Peter Doig: a free spirit captured in Scottish National Gallery’s retrospective
1 May 2013 • Mark Westall
Strange and poetic figurative art of the Trinidad-based painter Peter Doig will be showcased in exhibition of 120 works
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Michael Landy: patron saint of destruction
29 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Decapitations, tooth-pullings, chargrillings … the lurid deaths of saints in paintings were what caught Michael Landy’s eye when he took over as artist-in-residence at the National Gallery. Charlotte Higgins visits his studio to play with his mechanised martyrs
Artists to hold own party conference to discuss cuts and education
14 April 2013 • Mark Westall
After day’s events come to a close at Scarborough Spa, there will be an all-night party, followed by breakfast on the beach
Tate removes Graham Ovenden prints after indecency conviction
4 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Ovenden was found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one of indecent assault at Truro crown court
Venice Biennale to showcase new generation of young British artists
19 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Exhibition to feature James Richards, Ed Atkins and Helen Marten, as well as better-known names including Sarah Lucas
Artangel seeks ideas – the wackier, the better
15 January 2013 • Mark Westall
Arts commissioning body which has backed past Turner prize-winning projects has £1m to divide between up to five projects
Catlin Guide aims to catalogue Britain’s most intriguing new artists
10 January 2013 • Mark Westall
Annual picks out 40 of the most promising graduates from art schools across the UK – and a quarter of them are painters
Turner prize winner Elizabeth Price warns against marginalisation of arts
5 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Price criticises introduction of Ebacc and withdrawal of state funding for humanities and arts at universities
ArtReview’s Power 100 list reveals art-world battle for supremacy
18 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Magazine’s survey of most important figures in contemporary art dominated by visionaries – and dealers for super-rich
Barbican salutes Marcel Duchamp, the man who transformed 20th century art
17 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Exhibition called Dancing Around Duchamp celebrates legacy of an influential artist with paintings, dance, theatre and film
Shock of the old: Frieze Masters art fair puts contemporary sibling in the shade
11 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Dealers selling art from the ancient world through to year 2000 find new audience – and customers find less stratospheric prices
Richard Long: ‘It was the swinging 60s. To be walking lines in fields was a bit different’
18 June 2012 • Mark Westall
The land artist gives a rare interview, describing his early work, his roots in Bristol and how his legs once let him down
Jeremy Deller, Turner prizewinner, to have Hayward Gallery retrospective
7 December 2011 • Mark Westall
The artist who staged an exhibition in his parents’ house will be showing works old and new – plus some failed projects
Leonardo da Vinci amazes at the National Gallery – quietly and calmly
6 November 2011 • Mark Westall
When the exhibition opens on Wednesday, visitors will be able to see the two Madonna of the Rocks face to face
Carsten Höller in New York: all the fun of the fair
26 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Carsten Höller has brought his trademark helterskelters, fairground carousels, and aquaria to New York City
Frieze art fair founders announce new events in New York and London
8 October 2011 • Mark Westall
The Masters fair in London will sell historic work as well as contemporary art as the duo detects a ‘new taste for the old’