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In Pictures: The power of No Redemption at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Photographer Keith Pattison depicts a community's defence of their way of life during the miners' strikes of 1984 and 1985 in a visually powerful exhibition in Yorkshire.

Science Museum announces arrival of Suzanne Treister's "gloriously detailed" Hexen 2.0

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

British artist Suzanne Treister will fill the Bridge gallery at London's Science Museum with intricate diagrams mapping technology and a set of 78 reimagined Tarot cards.

French artist Félicie d'Estienne d'Orves's Geometry brightens Brentford with ray of light

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Mayor of London Boris Johnson hails a "dramatic beacon for Brentford" as planners boost the town's status as a "significant cultural destination" with a major installation.

Royal weddings and anti-cuts marches from Oona Hassim at Woolff Gallery

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Using figurative and abstract techniques to turn huge crowds into blurs, up-and-coming oil painter Oona Hassim enjoys a solo show at the Woolff Gallery in London.

Last Chance to See: Beholder - an exhibition on beauty at the Talbot Rice gallery in Edinburgh

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

To celebrate the 300th anniversary of David Hume's birth the Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh is showing an eclectic collection of work inspired by his philosophy on beauty.

Hamish Fulton: Walk and Turner and the Elements lift the spirits at Turner Contemporary

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

JMW Turner's fascination with the four elements combine with Hamish Fulton's fearless journeys across the world in a powerful pair of shows at the Margate gallery.

"Most important meteorite in 100 years" gives Natural History Museum glimpse of life on Mars

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Natural History Museum has bought the largest meteorite ever to be added to its collection, found in the aftermath of a blaze above the skies of Morocco in 2011.

Longlist for Art Fund Prize Museum of the Year 2012 announced

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Some of the major new venues around the country - including Bristol's M Shed, the Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow, Margate's Turner Contemporary and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - are named on the longlist for the £100,000 prize.

Six decades of Yayoi Kusama disorients and delights at Tate Modern

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The first major survey of the Japanese artist's work brings together painting, documentation, film, and installation in a show of two halves.

Her Maj: Cartoon Museum heralds Diamond Jubilee with 60 Years of Unofficial Portraits

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The curator of the new show at The Cartoon Museum in London, tells us about some star portraits from the minds of Ralph Steadman, Martin Rowson and their contemporaries, taken from the likes of Private Eye and the Guardian.

The Road is Wider than Long: Southampton enjoys Roland Penrose and British Surrealism

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

More than 100 works by the artist who introduced Surrealism to England accompany works by later practitioner Desmond Morris in a show at Southampton City Art Gallery.

Stanley Spencer Gallery - 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A 99-year-old portrait of Stanley Spencer as a young man and a work from the Tate made as he faced his death feature at the gallery which was created as a tribute to the artist in the Berkshire town he described as "a kind of earthly paradise".

Rachael Lomas looks at the Falklands in new show at Weston-super-Mare Helicopter Museum

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Based on interviews with veterans, West Country artist Rachael Lomas uses drawings and imagery to re-interpret the Falklands conflict in Inscape Landscape.

South London Black Music Archive catalogues local musical tastes at Peckham Space

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A gallery in South London is filing away vinyl, cassettes, t-shirts and other ephemera for a show with a long shelf life by Barby Asante.

Simon Martin's Louis Ghost Chair installation premieres at The Holburne Museum in Bath

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Installation artist Simon Martin's latest short film, Louis Ghost Chair, uses the original design of the Louis XV chair as a starting point before looking at its modern reinterpretations.

David Shrigley: Brain Activity at the Hayward Gallery

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

David Shrigley's intuitive work - showcased across 20 years in an exhibition featuring 68 pieces created specifically for the Hayward in London - makes for a refreshingly simple show amid the stuffed ostriches and toenail clippings, says Jennie Gillions.

Artist's Statement: Emily Young on The Metaphysics of Stone

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The British sculptor talks about her contemplative and ambitious urban project in Berkeley Square, London.

The Culture 24/7: Art picks for February 2012

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Film, photography, sound sculpture and a cast of Japanese characters bring you a hot February for art around the UK

Poetry and paintings unite for Shakespeare in Art at the Laing Gallery in Newcastle

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and As you Like it are among the inspirations for an exquisite exhibition marking 175 years of Newcastle's Theatre Royal.

World Society for the Protection of Animals seeks museum for unique Wildlife Crime display

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The World Society for the Protection of Animals and a wildlife crime team working for London's Metropolitan Police are appealing to potential venues to host an exhibition.