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Did you notice that the chimney stack atop the Tate Modern looked a little bigger today? A little more erect? Swelled with pride perhaps? Well, no wonder: Tate Modern is the second most visited venue in the country with 4.9m visitors, according to new research. …

Dali poking at eyes on “Spellbound”The Tate Modern will be presenting an exhibit called Dalí & Film, June 1 until September 9. I know it’s a few months early to announce, but it is Surrealism, so there you have it. That Tate Modern, there’s no …

London graffiti is getting cleverer, bolder and more and more abstract. Banksy, DrD and the abstract stencillers have blurred the line between art and vandalism and yet more blurring occurs in a new solo show by a graffiti artist open in Southwark this week. SheOne …

A fitting memorial, some kind of political statement or simply art? Gilbert and George have created six artworks as memorials to the terrorist attacks on London… The pieces contain sandwich-board posters with headlines from London’s Evening Standard newspaper. The artists appear to be covered by …

Hard to believe it in our era of global warming, but the Thames used to freeze in winter and the early Victorian folks used to gather on South Bank for a jolly day out, skating, socialising and generally enjoying the chilly air. Frost Fairs along …

Faithful to its abundant exclamation points, new play iAy Carmela! opens tonight, at the Shaw Theatre in Kings Cross, with a gala event. As we like to grab all opportunities by the balls, we catch director Tom Wright (above right, being grabbed by the balls) …

If you walked past the Tate Modern on any weekend this summer, it is likely that you saw the eccentric Budgieman and his performing budgies. Londonist caught up with him to ask him about his budgies and what they do over the winter, his plans …