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Tatton Park Biennial 2012 suggests sky is the limit for stately home art fest
Who knew that Barbara Cartland invented the tow glider? Working to a tight brief under a theme of flight devised by curators Danielle Arnaud and Jordan Kaplan, more than a dozen artists have created an ambitious and surprising Tatton Park Biennial show.
Museums at Night 2012: Polly Morgan's taxidermy delivers knock out blow in Liverpool
Nick Stockman is transfixed as artist Polly Morgan delivers a knock out blow during her absorbing taxidermy demonstration in Liverpool.
Blast Theory aim to make connection as FutureEverything returns for 17th year
The art, music and technology festival returns to Manchester with a test of "stealth, cunning and adventure" gamers can play online courtesy of BAFTA nominees Blast Theory.
From Exeter to Edinburgh, final four announced on "truly exceptional" Art Fund Prize shortlist
Ylva French takes a look at Art Fund final four The Hepworth Wakefield, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and the Watts Gallery.
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.
Artist’s Statement: Kaffe Matthews on her shark platform at the Bluecoat
The UK artist talks about sharks, oscillators, and why her three-dimensional piece in Liverpool beats a pair of stereo headphones.
Many species of artist get together for group show on Galapágos at the Bluecoat
The Bluecoast Gallery in Liverpool showcases the diverse results of 11 artistic residencies on the Ecuadorian archipelago of the Galápagos.
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.
Merseyside Maritime Museum Beer Goggles event promotes importance of personal safety
The SAFE@SEIZED programme includes the chance to attempt physical challenges while wearing "beer goggles" to demonstrate the effects of drinking too much alcohol.
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.
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.
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.
60-Minute Cinema's three hour-long round ups of best Chinese film and video art
Amy Cheng, Dong Bingfeng and Teresa Kwong curate new moving image from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.
Take your family on an Abstract Adventure at Tate Liverpool's Art Dock this Easter
Visit the family workshop Abstract Adventures at Tate Liverpool and have a go at creating your own abstract work of art this week.
IWM North marks 30th anniversary of Falklands War with new photographic display
Images from the Imperial War Museum archives capturing both sides of the Falklands conflict have been blown up into huge frames outside the venue's Manchester home.
