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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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Longlist for Art Fund Prize Museum of the Year 2012 announced

Some of the major new venues around the country - including Bristol's M Shed, the Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow, Margate's Turner Contemporary and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - are named on the longlist for the £100,000 prize.

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The Culture 24/7: Art picks for February 2012

Film, photography, sound sculpture and a cast of Japanese characters bring you a hot February for art around the UK

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Last Chance to see: Alan Stanners - No Vacancy at Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts

The rising star and author of the Qualmlessist Manifesto brings a new body of paintings to the CCA in the city where he graduated in Painting and Printmaking.

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Grandson of drifter behind Scottish Fisheries Museum flagship builds copy 110 years on

William Forbes, the man who built the Reaper and launched it from the now-disused Sandhaven yard 110 years ago, has presented a scale model to the Fife museum.

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Human history “time capsule” revealed after 20-year investigation on South Uist

Archaeologists working on the Hebridean Island of South Uist say they have amassed a “treasure trove” of new knowledge from buried settlements.

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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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Jane and Louise Wilson study troubling architecture at Dundee Contemporary Arts

The former YBA siblings investigate the Chernobyl aftermath and a crime scene in a Dubai hotel with photography and film.

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Richard Williams gives SS United States a new lease of life with photo show at Edinburgh Stills

A boyhood obsession for a Professor of Visual Cultures has become the subject of the current exhibition at the Edinburgh lens media gallery.

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Brilliant biologist D'Arcy Thompson inspires new art collection at University of Dundee

The late 19th and early 18th century polymath, best known for book On Growth and Form and decades of academic leadership, will be the subject of a £100,000 art collection.

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Heinz beans and Fry's chocolate in Scott's Last Expedition at the National Library of Scotland

Captain Scott and his team's battle to win sponsorship for their Terra Nova mission to Antarctica is one highlight of a show on the centenary of their arrival at the South Pole.

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Admiral Cochrane: the Real Master and Commander at the National Museum of Scotland

Master and Commander at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh is not just a collection of memorabilia, but also serves to provide a real insight into the man behind many fictional naval heroes ......

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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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The Culture24/7: Art picks for January 2012

From sculpture at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to Henri Gaurdier-Brzeska at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, we pick seven of the best shows from around the UK in our first monthly round-up ......

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The Culture24/7: Arty new year's resolutions for 2012

Culture24 casts an eye around the country to bring art lovers some alternatives to January diets and fitness regimes.

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