A London artist who has never had a major solo show in her home city has joined an international line-up - including four Turner Prize winners - chosen to create posters for the 2012 Games... more
A Turner Prize-winning artist has joined hundreds of Shoreditch residents to fight plans to build a 255ft tower because it would be "alien" to the area. ... more
Former Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean, who is best known for works in film and sound, is to be the next artist to tackle the vast space of Tate Modern Turbine Hall... more
More than three million people are expected to attend what will be the biggest arts celebration ever held in Britain — the London 2012 Festival... more
How did a party animal who dances till 5am and hosts alcohol-fuelled free-for-alls become the most powerful woman in art? Marcus Field meets Iwona Blazwick, creator of the Turbine Hall, champion of Hirst and reinventor of the Whitechapel Gallery
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Despite her links to the Young British Artists, Rachel Whiteread has always eschewed the sleek Pop Art brashness and bawdy one-liners that characterise much YBA output... more
Wite Cube has taken an ambitious step with Kupferstichkabinett, gathering 170 drawings from some of the most prominent names in contemporary art.... more
Chinese artist who collaborated on the Bird’s Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics is to be the next to create a work for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall... 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
Emin's attack on Ken for destroying an arts complex in Shoreditch to make way for an office block is far more significant than the Mayor's new cultural audit
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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
It's a blockbuster modern art sale with a difference. Among the work up for grabs is a new spot painting by Damien Hirst, an etching by Lucian Freud and another box by Rachel Whiteread.... more
A host of big-name artists show some highly unrepresentative pieces at ICA and a choice selection of Constable landscapes at Tate Britain. Hephzibah Anderson looks at five great exhibitions.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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