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What museums must do to ensure art is protected

In a piece originally published by The Conversation, Jean Brown wonders what can be learnt by galleries and museums from the recent incident in Taiwan which saw a young boy damage a £1m painting after tripping up while on a gallery tour.

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A Q&A with… Marianna Simnett, artist filmmaker

In her latest short film, Marianna Simnett – one of two filmmakers selected for the 2014-15 Jerwood/FVU Awards – focuses on a surgical procedure and ‘biobot’ cockroaches. Chris Sharratt overcomes his squeamishness to ask some questions about her work.

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Turner Prize takes road trip across Scotland

In the lead up to this year’s Turner Prize exhibition opening in Glasgow, a showcase of works by former Scottish winners and nominees will set off on a tour of Scotland in The Travelling Gallery.

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York Art Gallery: “a rich and unique collection”

After an £8million redevelopment project designed to open up new dialogues between its collections of decorative and fine art, York Art Gallery is preparing to reopen. Amelia Crouch speaks to the curator of the gallery’s core collection of ceramic art Helen Walsh, and to fine art curator Laura Turner, about how this dialogue is continuing with a series of new commissions by contemporary artists.

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Yuri Pattison: “There needs to be more knowledge sharing within the London art community”

As part of his 18-month Chisenhale Gallery Create Residency, artist Yuri Pattison has been looking at the world of tech start ups, hack spaces and peer-to-peer sharing. Prior to the launch of a new website and series of digital sculptures, Michaela Nettell met him to discuss transparency, data and what contemporary art can learn from the networked society.

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MIF 2015: Performance Capture – “I don’t want it to run totally smoothly”

Over the course of this year’s Manchester International Festival, the top floor exhibition space of the Manchester Art Gallery will be occupied by Ed Atkins’ Performance Capture, a durational project revolving around the ongoing production of a single computer-animated video. Luke Healey takes a tour of the exhibition and speaks to the artist.

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Artists and the uncanny: shadow worlds at Freud’s house

Organised by collaborative artists Brass Art, the Folds in Time conference at the Freud Museum will explore the uncanny and unconscious within artistic responses to architectural space. Kristin Mojsiewicz explains to Pippa Koszerek why artists are at the centre of the event.

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Ben Uri Gallery: “It’s about an artistic context not religious or ethnic”

In the lead up to its centenary celebrations, the Ben Uri Gallery – which presents work of Jewish interest or by Jewish artists – has curated No Set Rules, an exhibition of works on paper from its own collection and that of Philip Schlee. Dany Louise visits the small space and discovers more about its history and ambitions.

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