Turner prize 2006
Car batteries, clay nipples, reality TV and a glimpse of the future in this year's prize.
Slideshow: Your own private view
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Frieze Art Fair 2006
Buyers and the public will be out in force for the largest contemporary art fair ever staged in Britain.
Saatchi Your Gallery
We asked you to help curate a show at the Guardian's Newsroom exhibition space in October. See the artists' work and the shortlist here.
The Fab Four
News, features, photographs and quizzes about arguably the most famous band in the world.
Edinburgh 2006
Get set for the world's biggest arts festival with previews, critics' picks and all the latest from Scotland.
Mercury prize 2006
All you need to know about the reliably controversial genre-hopping award for the best album by a British or Irish artist.
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Proms 2006
All you need to know about the world's biggest and most accessible classical music festival.
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More kicks than you might think
Had he lived, Samuel Beckett would have been 100 this year. Michael Hall explains why you should bother with Beckett - and where to start with his work.
Quiz: Test your wits with our Beckett birthday quiz
Paradise now
The movement that sought to redesign the world and its values.
Salzburg's favourite son
News and features about the ever-youthful composer, who celebrates his 250th birthday this year.
Headline views
In pictures: See inside Tom Hunter's stunning Living in Hell exhibition at the National Gallery and take our exclusive podcast tour.
2005 in review
From ENO to DIY, Live 8 to G4, 2005 was quite a year in the arts. Follow what happened here.
How to get bitten by Bach
Inspired by BBC Radio 3's A Bach Christmas? Mug up on the master with our unique listening guide and downloading tips.
Art across borders
An innovative arts project hosted by Guardian Unlimited, featuring the work of 14 artists from seven different countries displayed in a specially created online gallery.
Music man
We pay tribute to the BBC's much-loved DJ, a hero to fans of alternative music. Was Peel Day the right way to remember him?
Like a rolling stone
Blogging, features and exclusive archive coverage of America's greatest singer-songwriter.
Where to download music
Record companies are finally waking up to the biggest change in our listening habits since we dumped vinyl for CDs. Check out our guide to the sites where you can - legally - download music.
Live 8
Pop and politics, concerts and controversy as Bob Geldof revisited his legendary Africa initiative.
Glastonbury festival 2005
The headline acts have been confirmed and Glastonbury fever is setting in. Check here for the latest news and lineup announcements.
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The world's great wildernesses
Photographer Sebasti?Salgado is embarking on the last of his great projects, which will appear regularly in the Guardian's Weekend magazine, and in this special report, over the next eight years.
Where does the money go?
Find out how the pie is sliced and who gets what.
Gone but not forgotten
The daytime theft of Edvard Munch's The Scream from an Oslo gallery in 2004 put art theft back on the front pages. Find out all about it and view a gallery of missing masterpieces.
The King of Pop in the dock
Full coverage of Michael Jackson's trial in California on child abuse charges.
A feast of Fab Four
They may have split up 35 years ago, but The Beatles still command fanatical coverage and garner column inches like no other band.
Elvis: 25 years on
Elvis Presley is still very much in the news three decades on since his death. Click here for news, views and links.
The Supercollector
Without Charles Saatchi's relentless pursuit of the new, the world might never have heard of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, the Chapman brothers.
Special report: The Saatchi warehouse fire
Liverpool: the new Barcelona?
Stunning architecture, a wealth of great art galleries and an astonishing musical heritage: why Liverpool is a deserving winner.
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Catch up with all the latest news, comment and analysis on the company here.
The English National Opera
With all the recent upheaval, can the ENO find the audiences and the critical acclaim it needs?
Browse our archive of older special reports
Arts venues
Links to galleries, exhibition spaces, music and dance venues, and theatres across the UK.
Late-night opening
Check our list for which museums and galleries offer late-night opening.
