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
Samantha Cameron has selected a painting normally hidden behind closed doors at No 10 as one of her choices in the first public exhibition of work from the Government Art Collection... more
Teach-ins, shout-outs, silent flashmobs and food from skips: our writers spent a day with the students sitting-in at nine of London’s colleges as they prepare for Thursday’s mass protest... more
The art market may be reeling in the face of recession but there will still be plenty of exciting shows this year. Ben Lewis rounds up the best.... more
A celebrated masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance was unveiled at the National Gallery, which is campaigning to raise £50million to save it for the nation... more
The Deptford X festival is celebrating its 10th year with a month-long programme of arts and events called Ghost Trade and the Spectre of Change.... more
With a shortlist of three Turner Prize winners and one nominee, it's perhaps inevitable the six proposals for Trafalgar Square's empty fourth plinth are show-stoppers.... more
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