Clare Moloney, MGM Arts Programme Co-ordinator, is sampling some of the art events and exhibitions happening this May. This week, Clare looks at Birmingham's Ikon Gallery.

Gallery preview: Seized! Revenue and Customs Uncovered at Merseyside Maritime Museum , Liverpool (permament). A new permanent gallery at the Merseyside Maritime Museum takes visitors into the world of patrolling the borders for smugglers.

A miraculous survivor of Britain's Victorian merchant fleet, which was threatened with the scrap heap earlier this year, has been thrown a lifeline by London's Crossrail project.

Museum and gallery experiences of the like you will never forget are now being auctioned off on eBay's TopLots .

The website for the craft-centric Harley Gallery in Worksop is simply a pleasure to behold. Make sure to have a look at the Treasures (use left and right cursors to move between objects).

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