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Tribuna is grand as the grand tour

29.10.09

Buckingham Palace visitors won't be able to tear themselves away from Johan Zoffany’s Tribuna of the Uffizi.... more

Faith rewarded: Spain's religious masterpieces go on show in UK

20.10.09

Man behind the next National Gallery blockbuster describes his struggle to secure the loan of priceless religious treasures from Spain... more

Tom Hunter is the past master

12.05.09

The capital is a muddle of history, says artist Tom Hunter, who has raided the Museum of London's warehouse to create photographs.... more

Face to face with Constable

20.03.09

Like most of his contemporaries, the painter of The Hay Wain started with portraits. It is as well for posterity that he moved on to landscapes.... more

Lesser known artists fail to draw crowds

01.09.08

Visitor numbers at the National Gallery have fallen since it started showing lesser-known artists, latest figures show... more

Meet the De Brays

01.08.08

Enjoyable, useful, purposeful - Dulwich Picture Gallery's survey of a 17th-century family of Dutch painters is the model for others to follow, says Brian Sewell.... more

Where's the Jarman I knew?

29.02.08

It's a pity that a new exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery all but ignores Derek Jarman's lifelong work as a painter, says Brian Sewell.... more

Off the record

01.02.08

David Smyth talks to guitarist Chris Rea, who believes he's found a way to save the music industry, and look's at what's new on the net.... more

Porn from the provinces

07.12.07

Discoveries at the National Gallery is a worthy project that aims to catalogue every publicly owned painting in Britain but it is populated by some surprisingly low-rent works.... more

What a shocker

05.10.07

By limiting itself to winners of the Turner Prize and ignoring all the shortlisted artists, Tate Britain's retrospective misses out on so much of the provocative work of the YBAs.... more

From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.... more

Now that's street art, Banksy

12.06.07

The National Gallery today challenged cult graffiti artist Banksy by taking its works on to the streets.... 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

Royal art of seduction

20.04.07

In the second of a two-part review, Brian Sewell returns to the masterpieces of Italian art on show at the Queen's Gallery.... more

Simply sublime

02.04.07

Italian Renaissance paintings and drawings in the Royal Collection, now exhibited at the Queen's Gallery, offer pure pleasure and delight and must be the envy of the world.... more

Queen's spring clean uncovers Ł100m paintings

30.03.07

The art world has been stunned by the discovery of two Old Masters by the Baroque painter Caravaggio in the Queen's collection.... more

National Gallery boss quits for Royal Academy

28.03.07

The director of the National Gallery is quitting after reports of clashes with his board chairman.... more

Guercino - the genius

12.03.07

Guercino was all but lost until the Courtauld began to resurrect his reputation. Now the ragbag collection of one of its founding fathers contributes to an enlightening exhibition.... more

The tragic art of war

18.01.07

You need to work a bit to enjoy Scenes From an Execution, says Kieron Quirke. But there's plenty of reward to be had if you do, he adds.... more

A Dickens of a painter

18.12.06

The public was enthralled by Charles Dickens's storytelling. But his friend William Powell Frith did much the same on canvas, says Brian Sewell.... more

No smoke but plenty of fire

11.12.06

Covent Garden's new Carmen is physical and sexy and has it all: bondage, cleavage, animals, acrobats and a tenor to die for, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Knowledge is free in London's secret galleries

04.12.06

Sales such as Christie's Old Master Pictures are not just for buyers. The auction houses offer a unique opportunity to glimpse paintings rarely seen in public, says Brian Sewell.... more

Painter of the people

23.10.06

Velazquez was as charmed by paupers as princes. In the first of two reviews of The National Gallery's important new exhibition, Brian Sewell marvels at the master's observations of lesser mortals.... more

Whatever happened to Hockney?

16.10.06

The National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition charts the rise of one of the very few great draughtsmen of the 20th century - and his inexplicable decline.... more

Jam and Jerusalem in Renaissance Italy

09.10.06

Women's Institute stalwarts and devotees of car-boot sales will flock to the V&A's new exhibition of Renaissance home life. The sane man, sceptical, may be less enchanted, says Brian Sewell.... more

Ghosts in the gallery

05.09.06

Photographer Idris Khan turns the expectation that contemporary art should be original on its head with his highly allusive images.... more

Genius on a small scale

04.09.06

Adam Elsheimer painted very small pictures and died when he was 32 but, as the new exhibition at the Dulwich Gallery will show, his influence was felt throughout Europe.... more