Czech carnivals and a "Pandora's Box" of shape-shifting, imaginary scenes as photographer Markéta Luskačová and painter Francis West combine mystical forces.

The Ashmolean Museum has permanently acquired John Everett Millais' famous portrait of John Ruskin thanks to the Arts Council Acceptance in Lieu scheme.

Camden Arts Centre offers an intimate insight into the impassioned life and work of German-Swiss artist Dieter Roth through a collection of his personal diaries and several large-scale installations.

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.

A portrait held at Durham's Bowes Museum for more than a century has been unmasked as a work by 17th century master Anthony van Dyck..

A rock and roll soundtrack and more than 100 snaps of the Beatles and friends as the V&A's touring show of Harry Hammond's iconic shots visits Scarborough Art Gallery.

National Portrait Gallery images of pioneering female scientists from history visit a forthcoming show in Newcastle which aims to inspire the inventive minds of the future.

The Watts Gallery in Surrey is hosting an intriguing exhibition of works by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, one of the last great exponents of the Pre-Raphaelite style of painting.

Two studies of a 1947 portrait of poet TS Eliot, made by Patrick Heron before the artist became well-known, have gone on display in London.

Experts have used X-rays and raking light to reveal the amazing truth behind a wrongly identified Lambeth Palace portrait, putting it on public display in London.

The official engagement card of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a Christmas card featuring the Prince of Wales are among eight exhibits on show in London.

The latest In Focus exhibition at Kettle's Yard focuses on a firm favourite of Jim Ede, the master of watercolour and light Winifred Nicholson.

A tenacious eight-month campaign by the Ashmolean Museum has ended in triumph, raising £7.83 million, turning Oxford into a leading centre for the study of Impressionist painting and allowing one of Manet's most important paintings to tour the nation.

The first show of Daniel Meadows' work in Wales includes the holiday resorts and buses-turned-darkrooms of the man who once joined Martin Parr in portraying Britain.

An exhibition in Liverpool showcases work by four innovative new artists, as well as archive material by photographer and cult favourite Erwin Wurm during the 1990s.

The National Portrait Gallery is to send the first known British oil portrait of a Black African Muslim and freed slave, Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, on a tour of museums and galleries.

When he's not in one of the biggest bands in the world, Ronnie Wood is a skilled artist. Muhammad Ali, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson and Jerry Hall all appear in his latest show.

The NPG's Anne Braybon picks out two of her favourite entries to the 2010 Taylor Wessing Photography Prize and tells us why photos can "speak to each other across walls".

Lars Tharp, Director of the Foundling Museum, picks William Hogarth's oil-on-canvas painting of Captain Thomas Coram (1740).

This trail is a guide to some of the places in Britain where you can find out about all things medieval, from the monks' plainsong to King Richard III's reputation and the Peasants' Revolt.

A tour of the National Portrait Gallery showing eighteenth century sitters with disabilities including John Wilkes, Samuel Johnson, and Handel.

Steeped in history and academia, where better to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci than Oxford? This new trail is a quick tour of the Da Vinci highlights of Oxford.

Take a look at fascinating objects in London museums. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of the North East. As Featured in the BBC TV series People-s Musuem.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of Yorkshire. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of the south east. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Sikhs have resided in Great Britain in small numbers for centuries and this trail, developed with the Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail, explores locations in London linked to their heritage.

Located in a picturesque setting on the River Thames and home to the Prime Meridian, Greenwich is a stunning World Heritage site.

From the Prince Regent's mistress to the architect buried under Tesco, a walk through Brighton and Hove offers Regency treasures aplenty.

Birmingham, Manchester, Oxford, Liverpool... take our tour of major Pre-Raphaelite collections outside the English capital.

A look at some of the regional gallery collections holding important Pre-Raphaelite artworks-

It's not just street parties, painted faces and bunting: a series of special events are also out there to take the celebrations a bit further.

From impressionist art to opera, treat yourself to some of London's greatest cultural triumphs on this full day trail round Leicester Square and Covent Garden.

From the Peterloo Massacre, through the Anti-Corn Law League to the connections with Marx and Engels, Manchester has a strong tradition of political radicalism. Discover the people, the locations, museums and collections in this trail developed with the help of the People's History Museum.

Hampstead has been popular with celebrities since Georgian times. Writers and artists like Keats and Stanley Spencer called it home in the past but nowadays you're more likely to bump pop stars and TV personalities like Boy George and Bill Oddie. Follow our trail round this north London village where you will experience beautiful architecture, historic houses, modern art, welcoming pubs and wild open spaces.

City heritage expert Mike Loveday identifies the city's finest buildings, from Norman times through to the present day. Read on to discover Norwich's best!

Follow our trail of locations from London to the south coast and back again to discover more about the Bloomsbury set and literary icon Virginia Woolf.