Design
Folding Plug wins Brit Insurance Design of the year 2010
The winners of the British Design Awards have been announced with a folding electrical plug winning this year's British design Oscars at the Design Museum in London.
A talk on the wild side with Marcus Coates
During our interview with artist Marcus Coates, we discuss shamanism, charlatanism, art, humour and nature. But as Mark Sheerin discovers, no badgers were available for comment.
Manchester's Gallery of Costume to reopen after two-year, £1.3million revamp
The Gallery of Costume in Manchester is to reopen following a two-year, £1.3 million overhaul on March 13.
New Art and Design Prize for the North of England launched
Applications are being invited for Northern Futures, a new art and design award that aims to recognize the best emerging talent from the North of England.
Gwyneth Paltrow's Antonio Berardi number is Fashion Museum's Dress of the Year
A dress by Antonio Berardi has been chosen by Lucy Yeomans, editor of Harper's Bazaar, as Dress of the Year 2009 in a ceremony at Bath Fashion Museum.
Photographing Fashion: British Style in the 1960s at Fashion Museum in Bath
The Bath and North East Somerset Fashion Museum will be opening up the Mrs Ernestine Carter Collection to show 20 of the finest fashion photographs from the 1960s.
Walls Are Talking: Wallpaper, Art and Culture at the Whitworth Art Gallery
More than just a decorative backdrop, wallpaper is the focus of a major new show at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. More than 30 international artists, including Zineb Sedira and Thomas...
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...
Hull Ferens Art Gallery celebrates iconic 1960s textile and furniture design
Shirley Craven and Hull Traders' revolutionary fabrics and furniture are taking centre stage at an exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery designed to challenge perceptions of post-war design.
Brilliantly Birmingham celebrates 10 years of contemporary jewellery design
Dazzling designs from the world's best contemporary jewellery makers will be taking centre stage at the 10th Brilliantly Birmingham festival.
Art must-sees this month: March
Another monthly glimpse of what gallery-goers can expect at six exciting venues nationwide. From Glasgow to Bristol, we pick some favourites.
Marcus Coates journeys to Milton Keynes Gallery with Psychopomp
Shamanistic rituals, animal calls, humorous costumes and fauna-inspired wisdom fill Milton Keynes Gallery in the first UK museum show by Marcus Coates. Mark Sheerin suspends his disbelief.
Age-old uniforms allow National Railway Museum to track history of train workers
The National Railway Museum has teamed up with a group of decorative and fine art specialists to investigate the uniforms of former railway workers in a bid to find out more about their former...
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.
Sir Roy Strong gifts trove to Bodleian Library
The celebrated writer, broadcaster and former museum director Sir Roy Strong has announced that he will donate a wealth of personal material to Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
