When Heart of Darkness premièred at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studios in 2011 it met with great acclaim for its ‘music of startling beauty’ (The Observer) and ‘a magical and haunting sound-world’ (The Telegraph).

Composer Tarik O'Regan has now developed Suite from Heart of Darkness for orchestra and narrator. Tom Phillips, the original librettist, has worked closely from Joseph Conrad's novella to create the text.

There are still a few tickets available for the London première of Suite from Heart of Darkness at Cadogan Hall on Tuesday 23rd April at 7.30pm. The concert is part of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's Resident Season, will be conducted by Nicholas Collon and narrated by Sam West.

To see a filmed interview with Tarik O'Regan talking about the work and his collaboration with Tom Phillips follow this link, where you can also purchase tickets.

The first-ever major show in the UK devoted to the portraiture of Édouard Manet, currently at the Royal Academy of Arts, now makes it to the big screen as a movie in HD.

Manet: Portraying Life opens at selected cinemas worldwide on 11th April. Hosted by Tim Marlow, the film includes exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the show's preparation, interwoven with a superbly crafted biography of Manet, 19th-century Paris, and the literary, political and artistic figures of the day, brought to life by a panel of expert guests who include Tom Phillips.

Few artists can claim to have committed to a work in progress for 47 years. As A Humument nears its half century an exhibition, Life’s Work, at MASS MoCA features an in depth study of Tom Phillips’ ever evolving treated novel and partners the Humument display with another longstanding altered book project by Johnny Carrera. 

Life’s Work which opens on March 23rd 2013, is the most comprehensive exhibition of A Humument ever mounted and offers a rare opportunity to examine the work in its entirety.

For those of you not able to make it to North Adams please visit the newly revised gallery from March 23 at humument.com for an online version of the exhibit.

Life’s Work continues at MASS MoCA until November 2013

The BBC, in partnership with The Public Catalogue Foundation, recently launched Your Paintings – an excellent resource which aims to give a permanent online home to all the painted works owned by the nation.

As one of the artists whose works make up the collection, Tom has a dedicated page on which you can watch a slideshow of 48 of his paintings in public ownership, including works not currently shown on this site : or you can follow the 'browse all paintings' link to find individual pictures.

If you hanker after standing in contemplation of any of the actual canvases, you will find details of the various galleries, museums and colleges up and down the land to which you should direct your steps. If you prefer to admire them from the comfort of your own home, in some instances the holding institutions (e.g. National Portrait Gallery) may allow you to order a high-resolution print online – a service Your Paintings hopes to extend to all its pictures in due course.

Head for Flowers, at 82 Kingland Road, London E2 8DP  on Saturday 12th January 2013 between 2-4pm for the private view of "Square to Circle and Back" a  exhibition of prints featuring the above work by Tom Phillips. The exhibition continues until February 9th, and opening hours are Tuesday- Saturday 10am to 6pm.