Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2018 – Celebrating Artists And Art Professionals
The Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2018, now in its 8th edition is a celebration of artists and art professionals who have made a difference in 2018.
30 October 2018
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Tate Collective Unveil Public Art Commissions Celebrating Key Women Across London
An exhibition of 20 newly-commissioned artworks celebrating London women was unveiled in public spaces across the city today Thursday 18 October. In conjunction with the Mayor of London and the London Tate Collective team
18 October 2018
Seventeen Contemporary Artists Selected For Bahrain Art Week Paris
Hosted by the office of Her Royal Highness, the Wife of the King of Bahrain, as part of Bahrain’s leading art initiative “Art Bahrain Across Borders,”
10 September 2018
Pronounce Artists’ Names Correctly – An Artlyst How To Guide
All of us here at the Artlyst find it daunting at times to correctly pronounce the names of the artists that appear daily on the Artlyst website.
29 August 2018
Women Need More Recognition For Their Contribution To Visual Arts – Edward Lucie-Smith
Nobody, I think, could be keener than I am to see women obtain more recognition for their creative contribution to the visual arts.
20 August 2018
Three Women Painting Big – Painting Loud – Newport Street Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery has a new show entitled True Colours.
13 June 2018
200 Women Known And Unknown Figures – Pen And Brush NY
200 WOMEN who will change the way you see the world is fittingly showcased at Pen and Brush, New York
12 June 2018
Helen Cammock Wins Whitechapel’s Max Mara Art Prize for Women
Helen Cammock has won the 2018 Max Mara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery.
16 April 2018
Tate’s Big Faux-Pas: Picasso Exhibition Opens On International Women’s Day
Today (8th March) is International Women’s Day, it’s also the public opening of the new Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern. For those of you familiar with Picasso and his self-mythologized monster; you may need to read that sentence again.
8 March 2018
Glasgow Girls: Artists Heavily Engaged In Social Comment – Clare Henry
One Hundred years after the suffragette movement which culminated in women gaining the right to vote, it feels like this may finally be the year for Women and with International Women’s Day this week, let’s celebrate. So what about artists labelled GIRLS – and even worse, “Glasgow Girls?
5 March 2018
Annie Swynnerton: Passionate Supporter Of Women’s Rights Exhibited
The first retrospective for nearly a century of the Manchester-born painter Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933) has opened at the Manchester Art Gallery 23 February 2018– 6 January 2019.
4 March 2018
Emerging Artists From Budapest – Zoltan Alexander Investigates This Dynamic Scene
Could Hungary still retake its place on the art-map of Europe and contemporary art from Budapest have an international recognition
6 February 2018
UK Artists Getting Poorer As 82% Earn Less Than £10,000 PA
A new report out today shows that UK emerging and mid-career artists are getting poorer: 82% now earn less than £10,000 a year. Artfinder who produced the study, shows an increase in the percentage of artists earning less than £10,000 a year, up from 72% in 2013 to 82%. It’s also worse for women – with 83.6% earning under £10,000 (from 98% of respondents who stated gender).
28 November 2017
ParisPhoto – Women House And Lyon Biennial – Virginie Puertolas-Syn – French Update
Autumn is always a hectic yet enjoyable season for the art lover in France – my favourite time of year in the busy art world calendar. I had just recovered from the excitement of Frieze and Fiac when I decided to venture to the 21st edition of Paris Photo.
27 November 2017
Leftovers Exhibition Explores What Is Left Of Women When Mothering
The exhibition focuses on the idea of what is left of women when mothering.
26 November 2017
Migration, Cyber Women, and Breast Ironing: New Art Prize explores diverse themes
An exciting new prize has arrived on the UK art scene. The Emerging Female Artists prize was initiated by the arts and human rights charity, FiLiA, with a call for entries this summer. Since 2013, part of FiLiA’s mission has been to support the development of new female artists working in the UK today.
