London Diary

Is it acceptable to lay into an octogenarian painter who has long been a ‘national treasure’?

‘I made it my mission last week to find a show that captured the city’s twitchiness.’

Hacktivists crash Tenderpixel’s private view; Berenice Abbott’s works intrigue at Beetles + Huxley; and Sadie Coles opens a new gallery

Nobody has captured the city’s ever-changing whirl quite like Auerbach: don’t miss his shows at Tate Britain and Marlborough

Cartier-Bresson, Bomberg’s circle and Damien Hirst’s homage to Hoyland: don’t let Frieze week distract you from these London shows

Be won over by Ai Weiwei, blown away by Bridget Riley, and get lost in the National Theatre’s concrete corridors this week

Zzzzzzz. That, in brief, is the most accurate way to sum up London at the moment

London is now stuck in the August doldrums. I’d complain about it more if only I could muster the energy