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Creative campaign to end ‘bed blocking’ taking UK by storm
Bed-like art installations across iconic locations in Edinburgh, London, and Southampton are campaigning to end ‘bed blocking’ in the UK
Feel the magic and transformative power of Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne
Two collections combine for a fresh look at French moderns in Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne at the National Gallery
NHM Otherworlds – Voyage our Solar System in a new photography exhibition at the Natural History Museum
Science and art come together for the Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System photography exhibition by Michael Benson at the Natural History Museum
Artist Dan Kitchener kicks off night time street scenes of low light art murals
Dan Kitchener’ kicked off a collaboration with Sony and top artists for a series of low light nighttime sculptures
Material Memories charity art exhibition at Islington Museum
Sense’s Arts & Wellbeing has co-ordinated the work behind Material Memories, a charity art exhibition at Islington Museum
Portrait project raises funds and awareness about homelessness
Gerald O’Connell’s portraits of students at St Mungo’s Broadway Recovery College will raise funds and awareness about homelessness
Go People take restoration production to venues throughout London – including The Ivy
New theatrical group Go People are taking their interpretation of John Vanbrugh’s The Provoked Wife to exotic venues throughout London
Tanya Morel creates a world of wry melancholy and tattooed women
Tanya Morel certainly creates atmosphere in her work whether it’s the insolent tattooed Greedy Gwen or something more wryly melancholic
Artists address the dilemmas, realities and consequences of living in a digital age in MIRRORCITY
In MIRRORCITY, at the Hayward Gallery, London artists seek to face up to the digital conundrums of the modern age
Kopparberg ün-establishment series of free ‘convention-prodding’ cultural events
Kopparberg ün-establishment has a series of free, culturally inspiring events running for two weeks in London and Manchester
Radical architecture? Plymouth and Gdansk uni students initiate debates in urban development
Plymouth University Architect students along with those from Gdansk Technical University have collaborated on a exhibition entitled Radical Architecture? Gdansk/Plymouth 2011, which aims to initiate debates in urban development
Eileen Cooper exhibition Crosscurrent at Budleigh Salterton’s Brook Gallery
Eileen Cooper is showing new woodcuts for her solo Crosscurrent exhibition at the Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Exeter Contemporary Open arts award winners announced
The results of fourth international Exeter Contemporary Open (eco) exhibition were revealed at the Exeter Phoenix.