15 October 2017
Femfest Launches 70 Female Visual Artists Exhibiting In London
femfest is a 3-day art festival exploring the work of 70 female visual artists in London. The event was borne from the missions and values for arts festivals to focus on and privilege the voices and experiences of those identifying as women.
29 August 2017
Drawing As An Encounter Between Artists And Sitters By Edward Lucie-Smith
The latest stage in the National Portrait Gallery’s endeavour to reach out beyond its original remit – paintings and sculptures, often of not much artistic merit in themselves, of worthy Brits – is a rather fascinating show of Old Master portrait drawings, lent from other British national collections.
21 August 2017
Islamic Women Explore Their Identities In London Exhibition – By Edward Lucie-Smith
There happens to be quite a spectrum of feminist and what one might (maybe tactlessly) call ethnic exhibitions on view in London… Read More
15 July 2017
Australian Artist Martin Brown Picks 10 Artists At The 57th Venice Biennale
As a regular attendee of the Venice Biennale, this was my sixth visit, I was fortunate to attend the Vernissage week with an invitation from the Australia Council for which I am eternally grateful. This is a summary of some of the things that I liked that caught my eye. There were many others of equal interest but I’ve pared it down to just a few.
1 July 2017
Golden Lions Won By German Artists At 57th Venice Biennale
Anne Imhof’s Performance piece constructed below glass floors floating above the German pavilion with caged dogs Win the 57th Venice Biennale, Golden Lions.
14 May 2017
Nine Female Artists To Showcase Work At Hix CNB Gallery
Shoreditch’s CNB Gallery is presenting a Brains & Lip Takeover, showcasing the work of nine female artists, a group show curated by Alice Steffen and Claire Orme.
11 April 2017
Nan Goldin and Marina Abramovic Turn The Camera To Women
Photography and video works drawn from the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. go on display at the Whitechapel Gallery 18 January -16 April.
10 January 2017
Top 10: Feminist Artists You Should Know – Artlyst
The feminist art movement emerged in the 1960s with women artists taking an interest in how they differed from their male counterparts. Artlyst has put together its top 10 feminist artists.
27 December 2016
Entangled Puts 40 International Female Artists On Display At Turner Contemporary
Turner Contemporary puts making and materiality centre stage in a new exhibition. Entangled: Threads & Making is a major exhibition of sculpture, installation, tapestry, textiles and jewellery from the early 20th century to the present day.
22 December 2016
Top 10 – Artists Behaving Badly
Artists were very likely the first ‘Rock Stars! Since Caravaggio, they have left behind a legacy of volatile extremes whether it be drunken incontinence or in your face infidelities. Here are a few examples of ‘Bad Ass’ artists .
21 December 2016
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Reveals Recipients Of 22nd Annual Awards for Artists
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has announced the recipients of the 22nd annual Awards for Artists, the largest individual awards made to visual artists and composers in the UK.
14 November 2016
British Women Top 2016 Alt Power 100 List For First Time
Artlyst’s Alt Power 100 2016 list is revealed with all the top slots taken by women for the first time.
19 October 2016
Contemporary Female Artists Explored In New Sheffield’s Graves Gallery Exhibition
Leading international collector Valeria Napoleone, who concentrates on work by female artists has organised a display highlighting her collection in public for the… Read More
16 July 2016
£100,000 Freelands Foundation Artist Award Announced For Mid-career Female Artists
A new annual art prize has been announced by the Freelands Foundation. The Freelands Artist Award will enable a regional… Read More
5 April 2016
Emma Hart Wins The Sixth Max Mara Art Prize For Women
Emma Hart has won the sixth Max Mara Art Prize for Women at a ceremony at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, on 3 February… Read More
3 February 2016
Oscars Row Highlights The Scarcity Of Successful Black Visual Artists
Last week we had Saatchi falsely bending to women artists, this week with the Oscars furore we look at another… Read More
29 January 2016