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Dr Paul Dobraszczyk (University of Manchester), ‘Into the belly of the beast: exploring London's Victorian sewers’

 Monday 30 July 2012, 7:30 p.m. The Monarch, Camden, 
40–42 Chalk Farm Road
, Greater Lo...

Paying homage to the ABC of Men’s Fashion , a book written by the brand’s founder, Hardy Amies has released a series of short films with some of the world’s most influential people involved in the creative industries. The ABC of...

Thom Bleasdale: Debut Bristol exhibition 27 July to 1 August: 'A Rare Photograph of the Soul Leaving the Body' Centrespace Gallery, Leonard Lane, Bristol BS1 1EA Talented photo-artist and sculptor Thom Bleasdale has been ...

Ben Uri, The London Jewish Museum of Art has announced an important new acquisition by Lithuanian-Jewish École de Paris artist Chaïm Soutine (1893 -1943) - one of the most celebrated and influential painters of the twentieth-century. ...

Nancy Holt: Photoworks Until 25 August 2012 Haunch of Venison 103 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1ST At the Haunch of Venison, London (New Bond Street gallery), until 25 August, the first solo exhibition of the distinguished Amer...

Simon Patterson ‘Under Cartel’ 13 July-31 August, 2012 Haunch of Venison 51 Eastcastle Street London W1W 8EB A series of photographs of equestrian statues from around the world is the focus of Simon Patterson&rsqu...

In 2008 The Lightbox gallery and museum won The Art Fund Prize, the annual celebration of the very best of UK museums and galleries. In recognition of this award and to mark the award in a more permanent way The Lightbox has named its new ground floor g...

The Whitney Museum of American Art has announced that Jay Sanders is joining the Museum’s staff as a curator. Mr Sanders, whose particular expertise is in the performing arts, begins at the Whitney this month Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Br...

Wendy Ramshaw CBE is one of the finest, internationally recognized jewellers working today. Her work ranges from the complex to the deceptively simple. There are few places where this unusual jewellery can be seen and purchased, but the Quest Gallery i...

UK museums celebrate £5m international contemporary collecting programme with year of major new exhibitions Art Fund International is the £5 million programme launched in 2007 to dramatically transform the collections of internationa...

27 July to 12 August 2012 In its 14th year, Deptford X is London’s longest running contemporary visual arts festival. This year, the festival continues to build on its reputation for showcasing cutting-edge art and bringing social and eco...

Tate Tanks - the space created at Tate Modern within what were the oil tanks of the original Bankside power station - have been converted into the world's first galleries devoted permanently to live performance art. The current programme lasts unti...

A new exhibition ‘Pertaining to Things Natural..’ is a display of art works by 20 leading artists, set in the stunning surroundings of the Chelsea Physic Garden, London, the city’s oldest botanic garden, founded in 1673 by the Worshipf...

Enrol now for a new course at the British Institute of Florence 10–14 September 2012 A week-long practical art and art historical course exploring the major Renaissance drawing and painting techniques using authentic materials and...

World-renowned photographers in exhibition to premiere in Birmingham, UK, 16 July – 9 September A newly originated exhibition featuring 70 stunning archival images by 40 of the world’s leading documentary photographers premieres on t...

The Roof Gardens’ Gardening Club returns on Sunday 15 July 2012 with special guest Satish Kumar, editor-in-chief of Resurgence and The Ecologist . This is an opportunity to hear inspiring words from a much-sought-after speaker whilst enjoying t...

New site-specific film commissions by internationally acclaimed artists Mark Wallinger and Lindsay Seers will be on show at Turner Contemporary from now until 5 August 2012. The films respond to Margate and use footage filmed in locations around the tow...

Derby Museum and Art Gallery is displaying the work of three students from the BA (Hons) Photography course at the University of Derby who have won the Museum's special ‘award of excellence’ for their work. Photographs by Verity Bowat...

Sea Fever, at Derby Museum and Art Gallery , is an exhibition of children’s work inspired by Joseph Wright’s painting A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno , Moonlight , 1780. This stunning exhibition includes sea-themed objects from the Der...

Alberto Morrocco (1917–98) was a Scottish artist and teacher, born in Aberdeen to immigrant Italian parents. After attending Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, he spent most of his professional life in Dundee, where he taught at the Duncan o...

Medusa gazes down from a fictive sky ceiling, a bronzed lion mask snarls from a boss on the wall, blood red walls and a staircase painted to resemble sooty masonry evoke the buried classical city of Pompeii – and it’s all in central London. ...

Mark Staff Brandl in dOCUMENTA 13 As a part of Critical Art Ensemble's Winning Hearts and Minds , Brandl, artist and PhD art historian, will present a hybrid performative lecture event in the Hauptbahnhof. Artist and viewer empowermen...

East London’s radical Town Hall Hotel, in the imposing former Bethnal Green Town Hall, and East London-based arts producers Artsadmin have announced that Phase II of their arts installation programme has been fully installed in the hotel. Followin...

Nova Festival of Arts & Music announces new collaborations from stars of Visual Art, Theatre, Film in best-in-class UK festival arts line-up. Rankin & Damien Hirst are among major figures to debut pioneering collaborative projects as Nova ...

Established Thurrock art photographer Antonisia Schroder is preparing to unveil two major new exhibitions as part of the first ever Thurrock Art Trail tomorrow (2 July). The ‘art trail’ is running as part of the Essex Summer of Art, wh...

The Lightbox gallery and museum in Woking has announced that its loyal team of volunteers has received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for their dedication and commitment to The Lightbox. This is the highest award (the equivalent of an MB...

‘Signs & Symbols’, the third in a series of six exhibitions focused on the Whitney Museum’s collection, takes stock of the period from the mid-1940s to the end of the 1950s, drawing upon the Museum’s deep collection of painti...

Following the well-received showing of her retrospective exhibition at London's Tate Modern (see Cassone May 2012 ), Yayoi Kusama and the Whitney Museum of American Art are giving New Yorkers an opportunity to see the fruits of her 60-year career...