Evening Standard - Arts

Truth about the sex trade from Edward Kienholz

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:37:22 GMT

Edward Kienholz is the forgotten father of installation art - and his evocation of the red light district of Amsterdam captures the truth about the sex trade

Britain's got art talent at School of Saatchi

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:15:53 GMT

The BBC's new reality show, The School of Saatchi, will do for aspiring artists what the X Factor does for budding pop stars.

The Future is with Bloomberg New Contemporaries

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:03:33 GMT

This year's Bloomberg New Contemporaries, a show of hot new talent, heralds a fresh era for contemporary art.

Innocence of fresh faced magic at British Library

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:48 GMT

This fabulous and long-overdue exhibition drawn from the hidden treasures inside the British Library reminds us of a magical time.

All life through the lens with Taylor Wessing prize

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:16 GMT

It is hardly surprisingly that the overall winner of this year's £12,000 Photographic Portrait Prize is Paul Floyd Blake's image of Rosie Bancroft

The paint's the thing for Frank Auerbach

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:16 GMT

Frank Auerbach's thickly textured depictions of post-war building sites turned painting into a three-dimensional art.

Tatsuo Miyajima is keeper of the light fantastic

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:26:28 GMT

Tatsuo Miyajima is bringing his vision to the Royal Ballet, he tells Ben Luke.

Tribuna is grand as the grand tour

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:50:04 GMT

Buckingham Palace visitors won't be able to tear themselves away from Johan Zoffanys Tribuna of the Uffizi.

The joy of text with Sophie Calle

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:13:01 GMT

Conceptual art can be appallingly dry and arcane but in the hands of the French artist Sophie Calle it becomes a richly involving genre.

2 for 1 entry to Affordable Art Fair

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:54:10 GMT

Evening Standard Online readers can obtain two-for-one entry to The Affordable Art Fair.

The agony and ecstasy of The Sacred Made Real

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:01:03 GMT

The suffering expressed in the extraordinary sculptures and paintings of martyred saints from 17th-century Spain is so real, the effect is almost unbearable

Hans Ulrich Obrist - the God of planet art

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:58:35 GMT

Serpentine Gallery co-director Hans Ulrich Obrist is now the most powerful figure in international art. Fortunately, as he tells Alison Roberts, he considers the artists to be more important

Bag Affordable Art Fair tickets

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:02:22 GMT

Win two pairs of tickets to the Affordable Art Fair Private View with Maker's Mark.

Diaghilev the great mischief-maker

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:51:28 GMT

Serge Diaghilevs arrival in Paris 100 years ago forever changed classical dance

All the fun without the fair

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:49 GMT

If being crushed inside the Frieze tent makes you hyperventilate, don't despair - some of the best one-off shows are in other parts of town

Stop it, Damien Hirst, you're embarrassing yourself

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:49 GMT

Damien Hirst is nearing his half-century and should have a far higher level of skill than the rough daubing he shows in No Love Lost

An artist's guide to Frieze

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:57:58 GMT

As Londons biggest contemporary art fair opens its doors, Alastair McKay asks conceptual artist Michael Elmgreen to help him make sense of the mountain of work on show and select his highlights

Ed Ruscha's Fifty Years of Painting is cool to the core

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:08:15 GMT

A collection of fifty years of paintings from the 'bit too cool' Ed Ruscha tells his story well.

Shocking, sensual symbolism from Robert Mapplethorpe

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:08:15 GMT

Robert Mapplethorpe's exhibition mixes surprisingly tender moments with the sensual erotic and hardcore.

Bringing an end to 100 days on the Plinth

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:37:32 GMT

As the last of the Plinthers quits Trafalgar Square, we look at 2,400 hours of nudity, drama, protest - and banality.

John Baldessari does a great line in conceptual gags

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:19:23 GMT

John Baldessari's Pure Beauty is not all easily digestible, but it's helped by exemplary, clearly written gallery wall texts.

Claudia Schiffer in the clutches of modern art

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:56:25 GMT

Inspired by art-loving supermodel Claudia Schiffer, a host of names have produced works for the latest edition of Harper's Bazaar magazine.

Photographs go pop in Beatles to Bowie show

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:25:09 GMT

Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed is a nostalgic, impressive documentary marking the rapid changes in pop, contemporary design and photography between 1960-69.

As Polaroid expires, some instant reminders of its power

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:56:31 GMT

The Polaroid:Exp 09.10.09 exhibition at the Atlas Gallery to mark the expiry date of the last Polaroid film.

Saatchi makes case for young art

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:26:16 GMT

The work of 20 graduates who are hoping to emulate the success of the Young British Artists is to go on show in the New Sensations.