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A selection of the best exhibitions over the festive period, including shows in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Gateshead and Edinburgh.

News briefing with national and international stories, including: Documenta artists launch petition demanding new supervisory structure; portrait of bearded woman bought by Wellcome Collection; Guggenheim announces shortlist for 2018 Hugo Boss Prize.

Projects from a-n members selected from a-n’s Events section, including exhibitions and events in Chester, Grimsby and London.

The Scottish government’s draft budget for 2018/19 has allayed fears of significant funding cuts across Creative Scotland’s regularly funded organisations.

a-n’s 2018 programme of professional development opportunities for members launches today with a call for applications to our Visual Arts Coaching Course with RD1st, plus news of 2018 bursaries for members.

Five a-n News writers – based in London, Liverpool and Glasgow – pick, in no particular order, their top five exhibitions/art events of the year.

The gallery’s chair of trustees, David Dimbleby, says the cuts will jeopardise the future of the organisation which is based in a purpose-built building that opened in 2009.

The winner of the annual award for fine art graduates from the South East region will receive a professional development and mentoring package,plus a bursary of £2,500.

News briefing with national and international stories, including: Activists protest BP sponsorship of British Museum exhibition, plus Louvre Abu Dhabi claims it owns Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi.

This week’s selection of recommended shows includes sculpture at the New Art Centre, Wiltshire, Rose Wylie at the Serpentine’s Sackler Gallery, London, plus a different take on the threat of climate change at the University of Hertfordshire.

News briefing with national and international stories, including: New York art museum refuses to remove painting of girl after ‘voyeurism’ complaint; plus artist alleges photographer Raghubir Singh assaulted her and stages #MeToo performance at his retrospective.

This week’s selection from a-n’s Events section, featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n members, includes projects in Grimsby, London and Maidstone.

The winner of this year’s Turner Prize – the first since its under-50 age restriction was lifted – was announced at a ceremony in Hull Minster.

Money raised from the sale of artworks will help the aid organisation that supports people affected by the refugee crisis in Europe and internationally.

News briefing with national and international stories, including: Jewish Museum suspends Jens Hoffmann after sexual harassment allegations surface, Scottish authors warn against ‘devastating’ arts cuts, and Freelands Association launches £1.5m programme for emerging artists.

a-n’s newest website development draws together more than 250 cultural policy and strategy documents into one place, offering free access to an index of over 20 years of research from across the visual arts and creative sectors in the UK.

This week’s selection of recommended shows includes an enigmatic nighttime mise-en-scene in London, an installation exploring mental health inequalities across sites in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and large-scale sculptures in Hull.

News briefing with national and international stories, including: Sackler family’s profits from highly addictive opioid; UK government’s industrial strategy criticised for ignoring threats to creative industries.

Four projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section.

News briefing featuring national and international stories, including: Art Basel and Adidas settle trademark lawsuit; James Richards’ Wales in Venice commission to be shown in Cardiff and Edinburgh.

The annual exhibition, which has showcased work by new and recent fine art graduates since 1949, has announced that 2018 submissions will be open to artists from non-degree awarding art education programmes.

A selection of exhibition highlights for the week ahead including: Lucinda Rogers’ drawing at the House of Illustration, London; Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley’s films at Tate Liverpool; and Megan Rooney’s domestic trauma at Tramway, Glasgow.

Arts workers have lifted the veil on the secrecy surrounding sexual harassment in the arts, revealing the extent and impact of the issue in hundreds of comments through a survey by Arts Professional. AP’s Liz Hill reports.

Projects from a-n members selected from a-n’s busy Events section, including exhibitions and events in Gosport, London and Manchester.

News briefing featuring national and international stories, including: Creative Industries Federation expresses Budget disappointment; Putin-backed culture forum in St Petersburg sparks debate over artistic freedoms in Russia.