Sculpture & Installation

From traditional sculpting to the genre busting art of three dimensional installation, read the latest exhibition reviews and news or explore the latest event listings, websites and resources drawn from UK galleries.

a painting of an urban panorama at night with a tower framed against a darkening sky

From Joy Division artwork to Mark Leckey - artists back Castlefield Gallery auction

Castlefield Gallery’s fundraising auction - Put Your Money Where Your Eyes Are - features a very impressive selection of artworks drawn from far and wide.

Black and white photo of a Japanese woman on a balcony

Japanese Red Army makes reappearance thanks to Eric Baudelaire at Gasworks

The French artist brings film and documentation to the South London gallery, with testimonies from May Shigenobu and Masao Adachi.

Sculptor Michael Dean presents tactile exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds

The "touchable" Government display features a series of work which was produced on-site in response to the gallery space's architectural forms and dimensions.

A photo of a young woman staring at a green stone sculpture of a man in a park

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.

a photo of people running and jumping on a bouncy catsle with great monoliths on it

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.

A photo of a set of multicoloured stones against a light blue background

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.

A photo of a sculpture of a green female head

Tactile Tactus group in Cork Street show of support for Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability

A successful art therapy room at a Putney hospital for people with brain injuries is being backed by an exhibition featuring work by one of the patients.

A photo of a sculpted head inside a modern art gallery

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.

An image of a painting of two mythical sea goddesses above an ocean

Marianne Faithfull and John Dunbar's Innocence and Experience at Tate Liverpool

Ben Miller talks to Marianne Faithfull as the singer-songwriter and actress unites with her former husband to choose some of the works that mean the most to her in a new exhibition at Tate Liverpool.

An image of a truck coloured light brown and grey on top of a field of red poppies

Views of belonging from Russia, Mumbai and Prague in Quarantania at John Hansard Gallery

The search for identity, belonging, place and existence is explored through film, photography and sculpture by three artists at the University of Southampton venue.

Colour photo of a taxidermied pony balanced on a turquoise inflatable

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.

Colour photo of a stately home with colourful inflatable balls in the columnade

Nine contemporary artists respond to history at Ham House and Gardens

The Trust New Art programme brings the work of Kathleen Herbert, Tom Dale and Alexandre de Cunha to the Richmond-upon-Thames historic house.

a photo of a model in a large wig

Behind the scenes at Create studios in Brighton for the covershoot of the Museums at Night 2012 guide

A chance to see how the installation piece for the cover image of the 2012 Museums at Night/BBC History Magazine guide was created by a team of illustrators, designers and construction workers at......

An image of an illustration of Hindu deities

Buddhist and Hindu Kathmandu art in Robert Beer's Visions of the Divine at October Gallery

The illustrator of The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs returns to the London gallery with works from some of the best modern artists in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Essence of Beauty looks at 500 years of Italian Art at Kelvingrove Gallery in Glasgow

Drawing together pieces from galleries across the city, this new exhibition features some of the best of Italian Art produced between the late 14th and 19th centuries.

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