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The latest sculpture for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse, has been unveiled.

The west of England sculpture trail has announced it will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2016 with a series of new temporary and permanent commissions.

Despite public protests including a petition attracting nearly 8000 signatures, Transport for London has confirmed the demolition of Eduardo Paolozzi murals.

A 10 metre high lightning bolt by artist S Mark Gubb has been unveiled as a new permanent beacon in Cardiff city centre.

Lowcs International has awarded commissions to two artists, Liam Aitken and Rich White, following the Swansea-based organisation’s second annual Public Art Open Submission competition.

Following the announcement that parts of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation are to remain on display until the end of the month before setting off on a tour of the UK, artist Paul Cummins is to plant the final poppy at the Tower of London on 11 November 2014 to mark Armistice Day.

A temporary artwork commissioned by Cumbria’s Eden Arts for the top of England’s highest mountain has been destroyed by an act of vandalism.

Cardiff Contemporary brings together a range of special commissions, exhibitions and residencies across the city for a five-week festival of the visual arts.

The latest leg of artist Eve Mosher’s HighWaterLine project, that works with local communities to visualise the effects of climate change by mapping areas at risk of flooding, launches today in Bristol.

Ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper have installed a sea of red poppies in the dry moat surrounding the Tower of London to mark the centenary anniversary of the first world war. Pippa Koszerek takes a closer look.

As Glasgow prepares for the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony at Celtic Park tonight, Chris Sharratt takes a look at Jim Lambie’s new public art piece in the city’s east end, and some of the other visual arts activity taking place during the Games.