There has been huge domestic and international interest in our decision to sell a much loved Henry Moore sculpture, 'Old Flo', that our borough bought many years ago - it wasn't donated to us as press reports have erroneously claimed. We are not the first authority to explore raising much needed revenue at a time of austerity from selling works of art... If only there was as much national media interest in the fact that we are being forced to make £100million cuts by 2015, as there has been over the proposed sale of this sculpture to mitigate the effect of some of those cuts

Like the proverbial oyster, we all have daily attacks of unwanted problems. We must learn, through persistence, to coat them and make them our points of strength. Over time, these trials will be transformed into "pearls" - accomplishments otherwise unthinkable.

For an artist who deals solely in naked currency, Spencer Tunick managed to give his Day of the Dead project an interesting twist - ghostly veils. ...

We've always been fans of artist Lionel Smit's bright, bold work, so we're pleased the South African artist has returned with a new exhibition in Lond...

The art world, and particularly how we foster and develop it in Britain, is in a period of crisis. And if you haven't noticed that, then it's a worrying testament to the way we debate and celebrate the creative processes in this country.

Women may have been excluded from art history for a good few centuries, but a closer look at what inspired great male artists shows they were still ve...

Every self respecting Aga owner and lady of the 'shires' probably not only nurses the idea that they have a novel inside them but also a cookery book, not withstanding all the celebrity culinary culture.

Family portraits are few people's idea of fun, and judging by the expressions on the faces of the familial sitters in these group paintings, that's al...

I encourage everyone who aspires to create, from young upstarts to OWAs like me, to keep pursuing your passions.

It's that time of year again - leaves are falling, the mist is creeping in and pumpkins are sitting waiting to be carved for another spooktacular Hall...

For the past seven years, the Serpentine Gallery Marathon series has been an enlightening and thought-provoking contribution to the art world during the Frieze Art Fair Week focussing upon a specific theme (ie. the Map Marathon in 2010, the Poetry Marathon in 2009, etc.)

Culture and technology feed from each other

There are only about three paintings on this planet that I am able to say that I 'like', but last week Vladimir Umanets, the Yellowist, decided that one of them wasn't quite good enough. So he decided to improve it, with the addition of some half-legible scribbling in one of its corners.

Speaking at the Whitechapel Gallery last week Mel Bochner, big hitter of the US conceptual art movement, revealed a defining moment for his career in the mid-60s.

BEDLAM is a wonderfully barmy and idiosyncratic show. The architecture and atmosphere of the building itself adds immeasurably to what is something of a Barnum and Bailey experience, and I would recommend this brave exhibition to anyone who has a taste for the bizarre and the beautiful.

As usual big players such as Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth and Werner did not fail to deliver. The Spanish gallery Helga de Alvear brought intricate sculptural pieces by the Portuguese artist Jose Pedro Croft.

There’s bound to be a lot of crap on the toy market come Christmas time. For instance, last year's must-have gift was a plastic sausage dog that wou...

The world of digital publications, blogging and social networking offered me a place to share my thoughts and ideas, I soon realised that my writing was something I should be proud of, because people, from across the globe were giving me the confidence to pursue my passion with renewed vigour.

The mystery behind the subject of a painting by a 16th century artist has finally been solved. Hans Holbein the Younger was known as King's Painter...