Evening Standard - Arts

Elizabeth Peyton is pin-up painter

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:33:41 GMT

There's something lovable about Elizabeth Peyton's schoolgirl-kitsch pop star portraits but do they have life beyond the bedroom wall?

New order emerges in Classified's Britart

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:31:21 GMT

Classified works well as a top 20 of British art of the past 10 years or so.

BP Portrait Award faces our current affairs

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:38:10 GMT

Emmanouil Bitsakis's portraits timely and newsworthy but these are also stunning paintings in their own right.

Gilbert & George the jokers

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:34:46 GMT

On the eve of their new show, the eccentric artists talk about Union Jacks, dangerous literature and the Take That Christmas annual.

Lots of queens - but where's the real history?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:41:34 GMT

The National Portrait Gallery has decided to go gay with an exhibition dedicated to the evolution of gay icons which should be fascinating, but isn't

Jeff Koons: Popeye brought to life

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:41:34 GMT

Just when you thought he'd run out of ideas, Jeff Koons, one of the biggest celebrity artists of our age, comes up with a whole new fantasy

Standing on the Trafalgar Square fourth plinth: Is it art?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:22:33 GMT

Next week, Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth will play host to Antony Gormley's latest artistic creation. Alastair McKay, one of those chosen to take part, finds out what he's trying to do

The British Museum deserves a medal

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:28:42 GMT

A witty and nerdy exhibition of satirical medals from forgotten 18th and 19th-century master-craftsmen and from contemporary artists opens at the British Museum

It's worth Walking in the Mind

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:07:57 GMT

The Hayward Gallery has excelled itself this summer with a Disneyworld-like exhibition called Walking in the Mind.

Keith Coventry shows art of the impossible

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:07:57 GMT

Keith Coventry is one of the best painting shows you will see this year.

Phwoar! It's John William Waterhouse

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:07:57 GMT

A new exhibition shows JW Waterhouse's chief aim was to stir the loins of Victorian collectors.

Classic images of pop stars that set Sixties style

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:26:38 GMT

Rare portraits of Sixties rock stars showing how pop influenced the style of a decade will go on show this autumn.

Classis images of pop stars that set Sixties style

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:51:30 GMT

Rare portraits of Sixties rock stars showing how pop influenced the style of a decade will go on show this autumn.

Radical Nature attempts to save the planet

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:31:18 GMT

Radical Nature: Art and Architecture is something to do with the relations of people, art and nature to each other.

John Hoppy Hopkins captures post war Britain

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:22:25 GMT

John Hoppy Hopkins is a modest cultural icon whose career has taken many unexpected twists. He returns with photographic records from 1960‑66.

Parents warned over hardcore pornography in Hayward Gallery show

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:07:53 GMT

Parents warned that part of a new show at the Hayward Gallery is unsuitable for children and under-18s because of hardcore pornography

Parents warned off hardcore pornographic Hayward Gallery show

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:06:33 GMT

Parents warned that part of a new show at the Hayward Gallery is unsuitable for children and under-18s because of hardcore pornography

Futurism imperfect at Tate Modern

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:40:47 GMT

It was a revolutionary movement that boasted of creating a new beauty but the Futurism exhibition at the Tate misses many of its big moments.

East 17 star Brian Harvey takes centre stage at student's Royal Academy show

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:05:04 GMT

A Royal Academy student has turned the East 17 singer into the star of her art college graduation show.

Not enough worth buying at Summer Exhibition

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:28:35 GMT

Go to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition if you must, but for God's sake, don't take your chequebook, says Ben Lewis.

Garden and Cosmos is in need of perspective

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:52:04 GMT

British Imperialism in the 19th century is a subtext of the Garden and Cosmos exhibition at the British Museum.

Take a walk on the tame side with Richard Long

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:52:04 GMT

Richard Long made an art form out of rambling but, his beautiful walks of art lose some of their magic at Tate Britain.

Tate Modern show brings pivotal Futurist art works together

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:21:12 GMT

A major exhibition of Futurist art commemorating the centenary of the movement is set to start at Tate Modern.

Michelangelos earliest painting should have been saved

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:18:15 GMT

Michelangelos earliest painting may not be a great painting in any conventional sense but it is both a rare and extraordinary document.

The inventive art world of Jeff Koons

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:48:02 GMT

As the Serpentine Gallery launches a new Jeff Koons exhibition next month, poet Craig Raine assesses this artist's enduring attraction.

Evening Standard - Arts

Elizabeth Peyton is pin-up painter

New order emerges in Classified's Britart

BP Portrait Award faces our current affairs

Gilbert & George the jokers

Lots of queens - but where's the real history?

Jeff Koons: Popeye brought to life

Standing on the Trafalgar Square fourth plinth: Is it art?

The British Museum deserves a medal

It's worth Walking in the Mind

Keith Coventry shows art of the impossible

Phwoar! It's John William Waterhouse

Classic images of pop stars that set Sixties style

Classis images of pop stars that set Sixties style

Radical Nature attempts to save the planet

John Hoppy Hopkins captures post war Britain

Parents warned over hardcore pornography in Hayward Gallery show

Parents warned off hardcore pornographic Hayward Gallery show

Futurism imperfect at Tate Modern

East 17 star Brian Harvey takes centre stage at student's Royal Academy show

Not enough worth buying at Summer Exhibition

Garden and Cosmos is in need of perspective

Take a walk on the tame side with Richard Long

Tate Modern show brings pivotal Futurist art works together

Michelangelos earliest painting should have been saved

The inventive art world of Jeff Koons

John Hoppy Hopkins captures post war Britain

Michelangelos earliest painting should have been saved