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The cubist: how Jay Jopling created the artist as superstar

16.10.09

Nearly everything that happens in London's contemporary art scene has been influenced, if not dictated, by Jay Jopling. From his White Cube HQ, the superdealer brokers sales, spots talent and dreams up sell-out shows... more

Art throbs: Vito Schnabel and Alex Dellal

24.07.09

Two golden boys of the international jet set have descended on N1, bringing with them papier-mâché pigs, giant magnets and a comet's tail of luminaries... more

Desperate Housewife bidders set Ł5 million record for a Hockney

14.05.09

An auction record for a David Hockney picture was set at Christie’s in New York when his Beverly Hills Housewife sold for Ł5.28 million... more

The art market miracle

16.03.09

As London’s art dealers descend on the world’s biggest selling fair, Godfrey Barker reveals how their trade is bucking the trend as investors choose to put their money in masterpieces not the banks... more

Metallica drummer set to hit Ł6m with sale of Basquiat Boxer

10.10.08

A work by graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is being sold by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and is expected to make more than Ł6million... more

Slice of nostalgia in Face Addict

21.08.08

Face Addict is a rather mournful but quite reverberant slice of nostalgia about photographer Edo Bertoglio... more

No, it's not Banksy...

23.05.08

Street Art is now a big enough phenomenon to warrant a spectacular exhibition all over the walls of Tate Modern - but why isn't Britain's biggest exponent involved?... more

Rothko's orange earner

14.04.08

A post-war painting by the American Mark Rothko which is expected to make more than $30 million (£15 million) at auction has gone on show in London... more

You've been punked

05.06.07

An exhilarating, never-nostalgic show, Panic Attack! explores artists' reactions to the punk age.... more

Rosco raises record Ł36.8m

16.05.07

A Mark Rothko abstract painting became the most expensive work of post-war art sold at auction when it went for $72.8 million (£36.8 million ) at Sotheby's in New York. ... more

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