Who’s the first performer that comes to mind when you think “Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday bash”? Amy Winehouse? Right, us neither. London housing prices fell by 0.5% in April. Brilliant! At that rate, Londonist should be able to afford a home here around 2028. The deputy mayor for young people warns that there is no “magic solution” to the recent spate of violence among teens. No magic solution, perhaps, but let’s hope that other......

Never knowingly underrated - his was the sole photographic contribution to a recent Phaidon book about art history - Canadian photographer Jeff Wall is best known for his imposingly large colour transparencies that evoke scenes from unmade films. For his first UK show since a 2005 Tate retrospective, Wall has filled the lower half of the White Cube in Mason's Yard, SW1 with a selection of his lesser-known black and white photos. Drained of......

You might think the act of visiting an art gallery specifically to gawp at a hole in the ground would obviate the need to remind people not to trip over said hole. Apparently not. Mere days after the unveiling of Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth, a 548 foot long fissure running the length of the Turbine Hall, people are already coming unstuck. One young woman reportedly fell feet-first into the exhibit and had to be dragged......

Damien Hirst's most expensive piece has been sold for £50 Million. The famous diamond encrusted skull titled 'For The Love Of God' went for the full asking price and all we know is that it was sold to an 'investment group'. Don't worry. If you were planning on snapping it up yourself but just missed the boat, they plan on selling it in a couple of years. What amazes Londonist is that they're apparently......

Take a slice of Mayan history, a chunk of Dolce & Gabbana, a liberal dash of De Beers, and a shot of Ali G. Mix in the mind of a British artist, and what do you get? A diamond-encrusted skull expected to be sold soon as the highest priced piece of art by a living artist, that's what! Currently on display at the White Cube gallery in St James's, Damien Hirst's For The Love......

The weekend's Crawl falls into two areas: Art Fairs or Theatre. You can do one or the other... or put on some comfortable shoes and your most inscrutable "yes, I am urbane and sophisticated" face and pack in as much of both as you can. The Frieze Art Fair is in town again, and the annual eagerly anticipated art fair has contributions from over 150 of the finest contemporary art galleries in the world.......

There's a few articles around today about Jay Jopling's latest venture: the £12 million White Cube, Mason's Yard in St James's, due to open at the end of this week. According to Adrian Searle in the Guardian the new building which stands on the site of a former electricity sub-station, is more than double the size of the Hoxton White Cube, and "even its broom cupboard is probably bigger than White Cube's first incarnation"......

Anne Widdecombe has been getting all fire and brimstoney over Gilbert & George’s latest exhibition, saying the artists are "blasphemous in the extreme, as [they] will find out when finally they stand before the Son of God". Goodness, we thought, who could we possibly take? (By the way, if Anne Widdecombe is waiting for us in heaven, well… we prefer warmer climes). We decided on our least shockable friend, someone who wouldn’t blink at......

Opinions at Londonist are divided about "street artist" Banksy. Many contributors here have a very high opinion of the man and his work. This Londonista does not. However, considering the views of my colleagues and the fact that the publisher of this website is behind Streetsy.com, so we know what he likes, I'll tread as delicately as possible. Here's the short version for everyone who thinks that Banksy is, without question, fab and cool......

Back on the Young British Artists 'tip', tonight sees the opening of Sam Taylor-Wood's first solo show in London since 2002. Called simply New Work the exhibition incorporates two self-explanatory photographic projects: Crying Men and Self Portrait Suspended. For the Crying Men series Taylor-Wood visited a host of male actors (well-known actors obviously) and ordered them to cry in front of the camera for her. So you have Dustin Hoffman blubbing his eyes out,......