New public art project in London will show works by Ai Weiwei and Eddie Peake on Europe's largest billboard
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New public art project in London will show works by Ai Weiwei and Eddie Peake on Europe's largest billboard
The digital art platform CIRCA will commission a new artist every month to create a work that reflects on the year 2020
Rosewater soda and a coronavirus memorial: what to see at the Brent Biennial
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Rosewater soda and a coronavirus memorial: what to see at the Brent Biennial
From Dawn Mellor's George Michael mural to Rasheed Araeen's anarchic library installation
Cartoon constellations and deserted deserts: hop on board Andy Holden's ghost train ride
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Cartoon constellations and deserted deserts: hop on board Andy Holden's ghost train ride
The Art Car Boot Fair goes online—with virtual studio visits and a surprise mother-daughter double act
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The Art Car Boot Fair goes online—with virtual studio visits and a surprise mother-daughter double act
Horniman Museum in London unveils nitrogen-absorbing sculpture for bees
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Horniman Museum in London unveils nitrogen-absorbing sculpture for bees
Tavares Strachan: 'I grew up not feeling empowered by art'
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Tavares Strachan: 'I grew up not feeling empowered by art'
As a new show opens at Marian Goodman Gallery in London, the Bahamian artist explains why he feels schoolchildren, and not the art world, are his natural audience
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Raisa Kabir's transcontinental textiles to Toyin Ojih Odutola's epic cycle of queer, Black drawings
Queer, Black, out of this world: Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawings flip power structures in Barbican show
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Queer, Black, out of this world: Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawings flip power structures in Barbican show
Four new £1,000 awards launched for experimental UK artists
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Four new £1,000 awards launched for experimental UK artists
Artist to create giant collaborative work from discarded NHS rainbows
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Artist to create giant collaborative work from discarded NHS rainbows
Out of respect for Beirut, huge Hiroshima memorial work moved from Piccadilly Circus
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Out of respect for Beirut, huge Hiroshima memorial work moved from Piccadilly Circus
Gerry's Pompeii under threat once again
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Gerry's Pompeii under threat once again
New works by Thomas J. Price and Larry Achiampong on The Line extend the debate on public sculpture
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New works by Thomas J. Price and Larry Achiampong on The Line extend the debate on public sculpture
Four billboards outside Hull, England: art project commemorates sex workers who have died
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Four billboards outside Hull, England: art project commemorates sex workers who have died
Collective of former sex workers and the artist duo Henry/Bragg are behind the installation
Niru Ratnam opens a new West End gallery
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Niru Ratnam opens a new West End gallery
'Tender, gentle and creative soul': outdoor exhibition in west London pays tribute to artist Khadija Saye who died in Grenfell fire
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'Tender, gentle and creative soul': outdoor exhibition in west London pays tribute to artist Khadija Saye who died in Grenfell fire
Unveiled by Tottenham MP David Lammy today, the show also marks the launch of an arts mentor scheme in Saye’s name
Wuhan clang: the sounds of the Chinese city ring out over London’s River Thames
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Wuhan clang: the sounds of the Chinese city ring out over London’s River Thames
Michael Craig-Martin covers Oxford Street shop front in colourful fruit and veg
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Michael Craig-Martin covers Oxford Street shop front in colourful fruit and veg
Pride and joy: Andrew Logan makes a rainbow heart for MindOut while Queer Frontiers fundraiser goes online
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Pride and joy: Andrew Logan makes a rainbow heart for MindOut while Queer Frontiers fundraiser goes online
Come hell or high water: performances on the Thames shore welcome the summer solstice
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Come hell or high water: performances on the Thames shore welcome the summer solstice
‘I just got more elated, more happy, more free’: Tracey Emin on how lockdown has been a positive experience for her
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‘I just got more elated, more happy, more free’: Tracey Emin on how lockdown has been a positive experience for her
‘Wouldn’t it be sad if nothing really changes?’: Tate Modern director Frances Morris on the art world's pledge to be more green
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‘Wouldn’t it be sad if nothing really changes?’: Tate Modern director Frances Morris on the art world's pledge to be more green
Is there life on Mars? No—but right now there’s a lot of art
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Is there life on Mars? No—but right now there’s a lot of art
Now you see them, now you don’t: artist takes down sign paintings for the NHS
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Now you see them, now you don’t: artist takes down sign paintings for the NHS
Will it be OK? Mexican artist spray paints giant message on gilded building in southeast England
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Will it be OK? Mexican artist spray paints giant message on gilded building in southeast England
New studio visit platform gives artists creative ways to open up their inner sanctums—and get paid for it
