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The Road is Wider than Long: Southampton enjoys Roland Penrose and British Surrealism

More than 100 works by the artist who introduced Surrealism to England accompany works by later practitioner Desmond Morris in a show at Southampton City Art Gallery.

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Stanley Spencer Gallery - 50th Anniversary Exhibition

A 99-year-old portrait of Stanley Spencer as a young man and a work from the Tate made as he faced his death feature at the gallery which was created as a tribute to the artist in the Berkshire town he described as "a kind of earthly paradise".

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Rachael Lomas looks at the Falklands in new show at Weston-super-Mare Helicopter Museum

Based on interviews with veterans, West Country artist Rachael Lomas uses drawings and imagery to re-interpret the Falklands conflict in Inscape Landscape.

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New Art Gallery revisits Jacob Epstein's Hyde Park Monstrosity

New Art Gallery Walsall is revisiting the controversy that surrounded Jacob Epstein's design for a memorial to WH Hudson in Hyde Park by taking a closer look at his sketches.

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Simon Martin's Louis Ghost Chair installation premieres at The Holburne Museum in Bath

Installation artist Simon Martin's latest short film, Louis Ghost Chair, uses the original design of the Louis XV chair as a starting point before looking at its modern reinterpretations.

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David Shrigley: Brain Activity at the Hayward Gallery

David Shrigley's intuitive work - showcased across 20 years in an exhibition featuring 68 pieces created specifically for the Hayward in London - makes for a refreshingly simple show amid the stuffed ......

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World Society for the Protection of Animals seeks museum for unique Wildlife Crime display

The World Society for the Protection of Animals and a wildlife crime team working for London's Metropolitan Police are appealing to potential venues to host an exhibition.

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Curator's Choice: Curator of Art for Sunderland Shauna Gregg chooses The Happy Garden

The Keeper of Art introduces an imaginary scene by Ged Quinn, starring in the new Art for Sunderland show at the city's Museum & Winter Gardens.

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SS Robin to reopen to public in time for the London 2012 Olympics

The world's oldest complete steamship will become a heritage site, training centre for the public and symbol of regeneration in London in time for the Olympics.

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Herbert appeals to public for footage capturing joy of Coventry City's 1987 FA Cup win

Organisers of an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Coventry's FA Cup win are asking the public to send in footage of the day itself and the celebrations which followed.

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Ori Gersht: This Storm is What we Call Progress at the Imperial War Museum London

In his first major solo show in the UK, Israeli-born, London-based artist Ori Gersht presents films and photography exploring the personal and visual scars of war.

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In her own Words: Photographer Eleanor Farmer on Blood, A Circulation of Curiosities

As she opens a show at Guy's Hospital in London, the photographer explains how her pictures of blood represent life and death, with the capacity to fascinate and repel.

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Five-year, £1.4 million project to reveal "unsung heroes" of biomedicine

In the largest research project of its kind ever carried out in the UK, the University of London and the Wellcome Trust will spend five years collecting the stories of the people behind the medical......

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Immortal Nature sees ten artists ponder impending doom at London's Edel Assanti

A psycho-geographical, end-of-the-world exploration of the relationship between civilisation and nature turns the floors of the gallery into Underworld, Earth and the Afterlife.

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Graham Dean back at Birkenhead Williamson Art Gallery for A 60th Birthday Exhibition

The "reverse archaeologist" brings his vivid, abstract investigations of the human body and soul on Indian paper to his first show for 17 years in his hometown.

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