Artist Barrie West and University of Sunderland lecturer Angela Sandwith present a recycled show in a shopping centre, including the cot Sandwith once played in.

A group show at Manchester's Castlefield Gallery takes Margaret Atwood's post-apocalypse novel, The Year of the Flood, as a starting point.

Formed as a biennial in 2002, the sixth edition of a playful sculpture show from the Cotswold arrives at an atmospheric London crypt with work by 19 artists.

Describing his works as "salvation for a godless generation", former Vivienne Westwood designer Magnus Gjoen's new exhibition in London adds punk sensibilities to traditional art.

Tate Modern hosts an exhibition by the Lebanese artist who has been called the first true abstract, modern artist in the Arab world.

Jeremy Deller, Alan Kane, Sara Barker and Sam Durant are all on the menu for this summer's outdoor and indoor exhibitions at Jupiter Artland, near Edinburgh.

On what would have been her 60th birthday, a new exhibition in London showcases the work of hugely influential former Turner Prize nominee Helen Chadwick.

Tate St Ives' eclectic summer show features eight artists including Linder Sterling, Patrick Heron and Allen Ruppensberg.

The oft-controversial sculptor has taken an unlikely interest in Renaissance-era saints, as found in the UK's foremost gallery of painting. Mark Sheerin pays it a visit.

The premiere of a new work by light magicians rAndom International hit the headlines at London's Horniman. There was music, dancing and poetry. Gin also materialised.

Vitality, diversity and humour are the aims for curator David Thorp in a British Council touring show which brings the likes of David Shrigley and Martin Creed to West Bromwich.

Curators at current exhibition Couriers of Taste, at Danson House in Bexleyheath, have received a ten-pound sack of seeds, collected by an avid Ai Weiwei fan at one of his previous exhibitions in New York.

David Shrigley, Laure Prouvost, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Tino Sehgal are the four artists who will compete for this year's Turner Prize.

Five times the size of an average person, David Breuer-Weil's monumental bronze sculpture, Alien, has just landed in a garden next to Victoria station. He tells us about it.

Taken from hundreds of books retrieved from a bookshop in his native Vancouver, Geoffrey Farmer's mini-world sees hundreds of hand puppets invade the Barbican's Curve.

A vast stainless steel sculpture, which plays the sound of the wind through 20-metre long tubes and has toured to Canary Wharf and the Eden Project, has been put up for sale.

Taking to the upper floor of a Georgian mansion in Kent, artists from east and west meet in a spectacular survey of consumerism, territories, trade and exotic fashion.

Contemporary takes on Victorian collecting, ceramics and paintings from the ocean past and present feature in the new season at Touchstones in Rochdale.

Working in a multitude of highly crafty forms, some of the finest artists with roots in Somerset are given a rare showcase in the county in a hands-on new exhibition.

A gold body cast of Olympic gymnast and primetime television twirler Beth Tweddle, will be officially unveiled at the Museum of Liverpool this week.

The German sculptor, who spent World War II in exile, fills the Oxford gallery with a series of monumental bronzes and works in plaster.

Organisers at the National Glass Centre are hoping to draw thousands more visitors to Sunderland with a £2.25 million series of improvements.

Hockney returns to the Walker in Liverpool, Henry Moore pops up everywhere, Jeremy Deller heads out on tour and the Fry Art Gallery has another trump card up its sleeve. Make a visit to a gallery your new year resolution.

From Hockney at the RA and Vodou in Nottingham to Brains at The Wellcome Collection, Culture24 writers choose their top exhibition of 2012.

Sheffield's Millennium Gallery is the setting for an exciting exhibition of landscape art inspired by the writings and beliefs of John Ruskin.

The £8 million development of York Art Gallery as a centre for studio ceramics has been given a boost by a £3.5 million grant from National Lottery through Arts Council England.

A three-metre high artwork made of paper poppies crafted from love letters written during World War II has been installed at Exeter's Northcott Theatre.

The witty sculptor almost fills Gllasgow gallery's cavernous exhibition space with a full-size community centre, Where it all Happened Once.

From Manchester to Chichester, we scour the UK for the most promising shows in the world of art, old and new. Find your nearest here:

Curators Alex Farquharson and Leah Gordon assemble one of the biggest ever shows of vodou-inspired Haitian art. Mark Sheerin takes a look.

The Merseyside gallery brings together works about nationhood and migration as part of the Liverpool Biennial, which has launched under the theme The Unexpected Guest.

Modern Art Oxford is hosting a major solo exhibition of celebrated French artist Jean-Luc Moulène with an eclectic collection of works from the 1990s to the present.

A London exhibition on the graphic design work of husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames features the furniture, toys, sculptures and films of a 40-year career.

The 10-day festival in Nottingham includes a packed programme of exhibitions and events which showcase the work of up and coming young artists from all around the world.

The Royal West of England Academy has issued an open invitation for entries from all artistic disciplines to feature in its annual exhibition in Bristol this October.

The East Midlands gallery hosts a solo show by the New Zealand artist, Francis Upritchard, under the playful title of A Hand of Cards.

Northamptonshire's boot and shoe heritage is being celebrated with a series of art events, beginning with the booting of Coventry's Cultural Olympiad Godiva Awakes.

Ruth Hazard visits Kettle's Yard House in Cambridge and discovers a place where visitors are free to nose around, slouch in the armchairs, read books in the library and enjoy an extensive collection of contemporary art.

Four artists involved in a year-long project at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge have used the substantial archive of contemporary art as inspiration for pieces of their own.

Benin artist Romuald Hazoumé's third solo show at London's October Gallery turns masks into portraits of real people from his native country. Referencing unspoken language, they are wry, beautiful and enlightening, says Jennie Gillions.

Ben Miller is mesmerised by the sculptural installations of Richard Long and the poetic social histories embedded in the film installation of Luke Fowler at the Hepworth Wakefield.

Three site specific commissions at BALTIC fit with two film pieces in Mark Wallinger's largest UK show in more than a decade.

Artists Julie McCarthy and Jai Redman talk about their novel and outdoor sculpture, The Cartland Institute for Romance Research.

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

The original YBA brings all of his best known pieces of work to Bankside gallery for a multi-sensory, multi-faceted, hit and miss show.

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

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

Last Monday, Martin Boyce won the 2011 Turner Prize at a lavish awards bash at Gateshead's BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Mark Sheerin was there to see it - almost.

The German artist takes 19th century responses to Darwinism as his starting point in a show which explores our changing understanding of the natural world.

The Egyptian artist talks about the link between British Cairo and events in present day Egypt as demonstrated by her thoughtful installation Al-Khawaga and Johnny Stories.