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
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
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
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
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
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
In his first interview since launching the campaign, National Gallery director Nicholas Penny explains why two masterpieces should be saved for the nation.... more
In his first interview since launching the campaign, National Gallery director Nicholas Penny explains why two masterpieces should be saved for the nation... more
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
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's summer exhibition will be devoted to 17th-century Dutch portraiture when the likes of Rembrandt and Frans Hals flourished.... more
Renoir is féted for sensuous female flesh and convivial cafè-concert scenes, but the new exhibition at the National Gallery tells another story.... more
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
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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