As Jay Jopling opens his new gallery, White Cube Bermondsey, our reporters identify the key attractions that have transformed this thriving area and its neighbour, SE1... more
From self-portraits in melting Fontina cheese to an edible wedding installation, New Yorker Jennifer Rubell has the art world in a feeding frenzy... more
The film of the novel by a former art dealer and friend of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Jay Jopling is about to be released — and it’s not all fiction.... more
Lily Allen has signed off MySpace, is moving into management and dreams of a rural family idyll in Gloucestershire. Whatever happened to the archetypal London girl, asks Hermione Eyre
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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
There would have been plenty of staring at the floor when Lily Allen came face to face with the ex-wife of a man with whom she has just had a fling.... more
The sale of the £50m skull is yet another triumph for the king of BritArt whose summer exhibition made a staggering £130m. But does he alone really deserve all the acclaim?... more
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
Jay Jopling's new gallery, sister to the infamous White Cube, is currently housing an exhibition of Gabriel Orozco's work, which fills the new space to full effect.... 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
The Tate is set to acquire jointly a modern art collection worth more than £100 million. The gallery has entered talks with powerful art dealer Anthony d'Offay to buy his collection.... 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