No time to read the weekend newspaper critics? The Art Life is proud to present a brand new semi-regular feature – Critics At A Glance. Instead of wading through thousands of words to get to the point, The Art Life

Provides gallerists the illusion of diversity 21% [19] So heavy it could never be stolen or lost 16% [15] Is three dimensional 15% [14] Is a hat stand 15% [14] Makes painting look fashionable and new 14% [13] Can be

Readers may have noticed a few new additions to The Art Life page. The most conspicuous of these are the links to Amazon but there is also the just-added MAKE A DONATION button just below the poll. Why are they

It’s almost as if there’s a line painted down the middle of Danks Street. On the one side there are the [mostly] good galleries, and on the other side, the [mostly] crap galleries. Deciding which side is which depends entirely

Slowly, Slowly 7-18th February, 2006, Opening night: Tuesday, 7th February 6-8 pmKudos Gallery, 6 Napier Street, Paddington Slowly, Slowly brings together 5 artists whose creative practice is central to a cultivation of stillness in order to recognise inspiration. The artists

While sprucing up The Art Life with a host of new links we recently received an email from Hugh Symonds letting us know about his handsome web presence. He uses his mobile phone camera to take shots which he posts

A leading Spanish museum has admitted it has lost a massive steel sculpture which weighs 38 tonnes. Madrid’s Reina Sofia Museum bought the Richard Serra sculpture in the 1980s for more than $200,000 (£114,000). The museum says that in 1990

When we published the results of our summer poll last week we revealed that voting for Nigel Milsom had been the subject of some good natured poll rigging. We claimed that “agents” working for the artist had arranged multiple votes

Welcome back for another year! TEAM Art Life wishes our readers a pleasant stay while visiting the blog and we’ll do everything we can to make your visit a memorable one. If you have enquiries, questions or suggestions, simply contact