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Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park - review

21.10.11
"Affordable" is hard to define today but the 12-year-old Affordable Art Fair was prepared for this economic downturn: prices are pegged between £40 and £4,000, making comparisons with Frieze ridiculous... more

A head start for Olympic legacy

26.09.11
Bicycle helmets decorated by artists including Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn and Peter Blake - along with one by Boris Johnson - are being auctioned by Sotheby's to raise £100,000 for a new east London adventure playground as part of the Olympic legacy... more

Art meets style in a celebration to mark next year's Games

16.09.11
Fourteen of the biggest names in British fashion and art ranging from royal wedding dress designer Sarah Burton to sculptor Marc Quinn are being paired up in a unique collaboration to create works to celebrate 'Olympic values' ... more

Star art auction for a worthy cause

04.05.11
Works from Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk, Banksy, Peter Blake, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol and Adam Ball will be going under the hammer on Monday May 16... more

Blooming cheek: fashion labels copied my pictures claims plinth artist Quinn

23.02.11
Marc Quinn claims Wunderkind, founded by German designer Wolfgang Joop, and Swiss house Akris reproduced his striking floral pictures... more

Elizabeth Hurley and star guests find homes for London's most famous elephants

01.07.10
Elizabeth Hurley, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Goldie Hawn were among guests at the the Royal Hospital for the Elephant Parade auction.... more

Jumbo landing for royal parade

24.06.10
Duchess of Cornwall views The Elephant Parade which has been decorating the streets of London since the start of last month... more

Marc Quinn's freak show

06.05.10
Marc Quinn’s new marble and bronze sculptures of people who have given themselves up to mind-blowing body alterations make for eye-popping viewing.... more

Elephants go on parade in London to raise funds for charity

04.05.10
About 250 life-size model elephants have taken up residence in central London in the capital’s most ambitious outdoor art event... more

ICA hoping for pots of money from painted vases

24.03.10
Artists including Antony Gormley, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marc Quinn and Peter Blake have personalised vases as a fundraising venture for the ICA... more

Your fashion starter for ten: specialist pub quizzes

01.02.10
The capital’s whizz-kids are beating the recession blues by setting up their own specialist pub quizzes. Liz Hoggard reports... more

Artists reinvent Claudia Schiffer as Forties film noir heroine

03.11.09
Claudia Schiffer attended the launch of Capturing Claudia at the Colnaghi Gallery in Old Bond Street.... more

The cubist: how Jay Jopling created the artist as superstar

16.10.09
Nearly everything that happens in London's contemporary art scene has been influenced, if not dictated, by Jay Jopling. From his White Cube HQ, the superdealer brokers sales, spots talent and dreams up sell-out shows... more

Claudia Schiffer in the clutches of modern art

12.10.09
Inspired by art-loving supermodel Claudia Schiffer, a host of names produce works for the latest edition of Harper’s Bazaar magazine... more

Quinn, Gormley and Co raise £450,000 for Africa

22.09.09
Charity auction featuring works by some of Britain's most famous artists raised more than £450,000... more

Portrait Gallery buys Quinn's head made of frozen blood

10.09.09
The National Portrait Gallery has bought one of the most important works of the BritArt era... more

The British Museum deserves a medal

29.06.09
A witty and nerdy exhibition of satirical medals from forgotten 18th and 19th-century master-craftsmen and from contemporary artists opens at the British Museum ... more

Get real – Gormley’s plinth is the place to be

27.02.09
The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has never been satisfactorily topped since it was built in 1841 for an equestrian statue of William IV, never installed... more

A very British walk through the world

29.01.09
It was 250 years ago this month that the British Museum opened its doors... more

Let's twist again says 18 carat Kate

02.10.08
A life-size statue of Kate Moss made entirely of 18-carat gold has been unveiled at the British Museum ... more

Gallery appeals for blood money to buy Quinn head

02.10.08
The National Portrait Gallery is launching an appeal to buy a £350,000 self-portrait cast made from the frozen blood of artist Marc Quinn... more

Deckchairs unfold the art of relaxation

29.05.08
The Royal Parks have commissioned dozens of colourful deckchairs designed by leading names in art and culture... more

A monumental installation

30.01.08
Marc Quinn's latest exhibition, Evolution, offers up a Space Odyssey-like vision of both the future and the ancient past.... more

Glass 'hotel' gives plinth a splash of colour

07.11.07
German artist Thomas Schutte's colourful plastic Model for a Hotel 2007 is the latest piece to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. ... more

Putting art on a pedestal

06.11.07
After the statue of Alison Lapper, Thomas Schutte's five-metre high glass sculpture on the Fourth Plinth is just what Trafalgar Square needs ... more

Trafalgar square sculpture to be unveiled

02.10.07
The sculpture for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is to be unveiled next month, seven months behind schedule.... more

White Cube goes west with gallery in St James's

27.09.06
London's modern White Cube gallery, the place Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Gilbert and George all call home, is unveiling a second £12 million branch in the West End.... more

Cutting a very camp dash

18.09.06
Pop's gaudiest circus troupe the Scissor Sisters dug out their most glitzy outfits and commandeered Trafalgar Square for a night of campness and extravagant disco.... more

Hirst to Hockney at Hayward

05.09.06
The highlights of the Arts Council's unrivalled collection of British modern art will go on show in the Hayward Gallery this week.... more


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