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Man jailed over Facebook murder
A man who stabbed his ex-lover to death after seeing a Facebook photo of her with a new boyfriend is jailed for life.
Mentally ill killer skips custodyA mentally ill killer escapes from a secure hospital in north London just two months after being sentenced.
Team USA chooses east London baseTeam USA is to use University of East London campuses as its base for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
London's big Eye still turning at 10The wheel which became the modern symbol of London changed the capital's skyline turns 10.
Robbers raid Queen's silversmithA gang of robbers on motorcycles raid a flagship store of the Queen's silversmith in the middle of the day in London's West End.
Polyclinic roll-out is 'absurd'A scheme to move healthcare services from hospitals to polyclinics is described as "absurd" by the Conservatives.
Man cleared of dog attack murderA man is cleared of murdering a 16-year-old boy who allegedly had two dogs set upon him before he was stabbed to death.
'London bomb stress' recognisedPsychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Christian registrar case rejectedThe Supreme Court rules against a north London Christian registrar disciplined for refusing to conduct same-sex civil partnerships.
Lift firm guilty over gym deathA lift company pleads guilty to breaching health and safety laws after a City banker was crushed to death at her gym.
Mayor city cycle plan published The Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) publish plans to improve cycling in London and launch safety advertisement.
Police tackle samurai sword manSix police officers suffer minor injuries in a violent struggle after a man is seen in West Hampstead carrying a samurai sword.
Eurotunnel makes profit in 2009Eurotunnel, which manages the Channel Tunnel, makes an annual profit of 1.4m euros despite a "poor economic environment".
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Thames Tunnel Tour and Fancy Fair @ Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe
For two days only on 12th and 13th March, the Thames Tunnel, which stretches from Rotherhithe to Wapping, will ...
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Extra, Extra
By siddharthkhajuria via the Londonist Flickrpool Jermaine is planning a Jackson tribute gig for the summer ...
Arts Ahead: What's On In London 9-15 March
See Corinne Day's portrait, Kate at A Positive View at Somerset House. 1990 © Corinne Day ...
Happy 10th Birthday London Eye
]]>It's twice as old as us today and if you're in the vicinity from 7pm tonight, there'll be a birthday light ...
Preview: Taiwan Cinefest @ Riverside Studios
Sorry, I love you (Weds 18 March, 8pm) Taiwan Cinefest returns to London next week for a ...
Review: Random, Theatre Local
Seroca Davis performs 'random'. Photograph by Johan Persson We certainly aren’t in SW1 anymore Toto. Normally ...
Beijing-Bound? Let The Train Take The Strain
Photo / Homemade Fancy a trip to the Middle Kingdom? Forget about the plane, you late-20th century ...
London Literary Locations: Mrs Dalloway
]]>Inspired by your votes for the best London novel, we thought we'd take a few capital-set tomes down off our bookshelves ...
Late @ London Transport Museum: Garden Party
This Friday, London Transport Museum throws an adults only garden party as its exploration of Suburbia continues. The evening ...
Cycle Safety Action Plan Launched
As SE1 reported a very nasty collision between a lorry and a cyclist near London Bridge, the Mayor ...
Photo of the Day: Q is for Queen
Photo by Big Rock Cat via the Londonist Flickrpool. ...
Facehunter: Yvan Rodic - The Book
As far as fashion blogging goes, Yvan Rodic, the Sartorialist of London, better known as Facehunter, is taking over ...
The London Dossier: Chapter 4 - River
A rough guide to London, circa 1967: a weekly look at Len Deighton’s London Dossier, a guide to modern London published ...
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Whatever Happened To Greek Football After Euro 2004?
Generally, Greek football has tended to be ignored on these shores, but we forget perhaps too easily that only ...
Extra, Extra
Been a violent few days: now a man has been stabbed to death in Walthamstow. On the rise and rise ...
Slow Club Diary: End Of Week 7
Follow one Londonista trying to put the brakes on with Slow Club The Wallace Collection - the scene ...
Review: The Catastrophe Trilogy @ Barbican
Photo by Francis Loney Like secretly favouring one child over your others, it's unfair to single out ...
Alternative London Workouts #12: Pole Dancing
Courtesy of Polestars Hey ladies, feel as though your arms could use a bit of toning? Pole ...
What's Up With The Wembley Pitch?
Photo / R4vi The pitch at Wembley stadium will this week be relaid for the tenth time ...
Theatre Review: Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi @ Union Theatre
Ever since Garbo leaned against the door-jamb of her luxury suite and murmured ‘I want to be alone’, the ...
