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a painting showing two small figures in a vast icey landscape

A Terrible Beauty: Edward Wilson in Antarctica 1902-1912 at Brantwood

The works of Edward Wilson, artist, explorer, naturalist and doctor on the Scott expeditions to Antarctica are currently showing at Ruskin's former Lakeland home, Brantwood.

New National Gallery show follows in the footsteps of Danish master Christen Købke

Culture24 heads to Scandinavia ahead of Danish master Christen Købke's show at The National Gallery.

a landscape painting of a castle with people walking around it

Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy's latest exhibition reveals why Paul Sandby was one of the most popular painters of the eighteenth century.

Last chance to see: Martin Parr's Working Men's Clubs

UK photographer Martin Parr has been visiting working Men's clubs around Wales for the last six months to try and capture the essence of a working class Saturday night.

Brighton's Duke of York’s cinema launches archive project to celebrate centenary

Brighton's Duke of York’s cinema is launching its centenary celebrations with a nationwide hunt to find the quirkiest memories of the UK's oldest cinema.

Simon Pope's Memory Marathon swaps batons with microphones for Olympic flashbacks

Last November, artist Simon Pope spent a day walking 26 miles across the East End of London, discussing Olympic memories with local residents every 400 metres. A film of the day, Memory Marathon, has ...

Michelangelo's Dream reveals artist's affairs of the heart at The Courtauld Gallery

Michelangelo's homosexuality and romantic passions have often been written out of art history, but a new show at The Courtauld Gallery reveals the artist as a man of expressive desire, says Kirstie...

Andy Warhol Portraits head to Olyvia Fine Art

Olyvia Fine Art's Andy Warhol Portraits combines a selection of the artist's most celebrated works alongside some previously hidden gems including a series of 'Factory Screen-Tests'.

Guest Article: The rise and demise of Manplan in the Architectural Review

Robert Elwall, assistant director at the RIBA Library Photographs Collection, discusses the rise and fall of the Manplan series of features in the Architectural Review in the late 1960s.

A painting of a woman who is blindfolded and about to be executed

Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey at The National Gallery

The latest offering from the National Gallery celebrates one of the most popular paintings in its collection, Paul Delaroche's The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, in the context of the artist's great...

Close up of the artist wearing mirror shades and a badger pelt

A talk on the wild side with Marcus Coates

During our interview with artist Marcus Coates, we discuss shamanism, charlatanism, art, humour and nature. But as Mark Sheerin discovers, no badgers were available for comment.

100 years of gifts from the Contemporary Art Society at York Art Gallery

100 Years of Gifts brings together gifts from the Contemporary Art Society to galleries around Yorkshire including a vast array of photography, painting and sculpture.

Glasgow gears up for 2010 International Festival of Visual Art

The entire city of Glasgow is preparing for the 2010 International Festival of Visual Art with not only museums and art galleries, but streets, bridges and even the River Clyde providing locations.

Culture Minister bans sale of £9 million Italian master painting

Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has given UK buyers two months to save Saint John the Evangelist, a painting by Italian master Domenico Zampieri, after the owners of Glyndebourne Opera House gave it...

Biological sciences photo competition winners announced

The winners of the first ever Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Science Photo Competition have been announced.

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