The Art Diary May 2023 – Rev Jonathan Evens
The May Art Diary by Rev Jonathan Evens covers new books and selected exhibitions.
8 May 2023
The May Art Diary by Rev Jonathan Evens covers new books and selected exhibitions.
8 May 2023
Sabine Moritz was born in East Germany in 1969: her family managed to move west in 1985, but her early work often took its subjects from recollections of the Soviet era…
7 May 2023
After visiting the excellent Paul Smith-curated Pablo Picasso exhibition at the Musée Picasso in Paris, I was inspired to choose ten paintings, writing a paragraph on each.
3 May 2023
It’s difficult to say definitively whether artists like Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst are “only in it for the money,” as motivations can be complex and multifaceted.
2 May 2023
Sean Scully talks to Rev Jonathan Evens about his art, the creative process and nature.
30 April 2023
Sue Hubbard looks at Damien Hirst’s Mother And Child (Divided) in her latest critical study for Artlyst’s Significant Works.
27 April 2023
A total fiasco is taking place in Paisley. The Art Galleries are gone, replaced by 60 digital displays, a café, picnic areas and a museum.
24 April 2023
One of the most rewarding things I get to do as an art journalist is to run around and choose my favourite works on offer.
22 April 2023
Over One hundred fifty-two galleries are presented across Art Brussels four sections: 99 in PRIME, 34 in DISCOVERY, 12 in REDISCOVERY
18 April 2023
In this month’s diary, I’m mainly reconnecting with artists, collections, movements and prizes I’ve featured previously in my writing.
12 April 2023
Carey Young explores systems of power and gender equality in her solo show at Modern Art Oxford.
5 April 2023
Hong Kong Art Week/Month has heralded the return of visual culture to the Asia-Pacific market hub.
26 March 2023
It’s been hard to choose a single painting by Frank Bowling for this series, to select one that is more significant in his long and illustrious career than any of the others. Each time his style has changed seems to have been a significant moment.
23 March 2023
Nalini Malani’s work weaves together source materials drawn from different media and cultures in order to connect contemporary issues with history
12 March 2023
On a recent trip to Phnom Penh, I was really excited to visit the studio of one of the leading Cambodian Contemporary artists, Sopheap Pich.
12 March 2023
Haroon Mirza’s exhibition of new work consists of installations that play ingeniously between sound, light and electric current
9 March 2023
2023 begins In Essex with a focus on female experience and perceptions of life changes, embodiment, and the world around them.
12 February 2023
Jonathan Baldock works across sculpture, installation and performance. He has a way with unexpected faces – as in his long-running series of ceramic masks
30 January 2023
For this rolling feature Nico Kos-Earle has chosen 15 international artists working in various mediums to look out for in 2023.
23 January 2023
David Mach RA has always worked big. His sculpture always controversial, ambitious, and monumental.
23 January 2023
Women artists are set to dominate the exhibition schedule in the major museums and galleries in 2023
18 January 2023
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2023.
9 January 2023
The collector’s word in the aisles during many of the international art fairs is that there are just too many art fairs!
8 January 2023
Surveying current and upcoming exhibitions at the turn of the year provides evidence of the breadth and depth of the past and present engagement between art and spirituality.
4 January 2023
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Artlyst has put together a month-by-month guide of the best of the London art exhibitions coming in 2023.
2 January 2023
Jonny Briggs combines photography, performance, and sculpture to explore issues around childhood and identity.
2 January 2023
Presenting the much-coveted Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2022. This is Artlyst’s way of acknowledging our industry’s hard work and achievements, as we see and curate it.
29 December 2022
There was a time when Nativity exhibitions routinely featured among the Christmas offerings from London Galleries.
11 December 2022
I was very much looking forward to ending the 2022 fair season in Miami. Being Art Basel Miami’s 20th anniversary and the last edition for Marc Spiegel, expectations were high.
8 December 2022
After a lengthy refurbishment, thanks to £10 million from The Lottery Fund, one of my favourite museums in the UK, has re-opened, and they have done a magnificent job. It is the most significant development in the history of Gainsborough’s House since it became a museum in 1961.
5 December 2022
The author of the biography Winslow Homer: American Passage, Bill Cross, is an independent scholar and a consultant to art and history museums.
4 December 2022
Serrano’s photograph, Piss Christ (1987), became the subject of a US national debate on freedom of artistic expression.
29 November 2022