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A stunning new display unveiled on 29 March 2012 To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen in 2012, a spectacular new display of the Crown Jewels has been created at the Tower of London. An introductory exhibition with graphics,...

A newly authenticated Rembrandt masterpiece has been revealed for the first time at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. Until recently the original oil painting entitled Portrait of an Old Man or The Old Rabbi had hung in a private room at the home of t...

The Sunday Times Magazine is taking its successful 50th anniversary exhibition to galleries across the UK. The exhibition includes work from some of the biggest names in the photography world. There are to be three special free exhibitions at galle...

Back in October we told you about the Cockroach tour of London's Science Museum, a project by art collective Superflex. This has been extended by popular demand. Visitors take on the form of cockroaches, dressing up in realistic costumes to begin a ...

The Prince of Wales introduces the Duchess of Cambridge to the work of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts The Prince of Wales, President of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts (Children &...

The independent charity, Historic Royal Palaces re-opens the doors of Kensington Palace to the public on 26 March 2012, after a £12 million project to restore and refurbish the palace and gardens, for the Diamond Jubilee year. Major work began in ...

The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first international survey of Turner Prize-winning British artist Gillian Wearing’s photographs and films which explore the public and private lives of ordinary people. Fascinated by how people present ...

The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) will hold the 32nd edition of ‘The AIPAD Photography Show New York’, one of the world’s most important annual photography events, March 29 – April 1, 2012, at the P...

Earlier this month the Contemporary Art Society, in association with the jeweller Boucheron, hosted another triumphant fundraising gala LEAP! – to raise funds for its mission to buy contemporary art for museums across the UK. The evening event...

‘Roppongi Art Night 2012’ 
 An all-night art event that attracted 700,000 people in 2010, is to be held again this year.
 A number of artists, domestic and foreign, including Yayoi Kusama, will gather for the event. As a ...

A broad range of artists are showing at this year's Armory Show, 8-11 March, including several artists represented by Dublin's Kerlin Gallery Booth 804, Pier 94, New York Stephen McKenna Stephen McKenna first came t...

14 March – 18 May 2012 The Arts Club, London, US-based artists Brendan Fowler and Marlo Pascual have been announced as the next artists on show in two exciting and new exhibitions at The Arts Club, London opening 14 March un...

Haunch of Venison presents ‘Various Arrangements’ an exhibition of new works by British artist Jamie Shovlin. This exhibition will present a series of 17 new large-scale paintings based on the cover designs of the Fontana Modern M...

A Fabergé notebook in which Queen Victoria recorded guests who attended her Diamond Jubilee celebrations is to go on display in the exhibition Treasures from The Queen’s Palaces at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinbur...

10 March – 21 April 2012 As part of its programme in bringing international contemporary fine and applied arts to the West country, the Quest Gallery is exhibiting the work of Kenneth Draper RA with photographer Jean Macalpine. Kenne...

Jenny Kingsley explores how charities use art to raise money. We felt as if we could walk on water when our bid for the painting entitled Hemlock, by Tessa Newcomb, our favourite living artist, was accepted. We were at a winter charity art ...

The Science Museum premieres HEXEN 2.0 , a major new exhibition by British artist Suzanne Treister, as part of its contemporary arts programme. In a complex body of gloriously detailed work, the exhibition charts the coming together of diverse ...

In response to unprecedented visitor comments andnumbers, the Ben Uri gallery has announced that 'Josef Herman: Warsaw, Brussels, Glasgow, London, 1938–1944'has been extended until Sunday 25 March 2012. The extension will be accompan...

New York City – An exhibition of 13 recent paintings by Odd Nerdrum will be on view at Forum Gallery from 8 March –5 May 2012. The iconoclastic Norwegian painter is well known for compelling portraits, stark landscapes, and apocalyptic...

‘I want the whole world to be in it’ Martin Creed, 2011 Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed has transformed the Gallery restaurant at London’s iconic Sketch, in the first of a new long-term programme of artist-conceive...