The Stoke City manager, Tony Pulis, has been given the honour of carrying the Olympic torch. The 54-year-old will carry the flame as it passes through Stoke-on-Trent on Thursday. He is the only top-flight football manager to be given this chance.
In pictures: Static - layered art from London's East End
Tuesday 22 May 2012
The idea that visual art is only what can be spread flat across a canvas is one that has long since been abandoned. With sculpture and large-scale installations, the 2D print has become not so much outdated, but rather had to give up its monopoly over the art world and make way for more innovative uses of space.
Observations: New show was five years waiting in the wings
Saturday 12 May 2012
The artist Keith Holmes paints actors, directors – even a show's technical crew – during rehearsals and backstage in the West End.
Luke Blackall: I'm all for pies, pop-ups and "squatter" restaurants
Saturday 12 May 2012
Early sketch by Andy Warhol goes on display
Thursday 10 May 2012
A recently-discovered sketch by Andy Warhol is to go on public display for the first time.
Tate will give big shows to Lowry and Lichtenstein
Thursday 10 May 2012
The Tate Modern is to stage the first major exhibition devoted to Roy Lichtenstein next year.
An even bigger splash by Gilbert and George
Friday 09 March 2012
Over the past six years, artists Gilbert and George have pinched 3,712 lurid headline posters from their local newsagent. The result, London Pictures, is an exhibition that presents a starkly different image of London from the one promoted to visitors for the Olympics.
Alice just keeps on growing: The rich legacy of Lewis Carroll's strange little girl
Thursday 03 November 2011
She has spawned art, films, music and merchandise and now a new exhibition
Preview: Home of Metal and Mark Titchner
Thursday 30 June 2011
An exhibition inspired by heavy metal music will be on display in the Midlands next week.
Preview: Annual exhibition of Scottish art
Wednesday 29 June 2011
An annual celebration of the contemporary Scottish art scene will be on display this summer.
Culture under the microscope: A new art exhibition features cells, proteins and living tissue
Thursday 10 February 2011
Nam June Paik: First video artist in retrospect
Tuesday 14 December 2010
A major retrospective of the man widely considered to be the world’s first video artist opens at Tate Liverpool this week.
Future Beauty - 30 years of Japanese fashion
Wednesday 06 October 2010
The first European exhibition to comprehensively survey avante-garde Japanese fashion from the 1980s to now opens at the Barbican Art Gallery next week.
J G Ballard: High impact on artists
Wednesday 10 February 2010








