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