Frieze Art Fair: During Frieze week London's galleries are bursting with exciting contemporary art - from Gerhard Richter's five-star retrospective to Phyllida Barlow's surprising sculptures, here's our guide to the best...... more
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
Christmas with Tracey Emin is a bohemian affair: Bianca Jagger heckles the vicar, Madonna cooks fish and Mark Hix brings the goose. This is how the childless artist survives a festival she's always hated... 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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Wite Cube has taken an ambitious step with Kupferstichkabinett, gathering 170 drawings from some of the most prominent names in contemporary art.... more
A sorting office transformed into a Narnia forest, with absinthe dens and a Donna Summer disco, raised the bar for London parties, says Vassi Chamberlain.... more
Peter Marino has created an apartment for Yves Saint Laurent, a Factory for Warhol and now an extraordinary 'Maison' for Louis Vuitton on Bond Street. Yet he still races Harleys and collects Hirsts... more
It's 25 years since a quorum of creative ne'er-do-wells set up The Groucho Club, ushering in an era of excess and mischief. Sophie Leris salutes the enduring appeal of the Soho school for scandal ... more
Young people from some of London’s poorest neighbourhoods are to get an insider’s guide to the art world thanks to a £1 million initiative launched today involving artists, collectors and gallery directors... 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
If you believed you could never afford a Tracey Emin, think again. One of her works could soon be on your wall - but you might have to do her chores first... 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
Even knowing the furore that his novel, Lolita, would cause, Vladimir Nabokov couldn’t resist teasing such “educators” and their discomfort with sex... more
Kate Moss has decreed that pubs beat parties, clubs or bars. Luckily, London has a fantastic array of watering holes. Here we select the best places to huddle this Christmas.... more
Scott's had lost its magic for most Londoners, but a pearl of a revamp might just put this seafood landmark back on the map, says Fay Maschler.... 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
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