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Fighting for representation
The crack and smash of breaking glass was the first indication that anything unusual was happening during a quiet lunchtime at the National Gallery...
A celebration of hats
Lou Taylor examines the wearing of hats by British women over the last 350 years.
Barber-surgeons and the history of the dentist
Dr Alun Withey looks at who were the main providers of dental services up until the mid-eighteenth century.
First poem on Art UK
John Fuller writes the first poem for Art UK on King Charles I at King's Lynn Town Hall.
Patterns in the sky
Art UK's Jade King looks at the mysterious landscapes of Sidney Herbert Sime.
Parliament and nation
The Rt Hon John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, reflects on the role of art in telling the stories of Parliament and nation.
Interview with Museum Cat, Oswald Clingan Smith
Oswald Clingan Smith, Cat-in-Charge of the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, consents to a rare interview with Art UK.
Artwork in focus: Travoys Arriving with Wounded at a Dressing Station at Smol, Macedonia, September 1916
Sir Peter Bazalgette looks at Stanley Spencer's painting at IWM.
Artwork in focus: The Discussion
Tom Sutcliffe, Arts Broadcaster, Radio 4, asks about this painting: what is the gentleman looking at in the magazine or catalogue?
Artist in focus: Cecil Osborne
Art historian David Buckman on the artist Cecil Osborne.

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Beyond suffrage How did women battle into Parliament?
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How does art help us remember World War One? In partnership with Imperial War Museums.
Face of Britain: Portraits that capture a changing nation In collaboration with National Portrait Gallery.

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On now 19 September 2011 - 31 December 2016
David Tremlett Drawing for Free Thinking
Tate Britain
On now 1 December 2011 - 31 December 2016
Reformation to Revolution
National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
On now 11 March 2013 - 11 August 2016
BP Spotlight: Keith Arnatt
Tate Britain
On now 1 August 2014 - 1 November 2018
Forgotten Fighters: the First World War at Sea
National Maritime Museum
On now 2 August 2014 - 21 December 2018
For King and Country
Bankfield Museum
On now 22 November 2014 - 11 November 2018
World War One Replica Trench System
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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