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Yes, the power of the Web is amazing. Over the past month people in 701 cities across 86 countries have visited our website. Between you all, you speak 47 languages – I assume English must be one of them. What interesting people you must ...

Mall Galleries are launching a brand new printmaking exhibition this August, featuring work by Damien Hirst, Sir Peter Blake RA, Michael Craig-Martin, Patrick Hughes, Gary Hume, Tony Bevan, Stephen Chambers RA, John Hoyland and Barbara Rae RA, alongside...

Finding a thrill on Strawberry Hill Jenny Kingsley visits a splendid example of Gothic revivalist architecture As I approach Strawberry Hill I expect the house to have at least a shadow of stone cold historic decay, even though the press...

… Young visitors are invited to unlock the secrets of the Soane Museum and unleash their creativity with a series of holiday workshops Tucked away in Lincoln’s Inn Fields at the heart of London, the magical, mysteriou...

We are about to fulfil a long-held plan to advertise in The Sunday Times , Britain’s biggest-selling quality Sunday newspaper. Our advert will appear in the Culture section, where all the art and book-related news appears – just rig...

Everyone at Cassone has been sad to learn of the death on 5 July of the painter Cy Twombly, one of the most controversial artists of the 20th century. He was 83. His work has been described as ‘scribbles’, ‘graffiti-like&rsqu...

Mark Staff Brandl with Gary Scoles and Thomas Emil Homerin, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Illinois 11 July – 27 August Gallery 3R The trio creates a comic book installation on site from scratch, eventually enveloping t...

The Bethlem Gallery is pleased to present Unknown, and Unknowable? , an exhibition of rarely seen anonymous artworks from the Bethlem Royal Hospital’s Archives and Museum's historic reserve collection, opening on Wednesday, 27th July 2011. Th...

A number of well-known artists have been commissioned to create posters for the London Olympics. They range from Bridget Riley, one of Britain’s most distinguished painters, who made her name in the 1960s and recently had a show at London&...

Don’t miss this month-long festival of photography. Among the highlights are ‘Vivian Maier: A Life Uncovered’, 48 prints by this exciting photographer are on show at the German Gymnasium, Pancras Road, London, NW1 2TB. Sadly, V...

See ‘ Art for all the family’ in our Around the galleries section in this issue, for more events at the Ashmolean and at other galleries this summer. For archaeological finds from further afield, the Ashmolean’s show &...

From 8 July to 28 August, London’s Idea Generation Gallery will be showing thefirst-ever full-career retrospective of the legendary British photographer Brian Duffy. A new book – the first – about his work, simple entitled Duf...

In our July article, ‘ A prescription for art’ , Jenny Kingsley explores the relationship between art and well-being, which is now receiving greater attention than it has in many years. As part of its wider participator...

Since May 2011, a combined team of artists who are based in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom have been researching how ‘places of retail’, from Arab souks and British street markets to the Dubai Mall and Westfield Lond...

From 24 June to 23 rd July Lazarides Gallery, 11 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1HR will present its first UK exhibition of paintings by American painter, pundit and prankster, Ron English. Spanning multiple mediums, Skin Deep is an exploration of the ...

For those interested to learn more about the Government Art Collection the Whitechapel Gallery is holding a series of talks during July and is also giving a chance to go behind the scenes at the GAC, in Queen’s Yard, Tottenham Court Road, ...

Art Fund Director Stephen Deuchar says: ‘It’s always seemed absurd that in the UK you have to wait until after death to get any tax reduction to give art to museums. We know many people could be nudged to donate great art in their lifetime i...

In an exciting new collaboration between the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) and nine artists, New, Found Treasures is an exhibition presenting new works interspersed with treasures found in the museum. The artworks are to celebrate 1...

The Tate Movie Project’s The Itch of the Golden Nit (Tate Modern from 6 July) is the first of its kind – an animation made by and for children. Thousands of drawings, sound effects and story ideas by children from across the UK make up the...

Friday 8 July 2011 6.00 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. at the Quest Gallery, 7 Margaret’s Buildings, Bath BA1 2LP Email: [email protected] 7.30 – 9.00 p.m.: Nigel Hall in conversation with Ian Wilson, Montag...

An exhibition at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK 25 June to 2 October 2011 Stanley Spencer is remembered for his religious paintings, his war paintings and his nudes. A lesser-known aspect of his life was his love of gardens. His oil pain...