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The social networkers - meet London's alchemists

04.03.11
Who match-made Madonna, got Kate Moss on stage with Pink Floyd and filled the capital with multicoloured elephants? Olivia Cole meets the London alchemists who make the impossible possible... more

The artful dodgers: Graham Southern and Harry Blain

15.10.10
When Graham Southern and Harry Blain sold the Haunch of Venison gallery to Christie's they didn't envisage they would be blackballed by the art world. Now they've quit and taken their best artists with them. Sholto Byrnes on the battle of Burlington Gardens... more

Oh, no! It's the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition

10.06.10
A relic of the society calendar, the Royal Academy’s annual show of the work of Sunday painters and professional chancers has turned into a jumble sale of trash and trivia... more

Oh! What a night: Louis Vuitton's lavish bash

26.05.10
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

Tracey Emin joins Louis Vuitton in £1m project to help London’s poorest

12.05.10
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

Rice pips Lloyd Webber with Academy loan

27.11.08
Sir Tim Rice is lending four works from his private art collection to an exhibition on the Pre-Raphaelite John William Waterhouse... 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

Why Nicholas Penny wants to save Titians

02.09.08
In his first interview since launching the campaign, National Gallery director Nicholas Penny explains why two masterpieces should be saved for the nation.... more

Never mind the £100m tag – these Titians are priceless

02.09.08
In his first interview since launching the campaign, National Gallery director Nicholas Penny explains why two masterpieces should be saved for the nation... 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

Why I am leaving the Royal Academy

05.02.08
In his first interview since announcing his departure, Sir Norman Rosenthal talks about leaving the institution he still loves.... more

Royal Academy's Russian revelation

22.01.08
Masterpieces lent by the greatest Russian galleries are ready for viewing at the Royal Academy in a blockbuster show that nearly didn't happen.... more

The National Gallery finds the right man

27.11.07
New National Gallery director Nicholas Penny has all the attributes to restore one of our most important institutions to world-class status.... more

Second time lucky for Gallery's new director

26.11.07
The British art scholar Nicholas Penny is set to be ratified as the new director of the National Gallery.... more

Now that's street art, Banksy

12.06.07
The National Gallery today challenged cult graffiti artist Banksy by taking its works on to the streets.... more

National Gallery painting 'looted by the Nazis'

29.03.07
A Renaissance masterpiece hanging in the National Gallery may have been looted by the Nazis.... more

National Gallery boss quits for Royal Academy

28.03.07
The director of the National Gallery is quitting after reports of clashes with his board chairman.... more

National Gallery goes Dutch

27.02.07
The National Gallery's summer exhibition will be devoted to 17th-century Dutch portraiture when the likes of Rembrandt and Frans Hals flourished.... more

A blot on Renoir's landscape

26.02.07
Renoir is féted for sensuous female flesh and convivial cafè-concert scenes, but the new exhibition at the National Gallery tells another story.... more

Gallery row over display of Turners

07.11.06
The National Gallery has been accused of downplaying two Turner masterpieces. The Turner Society is calling on the National to display the paintings more prominently.... more

Velazquez show is a sell-out

17.10.06
The National Gallery's Velazquez exhibition has proved a near sell-out before it has even opened. The show by the Spanish 17th century painter has sold 10,000 tickets.... more


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