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Guardian Lion, (detail), 18th C, soapstone & wood by unknown artist, photo credit: National Trust Images

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photo credit: @GazWeetman (source: Twitter)

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The art of lying: reclining figures through history

Explore the many depictions of lying figures in painting and sculpture.

Great Women Artists, Phaidon, photo credit: Phaidon

Great Women Artists, Phaidon
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Art Matters podcast: writing about great women artists

We talk to the Commissioning Editor for art books at Phaidon about compiling stories of pioneering women.

Photo credit: The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

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Unfinished: why are we drawn to imperfection?

And when is an artwork truly complete?

Mrs Lowry & Son will be released nationwide from 30th August, photo credit: © Vertigo Releasing

Mrs Lowry & Son will be released nationwide from 30th August
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Timothy Spall on portraying L. S. Lowry

Acclaimed actor Timothy Spall on how he approached playing the artist in the new film Mrs Lowry & Son.

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