Art

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The camera looks down at a brown wooden table. A woman, wearing glasses and a light blue, patterned top, can be seen sitting at the table on the right of the picture. She is holding a black pencil in her right hand over a large piece of paper. In front of her is a small rectangular basket made of wicker. Inside the basket are some leaves, some cloth padding and a tortoise, who peers over the edge of the basket towards some coloured chalks in a box on the table.

Animals bring budding artists out of their shells

Tortoises help a Sheffield group get to grips with drawing and painting live subjects.

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Kyla is has dark hair with blonde highlights and is wearing a black vest over a white t-shirt.

Major art show starts UK tour in Coventry

The British Art Show 10 opens in Coventry, before heading around the UK on tour.

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A dark field with dozens of small lights planted across it

Hospice art installation 'brings light' to people's lives

Artist Bruce Monroe puts hundreds of thousands of lights on the grounds of Dorothy House hospice.

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Police officers standing outside the Louvre Museum in Paris behind a police tape barrier (Credit: Getty Images)

What the rise in museum heists means for visitors

A spate of audacious thefts has rocked European museums. Now, some institutions are rethinking what's worth displaying.

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A woman with black hair in a bob and red lipstick. She is looking at the camera and standing in front of a painting which is in blues and greens, marked in differing directions.

Ringo Starr's granddaughter launches exhibition

Tatia Starkey tells the BBC she is trying to communicate the feelings inside her.

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An interactive gallery featuring David Bowie. It depicts the musician lying down and reading a book. There are bookcases surrounding him.

David Bowie's venue ban lifted for new exhibition

An immersive exhibition exploring the life and work of David Bowie is set to open at Brighton Dome.

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Street view of a historic stone building beside a distinctive pink-and-mint building, modern apartments, parked cars, bicycles, and a tree.

Miami-inspired London house features on Grand Designs

Architect Peter Morris spent about a decade developing the homes, which feature duck-egg blue metalwork.

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Rajeeb and Nadia Samdani are the co-founders of the Samdani Art Foundation. They are pictured here looking at an Ashmolean exhibit.

Bangladeshi art spotlighted in 'world-first' project

The Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, say a new partnership will highlight artwork from Bangladesh.

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A person stands in front of William Turner’s 1835 painting “Rome, from Mount Aventine”

Close-up look at Turner's '£50m' Rome painting on show in the city

Turner’s early 19th century painting - Rome, from Mount Aventine - will be on display in the Italian capital for the first time ahead of an auction in London in December.

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