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News A Very British Artist: River and Rowing opens new permanent John Piper GalleryA new permanent gallery at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, the home town of John Piper, has opened to celebrate the artist's life and work.14 December 2016
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News Henry VIII's lost palace of Nonsuch - V&A acquires a painting that shows us what it looked likeA watercolour by the celebrated Flemish painter Joris Hoefnagel depicting Henry VIII's fabled lost palace of Nonsuch has been 'saved for the nation' by the V&A.09 December 2016
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News X-ray of painting solves mystery surrounding portrait of Catherine DickensStaff at the The Dickens Museum have found themselves swinging from dismay to elation as X-rays have been used to investigate the truth hidden inside a treasured portrait of Catherine Dickens by Daniel Maclise.03 November 2016
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News How Ken Russell's photos of Teddy Girls and Teddy Boys captured Britain's first teenage tribeIn the post war years Ken Russell travelled the blitzed world of East End estates and fun fairs photographing Teddy Girls and Boys - and captured the birth of the teenager in Britain.21 October 2016
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Interview The Dandy Lion Project: Brighton Photo Biennial's fascinating foray into black male dandyismCurator Shantrelle P. Lewis on the black dandy phenomenon and her collection of contemporary images of black dandies from Europe, the US and Africa.14 October 2016
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News Radical poster pioneer Paul Peter Piech celebrated at People's History MuseumA major retrospective of the career of artist, humanitarian and radical poster campaigner Paul Peter Piech opens at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.30 September 2016
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Preview Jarvis Cocker curates a new exhibition in London based on his 90s Outsider Art series Journeys to the OutsideNek Chand, the self-taught Indian who made an 18-acre rock sculpture garden, and St Eom, a visionary from Georgia responsible for a seven-acre artscape, are part of The Gallery of Everything.25 September 2016
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News Comic artists re imagine Beatrix Potter for 150th AnniversaryTo mark the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter, award-winning comic artists have given their time and talents to reimagine the characters and artwork of Beatrix Potter, with stunning results.23 September 2016
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Preview Gerald Laing: From Andy Warhol and Brigitte Bardot to Amy Winehouse and George W Bush, 21 of the artist's worksThe first posthumous exhibition of British Pop artist and sculptor Gerald Laing has just opened at The Fine Art Society on the fifth anniversary of his death.20 September 2016
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Curator's Choice 10,000 miles on a dream: Keith Cunningham, the Royal College of Art great whose works were left unseenUnseen Paintings, a new exhibition at London's Hoxton Gallery, is about to reveal some of the works left by artist Keith Cunningham in his studio following his death in 2014, says Mike Dempsey.18 September 2016
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In Pictures Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016: Twenty-seven images as the awards are announcedChinese photographer Yu Jun has beaten thousands of amateur and professional photographers to win this year's overall prize at the Royal Observatory. Here are 27 of the chosen pictures.16 September 2016
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Curator's Choice "It holds vast cosmic forces": Shuttle astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman shows up at Scottish town's science-art exhibitionJeffrey Hoffman, the five-mission shuttle astronaut and savior of the Hubble Space Telescope, was a surprise visitor to the Merz Gallery, in Sanquhar, for its Landscape of Waves exhibition.15 September 2016
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News The search is on for Britain's lost public sculptures as Historic England protects five more artworksA ventilation shaft and a woman carrying a basket of hens on her head are among five artworks given new listed statuses by Historic England, who are trying to find missing public sculptures.11 September 2016
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Preview From secret nuclear bunkers to a house by Grayson Perry, ten of the greatest works of architecture in EssexThe Essex Architecture Weekend features three key modernist estates: Silver End, Bata East Tilbury and Frinton-on-Sea. And there's much to enjoy elsewhere, as the highlights show.09 September 2016
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News The typo in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which makes rare first editions worth a fortuneA rogue wand, misprinted on a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, could make some copies very rare. Bookseller Pom Harrington explains how to spot one.06 September 2016
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News "I hardly ever think about where it's gonna go": Britain's 14-year-old "Old Master" on his North Norfolk inspirationAhead of his latest exhibition, a BBC film crew has been following life for Kieron Williamson, the brilliant 14-year-old artist whose paintings of North Norfolk have turned his family into reluctant art dealers.04 September 2016
