Finishing his new book—an exploration of the untold origins of British art—took our diarist into a universe that only an author can inhabit

The exhibition tells the story of the artist‘s late-flowering but tragically brief career

The Hobby Cave, devised by the artist Hetain Patel and Artangel, will bring thousands of handcrafted objects together

Nine works from the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle, displayed as part of the “museum in residence” programme, are a mirror to life in the north-east of England

An in-depth interview with the British artist, exploring his radical work from the 1960s to today

Art world figures pay tribute to "one of the most inventive printmakers"

The lives and work of Singaporean-British sculptor Kim Lim and the Chinese artist and poet Li Yuan-chia will be explored at the Hepworth Wakefield and Kettle’s Yard

'Poster boy' for the neo-Classical movement who disappeared under the radar eschewed fame for a place in the sun

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from William Hogarth to the "total artwork" of opera

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Adrian Piper to The Legend of Zelda video game

The display includes a version of a sculpture that sparked debate in the Netherlands last month

The standalone sales come off the back of numerous high-profile projects involving the British artist

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Francis Bacon to Mike Kelley

We sat down with the late artist earlier this year to discuss her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Louise Nevelson to Fyodor Dostoevsky

Show brings artist back from the undeserved periphery

Works exhibited take inspiration from both classics and modern masterpieces including Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress

Jacob Rothschild’s Waddesdon Manor wants to track down the massive mural created for the 1951 Festival of Britain

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Francis Bacon to J.G. Ballard

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Gwen John

The sculptor, erudite and irreverent, was known for the power and scale of her site-specific installations

Eight sculptures were being offered by auction house Roseberys at prices so low they would have been "destructive to his career", according to the artist Richard Deacon

New book uses artist's wartime commission in a coalmine to show his melancholy side and mildly left political strain,

A travelling exhibition featuring more than 90 works on paper reveals the evolution of the British abstractionist’s approach to line, tone and colour

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to the Royal Academy's Sensation

In a six-decade career, the British artist also composed and performed music, published books and was an expert on African art

The artist returned from his trip to America in the 1960s “the personification of self-aware modernity”

Plus, how UK museums can respond to the energy crisis, and a haunting Henry Fuseli painting

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to Maria Lassnig

Turner prize nominee Ingrid Pollard seeks out depictions of African figure that "haunt every English town and village"

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Sassetta to Klimt