Review: Tools For The Terrified by Home Jane
So do you know your p-traps from your u-bends? Are your walls plasterboard or concrete? Do you care? ...
Things To Do With Your Mum This Weekend
By essexdiver Mother's Day rattles those of us who think our mums are pretty great, year round, ...
Londonist Stays In: 8-14 March
The most Londony shows on TV and radio this week. Monday Inside Out (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) Londoners throw out 4000 TVs _every ...
Bethnal Green Tube Crush Memorial Service
A service was held at Bethnal Green Tube Station yesterday to mark the 67th anniversary of the civilian disaster ...
Review: White Collar Boxing @ Real Fight Club
]]>"There Will Be Blood!" the dramatic posters assured us as we walked into York Hall, the Mecca of London boxing, for ...
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Three New Rape Crisis Centres To Open
Image by JudyGr from the Londonist Flickr pool After some seriously high-profile haranguing, Boris Johnson has ...
Photo of the Day: World Beneath your feet
Photo by photocillin via the Londonist Flickrpool. ...
Preview: Thomasina Miers' Book Signing @ Canary Wharf
If you're around the Docklands area tomorrow, head down to the mall at Canary Wharf for some delish chips and guacamole, ...
Eco Eatery Review: Mildred's
Bangers and mash at Mildreds. Good food, bad photo! Nudged into action by the launch of the ...
East Festival Bicycle Polo In Pictures
]]>A highlight of the weekend's East Festival was the East Commonwealth Games in Spitalfields. Several of our Flickrpool friends were ringside ...
Monday Miscellanea
Crunching the Londonist numbers of last week and seeing what picture is revealed... 40 million pounds estimated asking price to ...
Week Around The -Ists
Photo by Michael Starghill / blog.michaelstarghill.com Londonist is one of thirteen in the worldwide Gothamist network. Once ...
Weekend Round-Up
Here's what we've learned this weekend whilst you've been shivering in the sunshine: A teenage girl has died in 'unexplained ...
Preview: The Hawksmoor Weekend Menu
]]>As any good Classics scholar will tell you, brunch was invented by the gods in order to provide solace to weary, ...
Sunday Seasoning #18
Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates ...
Play Spies Around London
Image by Simon Crubellier from the Londonist Flickr pool Here's something for anyone who ever played ...
Populist: 28 February - 6 March
Images clockwise from top left: Signs of the Cycle Superhighway, snooping round the Smithfield film set, groovin' ...
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Leave No Bear Behind Part 10: Crossing The Species Barrier
Reader 'Lunar Raphael' sends us this disturbing image of a child's plaything recklessly abandoned in a London puddle. The ...
Londonist Behind The Lens: Steve Way
]]>A series celebrating the talent of our friends over in the Londonist Flickr pool. Here, they introduce themselves and share their ...
Extra, Extra
Photo / flipr.uno Jacob Zuma goes shopping at Sainsburys, but do shoppers care? Do they 'eck There be ...
For two days only on 12th and 13th March, the Thames Tunnel, which stretches from Rotherhithe to Wapping, will ...
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By siddharthkhajuria via the Londonist Flickrpool Jermaine is planning a Jackson tribute gig for the summer ...
See Corinne Day's portrait, Kate at A Positive View at Somerset House. 1990 © Corinne Day ...
]]>It's twice as old as us today and if you're in the vicinity from 7pm tonight, there'll be a birthday light ...
Sorry, I love you (Weds 18 March, 8pm) Taiwan Cinefest returns to London next week for a ...
Seroca Davis performs 'random'. Photograph by Johan Persson We certainly aren’t in SW1 anymore Toto. Normally ...
Photo / Homemade Fancy a trip to the Middle Kingdom? Forget about the plane, you late-20th century ...
]]>Inspired by your votes for the best London novel, we thought we'd take a few capital-set tomes down off our bookshelves ...
This Friday, London Transport Museum throws an adults only garden party as its exploration of Suburbia continues. The evening ...
As SE1 reported a very nasty collision between a lorry and a cyclist near London Bridge, the Mayor ...
Photo by Big Rock Cat via the Londonist Flickrpool. ...
As far as fashion blogging goes, Yvan Rodic, the Sartorialist of London, better known as Facehunter, is taking over ...
A rough guide to London, circa 1967: a weekly look at Len Deighton’s London Dossier, a guide to modern London published ...
]]> ...
Generally, Greek football has tended to be ignored on these shores, but we forget perhaps too easily that only ...
