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Danish and Greenlandic architects are creating visionary ideas for the future of Greenland A new combined super harbour and international airport located outside Nuuk. A sustainable new arctic building practice based on Greenlandic values, tradi...

‘Unforeseen’, an exhibition of new paintings by Callum Innes, is opening in Dublin.

Callum Innes makes work in a number of different ways, all of which are evolving simultaneously. He shifts from one series to the next allowing each n...

Cassone has been privileged to get a glimpse inside the new Festival Village at London’s Southbank arts complex and soon the public will be able to see it too. Although the space is to be used primarily by visiting artists it will be open to the...

The final artist, Yuan Yuan from China, has arrived at The Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland to join the seven other artists who are participating in the single malt Scotch whisky’s prestigious art residency this summer. Painter Y...

Masters and Newcomers : Established members of the Federation of British Artists (FBA) depict London in this epic year alongside artists selected as the talent of the future at The Mall Galleries , The Mall, London SW1Y, 20-25 August. In the Ma...

New York's Whitney Museum of American Art wants you to try to 'transcend your sense of self' in their current Yayoi Kusama show, especially in the installation Fireflies on the Water, on view 15 - 28 August. You will need a timed ticket fo...

‘Beyond the Last Sky’ Contemporary Palestinian Photography and Video Free entry Contemporary photography and video has given a new accessible voice to diverse Palestinian stories and in the process challenges media portrayals a...

On Sunday 2 September 2012, visitors to Turner Contemporary will have their last opportunity to enjoy Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture, The Kiss (1901–4), framed against the sea in the gallery’s spectacular double height window. In 2...

Claire Trevien (University of Warwick) will speak on ‘Caricaturing Charlatans: Depictions of Science in French Revolutionary prints’

 Tuesday 21 August 2012, 7.30 p.m. The Monarch, Camden: 
40–42 Chalk Farm Ro...

The Art Fund is supporting a public appeal by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England to acquire Nicolas Poussin’s masterpiece Extreme Unction (c. 1638-40). The painting, the value of which has been agreed at £14m, has been made availab...

Known to some as Notting-Hill-by-the-Sea, Bridport is P.J. Harvey's home town and has a history of innovative festivals - even one devoted to hats. This summer, as part of the UK's Cultural Olympiad, Bridport pushes the boat out with a range of ...

Architecture students at the University of Westminster, London have had the opportunity to showcase their pavilion designs at a number of iconic London locations during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The University of Westminster designs on disp...

How very sad to hear of the death of Robert Hughes. He had a gift for explaining art that few could match and his series 'The Shock of the New' broadcast by the BBC in 1980 has not been equalled since. The book that accompanied the series has...

We regret to inform readers that we have been told that the previously announced sculpture show at Littlecote House Hotel has unfortunately had to be cancelled.

Reincarnations of the famous Coronation-inspired heraldic sculptures are going on a UK Diamond Jubilee tour A stunning contemporary interpretation of the original Queen's Beasts stone sculptures, which guarded the entrance to Westminster A...

Tate Modern, Turbine Hall 24 July – 28 October 2012 Admission free Tate Modern has unveiled the first live commission in The Unilever Series created by the artist Tino Sehgal. Using movement, sound and conversation, Sehgal’...

Damien Hirst reveals two new works for Strummerville charity raffle to mark 10 th anniversary of Joe Strummer’s death Damien Hirst has announced the unveiling of two brand new pieces of art. The examples have been produced to commemorate th...

Unnatural - Natural History is an extraordinary exhibition opening at Bristol’s Royal West of England Academy (RWA) - recently in the news for showing Andy Warhol’s childhood sketch of Rudy Vallee. Unnatural - Natural History ...

Swan Room, Royal Shakespeare Theatre and around the RSC Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon 28 July - 2 September 2012 Admission Free The House of Fairytales, brainchild of the artists Gavin Turk and Deborah Curtis , presents ...