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Glyndebourne has launched its first national art competition inviting talented and aspiring young artists from across the UK to design the cover of its 2013 Tour Programme. The winning artist will see their artwork grace the cover of 10,000 copies of th...

In 2012 the team behind West Dean Gardens, Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain, have won three awards for their work over the past 25 years in the restoration of West Dean Gardens. West Dean College sits in the middle of the Gardens and uses this landscape ...

Twelve important modern works of art by internationally renowned artists have been donated to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. The works, which were given by well-known art collectors Eric and Jean Cass through the Contemporary Art Society...

Bespoke works from some of the world’s most celebrated artists will be exhibited at the Glyndebourne Festival this year. As the 100-piece collection prepares to be installed, Glyndebourne is proud to announce the 15 artists showing paintings, scul...

David Glasser, Ben Uri's chair and chief executive, continues the gallery’s ‘Talking Art’ series with leading New York art law and restitution attorney, Howard Spiegler, discussing ' Rewriting History: The Recovery of Nazi-Loot...

Kettle’s Yard Gallery & St Peter’s Church, Cambridge 26 April – 23 June 2013 ‘Katie Paterson’s art enables us to engage with forces that are too intangible and too immense for us to experience in other w...

Over 500 years ago the first Sovereign coin was struck in England, intended to rival the best gold coins of Europe. In 1817 it took pride of place in the re-coinage of George III, featuring a design by Benedetto Pistrucci. His classical St George ...

Bookings taken now for Sunday, 5 May 2013, 2–5 p.m. A rare opportunity to visit the restored home and gardens of actress Helen Hayes and her playwright husband, Charles MacArthur , in the Hudson River Village of Nyack. In 1939, Edward Hop...

The second exhibition showcasing a selection of the museum’s collection acquired to date Louvre Abu Dhabi’s new exhibition runs from 22 April until 20 July on Saadiyat Island, showcasing important works of art from the Louvre Abu...

Cloud: Meteoros is first of three pieces of public art to fill space left by Olympic Rings An enormous piece of public art has been unveiled at one of Europe’s most loved buildings, St Pancras International station, from which the Euros...

Claire Aho: Studio Works 19 April – 21 July 2013 The Photographers’ Gallery, London presents ‘Claire Aho: Studio Works’, the first solo international showcase of Aho’s photographs. She is a pioneer of Finnish...

Francis Goodman: Back in Focus On display at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 23 April until 3 November 2013 Room 31 Self-portrait , Francis Goodman, June 1961, © National Portrait Gallery, London Phot...

' A Rare Photograph of the Soul Leaving the Body' 25 April to 6 June 2013 , WeSC Store, 43 Carnaby Street, London, W1F 7EA. Spirited photo-artist and sculptor Thom Bleasdale has been selected by WeSC, the leading street fashion...

Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road April 19 – July 21, 2013 China Institute Gallery, New York An oasis city on the edge of the Gobi Desert, Dunhuang is home to the world’s most magnificent...

Patrick Richard [O 2 ] – Photos Exhibition Photographer Patrick Richard is bringing to Paris an exhibition of his work previously shown in August 2011 at Kendra Gallery in Bali, and in 2012 and 2013 in Singapore and Thailand. ...

Free entry to all Ben Uri exhibitions from 19 April 2013 Ben Uri has announced the launch of its new business Preferred Partner scheme with its first agreement commencing April 2013. The long-established and highly r...

Cassone : The International Online Magazine of Art and Art Books has entered the prestigious Online Media Awards this year for the first time. This competition attracts all the big names in online journalism. The Guardian was 2012’s win...

News has just come in that the new development of Tate Modern, London, has been awarded £5 million from the Wolfson Foundation, a charity which gives grants to excellence in the fields of the arts and the humanities, science, medicine and disabili...

The National Portrait Gallery, London, has unveiled its most recent commissioned portrait, a painting of Dame Maggie Smith by the artist James Lloyd. It was commissioned by the Gallery with the support of J. P. Morgan through the Fund for New Commissi...

Gert & Uwe Tobias 16 April – 14 June 2013, Gallery 1 The Whitechapel Gallery presents a major exhibition of Romanian-born artists Gert and Uwe Tobias . The artists’ collaborative woodcuts, detailed collages, wall paintin...

Finding Edward Hopper in Vermont, a talk and book signing of Edward Hopper in Vermont by Bonnie Tocher Clause Friday, April 19 at 6 PM Edward and Josephine Hopper made a series of summer trips into Vermont between 1927 and 1938, culminating in...

If you are in Paris any time up to 9 June this year, be sure to catch ' Dark Romanticism: From Goya to Max Ernst ' at the Musee D'Orsay. Following its run at the Städel Museum Frankfurt, the exhibition moved to the D'Orsay in March...

The Young People’s Panel at New Art Exchange is proud to present Still , a documentary photography exhibition curated by young people for young people and devoted to moments captured through young people’s photographic lenses. Still ...

An exhibition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's last great graphic project, the highly finished Paestum drawings, currently on show at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, is deepening understanding of the graphic artist whose work has influenced de...

A new kinetic gear sculpture from SDP/SI is designed to illustrate mechanical motion principles at trade shows. It was designed and arranged by Andrea Davide, a New York-based artist who specializes in creating unique metal sculptures. This unusual work...

Jeremy Cooper’s ‘Postcard Narratives’ exhibition opens this week, 4–27 April, at ROOM Artspace, 30 Manchester Street, London W1U 7LQ (Wednesday-Saturday, 12 noon-6p.m.). Jeremy Cooper’s large collection of artists&rsq...

The new Chelsea Art Fair Thursday, 11 April to Sunday, 14 April 2013 Chelsea Old Town Hall, London SW3 The new Chelsea Art Fair will take place at Chelsea Old Town Hall, King’s Road, London SW3 5EE between Thursday, Apri...

Odyssey Tessa Farmer I Patrick Haines I Damien Hirst I David Mach I Koji Shiraya 5 April – 6 May 2013 Bath Abbey and accompanying show at bo.lee gallery Preview: Thursday 4 April, 6–8p.m., Bath Abbey ‘...