A London artist who has never had a major solo show in her home city has joined an international line-up - including four Turner Prize winners - chosen to create posters for the 2012 Games... 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
Contemporary art exhibition which has proved a career launchpad for artists such as Damien Hirst and Chris Ofili is going back to the ICA which used to host it... more
From a £3.5 million Damien Hirst cabinet to a performance by Ten Embarrased Men, this is a vintage year for London’s great contemporary art fair taking place in Regent’s Park... more
From a £3.5 million Damien Hirst cabinet to a performance by Ten Embarrased Men, this is a vintage year for London’s great contemporary art fair taking place in Regent’s Park... more
She rose to fame in her native America after painting Andy Warhol but remained unknown in the UK. Yet artists all over the world pay tribute to her work and feminists to her life — so who was Alice Neel?... more
A sorting office transformed into a Narnia forest, with absinthe dens and a Donna Summer disco, raised the bar for London parties, says Vassi Chamberlain.... more
Peter Marino has created an apartment for Yves Saint Laurent, a Factory for Warhol and now an extraordinary 'Maison' for Louis Vuitton on Bond Street. Yet he still races Harleys and collects Hirsts... more
Young people from some of London’s poorest neighbourhoods are to get an insider’s guide to the art world thanks to a £1 million initiative launched today involving artists, collectors and gallery directors... more
Turner prize winner Chris Ofili, who is famous for using elephant dung in his work, could be the next British artist to breach the £1million mark at auction... more
Dancing hippies in Hair, Domingo’s return and Lily and Dizzee sharing a stage — the best way to get through the dark months is to book something to look forward to... 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
China-smashing women, an art lecture on Homer Simpson - it's autumn at Tate Britain, and that can only mean it's time for the Turner Prize exhibition... 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
At £400,857 it is probably one of the world's most expensive hatstands - and one of the most useless - but the Tate Modern deemed it worthy of the asking price.... more
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
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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