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New studio visit platform gives artists creative ways to open up their inner sanctums—and get paid for it
Some of the best places to buy art for a good cause
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Some of the best places to buy art for a good cause
During the pandemic, buying art delivers the double whammy of donating to charity and owning a work by artists including Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley and Chantal Joffe
Put your art where your mouth is: leading British artists design masks for charity
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Put your art where your mouth is: leading British artists design masks for charity
David Shrigley, Linder, Eddie Peake and Yinka Shonibare have created facemasks to raise funds for UK museums and artists
Somewhere over the rainbow...London galleries are plastered with NHS support
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Somewhere over the rainbow...London galleries are plastered with NHS support
Mega art dealers talk collegial spirit against a backdrop of Montauk bedrooms and cats
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Mega art dealers talk collegial spirit against a backdrop of Montauk bedrooms and cats
Art Basel's latest webinar featured David Zwirner, Sadie Coles and Jeffery Deitch talking about new plans for gallery collaborations
Eggspressionist art? A show for chickens includes works by Richard Wentworth, Amalia Pica and George Shaw
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Eggspressionist art? A show for chickens includes works by Richard Wentworth, Amalia Pica and George Shaw
‘It is dangerous for artists when the events of the day change their work’: Marina Abramovic on art and the coronavirus pandemic
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‘It is dangerous for artists when the events of the day change their work’: Marina Abramovic on art and the coronavirus pandemic
The performance artist has been in lockdown in Austria and spoke to us exclusively about making work in isolation and following Matisse’s example as a response to the crisis
Colour me in: Michael Craig-Martin’s tribute to healthcare workers worldwide
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Colour me in: Michael Craig-Martin’s tribute to healthcare workers worldwide
‘I’m running out of glue-gun glue’: artist’s signs supporting NHS go viral
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‘I’m running out of glue-gun glue’: artist’s signs supporting NHS go viral
British artist Susie Hamilton depicts masked and visored medics treating patients during coronavirus pandemic
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British artist Susie Hamilton depicts masked and visored medics treating patients during coronavirus pandemic
Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei offers the gift of one-to-one Zoom songs
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Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei offers the gift of one-to-one Zoom songs
Gilbert & George say ‘Don’t Catch It!’ in new coronavirus poster
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Gilbert & George say ‘Don’t Catch It!’ in new coronavirus poster
Wolfgang Tillmans gets artist friends to make posters to help cultural spaces during lockdown
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Wolfgang Tillmans gets artist friends to make posters to help cultural spaces during lockdown
Extension to Freelands Foundation artist programme and £3m to support creative practitioners
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Extension to Freelands Foundation artist programme and £3m to support creative practitioners
Bob And Roberta Smith’s daily shot of art
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Bob And Roberta Smith’s daily shot of art
Damien Hirst makes butterfly rainbow for the NHS, while Mark Titchner's uplifting posters pop-up around the UK
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Damien Hirst makes butterfly rainbow for the NHS, while Mark Titchner's uplifting posters pop-up around the UK
Coronavirus lockdown creativity continues with Grayson Perry’s art club and the isolation art school
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Coronavirus lockdown creativity continues with Grayson Perry’s art club and the isolation art school
Tax Avoidance Kills—Jeremy Deller’s latest flyposter campaign hits London
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Tax Avoidance Kills—Jeremy Deller’s latest flyposter campaign hits London
Gavin Turk’s live lockdown Easter eggshibition
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Gavin Turk’s live lockdown Easter eggshibition
Artists show us what they have been up to during the lockdown ahead of Ryan Gander's live studio tour today
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Artists show us what they have been up to during the lockdown ahead of Ryan Gander's live studio tour today
'Thank god for immigrants': Jeremy Deller creates poster to raise funds for refugees and food banks
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'Thank god for immigrants': Jeremy Deller creates poster to raise funds for refugees and food banks
The A2 print pays homage to the foreign workers who have carried on working during the coronavirus crisis
Exhibition WALL-E: robot leads tour of Hastings Contemporary
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Exhibition WALL-E: robot leads tour of Hastings Contemporary
Alien Sex Club artist John Walter offers tarot card readings over Skype during lockdown
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Alien Sex Club artist John Walter offers tarot card readings over Skype during lockdown
#ArtistsSupportPledge: growing online marketplace to help artists generates £9m in one week
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#ArtistsSupportPledge: growing online marketplace to help artists generates £9m in one week
Gavin Turk provides some toilet humour as shit hits the fan
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Gavin Turk provides some toilet humour as shit hits the fan
'Galleries are not for me’: Imran Perretta on state surveillance and his difficult relationship with art spaces
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'Galleries are not for me’: Imran Perretta on state surveillance and his difficult relationship with art spaces
