Mark Wallinger is a beguilingly diverse artist, expertly shifting from political comment to engaging whimsy. The Magic of Things (2010) is at this latter extreme... more
Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger takes a version of one of Turner’s most famous paintings and tears the heart out of it in protest at the Government’s proposed arts cuts... more
Art work by Turner Prize-winner Mark Wallinger goes under the hammer next week, London’s canal system is celebrated, eat at gastropub The Botanist and Nikewomen offers a free one-off workout session... more
The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has never been satisfactorily topped since it was built in 1841 for an equestrian statue of William IV, never installed... more
It is a shiny new Tardis fit for a Time Lord. But this is not a time machine for Doctor Who but an artwork that looks as if it is disappearing in the middle of a new exhibition... 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
Tate Britain’s exhibition of Neoclassical sculpture is both serious and scholarly. If only the works were displayed as their creators had intended, says Brian Sewell.
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The winner of the 2007 Turner Prize has launched a searing attack on the infringement of civil rights that stops protests in Parliament Square.... more
The ICA has asked 25 European, Iraqi and American artists to propose a memorial to the Iraq war; the results are being shown at the ICA Galleries.... more
Lily Cole and Thandie Newton have attended a Vogue party to mark the forthcoming reopening of the Southbank Centre, after two years of redevelopment.... more
Mark Wallinger's State Britain has already provoked controversy. And it is one of the smartest political artworks of recent times, says
Nick Hackworth.... more
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