Street VU: Shoreditch to get outdoor art gallery
The Hackney Citizen unearths a new and unusual art venue tucked under the iconic tube carriages on Great Eastern Street
Art and design
Olympics Aquatic Centre – review
Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Aquatic Centre hasn’t come cheap at £269m, but it is the Olympics’ most majestic space
London 2012 park sparks architectural argument between old and new names
Design Council chief celebrates Prince Charles’ lack of involvement as traditionalists complain about ‘overt prejudice’
London 2012: Olympic gold medals glitter in public for the first time
Design by British artist David Watkins in line with London 2012 logo but fails to impress branding experts
London 2012: Olympic flame will be lit in one year’s time, but still much to do
IOC hail progress as Tom Daley dives into Aquatics Centre pool, completed on time and budget
Barbican unveils Olympics arts festival
Programme includes theatre productions starring Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett, and major Bauhaus exhibition
Yes, but is it drawing? London 2011 Biennial Fundraiser
The best works auctioned at east London’s Drawing Room, by Turner prizewinners and younger artists alike, are self-regarding, silly, and muse on the nature of drawing itself
Street art tours reveal hidden treasure
For those who don’t know their Stik from their Roa, a guided tour around London’s East End is the way to uncover works by artists on the verge of mainstream recognition
Royal Wedding: Tom Hunter: ‘All the other royal marriages have fallen apart now’
Photographer Tom Hunter creates an artwork to commemorate the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton
Olympics Anish Kapoor tower hopes to attract 1m visitors a year
Organisers expect sculpture to become one of London’s most loved attractions
Gilbert & George collect sex workers’ cards for latest works
Artists’ exhibition revisits ‘postcard art’ of their early careers
Out of an urban backwater, the 2012 Olympic dream takes shape
The debate about the cost and ‘legacy’ of construction will outlast the 2012 Olympic Games, but no one can deny the new venues are a bold addition to London’s landscape
Art and the brain
Kate Kellaway admires an exhibition of artworks exploring the experience of neurological damage
The thin grey line
Doodled in minutes or laboured over for months, drawings reveal an artist’s most intimate thoughts. Adrian Searle gets up close and personal at the White Cube’s inspiring new show