Been a violent few days: now a man has been stabbed to death in Walthamstow. On the rise and rise ...
Follow one Londonista trying to put the brakes on with Slow Club The Wallace Collection - the scene ...
Photo by Francis Loney Like secretly favouring one child over your others, it's unfair to single out ...
Courtesy of Polestars Hey ladies, feel as though your arms could use a bit of toning? Pole ...
Photo / R4vi The pitch at Wembley stadium will this week be relaid for the tenth time ...
Ever since Garbo leaned against the door-jamb of her luxury suite and murmured ‘I want to be alone’, the ...
So do you know your p-traps from your u-bends? Are your walls plasterboard or concrete? Do you care? ...
By essexdiver Mother's Day rattles those of us who think our mums are pretty great, year round, ...
The most Londony shows on TV and radio this week. Monday Inside Out (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) Londoners throw out 4000 TVs _every ...
A service was held at Bethnal Green Tube Station yesterday to mark the 67th anniversary of the civilian disaster ...
]]>"There Will Be Blood!" the dramatic posters assured us as we walked into York Hall, the Mecca of London boxing, for ...
]]> ...
Image by JudyGr from the Londonist Flickr pool After some seriously high-profile haranguing, Boris Johnson has ...
Photo by photocillin via the Londonist Flickrpool. ...
If you're around the Docklands area tomorrow, head down to the mall at Canary Wharf for some delish chips and guacamole, ...
Bangers and mash at Mildreds. Good food, bad photo! Nudged into action by the launch of the ...
]]>A highlight of the weekend's East Festival was the East Commonwealth Games in Spitalfields. Several of our Flickrpool friends were ringside ...
Crunching the Londonist numbers of last week and seeing what picture is revealed... 40 million pounds estimated asking price to ...
Photo by Michael Starghill / blog.michaelstarghill.com Londonist is one of thirteen in the worldwide Gothamist network. Once ...
Here's what we've learned this weekend whilst you've been shivering in the sunshine: A teenage girl has died in 'unexplained ...
]]>As any good Classics scholar will tell you, brunch was invented by the gods in order to provide solace to weary, ...
Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates ...
Image by Simon Crubellier from the Londonist Flickr pool Here's something for anyone who ever played ...
Images clockwise from top left: Signs of the Cycle Superhighway, snooping round the Smithfield film set, groovin' ...
]]> ...
Reader 'Lunar Raphael' sends us this disturbing image of a child's plaything recklessly abandoned in a London puddle. The ...
]]>A series celebrating the talent of our friends over in the Londonist Flickr pool. Here, they introduce themselves and share their ...
Photo / flipr.uno Jacob Zuma goes shopping at Sainsburys, but do shoppers care? Do they 'eck There be ...
Thought for the day: life is a rail replacement bus service.
A Quick Thameslink Update
West Hampstead Under the unfinished stub of the new footbridge and lifts at West Hampstead Thameslink life is begining to ...
Transport for London to award morning free newspaper contract to Metro
Revenue from Tube and bus distribution deal to help fund transport improvements, carbon emissions-cutting projects and to boost paper recycling. ...
Route Recycling – Extending the Docklands Light Railway
Whilst attention has been focussed, not unnaturally, on the now imminent reopening of the East London Railway, it is not the ...
Hainault Tube station is now step-free with three new lifts
Wheelchair users, people with dogs, parents with pushchairs and passengers with heavy luggage can all now benefit from step-free access at ...
TfL introduces new facility to help reduce the number of defaced Zip photocards in circulation
Zip Oyster photocard users can now change their photocard picture online. The facility will also be available to holders of other ...
Reduction in vehicle testing fees for first time passes
Other taxi and private hire licence fees frozen at 2009 rates. ...
Bold new THINK! campaign to cut motorcyclist deaths
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the ...
In Pictures: More ELL Stations
[UPDATE: Have added Hoxton Pictures - JB] Thanks to Yowser for the Shadwell photos (including the highlighting in the first, ...
Thameslink Completion in 2016?
This piece was intended originally simply to be a summary of the recent Parliamentary Thameslink debate, which my colleague Mwmbwls had ...
Jubilee Line Closure Dates: March - October
With the Jubilee Upgrades set to continue for some time yet, there has been much talk of upcoming closures. At the ...
The Pig in the Python – Battersea High Street
JB’s recent posting concerning the building work for Tesco at Elmers End prompted me to check the position of another ...
