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This week’s selection includes Carsten Höller’s major survey show at the Hayward Gallery, London, a workout of the mind and body at Mima, Middlesbrough, and 50 years of Bridget Riley’s work at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea

Susan Jones, a-n’s director for 15 years, receives an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Two new senior curators, Miguel Amado and Elinor Morgan, join the team at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.

Our weekly selection of member-posted shows and events taken from a-n’s lively Events section.

Sir Nicholas Serota used the launch event of Bow Arts’ new studio block in east London, which will house 90 studios in a former factory and office space, to argue for the importance of investing in and developing spaces for artists. Jack Hutchinson reports.

An interactive public artwork created by Polish design studio LAX Laboratory for Architectural Experiments has been announced winner of this year’s Bristol-based Playable City Award.

Sky Academy has announced the five recipients of its Arts Scholarships 2015, which aim to help young British and Irish artists develop their creative practice and take their work to the next level.

This year’s UWE Bristol Fine Art and Art & Visual Culture degree show at Spike Island features work by 42 students. Rowan Lear reports on a provocative and irreverent exhibition.

This week’s selection includes sculptures and collages by Eileen Agar in Leeds, an Agnes Martin retrospective in London, and a film installation from Luke Fowler and Mark Fell in Glasgow.

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

Iranian artist Atena Farghadani has been sentenced by a court in Tehran for a cartoon depicting the country’s politicians as monkeys, cows and goats – Amnesty International is calling for her release.

Over 180,000 people have visited the newly expanded Manchester gallery since it reopened in February following the completion of £15m refurbishment, smashing its previous highest annual visitor figure in just three months.

Three events across the UK will showcase artists working with museums, whilst a questionnaire seeks artists’ views on future collaborations and the setting up of a subject specialist network.

Co-artistic director of British Ceramics Biennial and former senior visual arts officer for Arts Council England dies aged 66.

Richard Taylor visits Newcastle University’s undergraduate degree show at the Hatton Gallery and Fine Art building.

The Board of Iniva, the Institute of International Visual Arts, have appointed a new director following a competitive interview process and a period of uncertainty about the organisation’s future.

This week’s selection includes George Shaw’s suburban nostalgia in London, Nicolas Party’s wall paintings and portraits in Edinburgh and Grayson Perry’s ceramic pots in Margate.

Five exhibitions by a-n’s members – posted on our lively Events listings section – take us on a journey to Colliers Wood, Ipswich, Northallerton, Plymouth and Tottenham.

Darren Henley, the new chief executive of Arts Council England, has outlined his vision for future investment in artists and for additional regional funding for arts organisations, during a speech at Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.

Multi-award winning British novelist David Mitchell has been named as the second writer to take part in artist Katie Paterson’s Future Library project in Norway.

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015 announce the 37 artists participating in this year’s touring exhibition, selected from over 1600 applications.

A new report published by a-n brings together research findings to inform recommendations for a future approach to the payment of artists exhibiting in publicly-funded galleries.