Cartoons and Graffiti

Keep up to date with the ever-expanding world of cartooning and graffiti art with Culture24 exhibition reviews and news from UK museums and galleries together with event listings, websites and resources.

A cartoon of a royal Queen dressed in green drinking beer while levitating above a sea

Her Maj: Cartoon Museum heralds Diamond Jubilee with 60 Years of Unofficial Portraits

The curator of the new show at The Cartoon Museum in London, tells us about some star portraits from the minds of Ralph Steadman, Martin Rowson and their contemporaries, taken from the likes of Private Eye and the Guardian.

Black and white film still of a woman at a desk with papers flying around

Zoe Beloff dusts off Mutt and Jeff for look at early moving image at Site Gallery

Current Sheffield show The Infernal Dream of Mutt and Jeff brings the world's longest running comic strip into focus with management science and Duchamp.

A colourful mural by street artist Malarky

Wall to wall excitement with the Hidden City street art trail in Shoreditch

All you need to find street art in the East End is a phone, an A-to-Z and bags of enthusiasm. How hard can that be? Mark Sheerin finds out.

A photo of a fairytale illustration showing a woman under a tree and moonlight

Newlyn Art Gallery to send one-off Art Book to auction after Museums at Night epic

We find out about the beautiful book designed by respondents to a call-out from the Cornwall venue for an all-night binding session as part of Museums at Night 2011.

A photo of a man holding up a striking black and white print inside a gallery

Curator's Choice: Peacock Visual Arts' David McCracken on a Mike Giant print in Aberdeen

The curator of the new Black and White Show at Peacock introduces us to the American artist's striking combination of religious ephemera and gang culture imagery.

A photo of a house where the windows have been made to look like eyes and a mouth and a red circular symbol has been added between them to look like a nose

Laughter buttons send titters through gallery as Ha Ha Road opens at the Quad in Derby

A gaggle of the most entertaining artists from across the world descend upon the Quad for new exhibition Ha Ha Road in Derby.

a drawing of two cool young teenagers with bowl cuts and sunglasses with the words South Yorks across the top

Kill Your Darlings is homecoming show for Kid Acne at Sheffield's Millennium Gallery

The urban graffitti artist opens his first solo show in his home town of Sheffield with a wide-ranging celebration of his spraycan art, filmwork and many other projects.

An image of an abstract painting in white and red

Arcadian Painters becomes fitting tribute to Cy Twombly by uniting works with Nicholas Poussin

The American artist's death makes Dulwich Picture Gallery's show, siding his works with ones by his hero, a poignant one.

An image of a cartoon of two political leaders in suits on the phone

From Thatcher to Cameron via Blair and Bush: Steve Bell's Bell Époque takes over London's Cartoon Museum

See some of satirist Steve Bell's best works from the past 30 years as The Cartoon Museum hosts more than 200 of his caricature creations in a new exhibition.

a cartoon caricature of Labour leader Ed Milliband in the style of the character Wallis from Wallis and Gromit

Satire and silliness in Three Centuries of Cartoon Art at Nunnington Hall in Yorkshire

Three Centuries of Cartoon Art at Nunnington Hall celebrates the work of some of the finest minds in the history of cartoons.

a caricature showing a Royal Procession in the Georgian period

Wills and Kate watch out: Risqué Georgian royal wedding caricatures go on show at Kew Palace

Caricatures on show at Kensington Palace reveal our developing obsession with the Royals and their weddings.

An image of a black and white cartoon of a woman crouching next to a bunker

Cartoon Museum honours royal wedding with satirical timeline all the way to William and Kate

Marriage à la Mode at the London home of cartoon history celebrates 250 acerbic years of royal wedding sketch satire.

an illustration showing a street vendor trying to sell trinkets to a man at a window

In Pictures: Street Cries - Images of London's Poor at the Museum of London

An exhibition of rare prints at the Museum of London looks at the changing depiction of London's poor across two centuries.

An image of a drawing of a young woman holding a bottle of alcohol

Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan and Kerry Katona get the Harry Hill treatment at Manchester Cornerhouse

Last Chance to See: A modern day twist on George Cruikshank’s The Worship of Bacchus, singer-songwriters in wooden underpants and some of Manchester's maddest men in The People You're Not.

a photograph of a pot decorated with Regency ladies and other motifs

Teenagers get to curate Grayson Perry as Manchester Art Gallery unveils two new works

Manchester Art Gallery is unveiling its new Grayson artworks with an exhibition selected and curated by local teenagers.

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