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Competition Competition: Win tickets to Charleston's Small Wonder festivalWe've got a pair of Saturday (Oct 1) tickets to Charleston's Small Wonder literary festival to give away to one lucky winner22 August 2016
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Preview Ten tranquil landscapes from Adriaen van de Velde - a Dutch Golden Age greatAnyone mourning days spent on sunny beaches this winter will find much to enjoy at Dulwich Picture Gallery, where 60 of Adriaen van de Velde's uplifting landscapes are going on show. Here are ten.22 August 2016
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In Pictures World Photo Day 2016: This photographer turned his back on the world's most famous monumentsFrom Auschwitz and Lenin's Tomb to the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge, see alternative shots of some of the world's best-known sites - as seen by photographer Oliver Curtis.19 August 2016
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Preview "It's so grand": Theatre masters dreamthinkspeak on life in Blackpool's famous Winter GardensTaking Blackpool’s listed 19th century Winter Gardens as their home, dreamthinkspeak’s new work features a woman who spends 50 years living in the old building.17 August 2016
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Preview Another side of the enigma: David Bowie's tour photographer on a new exhibition featuring unseen portraitsDenis O'Regan was David Bowie's long-term tour photographer. A new tour of 40 of his photos, including many unseen shots, shows Bowie in stadiums, deserts and inspecting an artificial eye.09 August 2016
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In Pictures French Portrait Drawings: Ten works from the British Museum's upcoming exhibitionTaken from a collection of French portrait drawings, next month's exhibition at the British Museum illustrates the power of the medium between the Renaissance and the 19th century.08 August 2016
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News Public appeal launched to keep 18th century china and huge vase in museum collectionSome of the most striking china ever produced in Britain could be lost from public collections if a fundraising bid fails, organisers at the Coalport China Museum are warning.07 August 2016
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In Pictures Ceramic Art York 2016: Ten British studio ceramicists to watch out forHere's ten studio potters to look out for at Ceramic Art York, the three day selling fair on September 9 and 10 featuring some of the most talented makers of British studio ceramics working today.05 August 2016
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C24 Feature A dozen delightful designs: Twelve of the best classic creations at London's Design MuseumFrom the Apple iMac G3 and a 1980s Dyson vacuum cleaner to an early Sony and a Vespa, the Design Museum is inviting its fans to choose from sponsoring 12 classics in a new campaign.03 August 2016
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Preview The Artes Mundi 7 six: Who's your winner from the finalists in this year's prize?From Wales to Angola, work by six artists will be on show when the exhibition of the 2016 biennial opens at National Museum Cardiff later this year. The prize is worth a cool £40,000.02 August 2016
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Preview More Lasting than Bronze: Seven commissions to see at the Edinburgh Art Festival 2016As this year's Edinburgh Art Festival begins, discover seven of the festival's commissions - described by the artists in their own words.29 July 2016
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Review Night in the Museum: Ryan Gander Curates the Arts Council Collection at Yorkshire Sculpture ParkA brooding presence in the peripheral vision frequently turns out to be a sculpted figure in Ryan Gander's combination of figurative and abstract elements from the collection, says Mark Sheerin.28 July 2016
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C24 Feature The Odyssey: Florence Welch on the film accompanying Florence & the Machine's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful albumCreated with Director Vincent Haycock, Florence and the Machine's film, The Odyssey, is a seven-part accompaniment to the band's third album - and, she says, about a car crash of a relationship.27 July 2016
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News "He emanated grace": Bobby Moore's daughter on her father and creating a "beautiful, significant" artwork to celebrate the 1966 World CupBobby Moore's daughter, Roberta, on commissioning a sculpture of the World Cup-winning England captain.26 July 2016
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C24 Feature From Picasso's Guernica to scraps from The Telegraph: Delving into Edward Bawden's scrapbooksAs the Edward Bawden Scrapbooks are published, we talk to the Fry Art Gallery about the originals held in their collection and the man who created them.21 July 2016
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Review How many curators does it take to change a lightbulb? Liverpool Biennial reviewedMark Sheerin enjoys himself time travelling across Liverpool for the 2016 Liverpool Biennial; "a pleasing experience" with a strong core of artists whose work gels together.18 July 2016
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Preview Vanessa Bell the forgotten painter of the Bloomsbury set at Dulwich Picture GalleryVanessa Bell's oil paintings as well as ceramics, fabrics, works on paper and photographs will be showcased in the first major solo exhibition of her work at Dulwich Picture Gallery in February 2017.18 July 2016
