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In the UK, the Art Fund helps museums, galleries and other institutions to buy works of art for public enjoyment. In return, members of the Art Fund get reduced or even free entrance to over 200 museums, galleries and houses across the UK. Now the...

Lazarides Rathbone welcomes back Irish painter Conor Harrington with a new exhibition from 2 March. Entitled ‘ Dead Meat’, Harrington's feast has the air of a last supper, ostentatious in its excesses and debauched in its crumbling ...

The Whitney Museum , New York and Michael Clark Company are seeking unpaid volunteers without formal dance training to work on a piece of ‘mass choreographic action’ and perform as part of Michael Clark’s latest work for the 2012 Bien...

'The Landscape of Memory', 1–3 March 2012 NoFormat Gallery, London supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, London ‘ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new ...

Haunch of Venison London is to present a solo exhibition of Scottish artist Katie Paterson and the UK premiere of her project 100 Billion Suns, 9 March – 28 April 2012. Katie Paterson strives to communicate unimaginably large or distant occ...

13 WOMEN is a ground breaking curated art exhibition showcasing the unique works of 13 talented female artists from all backgrounds. Designed to inspire and engage you in a very personal way by featuring each woman’s (extra)ordinary story. Each wo...

This spring at The Lightbox gallery and museum in Woking, ‘The Ingram Collection: A Diamond Jubilee Exhibition’(6 March – 15 April) will celebrate HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by exploring the significant advances in modern Bri...

Right now, international attention on Danish architects and furniture designers is greater than ever. A new exhibition in Tokyo (Japan) is showcasing some of Danish designer Finn Juhl’s most important pieces of furniture design. In Gifu (Japan), ...

London – closing 26 February The Wellcome Collection is showing an unusual exhbition of Mexican votive paintings – small paintings created as religious offerings to saints. Many are now in museums in Mexico though some of those on sh...

Lambeth has its own art gallery…that’s Lambeth, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. With a population of under 400,000, London, Ontario may be growing fast but still has a long way to go to catch up with its English namesake (populat...

21 February is Shrove Tuesday ( Mardi Gras or Carnivale ), traditionally the day when dairy products were used up before fasting began for Lent – hence the popular name of Pancake day. Experimental food experts Polly Betton and Andrew St...

Independent charity Historic Royal Palaces is kick-starting the countdown to the re-opening of Kensington Palace, and major new exhibition Victoria Revealed, on 26 March 2012 by telling the greatest royal love story – as never seen before. I...

Tickets for the 2012 Whitney Biennial are on sale now. The Biennial will be on view 1 March – 27 May , with portions of the exhibition and some programmes continuing through June 10. It will feature sculpture, painting, installations, and photog...

The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 for an iconic image shot in Yemen. Congratulations to Mr Aranda.

The UK’s Art Fund charity, which helps museums and galleries acquire works of art, has announced the longlist of nominees for its annual prize of £100,000, given to the institution most deserving of the title ‘Museum of the Year’...

Pump House Gallery Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ 19 January-26 February 2012 FREE ADMISSION A remarkable collection of works by contemporary Japanese artists are on exhibition at Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, London, until 26 ...

The great contribution made by John Piper (1903–92) to 20th-century British art is celebrated in a new exhibition at National Museum Cardiff. Paintings and Drawings from a private collectionwill be on display in John Piper: The Mountains of Wale...

Lemieux's investigations of memory and meaning present the viewer with an unfiltered personal and poetic connection to the vivid lives of objects. The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University presents Annette Lemieux: Un...

Iconic building designs that have stopped people in their tracks for centuries will be accessible to art, architecture and history enthusiasts worldwide from today as Sir John Soane’s Museum launches its online Adam Catalogue. The drawings are the...

Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor from Ancient Shanxi, Tenth through Thirteenth Centuries 9 February – 17 June 2012 New York – A new exhibition at China Institute Gallery will explore how thea...

To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Fortnum & Mason is launching the QEST Crafting Excellence Selling exhibition, from 6 February to 29 July 2012. In 2012, Fortnum & Mason invites the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Tru...

Exhibition: 27 Jan – 12 Feb 2012 Idea Generation Gallery, 11 Chance Street, London, E2 7JB A new exhibition tells the story of one man’s discovery of a previously unheard Nick Drake recording which has touched the lives of a ...

Exclusively online 3–8 February 2012 New York, NY – For the second edition of the VIP Art Fair, Leila Heller Gallery will highlight work from both emerging and established artists from the USA, Middle East, Europe, and Asia. ...