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All the fun of Frieze Art Fair

13.10.11
Frieze Art Fair: As the art world descends for opening of London's most important art event, our critic picks his highlights... more

Scramble for artist Gavin Turk's £25 signed eggs

20.06.11
Artist Gavin Turk sells signed eggs for £25 each at an art car boot fair in Brick Lane where bargain pieces by Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin can also be snapped up... more

New southern comforts at No.67

09.06.11
No. 67, part of the South London Gallery, offers home-cooked dishes served in a relaxed, intimate space... more

40-foot rusty nail unveiled in the City - just wait until you see the hammer

12.05.11
A new shops-and-offices development in the City has an artwork at its heart that's sure to make visitors stop and stare... more

Just wait until you see the hammer…

12.05.11
A new shops-and-offices development in the City has an artwork at its heart that's sure to make visitors stop and stare - a 40ft-tall rusty nail... more

Star art auction for a worthy cause

04.05.11
Works from Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk, Banksy, Peter Blake, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol and Adam Ball will be going under the hammer on Monday May 16... more

Ivan Massow: 'The prospect of dying wasn't frightening, there was nothing in my life to be ashamed of'

21.03.11
An aneurysm almost killed Ivan Massow six months ago. For all the pain, the gay Tory maverick, now restored to health and work, insists it was one of the most uplifting moments of his life... more

That sculpture’s rubbish...free outdoor exhibition at Frieze fair

12.10.10
If there’s a pile of rubbish in the normally refined surroundings of Regent’s Park it can only mean one thing — the Frieze art fair... more

The Groucho Club: a home for hellraisers

21.05.10
It's 25 years since a quorum of creative ne'er-do-wells set up The Groucho Club, ushering in an era of excess and mischief. Sophie Leris salutes the enduring appeal of the Soho school for scandal ... more

Hirst and Emin works trashed in £1m Art Bin

15.03.10
Six weeks after a painting of a skull by Damien Hirst launched Michael Landy's Art Bin at the South London Gallery, Adam Ant rounds off the project by hurtling a collage he made on the spot into the debris... more

London's most luxurious - and romantic - hotels

12.02.10
Around London, hotels are feverishly scattering rose petals, lighting candles and putting heart-shaped ice cubes in every cocktail to prepare for a night to remember... more

Foundry in Shoreditch to make way for hotel

04.02.10
One of London’s most popular alternative arts venues and home to a large Banksy mural is to be demolished... more

Commerce is chasing art out of Hoxton

03.02.10
Why not have a vibrant, trendy hotel - call it an art'otel - that brings art to you? It's just a shame Hoxton could be losing a real arts venue will have to go to build it... more

Doomed gallery turned into work of art

21.12.09
Artist Mike Ballard has been given free rein to transform an entire gallery into one giant installation - because the space is to be demolished for Crossrail... more

£3,000 artwork is stolen... police hunt comes up against a brick wall

08.12.09
Police are on the hunt for a thief who stole a brick on sale for £3,000 at an art gallery and replaced it with a standard 40p house brick... more

Artworks that money can't buy (but fixing the artist's boiler can)

25.11.09
If you believed you could never afford a Tracey Emin, think again. One of her works could soon be on your wall - but you might have to do her chores first... more

Saatchi makes case for young art

09.10.09
The work of 20 graduates who are hoping to emulate the success of the Young British Artists is to go on show in the New Sensations.... more

The new people power - the rise of the Twittering generation

22.06.09
From brutal pictures of the Iranian election to viral marketing campaigns for the latest pop band, Olivia Cole looks at the growing influence of the Twittering generation... more

Art lovers take advantage of credit crunch deals

15.06.09
Thousands of art lovers swarmed to east London to pick up works from top international artists at credit crunch prices... more

Artists urged to enter race for £6m Cultural Olympiad grants

19.03.09
Artists, writers, composers and choreographers are being called on to create new works celebrating the 2012 Olympics... more

London Art Fair hoping to draw record crowds

13.01.09
The London Art Fair is set to celebrate its 21st birthday with its biggest ever range of galleries.... more

London Art Fair hoping to draw record crowds

13.01.09
The London Art Fair will celebrate its 21st birthday with its biggest ever range of galleries when it opens today... more

Sir Paul makes waves at auction for clean surf

22.10.08
A surfboard painted by Sir Paul McCartney is to be sold at auction tomorrow to raise money for the fight against filthy bathing waters... more

£100,000 worth of art to be given away free after capital art fair

05.09.08
Work by 50 British contemporary artists will be given away free at the end of a six-day exhibition... more

Thousands queue for Brick Lane art bargains

09.06.08
Thousands of art lovers queued for hours to buy works by famous artists at knockdown prices at a "car boot fair"... more

Flying start for the Big Draw

26.09.07
Children's artist Quentin Blake will launch a month of events designed to encourage people to draw.... more

Failing to get beneath the veneer

11.07.07
He's done Sid Vicious, Che Guevara and Marat, and now Gavin Turk is disguising himself as his hero Andy Warhol.... more

An Emin for £1 at art's great car boot sale

06.07.07
More than 6,000 visitors are expected to flock to a car boot art fair on Sunday, with works by Tracey Emin, the Chapman brothers and Vivienne Westwood among the bargains to be had.... more


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