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Preview Big names and dark morals: John Cooper Clarke and Mr Bingo head to Hastings for the Art Car Boot SaleFeaturing exclusive works by leading artists, the Art Car Boot Fair returns to Hastings this weekend. Founder Karen Ashton says this year's event is the latest in a "long list of bizarre acts and artworks".14 July 2016
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Preview Sebastian Masuda, one of the ringleaders of Japan's kawaii culture, is bringing a time capsule to LondonLeading designer Sebastian Masuda has created ten capsules for an event in Camden today which will move to the Hyper Japan expo at the weekend. Last time he was in London, he says, there was "revolution in the air".13 July 2016
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News Moths are everywhere: Hull's homage to flight hero Amy Johnson is a swarm of multicoloured mothsFrom the Stade de France and Cristiano Ronaldo's eyebrow to a Hull shopping centre and the city's aquarium, The Deep, moths seem to be ubiquitous. The ones on Humberside are a homage to a flying heroine.11 July 2016
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C24 Feature Busts, beds and Marie Antoinette: 11 of the best from 2016 Museum of the Year winner the V&AAt the end of last year, new Museum of the Year winners the V&A opened their seven-gallery Europe 1600-1815 spaces. The expansive five-year project involved 1,100 objects. Here are 11 of them.07 July 2016
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Preview Barnsley arts centre says town's "Pound Shop of the North" tag is great - and calls on residents to send in objectsPartly inspired by a now-defunct Twitter account casting the South Yorkshire town in an unflattering light, Barnsley's Civic has issued a call for objects alongside an exhibition by artist Jason Taylor.05 July 2016
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News Seven masterpieces in six big museums have been swapped for fakes - but will you spot them?Could you tell a masterpiece from a copy in the midst of a massive gallery? Sky Arts has swapped six central works for copies at seven major galleries.04 July 2016
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News "They are angry for a reason": Artist who created portraits of migrants in Nottingham vows to love leave voters "as family"Read the thoughts of the migrants in Nottingham portrayed by Mahtab Hussain - the artist whose exhibition, Commonality of Strangers, opened in Sicily on the day of the referendum result.29 June 2016
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Preview Seventeen sculptures are taking over London's Square Mile in a display of heads, "anti-monuments" and moreFrom huge heads to delicate paper chains, Sculpture in the City is a 17-work takeover of the Square Mile. Here are some of the works to look out for this time.28 June 2016
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Preview Artist puts 40-part choral performance through oval of 40 speakers at 900-year-old castleBishop Auckland Castle, the palatial home of the Prince Bishops of County Durham, is the setting for an "extraordinary" new installation by the Canadian artist based around a 16th century sacred composition.27 June 2016
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Preview A land artist has created a solstice work in his 55-acre intergalactic artland in rural ScotlandCharles Jencks's new mosaic at the Crawick Multiverse is inspired by earth, the sun, life and death. The landscape artist talks comets, ampitheatres and a desert near Dumfries.22 June 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: Stanley Spencer's painting pramAcquaint yourself with Stanley Spencer's pram, which the artist used to help him paint 'en plein air' around the village of Cookham.22 June 2016
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News "Brave and unpretentious": The Liverpool artist who made the artwork for Jake Bugg's new album On my OneNathan Pendlebury, the Liverpool abstract painter behind the cover and inlay of singer-songwriter Jake Bugg's new record, says the work has been the most enjoyable commission of his career.21 June 2016
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News Mental health, a dog in a gallery and ever-evolving museums: Rankin on the Art Fund Museum of the Year photo finalistsLeading photographer Rankin has picked one image of each finalist museum from hundreds of entries. Who will you choose in the public vote?18 June 2016
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C24 Feature Cows, sunflowers, toilets and bunnies: As the new Tate Modern opens, here are 19 of its best events and exhibitionsA weekend of celebrations are marking Tate Modern's new £260 million Switch House extension. Here are 19 hits from the first 15 years of the gallery.17 June 2016
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Preview Daydreaming with Kubrick: Big-name Somerset House exhibition to reinterpret Stanley Kubrick's careerAnish Kapoor, Beth Orton, Peter Kennard and Jarvis Cocker will be among the names taking part in a major Stanley Kubrick exhibition curated by James Lavelle this summer.16 June 2016
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Preview A drunken orgy and Zeus's sons: Mat Collishaw's Folly at a pond and banqueting house in YorkshireA strobe-lit chandelier channels an elitist 18th century drinking club in one of two new installations by Mat Collishaw, set between the Banqueting House and Temple of Piety at the National Trust's Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal.14 June 2016
