Art as commerce is taken for granted these days, it is the product of a self-fulfilling prophecy encouraged even by artists, the very people who are meant to uphold its’ integrity. What was great about Robert Hughes perspective on it all was that it took into account the history of over 30 years of the relationship between money and art.

The big downer with the Frieze Art Fair is the expense; a ticket can cost over twenty squid. Lehman Brothers' employees might be interested in an alternative this year. So here are some other possibilities....

Hung side by side in this exhibition is the work of two stylistically diverse female oil painters. One scandalous, one monumental but feminine.

Tony Oursler portrays a growing 21st century phenomena in a witty and sometimes dark surrealist manner. Delving into the cheap industries built around our modern life, polluting our society and our brains, the ‘quick fix’ highs that are part of everyday existence.

The brilliant art collective ‘Le Gun’ has opened up their world for one week only to celebrate the release of their 4th illustration led magazine. Above the studios they work in, in an old Shoreditch school, they have created a three-part spectacle of illustration and instillation.