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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.

Museums Galleries Scotland becomes national development body for museums

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Museums Galleries Scotland has officially launched as the national development body for Scottish museums and galleries, unveiling its first national plan for the sector.

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.

London Beyond Sight unites celebrities in show of heritage love

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Barbara Windsor, Rob da Bank, Joely Richardson and Tony Robinson are among a cast of 40 well-known Londoners to describe their favourite sites across the capital.

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.

Glasgow's Riverside Museum wins European Museum of the Year 2013

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Glasgow's museum of transport and travel has beaten 40 rivals from across Europe to a prestigious international prize.

Blooming Marvellous reveals master botanic illustrators at Natural History Museum Tring

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Great botanical illustrators from across the centuries, including the artist who made a fateful trip with Captain Cook and important contributors to science, feature in Tring.

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.

Magical Books: from the Middle Ages to Middle-earth at Oxford's Bodleian Library

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Curators have worked with authors Philip Pullman, Alan Garner and Susan Cooper for a new show at the ancient library where JRR Tolkein and CS Lewis also once worked.

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: An audience with Queen Victoria at Leighton House

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Those Victorians knew how to party...Ruth Hazard has a brush with Queen Victoria during an immersive Museums at Night at Lord Leighton's opulent gaff, Leighton House.

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.