In Pictures: ELL 378 Training Runs
378137 passes through Silwood Junction on a training run from New Cross to Dalston Junction 378137 approaches New Cross on ...
Typographical Chinese Whispers
Last week, a story appeared on the Marketing magazine website covering the decision to give brand consultants Saffron the contract to ...
In Pictures: The New Overground Class 172s
Willesden depot will see some new visitors arriving later this spring, with eight Class 172 arriving to replace the existing Class ...
Interchange Work Begins at Elmers End
Work began last week on providing a purpose-built bus interchange alongside the Tramlink/Station at Elmers End. The works are taking ...
Bus Countdown Sign Proposals For Lewisham
With iBus now fully rolled out, TfL have begun to consult on the locations for the new version of the Countdown ...
In Pictures: The State of Play In New Cross
Things are looking advanced at New Cross Gate: Looking towards New Cross ...
Moving Congestion Charge Technologies Proves No Easy Exercise
Inanimate objects have a mind of their own and they are out to get you. You can guarantee that as soon ...
Mayor's Question Time - 01/10: And Finally...
Are you content to be known as a high fare Mayor? – John BiggsNo, because it is quite obviously untrue. ...
Mayor's Question Time - 01/10: On The Tube
Traffic levels on the Sub-surface Lines. Announcement boards at Whitechapel. Jubilee Line compensation. Turning off escalators. The PPP Arbitration. Simultaneous closures ...
Mayor's Question Time - 01/10: On The Buses
The new costs of the 18. Reducing bus services. Taking the 603 to the Royal Free. Differing seat heights. Bus emissions. ...
Mayor's Question Time - 01/10: Tramlink
The Tramlink on the Underground map. Extending the Tramlink. Why is the Tramlink System not always shown on the ...
Mayor's Question Time - 01/10: The Overground and National Rail
Southeastern and overcrowding. Closure of Charing Cross. Saturday services on New Year's Eve. PAYG Rollout on National Rail. Freedom Passes and ...
Mayor's Question Time - 01/10: On the Roads
Countdown at crossings. Lane rentals. Road junctions in Lewisham. Five Ways Junction. Taxi drivers and delayed passengers. Red Route parking and ...
Mayor's Question Time - 01/10: In the Air and on Water
Thames Estuary Airport. Using the canals. The expansion of City Airport. Peruvian Wharf. Subsidising Clippers. Did you commission research ...
Moving on
You know when you're happily watching a TV show, and the credits roll, and out of nowhere the announcer says "That ...
Shepherd's Bush Overground: Finished!
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The Thameslink Programme, illustrated
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Imperial Wharf construction begins!
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ELL works at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace is one of the strangest stations on the network. It's built on the apex of a triangular junction with ...
East London Line phase 2 works to go ahead
According to this planning application, "funding has been secured" for enabling works for the phase 2 extension of the East ...
Mudchute DLR station progressing well
The main reason service the southern branch of the DLR is messed up is to rebuild Mudchute with three platforms. Reader ...
That London Overground interchange map
London Overground have quietly added walking interchanges to the London Overground network map found on trains: Oddly they don't tell ...
Shepherd's Bush/White City/Wood Lane interchanges
When the new stations at Shepherd's Bush and Wood Lane open there'll be two new out-of-station interchanges, requiring a short walk ...
Top secret London Overground news
Well, not very secret. But I've been sent a non-public London Overground presentation that contains a few interesting bits. Firstly, ...
West Hampstead Under the unfinished stub of the new footbridge and lifts at West Hampstead Thameslink life is begining to ...
Revenue from Tube and bus distribution deal to help fund transport improvements, carbon emissions-cutting projects and to boost paper recycling. ...
Whilst attention has been focussed, not unnaturally, on the now imminent reopening of the East London Railway, it is not the ...
Wheelchair users, people with dogs, parents with pushchairs and passengers with heavy luggage can all now benefit from step-free access at ...
Zip Oyster photocard users can now change their photocard picture online. The facility will also be available to holders of other ...
Other taxi and private hire licence fees frozen at 2009 rates. ...
Motorcyclists will see their names up in lights as part of a bold new THINK! campaign to save lives on the ...
[UPDATE: Have added Hoxton Pictures - JB] Thanks to Yowser for the Shadwell photos (including the highlighting in the first, ...
This piece was intended originally simply to be a summary of the recent Parliamentary Thameslink debate, which my colleague Mwmbwls had ...
With the Jubilee Upgrades set to continue for some time yet, there has been much talk of upcoming closures. At the ...
