photographs inspired by Lee Miller in Arles in an exhibition titled ‘The Spirit of Lee Miller’, which will also feature an NFT
21 June 2022
Cecilia Alemani’s Powerful Harmonious Venice Biennale – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
I was curious to see how the Curator Cecilia Alemani – one of the few female curators of the Biennale, was going to address the pandemic of the last two years and how this historical moment we all went through was going to be reflected in one of the most important non-commercial Art rendez-vous.
18 May 2022
Man Ray Sets New Photography Record Price at $12.4m
A Man Ray photograph ‘Le Violon d’Ingres’ has set a new record price for a photograph, selling for $12.4 million
15 May 2022
Audrey Flack Carlo Crivelli And Robert Indiana – March Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens
Audrey Flack found her signature style during the 1960s. Originally an Abstract Expressionist, she moved through New Realism to Photorealism.
13 March 2022
NYC Gallery Scene Round-Up February 2022 – Ilka Scobie
Omicron’s on the decline, the snow is grey and slushy, and the city unveils eclectic and exciting art.
3 February 2022
Twelve London Art Exhibitions To Energise You in 2022
Artlyst has selected twelve of the most exciting exhibitions promised for 2022 in London.
14 December 2021
Mark Woods An Uncanny And Taboo World – James Payne
James Payne explores the curious world of Mark Woods in his exhibition Absorption at Cross Lane Projects, Kendal.
27 August 2021
Government University Arts Cuts A Soft Target – Helen Cammock Art On The Underground Commission – Tate Announces 2022 Programme
Government University Arts Cuts A Soft Target – Helen Cammock Art On The Underground Commission – Tate Announces 2022 Programme
27 July 2021
Lucian Freud: Real Lives In Focus Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
Lucian Freud – Real Lives is the first exhibition of his work in the North West for thirty years. Widely regarded as a master of modern…
26 July 2021