As the National Gallery in London turns 200, we ask celebrated artists to pick the artwork from the collection that means most to them

Creative giants from Hirst to Hambling have produced masterpieces a few centimetres across for a scaled-down show

Ali Smith does an opus a month, Tony Hall saw Fidelio on Robben Island, and Lady Brenda Hale used to march to his Grosse Fuge. As the Proms celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, stars reveal a favourite work

The artist on a stunning Venetian palazzo, Aretha Franklin and the funniest ever radio show

Antony Gormley sculptures lurk under the promenade, Richard Woods invades town with huts for second-homers, while Bob and Roberta Smith treats local kids to art lessons. An eye-catching battle is raging at the Kent seaside between rich and poor, social decay and civic pride

Contemporary works and still lifes by the old masters come together in a charming but increasingly disconcerting exhibition