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The artists Patrick Hough and Lawrence Lek have been announced as the recipients of the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2017.

Michael Dean, Anthea Hamilton, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde shortlisted for £25,000 award, with three out of the four nominees working with sculpture.

The Scottish artist and filmmaker Rachel Maclean is to present a solo exhibition for the Scotland + Venice partnership at the 57th Venice Biennale.

This week’s selection includes portraiture in Leeds, Pre-Raphaelites in Liverpool, still life in Wimbledon and video and installation in London.

Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.

The fifth edition of the open painting prize features 39 painters, with exhibitions planned for London and Dublin.

Staff at the gallery, cinema and print studio in central Dundee have been told that a review of the organisation’s staffing structure is taking place.

A new report from the Art Not Oil group claims to reveal BP’s influence over exhibition content, events and gallery security procedures, with the Museums Association set to investigate.

The largest contemporary art festival in the UK returns for its ninth edition with 42 artists paying homage to Liverpool’s history and future through themed ‘episodes’.

At 58 pages, this year’s a-n Degree Shows Guide is the biggest yet and features interviews with artist Bedwyr Williams and mima director Alistair Hudson, contributions from artists including Ruth Ewan, George Barber and Marianna Simnett, plus listings featuring over 75 shows across the UK.

This week’s selection includes figurative art in London, book art in Brighton and art meets science in Salford.

The shortlist of five for the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year 2016 has been announced, with the winner of the £100,000 prize to be revealed in July.

Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.

Canson, the paper manufacturer from France’s Ardèche region, has announced details of the five finalists for the annual international award that celebrates art and paper.

Culture Action Europe are hosting a 72-hour ‘jam session’ asking: ‘Are artists and intellectuals obliged to engage in society and politics today?’

The disability-led arts organisation has raised over £27,000 through a contemporary art benefit auction.

The second edition of the project features five new commissions on billboards across the UK, with featured artists including Mark Titchner, Hannah Black and Kathrin Böhm.

This week’s selection includes satirical drawings in London and art inspired by the pop music of pre-revolutionary Iran and Anatolia in Newcastle upon Tyne.

A new artist-focused campaign claims that British culture is stronger in Europe than out, with its recently launched website providing a platform for artists to make the case for staying in EU.

Illma Gore is facing a potential lawsuit from US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s legal team over the potential sale of her painting, Make America Great Again, which is currently on show in London.

Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section, take us to Brentford, Eastbourne, Leicester, Penarth and Sheffield.

The long list for the biennial painting prize has been announced, with four painters set to be awarded prizes of £2,500, and an overall winner receiving £25,000.

Biennial art prize split between two artists who will also have joint exhibition at gallery based in Newtown, Wales.

Curated by Bergen Kunsthall director Martin Clark, the Art Sheffield 2016 festival is alive with the city’s industrial and political history, with gallery spaces and culturally significant sites hosting newly commissioned and older works. Cathy Wade feels the reverberations.