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'Disrespectful' images of Queen at Hayward

17.10.11
George Condo's images, which include nine portraits showing the monarch in an unflattering light, are going on show at the Hayward Gallery... more

Emin's skill has been usurped by celebrity

19.05.11
The real shocks are not the crude images of bodily functions and rude words on neon signs but the self-absorption of BritArt's poster girl... more

Naked truth about the British Art Show

17.02.11
The curators of the Hayward's British Art Show present their chosen artists as thinkers, seers and philosophers - but are they really going to set the world on fire?... more

Serpentine boss tops art's power list as Hirst tumbles

15.10.09
Joint head of the Serpentine Gallery named the most powerful person in the global art market... more

Saatchi makes case for young art

09.10.09
The work of 20 graduates who are hoping to emulate the success of the Young British Artists is to go on show in the New Sensations.... more

Reflective Doctor Who Tardis on show at Hayward Gallery

11.02.09
It is a shiny new Tardis fit for a Time Lord. But this is not a time machine for Doctor Who but an artwork that looks as if it is disappearing in the middle of a new exhibition... more

Graffiti artists brush off new look for South Bank

08.10.08
When artist Robin Rhode was asked to create a 400-square-foot mural on the graffiti-scrawled walls of a skateboarding park on the South Bank, he decorated the area with a mass of geometric silver and black patterns... more

Art & design

08.10.08
London has recently underlined its status as the global capital of contemporary art. These are the key players in the world’s most exciting market. ... more

Happy 40th to art's concrete bunker

09.07.08
Luminaries of the art world will flock to the South Bank tonight to celebrate an institution they love - even if the paying public has always been more cautious... more

Shock and oar as new show goes wayward at Hayward

27.05.08
Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery is no Ideal Home Show... more

Hayward’s 40th birthday for 40p

07.03.08
The Hayward Gallery will celebrate its 40th birthday this summer by inviting the public in for the cost of a penny for each year of its existence.... more

The London galleries to watch

18.01.08
Forget Tate Modern - if you want to find your way around the capital's booming arts scene, here's where to start.... more

Modern art show means we can all see the joke...

31.12.07
Modern art can be a joke, according to the Hayward Gallery, which next month hosts an exhibition dedicated to humour.... more

A painter's worst enemy

23.11.07
The Hayward's exhibition proves that it was a bad day indeed for painting when artists put down their charcoal, pens and pencils and picked up the camera.... more

Photos inspire painters at Hayward show

29.08.07
Works by modern artists including Andy Warhol and David Hockney will go on show at the Hayward Gallery next month.... more

Lost in the fog

29.05.07
Brian Sewell went to see why so much fuss has been made about Antony Gormley's new show, Blind Light - and is still in the dark.... more

A head in the clouds in the chamber of secrets

14.05.07
An art show where visitors are told to get lost is set to be the hit of the summer. The giant glass chamber of fog at the Hayward Gallery is predicted to attract huge public interest.... more

Rooftop figures to give London nude horizons

20.04.07
More than 30 life-size sculptures of a naked male body are to be exhibited across the London skyscape.... more

Tate boss is art's power player

13.10.06
A newly-published list makes Tate director Nicholas Serota the most powerful Brit in the art world, beating both Charles Saatchi and Damien Hirst.... more

Fad fails to stand test of time

11.09.06
The Hayward exhibition of the Arts Council's Collection illustrates how easily seduced that body has been into thinking today's whimsy is tomorrow's masterpiece, writes Brian Sewell.... more


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