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Rome, Open City still shocks

15 March 2014 9:00 am

Roberto Rossellini shot his neorealist landmark Rome, Open City while the war still raged and rubble littered the freshly liberated…

Occupational hazards

13 March 2014 3:00 pm

Roberto Rossellini shot his neorealist landmark Rome, Open City while the war still raged and rubble littered the freshly liberated…

Occupational hazards

13 March 2014 3:00 pm

Roberto Rossellini shot his neorealist landmark Rome, Open City while the war still raged and rubble littered the freshly liberated…

Behind the scenes at Spitting Image

8 March 2014 9:00 am

If Margaret Thatcher is remembered by many more as a caricature than as her actual self, then blame Spitting Image.…

Blast from the past

6 March 2014 3:00 pm

If Margaret Thatcher is remembered by many more as a caricature than as her actual self, then blame Spitting Image.…

Blast from the past

6 March 2014 3:00 pm

If Margaret Thatcher is remembered by many more as a caricature than as her actual self, then blame Spitting Image.…

Do critics make good artists? Come and judge ours

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Artists make good critics, but do critics make good artists? It’s hard to tell, when most are too chicken to…

Double vision

27 February 2014 3:00 pm

Artists make good critics, but do critics make good artists? It’s hard to tell, when most are too chicken to…

Double vision

27 February 2014 3:00 pm

Artists make good critics, but do critics make good artists? It’s hard to tell, when most are too chicken to…

Tutus, loo rolls and a roomful of balloons

22 February 2014 9:00 am

A tip: go see Martin Creed’s retrospective at the Hayward in the company of a child. I didn’t, but I…

Laugh but don’t pop

20 February 2014 3:00 pm

A tip: go see Martin Creed’s retrospective at the Hayward in the company of a child. I didn’t, but I…

Laugh but don’t pop

20 February 2014 3:00 pm

A tip: go see Martin Creed’s retrospective at the Hayward in the company of a child. I didn’t, but I…

Take a look at John Maynard Keynes's armchair

15 February 2014 9:00 am

Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration at Two Temple Place (until 27 April) is like a giant cabinet of curiosities. Maps,…

Glorious gallimaufry

13 February 2014 3:00 pm

Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration at Two Temple Place (until 27 April) is like a giant cabinet of curiosities. Maps,…

Glorious gallimaufry

13 February 2014 3:00 pm

Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration at Two Temple Place (until 27 April) is like a giant cabinet of curiosities. Maps,…

How to fight back when 'public art' is not for the public

8 February 2014 9:00 am

In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…

Power to the people

6 February 2014 3:00 pm

In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…

Power to the people

6 February 2014 3:00 pm

In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…

All the fun of the fair

1 February 2014 9:00 am

The Works on Paper annual fair runs from 6 to 9 February at the Science Museum. Its name is a…

All the fun of the fair

30 January 2014 3:00 pm

The Works on Paper annual fair runs from 6 to 9 February at the Science Museum. Its name is a…

All the fun of the fair

30 January 2014 3:00 pm

The Works on Paper annual fair runs from 6 to 9 February at the Science Museum. Its name is a…

Would you have been let in to an '80s club? 

18 January 2014 9:00 am

People will go to extraordinary lengths to get into a nightclub. Nowadays you must wear something tight, and look slinky.…

Dress to impress

16 January 2014 3:00 pm

People will go to extraordinary lengths to get into a nightclub. Nowadays you must wear something tight, and look slinky.…

Dress to impress

16 January 2014 3:00 pm

People will go to extraordinary lengths to get into a nightclub. Nowadays you must wear something tight, and look slinky.…

Why is there no God in the British Library's latest exhibition?   

11 January 2014 9:00 am

Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain at the British Library (until 11 March) would have you…