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New mural appears on wall of Poundland shop in riot hit part of north London
Published: Tuesday, 15 May 2012


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Francis Upritchard - rising star
Four big shows this year including one site specific work in a space the sculptor didn't actually visit
Published: Monday, 14 May 2012
Wim Wenders' off-duty 'location shots'
German filmmaker, author, artist and playwright's travelling photographic exhibition cements polymath status

Published: Thursday, 10 May 2012
Thought for the day - modern art
"Some people don’t understand it because they’re walking into the tail end of a 30,000 year old conversation”

Published: Thursday, 10 May 2012
Legendary auctioneer bows out after biggest sale ever
High jinks at Christie's as Christopher Burge (the auctioneer in Wall Street) retires
Published: Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Hotel gives guests the chance to 'win a Warhol'
An Australian hotel group has teamed up with an infamous forger for an unusual competition
Published: Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Ahmed Alsoudani - war baby
Disembodied heads and multi-coloured body parts litter the canvases of Iraq's unofficial war artist
Published: Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron Serpentine plans
The artist and architects plan an archaeological dig and rainwater well for the London gallery's summer project
Published: Tuesday, 8 May 2012
The race to bury a jet underground
Three different artists have plans to bury an aeroplane under the earth


Published: Friday, 4 May 2012
Frieze New York: the special projects
The specially commissioned works we’re most looking forward to at this year's debut show
Published: Thursday, 3 May 2012
Spirit of the age?
From the Turner Prize nominees to the Tate Tanks - everyone's talking about performance art again
Published: Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Edvard Munch's The Scream: a few facts and theories
Why the painting John Boulton called a 'unique visual image of panic' is one of the most picked over in art history
Published: Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Ai Weiwei's Fragments in the US for the first time
Tradition and 21st century Chinese life come together at the Sackler Gallery, Washington
Published: Wednesday, 2 May 2012
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