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London-based artist Marcia Farquhar recipient of inaugural £10,000 award for live art.

The fourth edition of the prize for final-year undergraduate fine art students, which offers a total award fund of £40,000 and a first prize that includes a 12-month studio fellowship at BALTIC 39 in Newcastle upon Tyne, is open for applications.

Decision to move world famous collection from northern city to London receives widespread criticism, with online petition already gaining 11,000 signatures.

The sixth Max Mara Art Prize for Women, a collaboration between the Italian fashion group and the Whitechapel Gallery, has been won by Emma Hart.

London-based artist wins Europe’s leading open competition for figurative and representational art.

Liverpool Biennial has announced the ten artists who will benefit from its Associate Artists Programme, a new initiative to support artists based in the north of England to develop their careers internationally.

Eleven artists and designers have been shortlisted for the fourth edition of the £25,000 international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition.

This week’s selection features video work in Bristol and Birmingham, plus painting shows in Walsall, London and Glasgow.

London-based Scottish artist awarded £10,000 to help pay for living and working expenses over the next 12 months.

Artist Jonathan Monk crosses the boundaries between art and football by creating unique giveaway for Partick Thistle fans.

Visitors to Bob and Roberta Smith’s show at William Morris Gallery have been leaving postcards calling for London’s prospective mayoral candidates to sign up to arts education pledge.

Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.

Philippe Parreno has been announced as the second artist in the annual Hyundai Commission series for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

New Orleans-style jazz funeral procession will take place on 6 February to raise awareness of damage caused by Cardiff Council’s arts funding cuts.

Commissioning programme that supports disabled artists will use Ambition for Excellence Award to develop its international reach.

Arts organisations including South London Gallery and Cell Studios are among those to receive a share of a new £20m fund, which is tackling a shortage of affordable creative workspaces in the capital. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.

The current chief curator of the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris has been announced as director of the Venice Biennale 2017, with responsibility for curating the 57th International Art Exhibition.

57 internationally-exhibiting artists will take part in Ireland’s biennial of contemporary art, with exhibitions taking place in both gallery and non-gallery spaces.

This week’s selection includes a literally sensational exhibition in Liverpool, a reexamining of benches in London and video art in Coventry.