A London artist who has never had a major solo show in her home city has joined an international line-up - including four Turner Prize winners - chosen to create posters for the 2012 Games... more
How did a party animal who dances till 5am and hosts alcohol-fuelled free-for-alls become the most powerful woman in art? Marcus Field meets Iwona Blazwick, creator of the Turbine Hall, champion of Hirst and reinventor of the Whitechapel Gallery
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As Tate Modern celebrates its 10th anniversary next month, its director Sir Nicholas Serota talks about his mushrooming empire, how we don’t cherish artists enough and why he can be ‘calm and still dangerous’ ... more
Tomorrow the gloves come off for another round of banker bonus bashing. JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs have had stellar years: once again, estimates will be everywhere of how much their leading players stand to receive ... more
In some respects, today's moves by senior Labour figures against Gordon Brown are just the latest spasm in the party's long agony over his leadership... more
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
Damien Hirst has lost his touch and Nicholas Serota is a hero, says the famously secretive Charles Saatchi in a revealing new book in which he answers his critics... more
One of Charles Saatchi's fiercest critics now believes his former bête noire deserves a knighthood for bringing the latest international art to London...... more
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
Politicians are good for nothing and the art market has gone mad, says David Hockney – but that’s not why he gave his largest canvas to the Tate.... more
A newly-published list makes Tate director Nicholas Serota the most powerful Brit in the art world, beating both Charles Saatchi and Damien Hirst.... more
They have memorably dismissed the BritArt establishment as "pants". Now the Stuckists - the collective of figurative painters opposed to conceptual art - have become major players themselves with a new exhibition in the West End.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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