'Out of Sight, Out of Mind' - Preview: Friday 11th May, 6-9pm Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK

Image: Sophie Lisa Beresford Hands and Shit 2012, Mixed Media, Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK     Out of Sight, Out of Mind Sophie Lisa Beresford Julien Carreyn Marcus Coates Tomaso De Luca Jennifer Douglas Joel Kyack Laura Lancaster Per Mårtensson Gina Osterloh Émilie Pitoiset George Young Preview: Friday 11th May 2012 , 6 - 9pm Exhibition continues: 12th May - 16th  June 2012 Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm (or by appointment) Kindly supported by

Marcus Coates: "Galapagos" The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK

Image: Marcus Coates   Intelligent Design, 2009, Single Channel HD video, Duration 8 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK Galapagos the Bluecoat School Lane Liverpool L1 3BX Fri, 04 May 2012 - Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10.00 AM - 6.00 PM Curated by Bergit Arends and Greg Hilty The Galápagos archipelago uniquely exemplifies the delicate tension between a pristine environment and human curiosity and intervention. Over 5 years, 12 artists visited these remote and beguiling islands returning home with film footage, drawings, photographs, sculptures, sounds and imaginings. The resulting exhibition offers a surprising and contemporary insight into the cultural reality, the human stories and the living laboratory of Galápagos. Artists featured: Jyll Bradley, Paulo Catrica, Filipa César, Marcus Coates, Dorothy Cross (with actor Fiona Shaw), Alexis Deacon, Jeremy Deller, Tania Kovats, Kaffe Matthews, Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt) and Alison Turnbull. The Gulbenkian Galápagos Artists Residency Programme and Galápagos exhibition were organised by the Galapagos Conservation Trust in partnership with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with additional support from the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Natural History Museum, London. www.artistsvisitgalapagos.com

Eric Bainbridge: "Collages" The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK

Image: Untitled 2009 Cut Paper, 22 x 29cm. courtesy of the artist and Workplace Gallery, UK. Eric Bainbridge Collages The New Art Gallery Walsall Gallery Square, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 8LG, UK http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk Preview: 3rd May 2012 6 - 8pm (co-inciding with the opening of 'Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage' and Arts Council Collection touring exhibition) Exhibition dates: 4th May - 21st July 2012 A new hardback monograph 'Eric Bainbridge Collages' is now available featuring contributions from Jonathan Griffin and Stephen Snoddy. (ISBN 9781907363016)