It may be the big warm-up for Liverpool's stint as capital of culture, but the hacks just off the train must have wondered why they bothered.

A Foundation's transformation of Liverpool's Greenland Street building into a vast exhibition space bodes well for the next European City of Culture.

Russian authorities want assurances over loaning art masterpieces to the UK. Will From Russia make it to the Royal Academy?

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The London art extravaganza is open, and of the thousands of works on view, here are my favourites - so tell me yours.

Arsenal star Kieran Tierney is attracting plenty of attention from his Scotland teammates after putting in an excellent performance to see off Faroe Islands on Wednesday