One of the most powerful international galleries is to open an outpost in London in recognition of the capital’s emergence as the centre of the
art world... more
At Sotheby’s contemporary auction in New York, an Andy Warhol painting of a glass Coca-Cola bottle sells for £22million — way above its high estimate of £15.5million... more
The British invasion of Broadway has been recognised in its most prestigious theatre awards with Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones heading the nominations... more
He was raised in a strange Christian cult and dates a taxidermist. No wonder, then, that Mat Collishaw is fêted as the most macabre of the YBAs... more
So what's got into Mervyn King? Months of fuming and frustration at the posturing and point-scoring by politicians finally seem to have got the better of the Bank of England Governor - hence, at last, he has spoken his mind. He can do so in the knowledge his position is nigh impregnable.... more
A Francis Bacon painting bought for £31,500 nearly 40 years ago has gone on public show before an auction where it is expected to fetch up to £6 million... more
A marvellous retrospective at the Tate Modern unravels the career of an American who mounted a mind-blowing assault on the act of painting, explains Ben Lewis... more
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
Nearly £200 million of art went under the hammer at Christie's in New York with an Andy Warhol painting of a car crash selling for a record £36.04 million.... more
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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