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Lee Miller's family prepares to publish thousands of her unseen photographs online

Thu, 2013-02-21 01:00
More than 3,000 photographs taken by famed American photographer Lee Miller will be published online in a new image library created by the Lee Miller Archive.
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"Really beautiful" Micrarium fills old office with tiny wonders at Grant Museum of Zoology

Thu, 2013-02-21 01:00
A couple of thousand slides form one of the most unusual exhibitions ever made at the University College London museum, including beetles, squids, fleas and whales.
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We Made it – Nuts, Bolts, Gadgets and Gizmos gallery opens at Thinktank Birmingham

Thu, 2013-02-21 01:00
Cars, cows, aluminium and mobile phones feature among 1,200 objects and 20 interactive exhibits in a new gallery charting Birmingham's productive past.
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Elena Fortescue-Brickdale: the last Pre-Raphaelite at Watts Gallery

Thu, 2013-02-21 01:00
The Watts Gallery in Surrey is hosting an intriguing exhibition of works by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, one of the last great exponents of the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting.
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Mysterious master sculptor Paul de Monchaux's Fixing Memory at Piper Gallery

Thu, 2013-02-21 01:00
Best known for his major commissions in public spaces, former Camberwell Head of Sculpture Paul de Monchaux has his first gallery exhibition with a solo show in London.
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Rankin, Stuart Semple and Giles Duley in Arts University Bournemouth billboard competition

Wed, 2013-02-20 01:00
Responding to research suggesting most people never achieve their dream career, an open competition is giving teenagers the chance to get their artwork on public billboards.
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Search for Burma Spitfires continues after excavation furthers World War II mystery

Wed, 2013-02-20 01:00
David Cundall has pledged to continue his quest to find Spitfires buried in crates in Burma, despite his main sponsor pulling out after an initial dig at an airfield.
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Curator's Choice: Sue Giles on a toy from a child's grave at Bristol's King of Egypt show

Wed, 2013-02-20 01:00
The Curator of Ethnography at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery tells us about a linen ball, designed for the afterlife, at the forthcoming Pharaoh: King of Egypt show.
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Whaam! "Like swotting a fly with a bazooka" - Roy Lichtenstein at Tate Modern

Wed, 2013-02-20 01:00
As the first full-scale British Roy Lichtenstein retrospective in more than 20 years prepares to open at Tate Modern, the show's curators explain why he is a 20th century master.
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The Connect10 Vote opens: Meet all the artists and competing venues and cast your votes!

Tue, 2013-02-19 01:00
The Connect10 online public vote is now open, with 38 venues competing to host ten Museums at Night events featuring ten artists ranging from the Chapman Brothers to Richard Wentworth. Cast your vote here.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Cullinan and Richards go for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
20-21 Visual Arts Centre; Cowper and Newton Museum; the Museum of Brands and QUAD: meet the four venues competing to host Cullinan and Richards for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Gavin Turk goes for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery; Foundling Museum; Holburne Museum and Time Machine Funtington: meet the venues competing to host Gavin Turk for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Jake and Dinos Chapman go for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
Barts Pathology Museum; Cheltenham Art Gallery; Jerwood Gallery and the Museum of London: meet the four venues competing to host Jake and Dinos Chapman for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Julia Vogl goes for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
Arnos Vale Cemetery; Discovery Museum; Gloucester City Museum and the Rotunda Museum: meet the four venues competing to host Julia Vogl for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Julian Wild goes for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
Corinium Museum; Gladstone Pottery Museum; The Ironbridge Gorge Museum and The Old Assembly House Newcastle: meet the the four venues competing to host Julian Wild for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Martin Creed goes for Museums at Night

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
The Freud Museum and the Ragged School Museum: meet the two museums going head to head in a bid to host Martin Creed for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Mat Collishaw goes for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
BACKLIT, Nottingham; Lanhydrock House, Cornwall; Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and Northern Print, Newcastle: meet the four venues competing to host Mat Collishaw for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where rAndom International go for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
Horniman Museum and Gardens; SS ROBIN; The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and Void Derry: meet the venues competing to host rAndom International for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Richard Wentworth goes for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
Dragon Hall; Gloucester Folk Museum; Manchester Museum and Shandy Hall: meet the venues competing to host Richard Wentworth for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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The Connect10 Vote: You choose where Susan Forsyth goes for Museums at Night 2013

Mon, 2013-02-18 01:00
Kelham Island Museum; Rochdale Pioneers Museum; Victoria Gallery & Museum and Yorkshire Sculpture Park: meet the venues competing to host Susan Forsyth for Museums at Night and cast your vote.
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