Live & Public Art

From Antony Gormley's Angel of the North to the Fourth Plinth, Live and Public Art has never been more visible. Track this modern phenomenon here with Culture24 news, reviews, event listings, websites and resources drawn from the art and gallery world.

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Bob & Roberta Smith's Art on the Underground project launches on Central Line for Olympics

Bob & Roberta Smith is the latest artist to engage with Art on the Underground - in readiness for an Olympic surge through the Central Line.

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Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard explore audience dynamics in solo show at Lighthouse

The film and live art duo bring three pieces to Brighton: File Under Sacred Music, Do you Love me Like I Love You and Performer. Audience. F*** off.

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Thirty feet of memories to tour south-east as Cultural Olympiad sees The Boat Project off

The Boat Project, the floating "collage of memories" collected from locals across the south-east, will spend three months travelling after being launched from its boatyard.

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In Pictures: The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

From an Art Lending Library to Jeremy Deller's inflatable Stonehenge on a city green, take a look at some of the highlights as one of the UK's most vibrant art festivals draws to a close.

Fishmarket at... presents a host of art events taking place at venues across Northampton

The Fishmarket Gallery may about to be demolished, but that hasn't stopped the team from going offsite to continue bringing contemporary art to the people of the city.

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Evolutionary David Breuer-Weil sculptures stalk Hanover Square

A set of four primal craggy bronze men, created by sculptor David Breuer-Weil in his Emergence series, appear to rise from the ground in a major new commission at a green refuge in Oxford Circus.

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Get a bounce on: Glasgow's International Festival of Visual Art enters final weekend

The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art heads into the bank holiday weekend with plenty still to see and do in Scotland's cool capital of contemporary art.

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Pieces of Eight combines British heavy metal and Italian opera via Gothenburg and Finland

Abandoned houses in Sweden, heavy metal from Birmingham, condensed Titin comics and more as artists from Leeds and Scandinavia combine in a new show.

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Robots and Avatars targets Facebook and Pluto in flourish of experimentalism at FACT

With exhibits taken out of use, taking over your social network or parodying your movements through the gallery, the Liverpool centre's latest show is full of surprises.

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Pottery, picnics, poetry and real ale as North West Visual Arts Open entertains Preston

The North West Visual Arts Open continues its lively progress with an engaging weekend of talks, tours, workshops, poetry, music and real ale in Preston.

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Brighton Festival pushes the boat out for Invisible Flock trio's Sea of Voices adventure

With vintage seaside telescopes and "augmented realities" in an Arts Council-backed trail, Yorkshire trio Invisible Flock create a mythological seafront walk for the Brighton Festival.

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Ten shortlisted graduates show work and promise in run-up to 2012 Catlin Prize

Curator Justin Hammond opens the doors on a group show in which one new artist stands to win £5,000 on May 16.

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Street theatre team Royal de Luxe fill streets of Liverpool for Sea Odyssey spectacular

Using giant mechanical marionettes based on the story of a girl whose uncle wrote to her during his ill-fated trip aboard the Titanic, Sea Odyssey lights up the streets of Liverpool.

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Sarah Pierce listens to a dozen art students in conceptual show at The Showroom

There is plenty to say about The Artist Talks, a North London exhibition exploring discourses surrounding artwork.

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Residents to create Derby Soap Opera with Marinella Senatore for Museums at Night 2012

Working with the renowned Italian filmmaker and artist and the city's QUAD, the people of Derby will create one of the world's largest film projects this May.

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