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John Terry, Naomi Campbell and The Incredible Hulk go hell for leather in Mark Evans debut at Scream Gallery

Mark Evans, Rio Ferdinand's favourite etcher, tells us about the footballers, supermodels and rock stars in his debut solo show.

Eleven curators to sweep up Saatchi fair for £75,000 Art Fund and Crafts Council prize

Curators from 11 museums and galleries will compete for a £75,000 prize at the Craft Council's Collect fair in May.

Birmingham's finest take on the world after winning £200,000 funding grant

The Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham City University's School of Jewellery and South Asian arts group Sampad are among eight groups touring the world following a £200,000 funding grant.

Tate Britain goes in search of a darker Henry Moore

Tate Britain's Henry Moore exhibition, the first major show dedicated to the artist in 22 years, aims to reveal the secret history behind the iconic sculptor and his inner workings.

Ashmolean launches Eastern Art Online: The Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

The Ashmolean Museum has launched a major online resource which will open up the University of Oxford's Islamic and Asian Art collections held at the Museum.

Burghley House investigations reveal how first European porcelain was English

Revelatory new research by British Museum experts on a pair of ancient china vases produced for the Duke of Buckingham suggests the earliest European porcelain pottery could have been made in...

Amber: Treasures from Poland at the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow

The Hunterian's latest exhibition offers a unique opportunity to see some fascinating and beautiful pieces representing natural history and northern European craftsmanship.

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Ian Breakwell: The Elusive State of Happiness at QUAD Gallery

Five years after his death, a major retrospective of work by Ian Breakwell opens at QUAD Gallery in the city of his birth, Derby. Drawings, collage, visual texts and a diary spanning more than 40...

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Arts and Crafts style returns to Mount Grace Priory in Yorkshire

Hand-printed wallpaper is among the period details due for restoration at the Manor House at Mount Grace Priory, Osmotherley where two restored rooms will once again be among the finest examples of...

Tracey Emin Travelling Chess Set given "perfect context" at Whitworth Art Gallery

Few people were scrutinising the piece itself when Tracey Emin launched her saucy Travelling Chess Set in a blaze of publicity last October, but now Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery has put it on...

Shark teeth and Victorian parlour make Chichester District Museum a hidden surprise

Culture24 stumbles upon secrets of Roman and Victorian England during a trip to Chichester District Museum.

Yinka Shonibare's HMS Victory in a Bottle to be installed on Fourth Plinth

Ship in a Bottle, a scale replica of Nelson's HMS Victory inside a giant bottle, will be installed on the Fourth Plinth at London's Trafalgar Square for two years from May.

Picture Special: Magnificent Maps - Power, Propaganda and Art at the British Library

This summer's spectacular from the British Library will display 100 of the greatest maps in the world, many of which have never been on public display before.

Sir John Soane's museum to host explorations of the life and work of Mrs Mary Delany

Mrs Delany and her Circle and Promiscuous Assemblage, Friendship & Other Things are two beautiful explorations of friendship and female accomplishment focused on the life and work of Mrs Mary Delany.

Edmund de Waal creates inspiring ceramic show for Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

Edmund de Waal, the ceramicist who has "reshaped our sense of the history of modern ceramics and the possibilities of the form", according to critics, takes his new Water-Shed show to Leamington Spa...

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