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News From David Cameron to the Grim Reaper: Cartoonist Crippen on decades of campaigningThe cartoons of Crippen have been highlighting how disabled people have been an invisible element of society for decades. He speaks to Anne Teahan about a life of campaigning and cartooning.14 June 2016
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Interview "JK Rowling was absolutely fantastic": Graphic Art of Harry Potter exhibition opens in LondonThousands of people have visited a new exhibition in a Soho house showing graphic design duo MinaLima's work for the Harry Potter series. One half of the pair, Eduardo Lima, says fans have given the display a good reception.10 June 2016
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News Homeless art: Sculpture of rough sleeper makes people look twice on streets of LondonMade out of a bin liner resembling a homeless person huddling in a bag, Maxwell Rushton's mystery figure has been making people reconsider how they view rough sleepers in London.07 June 2016
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In Pictures Hughie O'Donoghue's haunting Seven Halts on The Somme conjures a battlefield at Leighton HouseRecalling the Battle of the Somme, Hughie O'Donoghue's labyrinthine landscapes go on show at London's Leighton House Museum for the Somme centenary.02 June 2016
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Preview Marilyn Monroe's "vulnerability and humanity" shown in glittering display of personal items on star's 90th birthdayJournals, handwritten letters and a display of Marilyn Monroe's favourite jewellery, watches and accessories are being seen for the first time in public - as curators suggest she wanted to write a book.01 June 2016
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In Pictures The V&A's revealing Vivien Leigh tribute heads to Oliver Messel's home of NymansA Cleopatra headdress, designed by Oliver Messel, is among the star items in a new exhibition putting the spotlight on film and theatre actress Vivien Leigh at Nymans in West Sussex.01 June 2016
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Preview The taste of ink: Where to try printmaking in the UKCulture24's pick of the best places in the UK to try out the art of printmaking.31 May 2016
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In Pictures Post-punk London, wrestling and strippers: See the shots of photographer Dick Scott-StewartOften containing portraits from the peripheries, little-known freelance photographer Dick Scott-Stewart's photos of late 1970s and post-punk London have just opened at the Museum of London.27 May 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: This peeing little boy was cast in bronze in Belgium almost 400 years agoThe emblem of the city on a street corner of Brussels, the Mannekin-Pis is a constantly reinterpreted statue of a wee boy relieving himself.25 May 2016
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Preview Sound and vision: Wysing Polyphonic returns to Cambridge with band of exquisite experimentalistsBacked by The Quietus, the seventh annual music event at Cambridge's Wysing Arts Centre is the first fully acoustic edition. Director and Curator Donna Lynas tells Culture24 more.25 May 2016
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Interview Show Room: Artist Felicity Hammond prods London's property bubble with Language of Living commissionWorking somewhere between photography, sculpture, property promotional materials and contemporary art, Felicity Hammond has made a candy-coloured room for Brighton's HOUSE Festival.24 May 2016
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News Save the Armada Portrait: Public appeal launched to save £10 million painting of Elizabeth IA 16th century portrait will enter public ownership for the first time in its 425-year history and be hung on the site of the original Greenwich Palace if a public appeal raises £8.6 million.23 May 2016
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In Pictures Shaped from the Earth: Sheffield Ceramics to take centre stage at Millennium GalleryThe wealth and variety of handmade ceramics produced in Sheffield today will be celebrated at the Millennium Gallery this summer in a show curated by local potter Penny Withers.23 May 2016
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Curator's Choice A Life in Letterpress: The story of design great Alan KitchingJohn L Walters, the author of a lavish new book about the life and career of printmaking great Alan Kitching, on how the artist went from being a "backroom boy" of design to an internationally acclaimed figure.19 May 2016
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Interview Pin-ups, crystals, sci-fi, Magritte and Ballard: The surreal imagery of artist Martin RaymentArtist's Statement: Martin Rayment combines vintage found imagery, detailed pen-and-ink work and collage techniques to produce prints that have a surreal, science-fiction feel.19 May 2016
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In Pictures Photo London 2016: The UK's biggest photography fairThe UK's largest photography fair opens for four days at Somerset House this weekend, accompanied by exhibitions and events across the capital.18 May 2016
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Preview "Coronation Street meets Last of the Summer Wine": Bedwyr William creates festival work with Macclesfield yogiSunday mornings in the sun salutation pose for Bedwyr Williams, whose new film, Flexure, will premiere at a Georgian chapel for Macclesfield's Barnaby Festival.16 May 2016
