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London's new influentials

10.11.09
'The 1000' - the Standard's list of the capital's top movers and shakers - is out tomorrow. Here's a preview of 25 bright sparks who make this year's selection for the first time... more

Why London is filling up with towers of piffle

27.10.09
Mayors and towers go together like Richard and Judy, or The X Factor's excruciating twins, John and Edward. They are mutually reinforcing, each one helping the other to look and feel good... more

Serpentine boss tops art's power list as Hirst tumbles

15.10.09
Joint head of the Serpentine Gallery named the most powerful person in the global art market... more

What's the point of art? Everything and nothing

12.10.09
Art: what's it good for? When these kinds of titles are thought up for debates there are a lot of short cuts taken with the meanings of words... more

Art throbs: Vito Schnabel and Alex Dellal

24.07.09
Two golden boys of the international jet set have descended on N1, bringing with them papier-mâché pigs, giant magnets and a comet's tail of luminaries... more

Why art is the social lubricant of our great city

10.07.09
At last night’s annual Serpentine Summer party, London shoulders its way to the front of the queue when it comes to sexing up the art world ... more

Pavilion reflects well on park

08.07.09
It is described as being like a reflective cloud. Or possibly a floating pool of water. And given the torrents of rain overnight, the pool analogy certainly seemed more appropriate... more

Tim Jefferies - The playboy who gave it all up for love and a girl called Coco

25.06.09
Tim Jefferies has made a career out of dating London’s most beautiful women. Now he’s a besotted father and busy organising the coveted Serpentine Summer Party... more

Pop cuts a Dash

02.03.09
Roman Abramovich’s love interest is now one of London’s best connected women. But does a fortune qualify Dasha Zhukova to edit a fashion magazine?... more

Art & design

08.10.08
London has recently underlined its status as the global capital of contemporary art. These are the key players in the world’s most exciting market. ... more

The far-out pavilion ... Gehry at the Serpentine

25.03.08
This summer's pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park will look like an exploded timber yard... more

The far-out pavilion ... Gehry at the Serpentine

25.03.08
Architect Frank Gehry has designed the new look summer pavillion at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park. He describes it as being “like an urban street”.... more

Artist sinks teeth into Serpentine pavilion

25.04.07
It looks like the teeth from a giant, vicious dog but it is in fact the design for the summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery.... more

'Museum Mile' bid for £25m is rejected by Lottery

11.12.06
A £25 million bid to transform Exhibition Road into a world-class tourist attraction has been denied Lottery funding. ... more

Putting the power into Battersea

06.10.06
Julia Peyton-Jones, director of the Serpentine Gallery, and "head girl" of the London art world, has hit on Battersea Power Station for her next exhibition.... more

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