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Mark Leckey animates Dumb Things with artful curation at Nottingham Contemporary
The East Midlands gallery is next stop for touring show of artworks and artefacts mixing technology and myth. Mark Sheerin takes a look.
Artist's Statement: Mark Leckey on The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things
The Turner Prize-winning artist selects two complementary items from his curatorial show at Nottingham Contemporary.
The Culture24/7: History and Heritage highlights for May 2013
From a Bank Holiday party in Cambridge to the inspiring Museums at Night and the opening of the £27 million Mary Rose Museum, here are our history highlights this month.
A view through the Urban Eye of Charlie Phillips at Nottingham's New Art Exchange
Growing up in an at-times hostile West London, Charlie Phillips began portraying the Caribbean community of the 1950s and 1960s. His photos are hidden stories of life.
Enlightenment! Derbyshire Setting the Eighteenth Century Pace at Strutt's North Mill
Representing a collaborative effort between curators in Belper, Buxton and Derby, a new exhibition features some inspiring examples from Derbyshire's creative history.
August Sanders inspires sandergram at Leicester People's Photography Gallery
Following the major exhibition of the influential photographer's work in Leicester earlier this year, 150 August Sanders-inspired photos come courtesy of students and the public.
Wideyed revisit mill observers with Therblig at New Art Exchange as part of Format photography festival
Observing a tissue mill in Northumberland, a pair of artists have used photography and film to reimagine some of the first techniques used to observe the inner workings of factories a century ago.
Piero Gilardi makes comeback complete with retrospective at Nottingham Contemporary
An East Midlands show for the Italian artist who made his name with arte povera and then gave it all up for more than a decade.
Richard III: Leicester's Search for a King attracts record crowds to Medieval Guildhall
Following the discovery of Richard III's body, an exhibition looking at the evidence and methods behind the search - including a recreation of his skull - is proving popular.
Richard III: The Royal Armouries' Bob Woosnam-Savage on the violent death of the King in battle
As the University of Leicester confirms the discovery of the body of Richard III, one of the experts involved in the project explains more about the king's violent death at the Battle of Bosworth.
Gray Friars skeleton is last Plantagenet king, say Leicester team on trail of Richard III
Having matched DNA from the skeleton with descendents of Richard III, experts say they have proved "beyond reasonable doubt" that the skeleton is that of the King.
The Culture24/7: Machines and festivals in our February 2013 Science and Nature picks
From Brighton to Newcastle, this month sees extinction, a Squeeze/Hug Machine, steampunk and reconstructed heads in a packed scientific line-up.
National Glass Centre, Ikon Gallery and Mansfield Museum see bright futures
Organisers at the National Glass Centre are hoping to draw thousands more visitors to Sunderland with a £2.25 million series of improvements.
North and East Midlands Photographic Federation adorn Mansfield Museum
A showcase of hundreds of images in Mansfield illustrates why the judges of a long-running photography competition faced some tricky decisions this year.
Museums at Night tonight! Paupers and performance inside Southwell's Workhouse
Costumed drama will be at its most atmospheric in the 19th century Workhouse at Southwell in Nottinghamshire, where actors are waiting to tell stories within former schoolrooms, bedrooms, dormitories ......
