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Turner’s masterclass at the Tate

24.09.09

The Damien Hirst of his day, he was celebrated, expensive and ambitious and often pitted himself against the old masters — with results that are as enjoyably bad as good ... 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

Take a walk on the tame side with Richard Long

11.06.09

Richard Long made an art form out of rambling but, his beautiful “walks of art” lose some of their magic at Tate Britain.... 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

Ł9m landscape is second highest price for a Turner

30.01.09

A Turner painting has been sold at auction in New York for Ł9.1million ($12.9million)... more

From Babylon to Boney M ...

11.11.08

The reality behind the legends of Babylon are revealed in a new exhibition at the British Museum... more

Even his fag ends sell as Hirst art auction hits Ł100 million

16.09.08

The auction of works by Damien Hirst has stormed expectations to soar through the £100 million mark... 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

Christie's opens its doors to 300 years of Brit art and furniture

30.05.08

Some £20 million of British art, including works by JMW Turner, LS Lowry, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, has gone on show in London before a string of auctions next week... more

Family sells its Ł7m Turner to pay for Sudeley Castle repairs

24.04.08

This painting of the Thames by JMW Turner is to be sold at auction for an estimated £7 million to help shore up the future of one of England's finest castles... more

Britain's greatest art collection on show

16.10.07

Masterpieces including works from Constable, Stubbs and Gainsborough from a private art collection are going on display at the Royal Academy.... more

Barbican show is posing a most seductive question

10.10.07

The Barbican has insisted their Seduced exhibition, a new survey of 2,000 years of sex in art, is a most serious academic show.... more

Nice little Turner for the Tate

23.07.07

How to rebrand Britain's foremost watercolourist for the exhibition-going masses? Why, bring in the genre's most recent celebrity convert, David Hockney of course, says Brian Sewell.... more

Getting back to nature

13.06.07

David Hockney's new vibrant canvases of East Yorkshire landscapes, on display at Tate Britain, will speak to living generations of watercolourists. ... more

Hockney takes a pop at the iPod generation

12.06.07

David Hockney has attacked the iPod age for producing people who listen but do not see. ... more

Hockney curates Turner at the Tate

16.04.07

Two titans of British art past and present are to converge with a David Hockney-curated exhibition of JMW Turner's paintings at Tate Britain this summer.... more

Baron sells Turners to fund taste for Chinese art

15.02.07

One of the finest collections of works by JMW Turner to pass through Sotheby's auction house will go under the hammer this summer.... 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