This is the first Art Diary of 2025. Viewing art, as with its making, involves paying attention. As Simone Weil once pointed out, paying attention equates to prayer.

But those who assume that shark-pickler Damien Hirst has for years been Britain's most richly remunerated artist - certainly ...

Phyllida Barlow, pictured in her studio in 2018, had a long career teaching art before gaining international recognition with her sculptures Celebrated British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has died ...

In recent decades, most artists representing the UK in Venice have been born in the 1960s. Did Britain stop innovating?

Eleven contemporary artists have been spotlighted at this must-visit exhibition, currently taking over London's beloved ...