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Horrible Henry VIII on show in British Library

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A historical exhibition curated by David Starkey makes the case for the Henry VIII's greatness – but he was a tyrant.... more

Bust found in rubbish 'is by Leonardo Da Vinci'

26.03.09
A 600-year-old terracotta bust found beneath a pile of rubbish in an Italian palazzo may be the work of Leonardo Da Vinci... more

Hidden portrait of Da Vinci is uncovered in manuscript

02.03.09
An Italian science journalist has discovered what is believed to be a self portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci hidden in one of his most famous manuscripts... more

£120m renovation will bring V&A treasures out of the backroom

12.11.08
The Victoria and Albert Museum is on course to complete its nine-year £120million transformation of its galleries... more

London surgeons create first cyber heart

18.09.08
London doctors have unveiled the world's first "cyber" heart, which they believe will revolutionise cardiac care... more

Happy 40th to art's concrete bunker

09.07.08
Luminaries of the art world will flock to the South Bank tonight to celebrate an institution they love - even if the paying public has always been more cautious... more

Curiouser and curiouser

14.03.08
The Queen's Gallery's enchanting new show dedicated to the strange wonders of nature is unmissable, says Brian Sewell.... more

Double taste of royal artworks

13.03.08
The artist who created a hologram of the Queen is showing new works based on thousands of images from the sittings.... more

Double taste of royal artworks

13.03.08
The artist who created a hologram of the Queen is showing new works based on thousands of images from the sittings... more

The renaissance of seduction

08.11.07
Antony Sher's The Giant turns on the suppressed homosexual desire of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Pity the action wanders so much.... more

Pornography for the prude

12.10.07
It is daft to restrict the Barbican's new exhibition, Seduced, to over-18s, says Brian Sewell.... more

Brilliant battle cries

13.07.07
Heiner Goebbels has a knack of creating unique, mesmerising works of music theatre that linger in the memory... more

Hampstead Theatre hosts Giant premiere

10.07.07
The latest play by Antony Sher is one of the highlights of Hampstead Theatre's new season, announced today.... more

An antidote to dumbed down science

26.06.07
The Wellcome Collection is a contemporary art show about the state of health and medicine which manages to be accessible and refreshing without dumbing down.... more

Leonardo who? We like Banksy

18.06.07
Phoenix Nights star Peter Kay and guerrilla artist Banksy are bigger art heroes among young people than Leonardo da Vinci, if a new survey is to be believed. ... more

Put Kate and Kylie 'in museum'

17.05.07
Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue and the iPod should be preserved in museums as icons of our time, according to a new survey.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

04.01.07
A collection of photographs by former Pravda Vostoka photographer Max Penson go on display and the Sliding Door exhibition groups together some of the Tate Modern's latest acquisitions.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

26.10.06
Over 150 David Hockney portraits are on show, the V&A peers beyond Italy's lavish Renaissance edifices and Velazquez is revealed to have had a very modern appetite for naturalism.... more

Artist deposits £100,000 in his banksy account

19.10.06
Graffiti artist Banksy has established himself as a modern art heavyweight by breaking his own record at auction.... more

Critic's choice: top five exhibitions

05.10.06
Rodin's sculptures, Polynesian artefacts, the works of Lenardo da Vinci and Holbein or a selection of newspaper front pages - which do you fancy?... more

Sensational Cezanne

03.10.06
Paul Cezanne was largely ignored in his lifetime, but the National Gallery's free retrospective will cement his reputation as a modern giant.... more

Critic's Choice: Top Five Exhibitions

28.09.06
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

The great Leonardo - a dilettante without peer

18.09.06
We see Leonardo da Vinci as the Renaissance Man, yet his machines were fantasy, his buildings were never built, his anatomy advanced medicine not one jot. In short, he frittered his life away.... more

Inspiration from nature

15.09.06
From sketch to floorplan to map to anatomy, the V&A's exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings highlights the genius of an artist with many talents and makes it accessible for the masses.... more

Critic's Choice: Top five exhibitions

14.09.06
Henry Moore's war sketches are on display at the Imperial War Museum, and Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings and designs are at the V&A. Click here for the best exhibitions in London.... more

Flights of a genius

30.08.06
He was the godfather of flight. So to commemorate its new Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, the Victoria and Albert Museum have unveiled a spectacular flying machine in its entrance hall.... more

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