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Paul Nash, the 1920s and An Outbreak of Talent at the Fry Art Gallery
April 14, 2013 - 8:00pmPaul Nash's description an "outbreak of talent" during his time at the Royal College of Art is explored in a show featuring work by Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Edward Burra at the Fry.
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Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan at the Wellcome Collection
April 11, 2013 - 8:00pmIn an exhibition collaborated on by Tokyo's Social Welfare Organisation Aiseikai and the Museum of Psychiatry in Haarlem, more than 300 works of Outsider Art - by self-taught artists from the fringes of society - have gone on show in London.
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British artist Katy Dove explores how Thought Becomes Action at Exeter's Spacex
April 11, 2013 - 8:00pmDrawings, watercolours, etchings, paintings, animations and musical interpretations in a show pondering our inner and outer workings at the Exeter gallery.
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Artists plan party conference at Scarborough Spa
April 11, 2013 - 8:00pmLed by Bob and Roberta Smith, an "antidote to political party conferences" in Scarborough will push the cause for arts education. All-night parties, a march for Old Flo and breakfast on the north Yorkshire beach also feature.
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Kaffe Fassett Comes to Wales via Lampeter's Welsh Quilt Centre
April 11, 2013 - 8:00pmKaffe Fassett's array of bold rainbow patterned quilts represent the internationally-renowned textile artist's first exhibition in Wales.
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Imperial War Museum Duxford reveals photo archive of the Americans in WWII Britain
April 11, 2013 - 8:00pmImperial War Museum Duxford begins its 70th anniversary commemoration of the Americans arriving at RAF Duxford with an exhibition of photos.
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Cycle Museum invites families to draw bikes as National Cycle Collection opens for April
April 10, 2013 - 8:00pmHoused in Powys' Automobile Palace, the National Cycle Collection - home to a vintage range of bikes dating as far back as 1819 - is inviting children to get drawing this month.
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Scottish museums receive £500,000 investment
April 10, 2013 - 8:00pmTwenty-four museums and galleries across Scotland will share £500,000 of funding from the Scottish government for improvement works.
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Superfood season gets down to earth as Chelsea Physic Garden embraces summer
April 10, 2013 - 8:00pmExpert talks on the power of plants and vegetables are the star events in a summer of family activities and behind-the-scenes tours at London's 17th century Physic Garden.
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Curator's Choice: Karen Snowden on a stylish maternity dress in Scarborough
April 10, 2013 - 8:00pmThe Head of Collections at Scarborough Museums Trust tells us why a "wonderful, beautiful" dress from 1790 still looks comfy today.
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Artists in residence wanted for St Kilda
April 9, 2013 - 8:00pmThe National Trust for Scotland and Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre are offering two artists the chance to live on the remote archipelago of St Kilda this summer.
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10,000 Temple of Mithras discoveries draw comparisons with Pompeii in Roman London
April 9, 2013 - 8:00pmExperts from Museum of London Archaeology say thousands of "beautifully preserved" remains in London could transform our understanding of Roman Britain.
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Collage gets sticky: GLUE at the Down Arts Centre in Downpatrick
April 9, 2013 - 8:00pmNineteen artists from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Finland, Japan and the USA offer fresh perspectives on contemporary collage.
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Earl Mountbatten's James Bond-style gold-plated pen-pistol joins Royal Armouries
April 9, 2013 - 8:00pmA £13,000 pistol-concealing pen, presented to the late Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Marwar-Jodhpur by royal family cohort Lord Louis, could go on public show.
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Jonathan Kenworthy's African influences in Six Decades of Sculpture at Pangolin London
April 9, 2013 - 8:00pmOnce a child prodigy enrolled at the Royal College of Art at the tender age of 11, Jonathan Kenworthy's retrospective shows an artist depicting Africa in original style.
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The Cutting Edge of Modernity: Grosvenor School Linocuts at Osborne Samuel London
April 9, 2013 - 8:00pmA new exhibition reveals how, during its 1930s heyday, the Grosvenor School of Art, in London's Pimlico, produced some of the best linocut prints in the world.
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World's fastest car, Babs, visits Swansea's National Waterfront Museum
April 9, 2013 - 8:00pmForty-two years after its redesigner died trying to beat its 172 mph record, a Bangor University lecturer's replica of a 1.72 ton speed demon has gone on show in Swansea.
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Giant's Causeway: The new visitor centre at Northern Ireland's World Heritage Site
April 8, 2013 - 8:00pmNorthern Ireland's famous World Heritage Site has never disappointed, but an £18.5 million visitor centre makes it all the better. Mark Sheerin takes a look.
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A Centenary of Stainless Steel: The Old Hall Connection at Walsall Museum
April 8, 2013 - 8:00pmWho knew about the impact stainless steel had in Walsall? A new show reveals a design dream created by a husband and wife unimpressed with their cleaning nearly a century ago.
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Designer Roland Mouret turns curator for Norman Parkinson's Mouvements de Femmes
April 8, 2013 - 8:00pmThe designer for stars including Victoria Beckham says he is "very excited" to be curating an archive of photos from the 20th century photographer at a former Georgian chapel in Bath.
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