The curators of the Hayward's British Art Show present their chosen artists as thinkers, seers and philosophers - but are they really going to set the world on fire?... more
Michael Landy has etched forlorn weeds, drawn scars on his disabled father's body, and even depicted his own genitals as he experienced testicular cancer... more
Artist Mike Ballard has been given free rein to transform an entire gallery into one giant installation - because the space is to be demolished for Crossrail... more
A pub landlady described as one of the most influential figures on London's art scene will become a star of the screen at this year's East End Film Festival... more
Tracey Emin may be representing Britain at the Venice Biennale, the Olympics of contemporary art, but why are Sam Taylor-Wood and Mark Titchner batting for Ukraine?... more
Kate Moss has decreed that pubs beat parties, clubs or bars. Luckily, London has a fantastic array of watering holes. Here we select the best places to huddle this Christmas.... more
Yinka Shonibare takes ICA visitors back to the future, the British Museum features photographs from around the globe and Damien Hirst's Collection is on show at the Serpentine.... more
An exhibition at the Serpentine, selected from his vast private collection of work by other artists, suggests that the judgement of this now old Young British Artist is utterly conventional, says Brian Sewell... more
The Photographic Portrait Prize 2006 continues at the National Portrait Gallery, 40 Hindu bronze sculptures go on show at the Royal Academy and Tate Modern pays tribute to David Smith.... more
Leonardo Da Vinci at the V&A, Holbein at Tate Britain and modern British art at the Hayward Gallery. Hephzibah Anderson selects the cream of London's exhibition crop.... more
Henry Moore's war sketches are on display at the Imperial War Museum, and Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings and designs are at the V&A. Click here for the best exhibitions in London.... more
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