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Scarlett Raven: the new easel angel

05.10.09
Scarlett Raven's work sits somewhere between Vincent van Gogh and Jackson Pollock, and depicts scenes of nature – such as fields of poppies, and the sea ... more

Sienna Miller praises London women's dress sense

22.09.09
Sienna Miller paid tribute to the dress sense of London women as she took centre stage at one of the world's most prestigious fashion shows... more

The rise of upmarket children's clubs

27.07.09
London's latest private members' club is an exclusive affair, offering cutting-edge design and cuisine supervised by a Michelin-starred chef... more

In the mood for nudes

08.06.09
Arty bars are attracting life-drawing sessions. What could be more uplifting? ... more

Abstract America goes back to New York school

04.06.09
There is no shock of the new at Charles Saatchi’s latest show, Abstract America, but there is pleasure to be found in old ideas.... more

Mervyn is bold enough to speak his mind at last

26.03.09
So what's got into Mervyn King? Months of fuming and frustration at the posturing and point-scoring by politicians finally seem to have got the better of the Bank of England Governor - hence, at last, he has spoken his mind. He can do so in the knowledge his position is nigh impregnable.... more

Look what they’ve done to the Whitechapel

24.03.09
Two weeks before it reopens, our critic takes the first look at the East End gallery’s impressive £13.5 million expansion ... more

One night only for Katya Kabanova

16.03.09
With its cast of small-minded provincial Russians chatting through Janacek's vocal lines, Katya Kabanova is the nearest opera gets to Chekhov.... more

It's boomtime for free museums during the recession

26.02.09
Museums are soaring in popularity during the economic downturn as free entry and the weakening pound attract more people... more

FDR – the last saviour of American capitalism

01.10.08
With stock markets reeling after the rejection of President Bush's $700 billion rescue bid, the economic picture seems bleaker than ever... more

Back to old Wild West in Appaloosa

25.09.08
Ed Harris directs, co-writes and stars in this handsome, humorous tribute to the great American Western genre - Appaloosa.... more

The Francis Bacon I Knew

05.09.08
As Tate Britain's retrospective opens, our critic recalls an artist who perfectly mirrored the spirit of his age.... more

ICA scraps admission charge to have a happy 60th birthday

01.09.08
Admission charges at one of London's best-known modern art galleries have been scrapped... more

Art that's good enough to eat in American Scene

07.08.08
The American Scene displays a long list of artists whom most of us have never heard of and includes the little-known prints of household names.... more

Twombling Free

20.06.08
A marvellous retrospective at the Tate Modern unravels the career of an American who mounted a mind-blowing assault on the act of painting, explains Ben Lewis... more

From Ash Can to metropolis

14.04.08
The American Scene: Prints From Hopper To Pollock has overturned the previous neglect of the British Museum's print collection.... more

The making of modern America through the eyes of its artists

09.04.08
Sixty years of social and political change that transformed America are explored in a new exhibition featuring some of the country's most influential 20th century artists... more

Modern America through the eyes of its artists

09.04.08
The American Scene exhibition at the British Museum incorporates some of the key moments that helped form an American artistic identity.... more

Roll up, roll up

28.03.08
Dulwich Gallery’s survey of 100 years of American painting is a confidence trick, a parade of very modest pictures, says Brian Sewell.... more

Big art month kicks off with £100m auction

05.02.08
Paintings worth more than £100 million have been sold at auction on the first day of London's most expensive month of art sales.... more

Art brings home the Bacon in £38m sale

15.11.07
The American love affair with 20th-century British art saw £38 million spent on two paintings by Francis Bacon at Sotheby's in New York.... more

Putting art on a pedestal

06.11.07
After the statue of Alison Lapper, Thomas Schutte's five-metre high glass sculpture on the Fourth Plinth is just what Trafalgar Square needs ... more

Barmy Barney

21.09.07
He's an American Damien Hirst, and he's made a film with his girlfriend Bjork but only now has the Serpentine given him his first major UK exhibition. Welcome to the weird world of Matthew Barney.... more

Former guitarist gets serious about art

06.07.07
Former guitarist for the Stone Roses, John Squire, has renounced music completely to dedicate his time to his career as an artist... more

Andy made me famous

25.05.07
John Giorno was Warhol's lover and star of his first film, Sleep. In London to introduce Tate Modern's historic screening of the 18-hour epic, he talks about the film that nearly didn't happen.... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more

Paint drips snapped up for £73 million

03.11.06
It may look like the work of a demented five-year-old let loose in a paint factory - but this is the most expensive painting in the world.... more

It's the Cabbage Patch Queen

23.10.06
There have been the good, the bad and the downright ugly. But the latest portrait of the Queen appears to be toying with artistic licence.... more

Cultural scrap merchants

12.09.06
Uncertain States of America at the Serpentine showcases the work of more than 40 young American artists. At its best, however, the work here is enjoyable kitsch, says Nick Hackworth.... more

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