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rAndom International line up new interactive artwork for big party at the Horniman Museum

Fri, 2013-04-26 01:00
Art collective rAndom International are heading to the Horniman Museum in London for a Museums at Night blockbuster featuring gin, music, film and cutting-edge art.
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Spiders for lunch and Nordic Food Labs as the Wellcome Collection plays part in Pestival

Fri, 2013-04-26 01:00
An infestation of art and events at the Wellcome Collection, where Insects au Gratin and Insects vs Humans are on the menu as part of the phobia-exploring Pestival.
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British Army Lynx helicopter flies in to Imperial War Museum Duxford

Fri, 2013-04-26 01:00
A British Army helicopter, seen by every soldier taking part in the campaigns during the past 35 years and only retired last year, is now awaiting visitors to Duxford.
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Museums at Night 2013: Find a museum sleepover event

Fri, 2013-04-26 01:00
From a night in a medieval Royal bedchamber to a Doctor Who over-nighter in a Gothic library, Culture24's Museums at Night festival has all kinds of sleepover events to choose from. Find yourself one here.
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Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Museum: Why is it so popular?

Fri, 2013-04-26 01:00
Ruth Hazard manages to get herself into the British Museum's hugely popular blockbuster Pompeii exhibition to find out exactly what all the fuss is about.
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Joan Miró and John Hoyland works join National Museum Cardiff in dozen-artwork gift

Fri, 2013-04-26 01:00
Four lithographs by surrealist Joan Miró are among a set of artworks worth more than £4 million going on display in Cardiff as part of a gift from collectors Eric and Jean Cass.
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Turner Prize 2013: Critics and commentators on Shrigley, Prouvost, Yiadom-Boakye and Sehgal

Fri, 2013-04-26 01:00
We take a look at the critical and public reaction to this year's Turner Prize shortlist.
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Mallard 75: The journey of a legendary locomotive in York

Thu, 2013-04-25 01:00
Ahead of this year's celebrations reuniting engines which now call Canada and North America home, we take a look back with the National Railway Museum.
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The National Trust for Scotland's Glenfinnan Monument gets a new Jacobite exhibition

Thu, 2013-04-25 01:00
A new exhibition on the Jacobite campaign of 1745 has opened at the National Trust for Scotland's Glenfinnan Monument in Lochaber.
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Boris Aronson and the Avant-garde Yiddish Theatre Kiev entertain the Ben Uri Gallery

Thu, 2013-04-25 01:00
Featuring the works of the son of the Rabbi of Kiev who became an acclaimed New York theatre design via Moscow, Paris and Berlin, the Ben Uri's new show is a dramatic one.
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Kraftwerk-inspired album made with Minimoogs and synthesizers for Bletchley Park

Thu, 2013-04-25 01:00
Having been mastered using retro effects in Las Vegas, an album of electronica is about to go on sale in support of educational plans at The National Museum of Computing.
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Museums at Night 2013: Find an after-hours military history event to go to

Thu, 2013-04-25 01:00
Follow our guide to military history events taking place during the Museums at Night festival of after hours cultural openings between May 16-18 2013.
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Photographer David Sims reimagines David Bowie in Bowievirus outbreak at ICA London

Thu, 2013-04-25 01:00
First explored on the cover of magazine Arena Homme Plus last year, David Sims' first UK solo show in 15 years features a Bowie impersonator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
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Turner Prize 2013 shortlist revealed for Derry-Londonderry

Thu, 2013-04-25 01:00
David Shrigley, Laure Prouvost, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Tino Sehgal are the four artists who will compete for this year's Turner Prize.
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Julian Wild talks Meccano, industrial history and sculpture for Museums at Night 2013

Wed, 2013-04-24 01:00
Ahead of his Museums at Night public sculpture project at the Ironbridge Gorge industrial heritage site, sculptor Julian Wild talks to Mark Sheerin about his ambitious plans.
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Tattoos and 100 unrepresented artists as The Other Art Fair returns to Ambika P3

Wed, 2013-04-24 01:00
The Other Art Fair returns to London for a fourth year, bringing with it up-and-coming artists, tattoos, cupcakes, gin and workshops.
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Waddesdon Manor hosts spectacular Bruce Munro light installation Cantus Actricus

Wed, 2013-04-24 01:00
Northern lights inspire British artist and National Trust property has bright future with six pending, luminous commissions.
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John Isaacs and Billy Childish are art ambassadors at Gallery Weekend Berlin

Wed, 2013-04-24 01:00
Sculptor John Isaacs and muso-artist Billy Childish will be the stars at two German galleries during a weekend uniting 51 contemporary art spaces.
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Galvanize Festival of Contemporary Metal shows off talent and innovation of Sheffield

Wed, 2013-04-24 01:00
Taking over some of Sheffield's most inspiring venues during May, the steel city's programme of displays, activities and workshops is a metal festival with a difference.
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Science Museum to reveal "extraordinary" Large Hadron Collider laboratory

Wed, 2013-04-24 01:00
Theatre, video, sound art, 15-metre magnets and "virtual" scientists are among the plans revealed by The Science Museum for its recreation of the Large Hadron Collider lab.
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