As his latest film exploring the treatment of young Muslim men tours the UK, opening at Baltic in Gateshead this weekend, Perretta explains how he never wanted to be in the art world
Artist couple Gary Hume and Georgie Hopton stage first joint exhibitions
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Artist couple Gary Hume and Georgie Hopton stage first joint exhibitions
The vagina dialogue: Linder's sensory Kettle's Yard show channels the house's mistress Helen Ede
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The vagina dialogue: Linder's sensory Kettle's Yard show channels the house's mistress Helen Ede
'We abstracted our experience—that is how we saved ourselves': emotional opening at Margate's show of African American art
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'We abstracted our experience—that is how we saved ourselves': emotional opening at Margate's show of African American art
Tschabalala Self: 'what information is needed for one’s body to become gendered and racialised?'
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Tschabalala Self: 'what information is needed for one’s body to become gendered and racialised?'
The US artist’s colourful, tactile works that mix printmaking, painting and fabric are political without being ponderous
Valie Export and crowning babies bring mixed messages of motherhood to Mayfair
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Valie Export and crowning babies bring mixed messages of motherhood to Mayfair
Grayson Perry collaborations and pansexual pageants: James Birch reflects on a fabulous life
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Grayson Perry collaborations and pansexual pageants: James Birch reflects on a fabulous life
Moveable feasts and brisk bidding at Whitechapel's Art Icon gala
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Moveable feasts and brisk bidding at Whitechapel's Art Icon gala
Purrs and paw-prints: Vivian Suter and Athanasios Argianas join forces with four-legged friends at Camden Arts Centre
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Purrs and paw-prints: Vivian Suter and Athanasios Argianas join forces with four-legged friends at Camden Arts Centre
The best shows to see at Condo London 2020
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The best shows to see at Condo London 2020
From satirical prostitute advertisements to a baby's beating heart—the must see shows from London's coolest gallery sharing initiative
Tim Marlow finally receives a big shiny medal as he waves goodbye to Royal Academy
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Tim Marlow finally receives a big shiny medal as he waves goodbye to Royal Academy
Sarah Lucas eggs women on at Red Brick Museum
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Sarah Lucas eggs women on at Red Brick Museum
‘I mix the paint with rainwater, mud and fish glue': Vivian Suter on being back in the limelight after 30 years in rural Guatemala
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‘I mix the paint with rainwater, mud and fish glue': Vivian Suter on being back in the limelight after 30 years in rural Guatemala
She left Switzerland and art-world success behind, but with current and forthcoming shows in New York, London, Liverpool and Madrid, Vivian Suter is much in demand again
Oscar Murillo hosts 'fun-raising' feast in London studio
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Oscar Murillo hosts 'fun-raising' feast in London studio
Turner Prize shocker: what next? Plus, Teresita Fernández in Miami
Podcast
Turner Prize shocker: what next? Plus, Teresita Fernández in Miami
We talk to Louisa Buck about the decision to award the Turner Prize to all of the nominees. Plus, Miami-born artist Teresita Fernández tells us about her homecoming show at Pérez Art Museum Miami. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Gavin Turk gives a load of bull at the Christmas Art Car Boot Fair
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Gavin Turk gives a load of bull at the Christmas Art Car Boot Fair
House of Voltaire's naked Christmas tree brings new meaning to a 'festive bush'
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House of Voltaire's naked Christmas tree brings new meaning to a 'festive bush'
Nan Goldin brings her empathy and activism to London
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Nan Goldin brings her empathy and activism to London
'Welcome to the shitshow': Jeremy Deller's new film delves into the dark underbelly of Brexit
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'Welcome to the shitshow': Jeremy Deller's new film delves into the dark underbelly of Brexit
Steve McQueen's epic primary school portrait series unveiled at Tate Britain
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Steve McQueen's epic primary school portrait series unveiled at Tate Britain
Grassroots band of locals organise a squat to protect Gerry's Pompeii
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Grassroots band of locals organise a squat to protect Gerry's Pompeii
Art world fights to preserve former gardener's fantastical kingdom of historic figures
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Art world fights to preserve former gardener's fantastical kingdom of historic figures
Sue Webster unveils new installation and book inspired by her Siouxie Sioux-obsessed teenage years
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Sue Webster unveils new installation and book inspired by her Siouxie Sioux-obsessed teenage years
Feminist trailblazer Caroline Coon finally receives her dues at London's Tramps gallery
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Feminist trailblazer Caroline Coon finally receives her dues at London's Tramps gallery
Pantyhose and an inflatable Tina prove Margate's cultural clout extends beyond Turner Prize
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Pantyhose and an inflatable Tina prove Margate's cultural clout extends beyond Turner Prize
Jennifer Binnie and Andrew Logan unite once more for collaborative London show
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Jennifer Binnie and Andrew Logan unite once more for collaborative London show
A sustainable art world: greenwash or genuine commitment?
