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The Wellcome Collection has announced details of the exhibition that will open its new £30m London venue in June. The Heart, an exhibition exploring the medical and cultural significance of that organ, will include work by Leonardo da Vinci, Andy Warhol, Mark Quinn and Jane Prophet (pictured), and will also feature live heart surgery. It will bring together contemporary and historic artefacts from across the world to trace the history of medical understanding of the heart and examine its symbolic and cultural significance.

The Wellcome Collection is a major public venue created by the Wellcome Trust which will explore the relationships between medicine, life and art through permanent and temporary exhibitions and events. The nine-storey building will house at least 1,500 exhibits. The Wellcome Library, also housed in Wellcome Collection, opens on 16 April - ahead of the buildings three gallery spaces.