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Isabel Nolan ‘Bent Knees are a Give’ Exhibition closes 16 May 2015 Isabel Nolan’s show at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, is in its final fortnight. In this body of work, Isabel Nolan explores the anxieties implicit...

16 April –1 May 2015 The Mall Galleries, London SW1. This annual exhibition shows over 200 portraits by over 100 artists and celebrates the diversity of this fascinating genre. It also shows the popularity of commissioning painted port...

Maybe you don't have an invitation to tonight's light show and dedication ceremony, but you can still celebrate the opening of the new Whitney building. On Saturday 2 May, join in a free, all-ages block party. No tickets are required t...

Joined by Mayor Bill de Blasio, architect Renzo Piano, and Whitney Museum leaders. Live webcast to be available to the public. There will be a dedication ceremony and official ribbon-cutting for the new home of the Whitney Museum of American Art...

A trip to Manchester is being organized by the UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts Cornelia Parker at the Whitworth, Manchester Tuesday 12 May 2015 9a.m. departure from Euston to return at 5.30p.m. The Whi...

The identity of a replica painting, which has been hanging in place of the original at Dulwich Picture Gallery has today been revealed as Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s Young Woman . The original 18th-century portrait was temporarily removed on 1...

A celebration of the opening of the Whitney’s New Downtown Home and the 84th anniversary of the Empire State Building The Whitney Museum of American Art will join with Empire State Realty Trust on a one-of-a-kind, one-night-only Empire S...

Liz Magic Laser ‘My Mind is My Own’ Wilfried Lentz Rotterdam is hosting the first exhibition in The Netherlands by artist Liz Magic Laser (b. 1981, lives and works in Brooklyn, USA) The opening and publication launch will take ...

Tickets are now available for Art15, the third edition of London's global art fair, which returns to Olympia in Kensington for new summer dates from Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 May, preceded by the Collectors Preview and First Night on Wednesday 20 M...

Pick Me Up Graphic Arts Festival at London’s Somerset House On now until 4 May 2015 Don't miss the return of ‘Pick Me Up Graphic Arts Festival’ over the next 12 days. Vibrant, engaging and packed full of exciting th...

Art History in the Pub 7.30p.m., 27 April, The Monarch, Chalk Farm, London 'Gamekeepers or poachers? Barry Flanagan’s rural turn' Speaker: Jo Melvin Guest Curator: Nicola McCartney This talk will illuminate ...

An extraordinary art installation, Casa Tomada , will take leave of the Salford arts centre The Lowry this weekend when the exhibition closes on Sunday, 26 April. The title of the work, by the Columbian artist Rafael Gomezbarros, translates as &l...

Once again, the Original Print Fair brings everything from rare and expensive to beautiful but affordable art to London's Royal Academy of Art. London dealer Karsten Schubert is a regular at the fair and this year is no exception. He will be at ...

This April Lucy Bell, St Leonard’s on Sea, will be handing over the gallery to artist Jeffrey Louis-Reed (aka DJ Disastronaut/Jeffrey Disaster). Nice Mid-Sized Pieces For Nice Mid-Sized Walls Exhibition continues to 22 May ...

Joris Van de Moortel ‘It's no longer a thing but a performance group’ Galerie Nathalie Obadia 22 April - 30 May 2015 Opening Wednesday 22 April / 5–8 p.m. The Galerie Nathalie Obadia is presenting th...

Joseph Nechvatal – ‘Immersion into Noise’ at Art Laboratory Berlin Artist Talk & Noise Music Concert: 25 April, 2p.m. 25 April – 21 June 2015 Opening hours: Fri–Sun, 2–6p.m. and by appointme...

Dulwich Picture Gallery is now showing ‘Counterpoint’, a new display of sculptures by the British artist Conrad Shawcross. Works include a dynamic light piece and a series of preparatory studies which will transform the Gallery’s Per...

Taschen’s first store in Italy opens this week in the historic centre of Milan at Via Meravigli, 17. Covering an area of 120 square metres over two floors, the store will present the complete Taschen programme, with the first floor exclusively ded...

From tomorrow, 16 April, British gallerists Karsten Schubert and Richard Saltoun are collaborating to participate in Art Cologne and Art Brussels. Artists presented include: Rose English Robert Holyhead Ann-Marie James Bridget Ri...

16 April –1 May 2015 To be opened by Sue Lawley at 12 noon on Thursday 16 April. The Mall Galleries, London SW1. This annual exhibition shows over 200 portraits by over 100 artists and celebrates the diversity of this fascinating...

The Cotswolds Art and Antique Dealers Association Fair returns to Blenheim Palace, Woodstock Nr. Oxford from Thursday 16 April until Sunday 19. For this, its fourth year, 30 exhibitors will bring wonderful quality art and antiques to the fair, whi...

Patrick Richard ‘[O2]’ – Photo Exhibition in Liege, Belgium On now until 16 May 2015 ‘[O2]’, Patrick Richard’ s 5th exhibition, was held in 2011 at the Kendra Gallery in Bali, then in 2012 an...

The Old Royal Naval College (ORNC), Greenwich has launched a number of Art Workshops focused on Wren’s magnificent architecture and run by artists James Willis and Lucy Brennan. The workshops range from drawing in the beautiful Painted Hall ...

This month, Stubbs’ The Kongouro from New Holland embarks on its own 12-month voyage of discovery – touring to four museums – The Horniman Museum and Gardens, The Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby, The Grant Museum of Zoology and ...

The new building for New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art opens to the public on 1 May, but a very special weekend is planned just for ‘Founding Members’ on 25 and 26 April. And it's not too late to become a Founding Member. ...

Phillip George, Gohar Dashti, Markus Andersen & Elif Suyabatmaz, James Mauger, Ireneusz Luty, and Francoise Holtzmacher Free launch event Friday 10 April 6–8p.m. Hosted by Director Suzanne Buljan and opened by Prof. N...

IMMA reinstates a modern Irish master with ‘Gerda Frömel: A Retrospective’ Open to the public 10 April – 5 July 2015 The first posthumous retrospective of the work of Gerda Frömel opens at IMMA, The Irish Museum of...

Until 13 September 2015 Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany A major exhibition currently at the Vitra Design Museum sheds new light on contemporary African design. Showcasing the work of over 120 artists and designers, ‘Makin...

From 28 March – 5 July 2015 The Lightbox gallery and museum, Woking are hosting ‘Damien Hirst: New Religion’, an exhibition of Hirst’s silkscreen prints and sculptural editions, in association with Paul Stolper Gallery and The ...

'The aim of art is to celebrate beauty' Alphonse Mucha ‘ Alphonse Mucha: In Quest of Beauty’ premieres at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, from Wednesday 1 April to Sunday 27 September 2015. ...

Spring has arrived in the UK and with it the spring opening of the Cass Sculpture Foundation. Anyone who has been there will know what a beautiful, peaceful and yet exciting place this is. An exciting new season of exhibitions and works by artists...