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PM Gallery devotes new exhibition Walk On to 25 artists inspired by walking

Thu, 2013-04-18 01:00
Francis Alÿs, Marina Abramovicz, Richard Long and Janet Cardiff are among the many arty ramblers to feature in a show worth hiking to.
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Enlightenment! Derbyshire Setting the Eighteenth Century Pace at Strutt's North Mill

Thu, 2013-04-18 01:00
Representing a collaborative effort between curators in Belper, Buxton and Derby, a new exhibition features some inspiring examples from Derbyshire's creative history.
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Ten artists depict Margaret Thatcher in Thatcheristic show of Iron Lady portrayals

Thu, 2013-04-18 01:00
From Iron Lady paintings held by Tate to specially-created new works, an exhibition at London's Gallery Different unites artists who grew up as "Thatcher's children".
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Bathing Beauties: brilliant beach huts at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Wed, 2013-04-17 01:00
A far cry from simple sheds by the sea, the new exhibition at Aberystwyth Arts Centre features more than 100 innovative models for contemporary beach huts.
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Gert and Uwe Tobias exhibition brings craft and geometry to Whitechapel Gallery

Wed, 2013-04-17 01:00
Romanian twins install woodcut prints and typewritten drawings in London space, with echoes of both constructivism and folk art.
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Birthplace Trust, galleries and museums to "bypass barriers" in Shakespeare Week 2014

Wed, 2013-04-17 01:00
Dozens of cultural institutions across the country will help the inaugural Shakespeare Week inspire millions of people when it launches in March 2014.
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Museums at Night 2013: Find an after-hours event in a historic house or property

Wed, 2013-04-17 01:00
Find an exciting after-hours event at a historic house or property during Culture24's Museums at Night 2013 weekend of May 16-18.
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Abstract expressionism, feminism and Cow Tipping for Rebecca Ward at Ronchini Gallery

Wed, 2013-04-17 01:00
Young Texan-born artist Rebecca Ward's exhibition in central London is a departure from her signature style which is often bleach-based, says Sophie Furse.
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Artist's Statement: David Breuer-Weil on a sculpted Alien invasion in London

Wed, 2013-04-17 01:00
Five times the size of an average person, David Breuer-Weil's monumental bronze sculpture, Alien, has just landed in a garden next to Victoria station. He tells us about it.
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Artist Susan Haire and composer Stephen Dydo cast Indra's Net at The Cello Factory

Tue, 2013-04-16 01:00
A series of works which enlightened the Dalai Lama in the US, an installation of 600 lenses and a set of shattered DVDs feature in an audio-visual exhibition in Waterloo.
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"An eerie, magical feeling": Katie Paterson takes a history of life to Kettle's Yard

Tue, 2013-04-16 01:00
Having explored mammoth teeth, dragonfly wings and the bones of bears during a residency alongside scientists, Katie Paterson's new exhibition is a miniature history of life.
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Horniman Museum launches composer competition for 241-year-old harpsichord

Tue, 2013-04-16 01:00
Young composers are being given the chance to write a piece for the ancient Jacob Kirckman harpsichord as part of a display linking instruments from the Horniman and the V&A.
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Kathy Dalwood takes her Secret Society for a Sculptural Banquet at Pitzhanger Manor

Mon, 2013-04-15 01:00
The opulent surroundings of Sir John Soane’s dream house, Pitzhanger Manor in Ealing, are about to host the strange sculptural busts of Kathy Dalwood for a decadent banquet.
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Paul Nash, the 1920s and An Outbreak of Talent at the Fry Art Gallery

Mon, 2013-04-15 01:00
Paul Nash's description an "outbreak of talent" during his time at the Royal College of Art is explored in a show featuring work by Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Edward Burra at the Fry.
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Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan at the Wellcome Collection

Fri, 2013-04-12 01:00
In an exhibition collaborated on by Tokyo's Social Welfare Organisation Aiseikai and the Museum of Psychiatry in Haarlem, more than 300 works of Outsider Art - by self-taught artists from the fringes of society - have gone on show in London.
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British artist Katy Dove explores how Thought Becomes Action at Exeter's Spacex

Fri, 2013-04-12 01:00
Drawings, watercolours, etchings, paintings, animations and musical interpretations in a show pondering our inner and outer workings at the Exeter gallery.
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Artists plan party conference at Scarborough Spa

Fri, 2013-04-12 01:00
Led by Bob and Roberta Smith, an "antidote to political party conferences" in Scarborough will push the cause for arts education. All-night parties, a march for Old Flo and breakfast on the north Yorkshire beach also feature.
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Kaffe Fassett Comes to Wales via Lampeter's Welsh Quilt Centre

Fri, 2013-04-12 01:00
Kaffe Fassett's array of bold rainbow patterned quilts represent the internationally-renowned textile artist's first exhibition in Wales.
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Imperial War Museum Duxford reveals photo archive of the Americans in WWII Britain

Fri, 2013-04-12 01:00
Imperial War Museum Duxford begins its 70th anniversary commemoration of the Americans arriving at RAF Duxford with an exhibition of photos.
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Cycle Museum invites families to draw bikes as National Cycle Collection opens for April

Thu, 2013-04-11 01:00
Housed in Powys' Automobile Palace, the National Cycle Collection - home to a vintage range of bikes dating as far back as 1819 - is inviting children to get drawing this month.
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