Objects
Objects and the stories they tell are what most museum collections are all about. Explore these fascinating objects here with museum and gallery exhition reviews, event listings, websites and related resources.
Ordinary/Extra/Ordinary unites Jeremy Deller, Tracey Emin and more at The Public
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.
Shadows of former King's College labs fill Somerset House Inigo Rooms in Plant Science
An installation art duo are carrying out a reclamation of the "oddly significant" artefacts from a doomed set of labs where leading scientists once worked in London.
Oldest surviving English grand piano to play again at Duke of Wellington's Apsley House
Owned by the Duke of Wellington in the magnificent Hyde Park house he lived in after Waterloo, Americus Backers' 241-year-old grand piano has gone on public view.
National Railway Museum makes final touches to magnificent Dominion of Canada train
Organisers in York say the painstaking process of adding lettering to the side of a 1930s locomotive from Canada is the culmination of a "labour of love".
Design Museum launches pop-up garden in The Tank over the River Thames
Containing designs by leading contemporary artists, a new pop-up garden will provide a haven for visitors at the Design Museum as part of an Anglo-Swiss partnership.
From John Lewis to the Barn Gallery, husband and wife artists build A Siege of Cranes at Barn Gallery Otley
Partly based on the Red-crowned Crane which became a symbol of hope in an area of Northern Japan, an artist duo have made a series of large-scale, beautiful installations at Otley's Barn Gallery.
Pandamonium gives artistic support to WWF at The Lightbox in Woking
Created by leading contemporary artists in an exploration of beauty and fragility, a panda-based collection of works in Woking will support conservation efforts by the WWF.
Rustless: Harry Brearley and the Impact of Stainless on Everyday Life at Kelham Island
A century after Harry Brearley hit upon the formula for "rustless" steel, a renamed room and two displays at Kelham Island Museum honour the Sheffield lad's achievements.
Leicester's New Walk Museum and Art Gallery welcomes Magic Worlds from the V&A
From Alice in Wonderland and the characters of JRR Tolkein to Harry Potter and Abracadabra, the new exhibition at New Walk is a fairytale one.
Richard Nott paintings join St Michael's Church for Artists' Open Houses in Brighton
Having originally worked for the famous Valentino fashion house in Rome, artist Richard Nott's show in one of Britain's finest churches is a survey of exotic dresses.
Moment to Moment: Randy Klein's sculpture at St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh
A touring collection of 100 sculptures by Randy Klein visits St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, creating a large-scale piece about spirituality in modern times.
Forensic reconstruction of Richard III's head to appear at Yorkshire Museum this summer
In what may be the most accurate representation of the King yet, a head based on scans carried out by Leicester Royal Infirmary will form a cranial summer centrepiece in York.
Call for return of Ai Weiwei's seeds results in surprise 10-pound arrival
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 ......
United Micro Kingdoms (UmK): A Design Fiction at the Design Museum in London
The new show at the Design Museum offers a selection of interrogative perspectives on a fictional United Kingdom and the imaginary infrastructure of emerging technologies.
The eggs and bin bags of Gavin Turk in The Years at Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Surveying two decades of provocative works by the Connect10 artist, Gavin Turk's latest exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts features pop art portrayals and bulging busts.
