Culture24/Art

Kids in Museums reveals teenagers' manifesto and Family Friendly Museum Award longlist

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Featuring a film available to galleries and museums, the campaign to improve experiences for families has announced details of a new manifesto and its annual competition.

Merseystyle: Photographs by The Caravan Gallery at the Museum of Liverpool

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In collaboration with a visual arts project and mobile exhibition space, the Museum of Liverpool presents a stunning site-specific photography exhibition.

Andrei Molodkin stirs the blood with new commission for Derry-Londonderry's Void

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Russian artist installs Catholic Blood, complete with a refrigerator, medical pumps and a model of the Rose Window from the Houses of Parliament.

Ten for ten: Edinburgh Art Festival unveils ten new public art commissions

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Edinburgh Art Festival celebrates its tenth year with ten pop up public art commissions across the city on the theme of Parley (dialogue).

Come Carnival: Works by Markéta Luskačová and Francis West at London's Piper Gallery

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Czech carnivals and a "Pandora's Box" of shape-shifting, imaginary scenes as photographer Markéta Luskačová and painter Francis West combine mystical forces.

Paintings from the Bay Area School: Californian Artists from the 40s, 50s and 60s

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A new exhibition at Thomas Williams Fine Art shows how the Bay Area School affected the post-war American art scene dramatically and helped define a new counter-culture.

J Gordon Brown's Colour Abstracts capture the imagination at Peacock Visual Arts

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Across blurry abstractions of Aberdeen's lights, the painter who won first prize in the city's Artists Annual Exhibition presents new works, a photo etching and a film.

Uncommon Ground: On the trail of Land Art in Britain 1966-1979

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

As a major new show of UK Land Art gets underway in Southampton, Culture24 maps out a georgraphical history of the movement.

Tales of Titian's Diana and Castillo head to summer festivals in cinema truck

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Visitors to this year's Hay, Grassington, Buxton and Latitude festivals will be able to sit under a star-studded canopy and be inspired by Diana and Callisto and Diana and Actaeon.

Nationwide contemporary art exhibition announced for Scotland in 2014

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A Scottish nationwide exhibition of contemporary art, GENERATION, will coincide with the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in summer 2014.

Hepworth Wakefield to convert adjacent mill into contemporary art space

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A 19th century textiles mill on the River Calder, handily positioned opposite The Hepworth Wakefield, will become a major new contemporary arts space.

Ashmolean Museum acquires Millais' famous Pre-Raphaelite portrait of John Ruskin

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Ashmolean Museum has permanently acquired John Everett Millais' famous portrait of John Ruskin thanks to the Arts Council Acceptance in Lieu scheme.

PM Gallery showcases Second Nature: The influence of environment on fashion

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Moving off the catwalk and into the wilderness, PM Gallery presents a journey through fashion’s love affair with nature, featuring designers Donna Karan, Giles Deacon and Zandra Rhodes.

Hidden Heritage: Mrs Stirling, Old Battersea House and the De Morgan Collection

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An exhibition at the De Morgan Collection brings its guidng light - the inimitable Mrs Stirling, a remarkable Battersea resident, author and collector of Victorian art - to light.

Look/13 festival takes top photographers to Liverpool

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

August Sander, Rankin and Martin Parr are a few of the artists in a photography festival taking over Liverpool's diverse array of galleries for the next month.

Museums at Night 2013: Venues and visitors reflect on a successful weekend

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

From Somerset to Cumbria, we look back at some of the reaction to more than 500 events held for Museums at Night 2013, including appearances by leading artists.

Museums at Night Report: The Zusammen Choir Procession in Rochdale

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Led by top artist Susan Forsyth, Museums at Night in Rochdale took the form of a noisy and colourful procession through the Lancashire town. Rosie Clarke joined in.

Museums at Night Report: LightNight, Liverpool's city-wide spree of late night culture

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ben Miller reports from Liverpool where the city's Light Night reveals how a festival can really galvanise a city's imaginative after-hours culture.

Museums at Night Report: The Horniman Garden Party with rAndom International

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The premiere of a new work by light magicians rAndom International hit the headlines at London's Horniman. There was music, dancing and poetry. Gin also materialised.

Museums at Night Report: Gavin Turk, pyramid power and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Sun, 17 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Artist Gavin Turk's occult new sculptures are among the after-hours attractions in the West country. Mark Sheerin explores the power of pyramids.