Phyllida Barlow spent most of her career teaching art. Only now, in retirement, is she attracting attention with her own gallery-filling sculptures... more
Charles Saatchi's latest survey of contemporary art reveals sculpture in bad shape, all blobby bodies and random assemblies - monumentally meaningless... more
Christmas with Tracey Emin is a bohemian affair: Bianca Jagger heckles the vicar, Madonna cooks fish and Mark Hix brings the goose. This is how the childless artist survives a festival she's always hated... more
Former Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean, who is best known for works in film and sound, is to be the next artist to tackle the vast space of Tate Modern Turbine Hall... 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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Chinese artist who collaborated on the Bird’s Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics is to be the next to create a work for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall... more
As David Furnish prepares for this year’s White Tie and Tiara Ball, we get an exclusive tour of
the gallery Madonna and co (not Guy) will get to view... 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
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
There isn’t an overriding theme but the curators at the Blood on Paper exhibition have selected works which demonstrate great craftsmanship, so very V&A.... more
It's more than 15 years since Sharon Stone set pulses racing in that Basic Instinct scene, but yesterday she proved the infamous move is still second nature. Thankfully the actress, who turned 50 last month, showed a hint more constraint than her former alter ego Catherine Tramell as she addressed the audience at the Sorbonne university in Paris yesterday. The AIDs campaigner was attending the Cité de La Réussite - a forum, held every year in France, debates topics from culture, the economy, philosophy and politics
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From a really funny joke by the Chapman Brothers to the surreally dreamlike figures of Juan Muñoz, gallery-going in London has never been so much fun.... more
Louise Bourgeois calls her giant arachnid 'Maman'. But her real obsession, revealed at Tate Modern, is Papa, which has given rise to some disturbingly crude, man-hating imagery.... more
Tate Britain marks the 200th anniversary of Stubbs's deat with a special display, an extraordinary collection of modern art goes on show at the Hayward and Tate Modern focusses on Kandinsky's early works.... 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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