Architecture

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Last Chance to See: Beholder - an exhibition on beauty at the Talbot Rice gallery in Edinburgh

To celebrate the 300th anniversary of David Hume's birth the Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh is showing an eclectic collection of work inspired by his philosophy on beauty.

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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 spaces while pushing their agility to the limit.

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Jane and Louise Wilson study troubling architecture at Dundee Contemporary Arts

The former YBA siblings investigate the Chernobyl aftermath and a crime scene in a Dubai hotel with photography and film.

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Photographer Nigel Green surveys post-war Picardy in Reconstruction at UCA Canterbury

Combining his grounding in fine art and skill as an architectural photographer, Nigel Green contemplates the styles used to rebuild a French region.

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Artist-in-residence Clare Burnett's Folded gives public a fresh look at Leighton House Museum

Folded, part of artist Clare Burnett's beautiful set of resident works, adorns pioneering painter Frederic Leighton's magnificent 19th century house in London's Holland Park.

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Martin Boyce wins Turner Prize 2011 at BALTIC

The sculptor wins the £25,000 award for his much-admired installation inspired by modernist architecture, dedicating his triumph to the peers he found when he started out as a young artist at the......

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Vaults beneath London's famous Mall Galleries to become part of new heritage centre

Ten vaults used by servants and workers beneath the site where George IV's London home once stood will be opened to the public as part of a major heritage project.

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International artists explore colour in The Future Tense

A group of artists from across the world unleash a show featuring painting, sculpture, skateboards and microbiology at the Londonewcastle space.

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Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915 - 1935 at the Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts in London is using photography and paintings to explore the inspiring work Soviet-era artists and architects.

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Curator's Choice: MaryAnn Stevens on Konstantin Melnikov's Rusakov Club

As the Royal Academy explores Soviet art and architecture, the RA's Director of Academic Affairs talks about one of socialist Russia's most innovative and radical constructivist architects.

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The postmodern look: Postmodernism - Style and Subversion comes to the the V&A

This autumn's major retrospective of the postmodern movement at the V&A brings together two decades of fashion, design, photography, architecture and video.

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Museum Show brings more than 20 semi-fictional institutional exhibits to Arnolfini

The Bristol gallery hosts an anniversary show of shows with artistic works by Robert Filliou, Herbert Distel and Forrest Myers and many more.

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Firstsite opens doors to Colchester past, present and future with Camulodunum

The new £22 million gallery stages an inaugural show all about the historic Essex town, featuring work by Warhol, Ai Weiwei, Robert Smithson and many more.

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Holy calling for Art in Romney Marsh as festival takes art and music to five Medieval churches

Nineteen contemporary artists make site-specific installations and experimental musicians abound inside five churches as the Kent festival returns for a fifth edition.

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From Garden City to Green City: The Garden Museum finds a piece of heaven everywhere

Concaves of calm may be all the urban rage these days, but professional and casual architects have been making London greener for 150 years, as a new show illustrates.

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