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Keith Medley: Double Take
Photographic portraits made between 1964 and 1968, selected from an archive of 20,000 images documenting Merseyside life throughout the mid-to-late-20th century.
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Sun 19 May
Free / 0151 242 1133
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 20 May
Free / 0151 242 1133
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 0151 242 1133
- 10:00 – 17:00
Jason Taylor: Everyday Objects
Contemporary designs and mixed-media assemblages resulting from the artist's self-imposed task of creating something new every day for a year.
The Point, Doncaster
Mon 20 May
Free / 01302 341662
- 10:00 – 16:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 01302 341662
- 10:00 – 20:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 01302 341662
- 10:00 – 21:00
Jen Collee: Wild Rhythms
Paintings of large animals and landscapes.
Flaubert Gallery, Edinburgh
Thu 6 Jun
Free / 0131 225 5007
- 10:00 – 18:00
Fri 7 Jun
Free / 0131 225 5007
- 10:00 – 18:00
Sat 8 Jun
Free / 0131 225 5007
- 11:00 – 17:00
Jo Hellier: 97 Years
A multimedia performance-installation approaching the issue of age-related mental decline, based on conversations between the artist and her grandfather.
Royal West Of England Academy, Bristol
Sun 19 May
£7 / 0117 973 5129
- 15:00
- 16:00
- 17:00
Jo Slater-Thomas: Let's Dance
Rapidly produced paintings capturing the dynamic movements of dancers.
Oxmarket Centre Of Arts, Chichester
Tue 28 May
Phone for prices / 01243 779103
- 10:00 – 16:30
Wed 29 May
Phone for prices / 01243 779103
- 10:00 – 16:30
Thu 30 May
Phone for prices / 01243 779103
- 10:00 – 16:30
Johanna Basford: Wonderlands
In Wonderlands, Aberdeen-based artist Johanna Basford shows new works which transform her intricate, signature-style ink drawings to a much larger scale.
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Sun 19 May
Free / 01382 909900
- 12:00 – 18:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 01382 909900
- 11:00 – 18:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 01382 909900
- 11:00 – 18:00
John Aldridge
A large-scale collection of accomplished paintings, drawings and prints from the self-taught artist and Academician of the Royal Academy.
Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden
Sat 7 Sep
Free / 01799 513 779
- 11:00 – 17:00
Sun 8 Sep
Free / 01799 513 779
- 14:15 – 17:00
Tue 10 Sep
Free / 01799 513 779
- 14:00 – 17:00
John Walter: The Rococo Riots
Paintings produced by the artist using a mix of digitally printed grounds, resin and layers of mark making and imagery built up into collages, exploring themes of spatial flatness.
Vitrine Bermondsey Street Gallery, London SE1
Wed 22 May
Free
- 12:00 – 18:00
Thu 23 May
Free
- 12:00 – 18:00
Fri 24 May
Free
- 12:00 – 18:00
John Wood & Paul Harrison: 10 x 10
Contemporary single screen and video installation works created by the duo, who have been working collaboratively since 1993. Their practice investigates the relationship between the human figure and architecture.
Stroud Valleys Artspace
Sun 19 May
Free / 01453 751440
- 11:00 – 18:00
Joseph Lacasse (1894–1975)
Elegant, Delaunay-esque abstract works from French artist who hasn't had a UK retrospective in 40 years.
Whitford Fine Art, London SW1Y
Mon 20 May
Free / 020 7930 9332
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 020 7930 9332
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 020 7930 9332
- 10:00 – 18:00
Julia Atkinson: Retrospection
Figurative paintings, drawings, screen printing, photocollages, photographs and assemblages from the Warminster-based artist, celebrating 50 years of her work which plays with notions of ambiguity and clarity and is heavily inspired by her travels to the East.
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Sun 19 May
Free / 01225 477233
- 13:30 – 17:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 01225 477233
- 10:00 – 17:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 01225 477233
- 10:00 – 17:00
Julian Stair: The Matter Of Life And Death
An installation of ceramics inspired by York's collections and the architecture and space of the church, exploring the theme of mortality with an emphasis on rituals of death.
York St Mary's
Sun 19 May
Free / 01904 687687
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 20 May
Free / 01904 687687
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 01904 687687
- 10:00 – 17:00
Katie Belcher
Contemporary works in a variety of media
Queen Street Studio, Belfast
Tue 21 May
Free / 028 90243145
- 10:00 – 17:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 028 90243145
- 10:00 – 17:00
Thu 23 May
Free / 028 90243145
- 10:00 – 17:00
Ken Grant: Everton Photographs 1985-2000
Photographs documenting the Everton and Anfield districts during the 1980s and 1990s, featuring previously unpublished images.