JB’s recent posting concerning the building work for Tesco at Elmers End prompted me to check the position of another ...
378137 passes through Silwood Junction on a training run from New Cross to Dalston Junction 378137 approaches New Cross on ...
Last week, a story appeared on the Marketing magazine website covering the decision to give brand consultants Saffron the contract to ...
Willesden depot will see some new visitors arriving later this spring, with eight Class 172 arriving to replace the existing Class ...
Work began last week on providing a purpose-built bus interchange alongside the Tramlink/Station at Elmers End. The works are taking ...
With iBus now fully rolled out, TfL have begun to consult on the locations for the new version of the Countdown ...
Things are looking advanced at New Cross Gate: Looking towards New Cross ...
Inanimate objects have a mind of their own and they are out to get you. You can guarantee that as soon ...
Are you content to be known as a high fare Mayor? – John BiggsNo, because it is quite obviously untrue. ...
Traffic levels on the Sub-surface Lines. Announcement boards at Whitechapel. Jubilee Line compensation. Turning off escalators. The PPP Arbitration. Simultaneous closures ...
The new costs of the 18. Reducing bus services. Taking the 603 to the Royal Free. Differing seat heights. Bus emissions. ...
The Tramlink on the Underground map. Extending the Tramlink. Why is the Tramlink System not always shown on the ...
Southeastern and overcrowding. Closure of Charing Cross. Saturday services on New Year's Eve. PAYG Rollout on National Rail. Freedom Passes and ...
Countdown at crossings. Lane rentals. Road junctions in Lewisham. Five Ways Junction. Taxi drivers and delayed passengers. Red Route parking and ...
Thames Estuary Airport. Using the canals. The expansion of City Airport. Peruvian Wharf. Subsidising Clippers. Did you commission research ...
You know when you're happily watching a TV show, and the credits roll, and out of nowhere the announcer says "That ...
Well almost. These men are putting the last bits of trim onto the aluminium panels that cover the rebuilt part of ...
There are lots of elements to the Thameslink Programme, but at its core is a proposal to untangle the lines outside ...
If you believe this press release or this press release, they've finally started work on site at Imperial Wharf station, just ...
Crystal Palace is one of the strangest stations on the network. It's built on the apex of a triangular junction with ...
According to this planning application, "funding has been secured" for enabling works for the phase 2 extension of the East ...
The main reason service the southern branch of the DLR is messed up is to rebuild Mudchute with three platforms. Reader ...
London Overground have quietly added walking interchanges to the London Overground network map found on trains: Oddly they don't tell ...
When the new stations at Shepherd's Bush and Wood Lane open there'll be two new out-of-station interchanges, requiring a short walk ...
Well, not very secret. But I've been sent a non-public London Overground presentation that contains a few interesting bits. Firstly, ...
Pop goes politics for Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton is often described as a British Andy Warhol but, as a new show of his political works proves, ...
Creatives cutting loose in British Design Awards
Like a jumble sale of design, the Brit Insurance Design Awards is an addictive exhibition of nearly 100 works from the ...
Mat Collishaw's fitting tribute to a master of the big screen
Mat Collishaw faced an unenviable task in being commissioned by the BFI to respond to the films of Sergei Parajanov. ...
Passionate vision from Billy Childish
It says everything about the ICAs difficulties in establishing its purpose that its latest exhibition is dedicated to Billy Childish. ...
Does Henry Moore deserve his monumental reputation?
He may have been the worlds last great figurative sculptor but much of Henry Moores work now seems wilfully ugly. ...
The mighty Irving Penn
Could elderly photographer Irving Penn have revealed himself this one last time? ...
Michelangelo and his boy
The drawings that the Renaissance master presented to his beautiful young pupil, now on show at the Courtauld Gallery, are extraordinary ...
Deutsche Borse Prize selection vying for a priceless showacse
The Deutsche Borse Prize shortlist shares diversity and fascination but lacks eye-opening originality. ...
Arshile Gorky is mother's boy
The Armenian-born Arshile Gorky was fêted as the father of American Abstract Expressionism but his art is compelling only when ...
Theo van Doesburg: A shock to the system
Theo van Doesburg, a zealot who founded the most coldly inhuman art movement of the 20th century, is the subject of ...
Jonathan Yeo goes from porn to politics
His painting of David Cameron has just sold for £200,000, making Jonathan Yeo our favourite portraitist. ...
Photo I, Photo You is worth a shot
Nebojsa Soba Serics ongoing documentary of the battlefields of Europe sadly lacks a distinctive angle in Photo I, Photo You. ...
