Museums at Night is a weekend of out-of-hours events - everything from evenings of culture to searching for bats - and a highlight, says Philippa Stockley, will be a candlelit tour of Sir John Soane's house... more
At the National Gallery, you can watch Ben Johnson add the last brushstrokes to his view over Trafalgar Square. The project, he tells Ben Luke, is inspired by Canaletto... more
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
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
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
From Renoir and Picasso to Tutankhamun to the Terracotta Army, Daralyn Danns and Niki Chesworth check out the must-see exhibitions this Easter.... more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Before crying 'Heresy!', museum directors should consider this, says Brian Sewell: selling lesser works to pay for the occasional masterpiece is common sense.... more
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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