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Preview Enter the Secret Garden: Sculpture and sound meet in a Regency Brighton landscapeSet in a secret Brighton garden during the city's festival month, sculptor Hamish Black's Blackbird sculpture has been described as a silent song in a secret garden - as he tells Culture24.16 May 2016
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News Turner Prize 2016: Michael Dean, Anthea Hamilton, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde nominatedSeduction, elusiveness, vigorous sculptures and staged pieces are a few of the elements on this year's list. Take a look at a few of the works by the four nominees.12 May 2016
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Preview From cave art to graffiti and Berlin to Dumfries, street artists create giant murals for "a world without borders"With her street art group Recoat, Amy Whiten painted a series of murals across Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games 2014. Her latest work is a giant mural at the city's On The Corner.07 May 2016
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Preview Breastfeed: Artist creates series of powerful portraits of "strong, nurturing, fragile" mothersArtist Leanne Pearce's exhibition aims to celebrate and normalise breastfeeding through portraits of the artist and other mothers feeding their children.05 May 2016
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News Lost Stanley Spencer sketchbook found by The Hepworth Wakefield during research for summer exhibitionThe Hepworth Wakefield has uncovered a sketchbook by the artist Stanley Spencer, dating from 1907 and containing his earliest known drawings and a short story.04 May 2016
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News Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016: A look at the five finalistsCulture24 takes a look at the V&A, York Art Gallery, Jupiter Artland in Scotland, Arnolfini in Bristol and Bethlem Museum of the Mind. Who gets your vote this year?29 April 2016
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Interview "I am not disabled by my genetic condition": Esther Fox on the Pandora's Box of screening for disabilityWith her new Installation, Pandora's Box, about to open in the Science Museum's Who Am I gallery, Esther Fox talks about genetic screening, disability, art and what it means to be human.29 April 2016
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News "Cheap at twice the price": Artist takes Routemaster bus to streets of Aberdeen as festival kicks offDoug Fishbone leads an unorthodox bus tour and Turner Prize winners Assemble create a Brutalist Playground as art, design and architecture festival Look Again lives up to its name in Aberdeen.28 April 2016
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Interview End of Empire: Yinka Shonibare MBE on his new exhibition at Margate's Turner ContemporaryAs his new End of Empire exhibition opens, the artist talks to Mark Sheerin about the EU Referendum, the First World War and adopting a reconciliatory approach.27 April 2016
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Competition Win a copy of Where's Warhol, the new illustrated take on Where's Wally by Laurence KingWhere’s Warhol is the latest and most unique take on the ever popular Where’s Wally. Win a copy by spotting Andy Warhol.22 April 2016
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C24 Feature Cherophobia: Floating artist Noemi Lakmaier talks helium balloons and the fear of happinessNoemi Lakmaier talks about her plans to float for 48 hours with the help of 20,000 helium-filled balloons as part of Cherophobia, a live art event live streamed in September.19 April 2016
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Preview Power games over the sky: Artist Hajra Waheed brings first solo UK show to BALTICRaised in Saudi Arabia, Hajra Waheed grew up under strict regulations including the prohibition of photographic and video documentation by civilians. The Cyphers brings her observations to the north-east.18 April 2016
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News Pallant House scoops beautiful Degas nude once owned by Gladys, Duchess of MarlboroughPallant House gallery has acquired a largely unseen drawing by Edgar Degas, previously owned by Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough as part of the Acceptance in Lieu scheme.15 April 2016
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News Artist uses X-ray scans of King Richard III's skull to create a forensic record of his remainsAlexander de Cadenet has used X-rays of the skull of Richard III to create a series of vanitas artworks more than 500 years after the king's death.14 April 2016
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News The year of Stanley Spencer: Galleries celebrate the life and works of an English geniusA trio of exhibitions together with events, readings and a flurry of book publications mark the 125th birthday of Stanley Spencer in 2016/17.14 April 2016
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Curator's Choice Curator's Choice: Michelle Emery Barker on Bugs Bunny, Stephen Hawking and the Glasgow International festivalThe Curator of Glasgow's Wasps Artists' Studios on quantum physics, the death of art history and more at this month's Glasgow International arts festival.12 April 2016
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News Five leading artists to be put to public vote as venues compete for Museums at Night's Connect! initiativeYour vote could decide which galleries, museums and heritage venues win visits from Marcus Coates, Susan Hiller, Aowen Jin, Peter Liversidge and Bedwyr Williams this October.12 April 2016
