Art
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South London Black Music Archive catalogues local musical tastes at Peckham Space
A gallery in South London is filing away vinyl, cassettes, t-shirts and other ephemera for a show with a long shelf life by Barby Asante.
Simon Martin's Louis Ghost Chair installation premieres at The Holburne Museum in Bath
Installation artist Simon Martin's latest short film, Louis Ghost Chair, uses the original design of the Louis XV chair as a starting point before looking at its modern reinterpretations.
David Shrigley: Brain Activity at the Hayward Gallery
David Shrigley's intuitive work - showcased across 20 years in an exhibition featuring 68 pieces created specifically for the Hayward in London - makes for a refreshingly simple show amid the stuffed ostriches and toenail clippings, says Jennie Gillions.
Artist's Statement: Emily Young on The Metaphysics of Stone
The British sculptor talks about her contemplative and ambitious urban project in Berkeley Square, London.
The Culture 24/7: Art picks for February 2012
Film, photography, sound sculpture and a cast of Japanese characters bring you a hot February for art around the UK
Poetry and paintings unite for Shakespeare in Art at the Laing Gallery in Newcastle
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and As you Like it are among the inspirations for an exquisite exhibition marking 175 years of Newcastle's Theatre Royal.
Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce call for fellow sleuths to join them for new Fake or Fortune?
Owners of mystery paintings are being encouraged to apply for a new series of the popular BBC art detective programme Fake or Fortune?
Curator's Choice: Curator of Art for Sunderland Shauna Gregg chooses The Happy Garden
The Keeper of Art introduces an imaginary scene by Ged Quinn, starring in the new Art for Sunderland show at the city's Museum & Winter Gardens.
Ori Gersht: This Storm is What we Call Progress at the Imperial War Museum London
In his first major solo show in the UK, Israeli-born, London-based artist Ori Gersht presents films and photography exploring the personal and visual scars of war.
In her own Words: Photographer Eleanor Farmer on Blood, A Circulation of Curiosities
As she opens a show at Guy's Hospital in London, the photographer explains how her pictures of blood represent life and death, with the capacity to fascinate and repel.
Graham Dean back at Birkenhead Williamson Art Gallery for A 60th Birthday Exhibition
The "reverse archaeologist" brings his vivid, abstract investigations of the human body and soul on Indian paper to his first show for 17 years in his hometown.
In Pictures: Andy Day's Parkour pictures at Public
In a new exhibition at The Public at West Bromwich, photographer Andy Day takes a panoramic look at the spectacular sport of Parkour, the Paris-spawned phenomenon in which runners navigate urban......
Joys of nature at Turner Contemporary in Turner and the Elements and Hamish Fulton's Walk
A Margate homecoming for JMW Turner's surveys of the four elements, plus brave and bold textual, sculptural and video works from "walking artist" Hamish Fulton.
David Dawson: Working with Lucian Freud gives portrait of the artist at Pallant House
The man who was Freud's friend and sitter for 20 years - including in his final, unfinished portrait - presents new insights into the artist in an intimate show in Chichester.
Social Fabric looks at three centuries of the global textile industry at Rivington Place
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) brings together Alice Creischer and Sudhir Patwardhan for a show about cotton and chintz.
