Culture Minister Ed Vaizey Places Temporary Export Ban On Giacometti Sculpture
A sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century is at risk of being exported from… Read More
25 February 2016
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Sotheby’s And Christie’s Impressionist And Modern Results Winter 2016 Sustains Growth
Sotheby’s and Christie’s have both held their winter Impressionist and Modern sales this week reaffirming that the art market is… Read More
4 February 2016
David Bowie Musician, Actor and Visual Artist Dies Aged 69
The musician, actor and visual artist David Bowie has died in New York, age 69. He was recently the subject of a comprehensive retrospective
11 January 2016
New Early Alberto Giacometti Exhibition Reveals Breakthrough Influences
“During those years I saw anew the bodies that attracted me in reality and the abstract forms that seemed true… Read More
6 January 2016
Ellsworth Kelly One Of America’s Greatest Abstract Painters Dies Aged 92
Ellsworth Kelly, one of the last remaining of the 20th-century abstract artists, who helped to shape American painting has died age 92.
28 December 2015
Contemporary Art Society Launches New Acquisition Initiative For Regional Museums
A new scheme launched by The Contemporary Art Society (CAS), aims to address the lack of important works of Contemporary… Read More
11 December 2015
Photo Feature: Dorothy Cross, Eye Of The Shark At Frith Street Gallery
Frith Street Gallery is currently presenting an exhibition of new works by Dorothy Cross. Working in sculpture, film and photography,… Read More
18 November 2015
Dorothy Cross: New Exhibition To Open At Frith Street Gallery
Frith Street Gallery announces an exhibition of new works by Dorothy Cross. Working in sculpture, film and photography, Cross looks… Read More
23 October 2015
National Gallery of Modern Art Acquires Rare Picasso Collage
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art announced the acquisition of a ground-breaking and exceptionally rare Cubist collage by Pablo… Read More
21 October 2015
Jurgen Klauke: Aesthetic Paranoia At Annely Juda Fine Art
Annely Juda Fine Art is currently presenting an exhibition of 19 photographic prints by the German artist Jürgen Klauke. Klauke… Read More
18 October 2015
Manet Portrait Loaned By Ashmolean To Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
After a £7.83 million campaign to acquire Édouard Manet’s magnificent Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus in 2012, the Ashmolean Museum in… Read More
24 September 2015
Massimiliano Gioni: A Subversive, Eclectic Portrait Of The Great Mother
In the land of the exalted Madonna, Massimiliano Gioni presents a subversive, eclectic and extraordinary portrait of “The Great Mother.” Like the brilliant 2013… Read More
28 August 2015
Richard Saltoun Gallery Surveys The Career Of Surrealist Artist Pierre Molinier
Richard Saltoun Gallery announces a solo exhibition of the career and unorthodox life of French Surrealist artist Pierre Molinier (b…. Read More
20 August 2015
Podcast: Dominic Shepherd In Conversation With Zavier Ellis And Dr Gavin Parkinson
CHARLIE SMITH London is presenting Dominic Shepherd in the artist’s latest exhibition ‘Bare Foot Prophet’, where Shepherd responds to the… Read More
12 June 2015
Maggi Hambling Presents War Requiem & Aftermath A New Survey
The Cultural Institute at King’s College London will be presenting War Requiem & Aftermath, a survey of recent work by… Read More
18 February 2015
Pierre Huyghe Awarded Kurt Schwitters Prize For 2015
After narrowly missing out on the 2014 Vincent Award at the Gemeentemuseum, in The Hague, the 52-year-old French artist, known… Read More
18 February 2015
Global Art-marketing: Where The Crowned Kings Of Auctioneering Find Their Sovereignty
In my best Sam the Eagle voice: “Sales is vanity, profit is sanity”. Splashed all over the art newspapers this week were Christie’s
13 February 2015
Ed Paschke: Visionary From Chicago – The Original Pop Art Provocateur
The Ashmolean Museum presents Ed Paschke: Visionary from Chicago, 1968–2004. The exhibition is the third in the museum’s series of… Read More
29 January 2015
Ed Paschke: New Exhibition Comes To The Ashmolean Museum Oxford
The Ashmolean Museum presents Ed Paschke: Visionary from Chicago, 1968–2004 and is the third in the museum’s series of exhibitions… Read More
13 January 2015
Christie’s Unveils Stellar Selection For London’s The Art of The Surreal Auction
Christie’s stellar selection of 36 lots in the much anticipated annual London evening sale of The Art of The Surreal… Read More
11 January 2015
London Photography Exhibitions For December 2014 Reviewed By Kerim Aytac
It’s been a while since there have been this many photography shows worth seeing in London. Not only are there… Read More
10 December 2014
Mark Rothko At The Gemeentemuseum – A Canvas Soaked In Life
Artlyst has travelled to the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, which is presenting a retrospective of the great Abstract Expressionist Mark… Read More
27 November 2014
First Dutch Mark Rothko Exhibition In 40 Years At Gemeentemuseum
These days, exhibitions of the American artist Mark Rothko’s work are huge crowd-pullers, and his paintings fetch record sums at… Read More
19 November 2014
Horst P. Horst: Superlative Survey Of A Great Photographer Of Style
It’s another coup for the V&A with this superlative survey of the late, great Horst P. Horst. Not only does… Read More
7 September 2014
Joan Miro Works Get Green Light To Be Sold In London
The sale of a Portuguese collection of 85 works by the spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miró will go ahead now… Read More
30 August 2014
Mannequin Exhibition Explores The Spooky World Of Life Size Dolls
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has announced the final details of its major 2014 Autumn exhibition titled, Silent Partners: Artist… Read More
11 August 2014
Picasso Mandolin And Guitar: The Mystery Of A Hidden Portrait
Picasso once said, “Art is a lie that tells the truth”, this statement offers great insight into his painting “Mandolin… Read More
28 June 2014
Christie’s Reveals £86m Impressionist and Modern Evening Sales Figures
Christies London has released the results for the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale which took place on 24 June … Read More
25 June 2014
Louise Bourgeois: New MIMA Exhibition Highlights Late Works
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) will be presented in a new exhibition at Mima from 18 July to 12 October 2014. mima… Read More
9 May 2014
Horst : Ultimate Fashion Photography Explored In New Museum Exhibition
The V&A will host the definitive retrospective exhibition of the work of master photographer Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) this autumn…. Read More
2 May 2014
Sarah Lucas Selected To Represent Britain At 56th Venice Biennale
The British Council has just announced that Sarah Lucas has been selected to represent Britain at the 56th Venice International… Read More
21 March 2014
Up Now: Top Ten London Art Exhibitions March 2014 By Paul Carey-Kent
Art critic Paul Carey-Kent has released his latest, rolling top ten Current Choices of must see exhibitions, currently on view… Read More
3 March 2014