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Curator's Choice Curator's Choice: Lovers, guns and African goddesses as Sokari Douglas Camp takes inspiration from BotticelliTaking a leaf from the revisions of Botticelli, Sokari Douglas Camp’s new works breathes life into antique forms, says curator Gerard Houghton.11 April 2016
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Preview "Supermodel" mirrors and body-bracing iron Tudor corsets: Shaping the Body exhibition goes beyond bum implantsCorsets made of iron and mock-up kitchens are part of a display predating the age of bum implants at York Castle Museum.07 April 2016
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Preview Ceramic Art London 2016: Four potters to check out at this year's fairAs Ceramic Art London prepares to introduce the public to over 80 talents in contemporary studio ceramics we take look at four studio potters exhibiting for the first time this year.06 April 2016
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Preview Fashion Cities Africa: Exhibition of star designers promises "something really special"Ruby McGonigle, of Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, tells us about the "crazy" ten months of planning behind the "spectacular" Fashion Cities Africa exhibition.05 April 2016
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News Dulwich Picture Gallery to help "forgotten genius" Winifred Knights emerge from the shadowsThe forgotten genius that is Winifred Knights will be the focus of the next ground breaking exhibition devoted to a critically neglected Modern British artist at Dulwich Picture Gallery.04 April 2016
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Review Bafflingly brilliant: A Lesson in Sculpture with John Latham at the Henry Moore InstituteMatter, physics, process and monuments to labour; John Latham rethought the limits and possibilities of art and he gets his day in a show pairing him with sixteen artists at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds.31 March 2016
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Preview "I try to frighten myself": Master musician and curator David Toop on his extraordinary cassette tape archivesThe former Flying Lizard and Brian Eno collaborator tells us about his new exhibition at Wysing Arts Centre, delving into the BBC Sound Archive and interviews with several legendary musicians.26 March 2016
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Preview "It was an awesome moment": Artists climb 7th century cathedral to create series of artworksA group of artists have spent more than a year gaining unprecedented access to Ely Cathedral, built in the 7th century and once a Benedictine abbey. One of them, Caroline Forward, describes some of the stories they found.22 March 2016
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Preview Artist's Statement: Recreating the fish guts, scales and blood of the women who drove Britain's herring industryKatie Scarlett Howard has spent two years looking at the British herring industry's past, focusing on the fisherwomen from Scotland who travelled each year to "follow the Herring".21 March 2016
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Curator's Choice Curator's Choice: A hidden section of a 17th century tapestry cartoon found in a seam at Chatsworth HouseHidden panels of the earliest examples of the English tapestry industry, based on Raphael's cartoons, have been found at Chatsworth House. Textile technician Amy Secker tells us more.15 March 2016
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In Pictures Victorian Pastoral: Garden Museum acquires early Gertrude Jekyll photographsA unique album of photographs by Gertrude Jekyll containing fifty-nine platinum prints dating from between 1885 and 1886 has been acquired by the Garden Museum.15 March 2016
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Preview Artist's Statement: Timorous Beasties' Alistair McAuley on creating a Bedsit in a galleryAlistair McAuley is one half of Timorous Beasties, the design studio which has been commissioned by Nike, Kate Bush and Famous Grouse. Their new exhibition has just opened in Plymouth.14 March 2016
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News Susan Hiller to extend her 'Homage to Joseph Beuys' with new participatory art projectArtist Susan Hiller is looking to extend her Homage to Joseph Beuys series with a new participatory art project focusing on the holy and sacred wells of Britain.14 March 2016
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News Beneath the surface: X-rays on Rubens paintings to show public how artist changed key works including Venus, Mars and CupidA life-size X-ray, set on a lightbox and installed at the end of the upcoming Rubens' Ghost exhibition, will feature in a revealing look at the artist's tinkerings.11 March 2016
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Preview International Women’s Day 2016: 19 must-see exhibitions by women artistsFor International Women's Day, Culture24 picks out the best exhibitions by women artists in UK museums and galleries during 2016.08 March 2016
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In Pictures Ten from the New Light Prize: Artists from the North at The Mercer Art GalleryAs the New Light Prize, which highlights work produced by artists from the northern regions of England, opens at the Mercer in Harrogate we take a look at ten of the artists showing.07 March 2016
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Preview Dead Power Stations: Fukushima and Battersea get the Jerwood/FVU Film Award treatmentInspired by the exhibition theme ‘Borrowed Time’ two artists explore the legacy of Fukushima and Battersea power stations for the Jerwood/FVY Film Awards - opening in London on March 9.04 March 2016