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Salvador Dali, Alice in Wonderland

Rare Dali sculptures on show in London

An outdoor installation of Salvador Dali's 'Alice in Wonderland' sculpture, previously unseen in the UK, opened today at the Modern Masters Gallery.

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A Northern Ballet production of 'Cleopatra'. The Leeds company suffered a funding cut of 14.9 per cent

From big names to fringe venues, cuts hit hundreds of arts bodies

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Rob Sharp and Jonathan Brown: Cultural institutions across the country have been 'wiped off the map' by Arts Council England's funding cuts, announced yesterday.

200 arts bodies nervously await funding axe

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Craig Hassall, the managing director of the English National Ballet (ENB), will spend this morning at his office computer surrounded by his senior team, nervously waiting for an email.

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Herb Snitzer: Jazz gold (in monochrome)

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

When he was asked to photograph the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young in New York City in 1958, Herb Snitzer was just a young man with a camera.

Mickey Smith who runs an art's venue space in The Bussey Building, Peckham

Introducing the new Montmartre: it's Del boy's manor, Peckham SE15

Sunday, 27 March 2011

Simon Tait: It's not as odd as it sounds – the deprived south London area is rebranding itself as the capital's contemporary art hub, much like the Parisian district during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Selfridge's heiress gives £8m to arts

Friday, 25 March 2011

Arts organisations including the Donmar Warehouse are to benefit from a donation of £8.2m.

£8m charity gift to arts projects

Thursday, 24 March 2011

More than £8 million has been given to 11 theatres, galleries and museums for education projects by one of the country's most prominent philanthropists.

Serban Savu <em>Two Neighbours</em> 2010, Oil on canvas

Under the Radar: Serban Savu

Thursday, 24 March 2011

An exhibition of the work of Romanian painter Serban Savu opens in London tomorrow.

Femme Assise et Dormeuse State 2

Rare Picasso lithographs on show in London

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

16 rare examples of Pablo Picasso lithograph portraits go on show at a London gallery tomorrow.

Fiona Walker, 53, poses with a picture of herself as the eighteen year-old 'Athena tennis poster girl'

Athena's famous tennis girl makes comeback

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Athena's famous tennis girl turns the other cheek, 35 years after she posed for the world-famous poster.

Grayson Perry joins Academy

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Grayson Perry, who won the Turner Prize in 2003, has been made one of just 80 living Royal Academicians at the Royal Academy of Arts.

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