From Frida Kahlo to Folkestone Triennial, Ben Luke takes a tour of the best outside-London exhibitions for a cultural day trip this bank holiday
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The apocalyptic visions of an artist more popular than Constable and JMW Turner in his day are to be brought together in the biggest exhibition of his work for nearly two centuries... more
The Sultanate of Oman is giving several million pounds to the Tate as a thank you for the loan of important paintings and advice on improving its museums... more
A £40 million water-lily painting by Claude Monet was unveiled in London as the new star lot of potentially the most lucrative auction the capital has seen... more
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
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
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
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
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
David Hockney's new vibrant canvases of East Yorkshire landscapes, on display at Tate Britain, will speak to living generations of watercolourists. ... more
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
Before crying 'Heresy!', museum directors should consider this, says Brian Sewell: selling lesser works to pay for the occasional masterpiece is common sense.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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