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Joan Miró and John Hoyland works join National Museum Cardiff in dozen-artwork gift
April 25, 2013 - 8:00pmFour lithographs by surrealist Joan Miró are among a set of artworks worth more than £4 million going on display in Cardiff as part of a gift from collectors Eric and Jean Cass.
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Turner Prize 2013: Critics and commentators on Shrigley, Prouvost, Yiadom-Boakye and Sehgal
April 25, 2013 - 8:00pmWe take a look at the critical and public reaction to this year's Turner Prize shortlist.
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Mallard 75: The journey of a legendary locomotive in York
April 24, 2013 - 8:00pmAhead of this year's celebrations reuniting engines which now call Canada and North America home, we take a look back with the National Railway Museum.
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The National Trust for Scotland's Glenfinnan Monument gets a new Jacobite exhibition
April 24, 2013 - 8:00pmA new exhibition on the Jacobite campaign of 1745 has opened at the National Trust for Scotland's Glenfinnan Monument in Lochaber.
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Boris Aronson and the Avant-garde Yiddish Theatre Kiev entertain the Ben Uri Gallery
April 24, 2013 - 8:00pmFeaturing the works of the son of the Rabbi of Kiev who became an acclaimed New York theatre design via Moscow, Paris and Berlin, the Ben Uri's new show is a dramatic one.
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Kraftwerk-inspired album made with Minimoogs and synthesizers for Bletchley Park
April 24, 2013 - 8:00pmHaving been mastered using retro effects in Las Vegas, an album of electronica is about to go on sale in support of educational plans at The National Museum of Computing.
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Museums at Night 2013: Find an after-hours military history event to go to
April 24, 2013 - 8:00pmFollow our guide to military history events taking place during the Museums at Night festival of after hours cultural openings between May 16-18 2013.
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Photographer David Sims reimagines David Bowie in Bowievirus outbreak at ICA London
April 24, 2013 - 8:00pmFirst explored on the cover of magazine Arena Homme Plus last year, David Sims' first UK solo show in 15 years features a Bowie impersonator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
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Turner Prize 2013 shortlist revealed for Derry-Londonderry
April 24, 2013 - 8:00pmDavid Shrigley, Laure Prouvost, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Tino Sehgal are the four artists who will compete for this year's Turner Prize.
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Julian Wild talks Meccano, industrial history and sculpture for Museums at Night 2013
April 23, 2013 - 8:00pmAhead of his Museums at Night public sculpture project at the Ironbridge Gorge industrial heritage site, sculptor Julian Wild talks to Mark Sheerin about his ambitious plans.
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Tattoos and 100 unrepresented artists as The Other Art Fair returns to Ambika P3
April 23, 2013 - 8:00pmThe Other Art Fair returns to London for a fourth year, bringing with it up-and-coming artists, tattoos, cupcakes, gin and workshops.
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Waddesdon Manor hosts spectacular Bruce Munro light installation Cantus Actricus
April 23, 2013 - 8:00pmNorthern lights inspire British artist and National Trust property has bright future with six pending, luminous commissions.
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John Isaacs and Billy Childish are art ambassadors at Gallery Weekend Berlin
April 23, 2013 - 8:00pmSculptor John Isaacs and muso-artist Billy Childish will be the stars at two German galleries during a weekend uniting 51 contemporary art spaces.
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Galvanize Festival of Contemporary Metal shows off talent and innovation of Sheffield
April 23, 2013 - 8:00pmTaking over some of Sheffield's most inspiring venues during May, the steel city's programme of displays, activities and workshops is a metal festival with a difference.
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Science Museum to reveal "extraordinary" Large Hadron Collider laboratory
April 23, 2013 - 8:00pmTheatre, video, sound art, 15-metre magnets and "virtual" scientists are among the plans revealed by The Science Museum for its recreation of the Large Hadron Collider lab.
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Flowers and live butterflies in a celebration of life for Alexander James' Intersection
April 22, 2013 - 8:00pmWorking with live butterflies and cut underwater flowers in his studio for 80 days, the photographer bases his new work on Dutch Master paintings and vanitas.
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William Shakespeare's First Folio is Bodleian Library's digital gift on his birthday
April 22, 2013 - 8:00pmShakespeare's First Folio from 1623 - containing Macbeth, Julius Caesar and more - has been made freely available to leaf through online for the first time.
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BP Portrait Award 2013 is a family affair at London's National Portrait Gallery
April 21, 2013 - 8:00pmA painter who portrayed his three children growing up and an artist whose sitter was her eldest son are the finalists in the National Portrait Gallery's annual award, which has increased the prize money for the winner to £30,000.
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National Railway Museum launches countdown to Mallard 75 in Yorkshire
April 21, 2013 - 8:00pmFlags have been flown in Doncaster and York Castle has been lit up as part of the build up to the 75th anniversary of the Mallard breaking the world steam speed record.
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Affordable Art Fair to return to Brunel's Old Station in Bristol
April 21, 2013 - 8:00pmAiming for modest prices and an air of inclusivity, the Bristol edition of the international art fair returns to the city for the 11th time at the end of this week.
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