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René Redzepi is a Norse star

21.04.11
René Redzepi's Noma has been voted best restaurant in the world again and here he tells Liz Hoggard the secret of his success... more

Damien Hirst comes first in epic Olympic year for Tate

03.03.11
Damien Hirst will be the Tate's star exhibitor for 2012 as the gallery pulls out all the stops for Olympic year... more

Lights, camera, action... Tacita Dean will be next to grace Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

14.12.10
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

Three million to enjoy Olympics arts spectacular

07.12.10
More than three million people are expected to attend what will be the biggest arts celebration ever held in Britain — the London 2012 Festival... more

Iwona Blazwick: the high priestess of Whitechapel

22.10.10
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 ... more

Bird’s Nest artist set for Tate grandstand

05.03.10
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

Adding some Polish to the Turbine Hall

29.01.09
Polish artist Miroslaw Balka will be the next to transform the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern... more

Yours for £40 ... and it could be a Tracey Emin

05.11.08
YOKO Ono, Tracey Emin and photographer David Bailey have created new works to help future artists... more

Tricks with Triffids at Tate

14.10.08
There's something missing from Gonzalez-Forster minimalist blue and yellow bunk beds at Tate Modern — comfy mattresses. ... more

Take shelter at the Tate ... but beware of the massive spider

13.10.08
London is under attack and Tate Modern is the place to turn for safety... more

Gehry's summer pavilion resembles exploding timber yard

19.06.08
Work has started on this year's Serpentine Gallery summer pavilion, designed to look like an exploding timber yard... more

Arts and fashion need to see the colour of the PM's money

12.02.08
Culture is what Britain does well. And if the Government has finally bought that argument, the plans revealed today are cause for celebration... more

Seismic cracks in the art world

15.11.07
Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth will be remembered as one of the most important works of the first decade of the 21st century, but not for reasons the art world will be proud of.... more

Artist takes a crack at Tate Modern

08.10.07
Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has sent what looks like a bolt of lightning more than 500 feet across the floor of the Turbine Hall.... more

Take me to your art dealer

22.08.07
To some it may look like a UFO has landed in Hyde Park, but in fact it is this year's Serpentine Gallery pavilion.... more

Magic mushrooms sprout in Kensington Gardens

11.07.07
Large glowing mushrooms have sprung up beside the Serpentine Gallery to provide shelter for guests at the gallery's annual summer party.... more

Artist sinks teeth into Serpentine pavilion

25.04.07
It looks like the teeth from a giant, vicious dog but it is in fact the design for the summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery.... more

Snap up an Emin or Hirst with postcard lottery

16.11.06
It's the biggest annual bargain in Britart: the opportunity to buy a work by Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin for just £35.... more

What's coming up at Tate Modern?

26.09.06
The Turbine Hall's new installation will consist of giant chutes for visitors to slide down and will be an absolute blast says creator Carsten Höller.... more

Gut feeling in the gallery

02.08.06
As with domestic politics, summer is the silly season in the art world and the ICA's latest show Surprise Surprise is a playful parody of the power politics of contemporary art culture.... more


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