A thousand artists were asked to name the work best expressing national identity. Their choice was surprising

There are heaps of inspiring homes-y happenings on this summer, whether you want to invest, window shop or learn some new skills...

The Whitechapel Gallery in east London is holding the first major retrospective of Gillian Wearing. Adrian Hamilton is moved by her deeply affecting films and photographs

A leading ceramics hoard, destined for sale to fill a pensions gap, may be rescued

The Crisis Commission exhibition sees some of the most celebrated artists unite to bring major new works to Somerset House.

'There was something on the menu that sounded rude, so of course she had to order it'

The master of whimsy wears his art-school credentials on his sleeve, but his ideas feel derivative and the jokes wear thin

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Nothing is more vital than the inspiration that sets creation in motion, says Michael Glover

Some good things do not last. Their short, intense lifespan might be a matter of days, or even a night

"Pause" is the seemingly small word that triggers the end of poet Mia Fredriksen's 30-year marriage. When her husband Boris asks for a "pause" to take up with a young French colleague - a woman with "significant breasts, narrow rectangular glasses, and an excellent mind" - Mia finds herself heading for a dose of "Brief Reactive Psychosis".

Emin's life work shows just why she's the queen of Britart, if not of grammar. But is it too brilliant?

Tracey Emin has said: "When I'm not making art, I feel like I'm dying," as her first big London retrospective, Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want, opens at the Hayward Gallery tomorrow until 29 August.

An anxious, exhausted but delirious Tracey Emin says her new show at the Hayward Gallery is the culmination of everything she's ever worked for