Saatchi takes a trip to India
The Empire Strikes Back focuses on India. And just like all those other shows, it is a mixed bag ...
Please don't give Chris Ofili any more money
Tate Britains new retrospective does nothing to justify the lavish praise and state support he has benefited from. ...
John Craxton is an inspiration
John Craxton, to be honoured in a memorial service next week, was a brilliant painter and teacher why is he ...
All the fun of the flares in Abbaworld
The all-singing, all-dancing Abbaworld exhibition may be the closest we'll get to an Abba reunion. ...
Heavenly visions of 150 years of photography
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Chris Ofili - the painter of paradise
Chris Ofili is back in the country after five years in Trinidad with a major show at Tate Britain and a ...
Van Gogh and his demons
Mad as a hatter, driven to suicide by the failure of his genius, the real Vincent Van Gogh remains elusive in ...
William Eggleston - the man who saw the beauty of colour
William Eggleston's influence is universal and now we see beauty where "the Father of Colour Photography" saw it then ...
It's an antiques roadshow at V&A's Medieval and Renaissance galleries
Grand masterpieces jostle with trinkets in the V&A's new £32 million Medieval and Renaissance galleries ...
On the Move is an engaging, thought-provoking show
In On the Move, Jonathan Miller gathers works by the pioneers of movement such as the British-born photographer Eadweard Muybridge ...
Where's the fun of the fair?
The London Art Fair was London's main commercial art fair before Frieze emerged with such success in 2003 ...
Richard Wilson's 20:50 exhibition is spellbinding
The new presentation of Richard Wilsons installation 20:50 at Saatchis Duke of Yorks HQ confirms that it is one of his ...
The Great Gallery Gallop
The holidays provide a wonderful chance to catch up on exhibitions from the V&As fine new galleries to masterly drawings ...
Richard Hamilton is often described as a British Andy Warhol but, as a new show of his political works proves, ...
Like a jumble sale of design, the Brit Insurance Design Awards is an addictive exhibition of nearly 100 works from the ...
Mat Collishaw faced an unenviable task in being commissioned by the BFI to respond to the films of Sergei Parajanov. ...
It says everything about the ICAs difficulties in establishing its purpose that its latest exhibition is dedicated to Billy Childish. ...
He may have been the worlds last great figurative sculptor but much of Henry Moores work now seems wilfully ugly. ...
Could elderly photographer Irving Penn have revealed himself this one last time? ...
The drawings that the Renaissance master presented to his beautiful young pupil, now on show at the Courtauld Gallery, are extraordinary ...
The Deutsche Borse Prize shortlist shares diversity and fascination but lacks eye-opening originality. ...
The Armenian-born Arshile Gorky was fêted as the father of American Abstract Expressionism but his art is compelling only when ...
Theo van Doesburg, a zealot who founded the most coldly inhuman art movement of the 20th century, is the subject of ...
His painting of David Cameron has just sold for £200,000, making Jonathan Yeo our favourite portraitist. ...
Nebojsa Soba Serics ongoing documentary of the battlefields of Europe sadly lacks a distinctive angle in Photo I, Photo You. ...
The Empire Strikes Back focuses on India. And just like all those other shows, it is a mixed bag ...
Tate Britains new retrospective does nothing to justify the lavish praise and state support he has benefited from. ...
John Craxton, to be honoured in a memorial service next week, was a brilliant painter and teacher why is he ...
The all-singing, all-dancing Abbaworld exhibition may be the closest we'll get to an Abba reunion. ...
The immense scale of When Three Dreams Cross means this is only a taster - but even with minimal information, the ...
Chris Ofili is back in the country after five years in Trinidad with a major show at Tate Britain and a ...
Mad as a hatter, driven to suicide by the failure of his genius, the real Vincent Van Gogh remains elusive in ...
William Eggleston's influence is universal and now we see beauty where "the Father of Colour Photography" saw it then ...
Grand masterpieces jostle with trinkets in the V&A's new £32 million Medieval and Renaissance galleries ...
In On the Move, Jonathan Miller gathers works by the pioneers of movement such as the British-born photographer Eadweard Muybridge ...
The London Art Fair was London's main commercial art fair before Frieze emerged with such success in 2003 ...
The new presentation of Richard Wilsons installation 20:50 at Saatchis Duke of Yorks HQ confirms that it is one of his ...
The holidays provide a wonderful chance to catch up on exhibitions from the V&As fine new galleries to masterly drawings ...