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MFA students at Glasgow School of Art are calling on the school to reinstate 24-hour access to their studios.

This week’s must-see shows include Brazilian sculpture in Edinburgh, Japanese woodcuts in Harrogate, and French Impressionism in London.

This week’s events range from an investigation of flux and change in art to an exhibition featuring works that experiment with the constraints of paper.

As International Women’s Day 2015 approaches, we highlight talks, events and performances taking place through the UK in the days preceding and on Sunday 8 March.

The visual arts programme for this year’s Manchester International Festival has been announced, with new works by Gerhard Richter, Ed Atkins, Olafur Eliasson and Douglas Gordon among the highlights.

A new project encouraging people to vote launches across the UK in April, with a series of billboards featuring works by artists Bob & Roberta Smith, Fatima Begum, Janette Parris and Jeremy Deller. Plus a competition to find a fifth artwork created by a first-time voter is open for entries.

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

Twin Palms Publishers have just released a new photobook from Mike Brodie, Tones of Dirt and Bone, lifting the lid on the photographer-cum-mechanic’s unseen images of the people he met while hopping trains in the US. Tim Clark is intrigued.

Showcase exhibition to feature works by 72 graduates selected from 2014 degree shows across Scotland, including works by graduates affected by last year’s fire at Glasgow School of Art.

The shortlist for the ninth Catlin Art Prize features eight artists, with recent graduates of the Royal College of Art dominating the selection.

The Whitechapel Gallery has announced the 48 artists selected for its triennial open exhibition, presenting a cross-section of work being made across the capital today.

This week’s selection includes a show in Walsall featuring seven artists who work with found imagery, a solo presentation of work by the Belgian artist Raoul De Keyser in Edinburgh, and a Sheffield-based artist group at PAPER in Manchester.

Manchester’s FutureEverything festival this year celebrates 20 years of exploring digital culture. Luke Healey reports on the festival’s performance-based visual arts strand which included work from Memo Akten, Emmanuel Biard and Blast Theory.

Our busy Events section features events and exhibitions posted by a-n members. We pick five highlights from the next seven days, including shows in Gloucester, Eastbourne and Ramsgate.

To mark International Women’s Day, New York’s Art+Feminism is organising its second annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, with events happening internationally including in the UK.

A new YouTube video from the street artist Banksy shows a series of new works in bomb-damaged Gaza.