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For this week’s selection of UK exhibitions, we check out a show that seeks to make the intangible visible in Cambridge, drop in on the latest iteration of the British Art Show 8 in Edinburgh, and find out if computers really can imitate human thought in Manchester.

The programme for the sixth edition of the biennial festival Art Sheffield will include a number of site-specific installations and a focus on 1980s ‘scratch video’.

Arts Council England has awarded small capital grants to 39 organisations across the country, including to visual arts organisations Aspex, Spike Island, Pallant House Gallery and the Towner Trust.

Five events posted by a-n’s members on our popular Events listings section. This week’s selection includes meditations on immortality, ceramics exploring the language of nature, and light installations that provide a portal to fantasy destinations.

Sally Shaw, currently head of programme at Modern Art Oxford, has been appointed the new director of Firstsite in Colchester.

Kate Murdoch wins the fourth annual Shape Open with her sculpture Bad Head Day, inspired by the muddle and confusion that being partially deaf can cause.

The National Society for Education in Art and Design’s Survey Report 2015-16 states that in the last five years government policies in England have impacted not only on the value of the subject, but on the time and resources needed for children and young people to participate and excel in art, craft and design.

A march in Cardiff on Saturday saw the city’s arts community come together to protest at proposed Cardiff Council cuts to the arts and culture budget.

This week’s selection features sculpture shows in London and Leeds, an exploration of of post-industrial landscapes and production in Sheffield, plus an exhibition of drawings in Sunderland.

This week’s selection, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on our Events section include a festival of light in Cambridge, a symposium on the future of the high street in Cheltenham and three exhibitions exploring painting and photography.

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.