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A sustainable art world: greenwash or genuine commitment?
Frieze has long prided itself on its eco-credentials, but these small gestures are negligible in the face of the planet's immediate climate crisis
Elizabeth Peyton on Kurt Cobain, the Twilight films and painting a museum director in his shorts
InterviewFrieze London 2019
Elizabeth Peyton on Kurt Cobain, the Twilight films and painting a museum director in his shorts
In her new solo show at London's National Portrait Gallery, the artist connects the past with the present
High tension: metal guru Antony Gormley pushes the limits for Royal Academy show
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High tension: metal guru Antony Gormley pushes the limits for Royal Academy show
London exhibition tells a complex story of body, space and boundaries
Throwing open the gallery doors: the art world darlings keeping it real
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Throwing open the gallery doors: the art world darlings keeping it real
Inflatable Trump and a singing Sophie Jung: Matt's Gallery turns 40
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Inflatable Trump and a singing Sophie Jung: Matt's Gallery turns 40
Rozzers and Rastas: Denzil Forrester unveils Brixton underground station commission
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Rozzers and Rastas: Denzil Forrester unveils Brixton underground station commission
'Art's most high-profile provocateur' Maurizio Cattelan on his new Blenheim Palace show
InterviewMaurizio Cattelan
'Art's most high-profile provocateur' Maurizio Cattelan on his new Blenheim Palace show
Known for this dangling horse and gold toilet, the Italian artist's exhibition is in the unlikely setting of Winston Churchill's birthplace
Canoodling Calypsos and colonial critiques at opening of David Zwirner's new Caribbean show
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Canoodling Calypsos and colonial critiques at opening of David Zwirner's new Caribbean show
'Force of nature': art world pays tribute to late dealer Karsten Schubert
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'Force of nature': art world pays tribute to late dealer Karsten Schubert
In the carnival groove: Georgia Lucas-Going gets everybody going at London’s Emalin gallery
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In the carnival groove: Georgia Lucas-Going gets everybody going at London’s Emalin gallery
Ceramicist Magdalene Odundo shines in solo Sainsbury Centre show
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Ceramicist Magdalene Odundo shines in solo Sainsbury Centre show
Gender-bending 1980s muse paints the town Scarlett at Liverpool show opening
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Gender-bending 1980s muse paints the town Scarlett at Liverpool show opening
Ackroyd & Harvey unveil 52 Beuysian oaks in centre of London as Tate declares climate emergency
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Ackroyd & Harvey unveil 52 Beuysian oaks in centre of London as Tate declares climate emergency
It's a dog-eat-dog art world: London show features canine-themed works chosen by cultured pooches
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It's a dog-eat-dog art world: London show features canine-themed works chosen by cultured pooches
This Charming Clan: London’s Marlborough shows 35 artists with the last name Smith
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This Charming Clan: London’s Marlborough shows 35 artists with the last name Smith
Tantric shows and couture gowns: Penny Slinger steps into the spotlight
CommentTurner Prize
Could the joint win sound the death knell for the Turner Prize?
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani's decision to share the prize reflects the collective nature of their work, but how this could impact the future of the award remains to be seen
Louisa Buck