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A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including painting in Cardiff, light installation in London and sea painting in St Ives.

Exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and this week featuring exhibitions in London, Leicester, and Lincoln.

A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Christie’s challenges French court ruling over paying artists’ resale rights; London’s Garden Bridge project slammed as ‘poor value for money’ in latest report.

Tate Britain’s new show, ‘Queer British Art 1861 – 1967’, features work by artists including Francis Bacon, Keith Vaughan, Evelyn de Morgan and Glyn Philpot, alongside queer ephemera, personal photographs, film and magazines.

Richard Parry, currently curator-director of Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool, has been announced as the new director of the biennial Glasgow International festival.

12 artists will compete to be named the second Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor of the Year, with the winner receiving £6,500 to make new work.

a-n’s touring programme of workshops, talks and get-togethers begins in early May with Assembly Margate, devised in collaboration with Margate-based social artist Dan Thompson. Stephen Palmer reports.

A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including film work from Maeve Brennan in London and John Akomfrah in Manchester, plus a focus on the American painter Ellsworth Kelly in Liverpool.

Six winners are working in museums and galleries based in Buxton, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Rochdale and will share £300,000 in prize money.

This week’s selection of events, taken from a-n’s busy Events section and posted by members, includes exhibitions in Aberdeen, Dartford, Torquay, and London.

A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Tate St Ives reopens following £20 million refurbishment and Beijing artists’ studios demolished.

The Royal British Society of Sculptors has announced London-based artist Rupert Norfolk as the winner of its public art and mentoring award.

Tate, the organiser of the Turner Prize, has announced that the under-50 age limit is to be lifted.

Ireland’s biennial of contemporary art has announced the appointment of CCA Derry-Londonderry’s Matt Packer as its new director.

The commissioning and awards programme that aims to embed work by disabled artists within the UK and international cultural sectors has announced the recipients of its 2017 awards.

New Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota makes his first speech at the No Boundaries conference in Hull, setting out his priorities for the organisation.

Inspired by model used by law firm Clyde and Co, the scheme will offer professional mentoring and exhibition opportunities to recently graduated and emerging artists.

A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including shows in Edinburgh, Manchester, Norwich, Stoke-on-Trent and London.