Contemporary Art Market: Modern Feast of Words, Walls and Light Bulbs

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ANYONE looking for a feast of contemporary art should make their way to Cork Street, Mayfair, next weekend where the galleries are mounting an open weekend of exhibitions, from 10am to 7pm on Saturday and 11am to 6pm on Sunday. The diet this year is more conservative than last: there is more realist painting and more classic modern, but the cutting edge is also represented.

You will find Michael Craig-Martin's wall paintings at Waddington's - Craig-Martin, now a trustee of the Tate, used to teach at Goldsmith's, where he nurtured the kind of way-out art that wins the Turner Prize. He has painted 11 walls with different, bright colours and added a household item, such as a …