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Best Italian-style tapas in London

21.10.09
Small is beautiful for the capital's latest trend in bite-sized Italian cuisine.... more

Polpo is small plate movement that will be a winner for sure

01.10.09
Neither Russell Norman nor Tom Oldroyd are Italian monikers. Yet this pair have just opened a resolutely Venetian bar-with-food in central Soho.... more

The big draw: Old Masters v Turner at Tate

21.09.09
World's greatest art collections have lent works not seen in Britain for decades as part of a blockbuster show highlighting JMW Turner's debt to the Old Masters... more

Happy 300th birthday to a tireless Londoner

18.09.09
Samuel Johnson is one of the great adoptive Londoners. Certainly few people have insisted so resoundingly on the city's magnificence... more

National launches eGallery for Old Masters

21.07.09
National Gallery becomes first major art collection to allow internet users to zoom electronically into any picture in its archive... more

How Turner tried to re-master the Old Masters

06.05.09
A new exhibition will claim JMW Turner was a supremely competitive artist who regularly tried to trump the Old Masters... more

Take me to the river

07.04.09
If Boris Johnson’s plans to revive Thames boat services are combined with drive and imagination, London’s artery can again become the heart – and the pride – of the capital... more

Waterloo - the reinvention

10.03.09
A proposed revamp of the Imax roundabout, and pedestrianisation in front of Waterloo Station, exclusively revealed here, could be the biggest transformation of a London public space since Trafalgar Square... more

Sickert in Venice as you've never seen it before

06.03.09
While other artists gloried in the city of Venice's light, Sickert skulked in the shadows, painting gloomy views and prostitutes.... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Portrait of a lady leads a stampede at £14.8m winter sale of Old Masters £14.98 winter sale

03.12.08
London's £14.8 million winter sale of Important Old Master Paintings shrugged off the credit crunch with a "situation normal" sign posted at Christie's in St James's... more

There are three people in this marriage

25.11.08
And we don’t mean the chef’s alleged mistress. It’s his father-in-law, the man known as the Grim Reaper, who holds the key to Ramsay’s business and family life... more

Vanvitelli brings the grandest souvenir

21.11.08
A Grand Tourist with an eye for excellence would have bought a view of modern Rome by Vanvitelli rather than a Canaletto.... more

The £12m Venice souvenir

24.10.08
Two classic views of Venice by the Italian master Canaletto are to go on show in London... more

Old Masters to Pop Artists as Tate unveils its blockbusters

03.09.08
Blockbuster shows of works by JMW Turner, Anthony van Dyck and stars of the Pop Art movement are highlights of the new programme at the Tate... more

The capital's must-see Spring exhibitions

13.03.08
From Renoir and Picasso to Tutankhamun to the Terracotta Army, Daralyn Danns and Niki Chesworth check out the must-see exhibitions this Easter.... more

Seven wonders of London

14.12.07
Art critic Brian Sewell takes a tour of the capital's greatest art treasures, from Raphael to Rembrandt.... more

A first viewing for 70 years

16.10.07
After its year-long restoration, an Italian masterpiece by Giovanni Paolo Panini has gone on show at the National Gallery.... more

Fabulous faces

21.05.07
Dulwich Gallery has scored a coup with its new show of artists' self portraits from the Uffizi's sublime collection, says Brian Sewell.... more

Mesmerising view reserved for members only

25.04.07
The most mesmerising view of London is reserved for employees of the offices at 30 St Mary Axe, their guests and those willing to spend £1,000 to become an individual "member".... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

11.04.07
East meets West in the A Slap in the Face! exhibition, the V&A traces the influence of surrealism on design and Camouflage takes us from the battlefield to the catwalk.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

29.03.07
The British Museum reveals England's first view of the New World, the National Gallery hosts an exhibition of Leon Kossoff's sketches and Luigi Colani's wit is on show at the Design Museum.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

22.03.07
The British Museum hosts a display of John White's watercolours, maverick designer Luigi Colani's pieces have a back-to-the-future feel and trinkets by architect James Stuart are on show at the V&A.... more

Critic's choice: top five exhibitions

08.03.07
Canaletto, Renoir and Gilbert & George are among the exhibitions well worth catching in the capital this week.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

01.03.07
The Tate Britain's Hogarth exhibition continues to draw the crowds, dapper duo Gilbert & George take over Tate Modern and London provides the inspiration for Canaletto in England.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

22.02.07
An exhibition spotlighting the beginning to Andy Warhol's career is among the must-see shows and it's your last chance to see Max Penson's photography at Somerset House.... more

A tourist's take on London

29.01.07
Canaletto may have spent nearly a decade in the capital but a new exhibition in Dulwich reveals that it never inspired him as much as Venice, says Brian Sewell.... more

It's time the Tate traded in some Turners

19.01.07
Before crying 'Heresy!', museum directors should consider this, says Brian Sewell: selling lesser works to pay for the occasional masterpiece is common sense.... more

Capital treats to come

02.01.07
Fisun Guner reveals the upcoming highlights for the art world, which have a distinctly British flavour in 2007.... more

The Queen Mum had better taste than this

18.08.06
An exhibition of the drawings and watercolours collected by the Queen Mother makes her look more dear old duck than connoisseur, says Brian Sewell.... more

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