Maggie Gray is a writer, editor and art historian based in London.
The city's post-war concrete blocks have always divided opinion. But is the new stuff any better?
However this issue is resolved, it won’t be the last such confrontation
The incident raises difficult questions about private collectors and national interests
Slides, video games and bedtime stories...London's galleries don't want to grow up
Art news: Ai Weiwei shows in Beijing; Gwangju Biennial and New Museum Triennial curators announced; stolen Rodin sculpture found; MFA Boston in racism row
French culture minister sacks Nicolas Bourriaud; Italy seeks 20 new museum directors; Whitworth wins Museum of the Year award; condom art controversy in Milwaukee
Isis destruction in Palmyra; Russborough treasures withdrawn from auction; Court orders Danh Vo to produce new work; Queen Elizabeth deeply unimpressed by painting
Europe remembers Waterloo; Outsider artist Nek Chand dies; Art Basel opens its doors; and Anish Kapoor's 'vagina' sculpture is vandalised at Versailles
Attempted terrorist attack at Karnak; chaos on the Cooper Union board; Sleeping Beauty found in Ethiopian tomb; and the new Garage Museum
British Museum highlights could be sent to Abu Dhabi; Iranian artist imprisoned for 'insulting the Supreme Leader'; MoMA staff stage protests
