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.

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Last Chance to See: Beholder - an exhibition on beauty at the Talbot Rice gallery in Edinburgh

To celebrate the 300th anniversary of David Hume's birth the Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh is showing an eclectic collection of work inspired by his philosophy on beauty.

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Six decades of Yayoi Kusama disorients and delights at Tate Modern

The first major survey of the Japanese artist's work brings together painting, documentation, film, and installation in a show of two halves.

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New Art Gallery revisits Jacob Epstein's Hyde Park Monstrosity

New Art Gallery Walsall is revisiting the controversy that surrounded Jacob Epstein's design for a memorial to WH Hudson in Hyde Park by taking a closer look at his sketches.

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South London Black Music Archive catalogues local musical tastes at Peckham Space

A gallery in South London is filing away vinyl, cassettes, t-shirts and other ephemera for a show with a long shelf life by Barby Asante.

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Artist's Statement: Emily Young on The Metaphysics of Stone

The British sculptor talks about her contemplative and ambitious urban project in Berkeley Square, London.

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Exorcising the Fear: British Sculpture from the 1950s at Pangolin London

Pangolin London is revisiting the British sculptural renaissance of the 1950s after the 1952 Venice Biennale introduced a new wave of British sculptors.

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Red House Museum in Christchurch to host Forgotten Roman Emperor and Together shows

Screens tell the dastardly stories of late 3rd century Roman Britain, accompanied by works from an award-winning local wood sculpture and ethereal painting duo.

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Alzheimer Scotland presents The Force and Form of Memory at Stirling Smith Art Gallery

Seventy-six artists explore the theme of memory loss in an exhibition hoping to raise awareness for the way in which dementia affects our lives.

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The Garden of Forgotten Engineers, Smiths and Bicycles: Serena Thirkwell in Worthing

The great great granddaughter of Edward Burne-Jones turns a rusty heater into a bee and an old farmer's plough into a helicopter in the garden of Worthing Museum and Art Gallery.

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Sheffield Hallam University and Museums Sheffield put metalwork online in Objects in 3D

Researchers and curators have teamed up for an innovative new online adventure shedding new light on the metalwork masterpieces Sheffield is famous for.

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"Obsessive, mordant and morbid" Glamourie sends 26 artists to Project Space Leeds

Handmade hurdy-gurdy and giant cardboard heads as 26 contemporary British artists are brought together in a new exhibition at Project Space Leeds.

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Curator's Choice: John Kirby's The Living and the Dead at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool

Head of Fine Art Ann Bukantas chooses The Entertainer, a creepy and slightly sinister painting by the artist whose works are the focus for a major new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in......

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Hand eye co-ordination: Liliane Lijn talks text based sculpture and technical challenges

The pioneering American artist, whose influences include beat poetry, surrealism and cutting edge astro-physics, talks mind-boggling copper sculptures and William Burroughs in an exclusive interview......

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Gallery of Modern Art's "unprecedented" Niki de Saint Phalle haul to entertain Glasgow

A newly-secured collection of 15 works by flamboyant French sculptor and painter Niki de Saint Phalle are expected to go on display in Glasgow at the end of 2013.

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Connect10: Meet the ten artists in the Museums at Night 2012 competition

Culture24's new project for Museums at Night, Connect10, matches ten contemporary artists with ten museums and galleries for a series of special one-off Museums at Night events over the weekend of......

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