Beaconsfield Community Centre, Liverpool
Sun 19 May
Free / 0151 260 2773
- 10:00 – 17:00
Mon 20 May
Free / 0151 260 2773
- 10:00 – 17:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 0151 260 2773
- 10:00 – 17:00
Laurie Storey: Snow of his young life
New work concerned with media's manipulation of imagery.
Nancy Victor Gallery, London W1T
Fri 31 May
Free / 020 7813 0373
- 10:00 – 18:00
Mon 3 Jun
Free / 020 7813 0373
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 4 Jun
Free / 020 7813 0373
- 10:00 – 18:00
Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man Lecture
Prof Peter Abrahams gives this Heritage Society Festival Lecture about the original Renaissance man's career as an anatomist and his extremely detailed drawings, which came from the study of 23 corpses that the artist personally dissected. Prof Abrahams discusses how the unique concepts found in these ancient renderings…
Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh
Fri 2 Aug
Free / 0131 527 1649
- 18:00
Liftex
Learn about the latest developments in the lifts and moving platforms industry.
ExCel, London E16
Wed 22 May
Phone for prices / 020 7069 5000
- 10:00 – 18:00
Thu 23 May
Phone for prices / 020 7069 5000
- 10:00 – 17:00
Liminal
Wall-based pieces, three dimensional designs, video and installation works from the international textile collective, exploring themes of tradition versus innovation within the practice.
Mall Galleries, London SW1Y
Tue 28 May
MAIN GALLERY AND NORTH GALLERY
Free / 020 7930 6844
- 10:00 – 18:00
Wed 29 May
MAIN GALLERY AND NORTH GALLERY
Free / 020 7930 6844
- 10:00 – 18:00
Thu 30 May
MAIN GALLERY AND NORTH GALLERY
Free / 020 7930 6844
- 10:00 – 18:00
Linder/Tom Burr
Contemporary works from the Liverpudlian punk provocateur who works largely with photomontage, shown alongside New York based artist Tom Burr's sculptural installations.
Modern Art, London W1T
Mon 20 May
Free / 020 7299 7950
- 11:00 – 18:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 020 7299 7950
- 11:00 – 18:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 020 7299 7950
- 11:00 – 18:00
Lisa Hooper
Prints of Scottish landscapes and birds.
Crail Kirk Hall
Thu 4 Jul
Free
Part of East Neuk Festival.
- 10:30 – 16:00
Fri 5 Jul
Free
Part of East Neuk Festival.
- 10:30 – 16:00
Sat 6 Jul
Free
Part of East Neuk Festival.
- 10:30 – 16:00
Sun 7 Jul
Free
Part of East Neuk Festival.
- 13:30 – 16:00
Liz Hingley: Under Gods – Stories from the Soho Road
Photographic exhibition from award-winning young photographer who documented Soho Road in Birmingham, which is home to people from 90 different countries and numerous different religions including Catholic, Rastafari, Muslim, Sikh, Hare Krishna, Buddhist and evangelical Christian.
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow
Sun 19 May
Free / 0141 276 1625
- 11:00 – 17:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 0141 276 1625
- 10:00 – 17:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 0141 276 1625
- 10:00 – 17:00
The Lure of the Orient
A look at the influence of the Far East on collectors over the last 200 years, highlighting some of the Oriental treasures in Aberdeen Art Gallery's own collection.
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Sun 19 May
Free / 01224 523700
- 13:00 – 16:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 01224 523700
- 10:00 – 17:00
Wed 22 May
Free / 01224 523700
- 10:00 – 17:00
Manchester School of Art Degree Show
Work by final year students at the Manchester School of Art.
Manchester Metropolitan University
Sat 15 Jun
Free / 0161 247 2000
- 10:00 – 16:00
Sun 16 Jun
Free / 0161 247 2000
- 10:00 – 16:00
Mon 17 Jun
Free / 0161 247 2000
- 10:00 – 18:00
Maria Rivans: Back To Nature
An immersive jungle installation of surreal 3-D collages exploring alternate realities, commenting on man's estrangement from the natural world.
Ink_D Gallery, Brighton
Sun 19 May
Free / 01273 917272
- 12:00 – 16:00
Mon 20 May
Free / 01273 917272
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 21 May
Free / 01273 917272
- 10:00 – 18:00
Martin R Nelson: Somewhere Between
Martin R Nelson presents his mathematically inspired works which lie somewhere between printmaking and sculpture. The exhibition is organised by Grampian Hospitals Art Trust with all funds raised going towards their work.
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
Mon 20 May
Dress Circle Bar Gallery
Free / 01224 641122
- 09:30 – 18:00
Tue 21 May
Dress Circle Bar Gallery
Free / 01224 641122
- 09:30 – 18:00
Wed 22 May
Dress Circle Bar Gallery
Free / 01224 641122
- 09:30 – 18:00



