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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
…and 117 more dates until 15 Sep

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
…and 39 more dates until 6 Jul

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
…and 8 more dates until 18 Jun

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
…and 9 more dates until 9 Jun back to top

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
…and 40 more dates until 7 Jul

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
…and 34 more dates until 27 Oct

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
…and 5 more dates until 1 Jun

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
…and 27 more dates until 28 Jun back to top

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
…and 28 more dates until 23 Jun

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
…and 47 more dates until 7 Jul

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
…and 87 more dates until 12 Dec

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
…and 10 more dates until 31 May

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
…and 4 more dates until 10 Jun back to top

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
…and 2 more dates until 1 Jun

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
…and 2 more dates until 24 May

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
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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
…and 58 more dates until 28 Jul

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
…and 243 more dates until 1 Mar 2014

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
…and 2 more dates until 19 Jun

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
…and 12 more dates until 2 Jun

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
…and 57 more dates until 27 Jul back to top