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  • Dynamism of a Cyclist
    It's all about the bike: cycling in art 26 June 2020, Paul Bonaventura
  • 1895, black chalk by Ida Margaret Nettleship (1877–1907)
    Bohemians revisited: deconstructing the myth of the muse 25 June 2020, Alicia Foster
  • Portion of 'The Cestrefeld' wallpaper, large yellow sunflowers with green foliage, on a pale ground
    Flocks and florals: a brief history of wallpaper in paintings 23 June 2020, Lucy Ellis
  • The Convalescent
    Six Scandinavian artists who embraced isolationist gloom 19 June 2020, India Lewis
  • Interior of a London Coffee-House
    Coffee culture in England: a bittersweet history 11 June 2020, Tasha Marks
  • The statue of Edward Colston was thrown into Bristol Harbour
    Pushed off the pedestal: who was the slave trader Edward Colston? 9 June 2020, Lydia Figes
  • Man and Woman with Swimming Pool
    Splash! A deep dive into swimming pools and lidos in art 8 June 2020, Victoria Rodrigues O'Donnell
  • Eye miniature
    The art of adornment: eye miniatures, mourning jewellery and other sentimental gems 3 June 2020, Sara Ayad
  • Elizabeth II
    Elizabeth II: a queen in the spotlight 1 June 2020, Flora Doble
  • Medea, or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa
    Representing Medea: the tale of a mythical murderess 27 May 2020, Lydia Figes
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Art Matters podcast

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  • 2017, front cover of book by Mark Godfrey and Zoe Whitley, published by Tate
    Art Matters podcast: soul of a nation 16 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Skegness is So Bracing
    Art Matters podcast: the art of twentieth-century British railway posters 2 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 1545–1546, oil on canvas by Titian (1490–1576)
    Art Matters podcast: an introduction to classical mythology in art 19 May 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Still of Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I in 'Elizabeth' (1998)
    Art Matters podcast: fashion from the canvas to the silver screen 5 May 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Paintings in the Lascaux caves (Montignac, Dordogne, France)
    Art Matters podcast: the beauty in beasts 21 April 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • John F. Kennedy
    Art Matters podcast: presidential portraits 24 March 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 1490s, hand-painted tarocco (tarot) cards by Antonio Cicognara (active 1480–1500)
    Art Matters podcast: demystifying tarot art 10 March 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Production of new £20 notes
    Art Matters podcast: how the Bank of England designs banknotes 25 February 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Melencolia I
    Art Matters podcast: reflecting 'madness' in art 11 February 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Folio 4 from 'Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry'
    Art Matters podcast: the art of Disney animation 28 January 2020, Ferren Gipson
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News

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  • Members of the Coordinator team at a get-together at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
    Celebrating our sculpture coordinators 26 June 2020, Katey Goodwin, Hazel Buchan Cameron and Alison Mitchelson
  • Looking at Titian's 'Bacchus and Ariadne'
    How to write about art, and how to enter the Write on Art competition 12 June 2020, Rose Aidin
  • Man Drinking Coffee
    What is Art UK doing about Black Lives Matter? 9 June 2020, Andrew Ellis and Katey Goodwin
  • Staff Meeting
    Join our Audience Panel and help shape the future of Art UK 1 June 2020, Katey Goodwin
  • Framed print of 'Across the Water'
    Relaxing in a sea of calming art prints 19 May 2020, Alexandra Colton
  • Curations
    Art UK launches Curations: what will you make of it? 18 May 2020, Art UK
  • Framed botanical prints
    Keeping busy at home with the Art UK Shop 10 April 2020, Alexandra Colton
  • Example of a Sculpture Counts card
    Sculpture Counts: a card game to play at home! 9 April 2020, Catherine Mummery
  • Cecil Beaton
    Highlighting the closed or postponed exhibitions and collections across the UK 26 March 2020, Lydia Figes
  • An example of the showcase format in Curations
    Curations: announcing a new tool from Art UK that lets you create your own exhibition 23 March 2020, Andrew Shore
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Artist in focus

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  • The Light Shineth in Darkness and the Darkness Comprehendeth It Not
    The rainbow as a symbol of hope in Evelyn De Morgan's paintings 3 July 2020, Sarah Hardy
  • Blackman's Yard
    An interview with cityscape painter Jock McFadyen 30 June 2020, Ruth Millington
  • c.1791, oil on canvas by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845), The Ramsbury Manor Foundation
    Louis-Léopold Boilly: French painter of the risqué, the humorous and everyday life 29 June 2020, Humphrey Wine
  • Interior of the Barn Theatre, Smallhythe Place: Edith Ailsa Craig (1869–1947), Charles Staite and Irene Cooper Willis
    Clare 'Tony' Atwood: the modest musketeer 22 June 2020, Kay Carson
  • The Picnic
    Mary Adshead: more than a muralist 19 June 2020, Victoria Rodrigues O'Donnell
  • Maya Confrontation
    Crossing boundaries: the life and works of Aubrey Williams 18 June 2020, Jessica Boyall
  • Ithell Colquhoun: Genius of The Fern Loved Gully
    The magic surrealism of Ithell Colquhoun 17 June 2020, Amy Hale
  • 1914 (the striped jug)
    Spots and stripes: the modernist works of Ben Nicholson 15 June 2020, Caroline Maclean
  • Jug and Fruit
    Mary Fedden: the pleasures of life after privation and loss 10 June 2020, Alicia Foster
  • Aspidistra
    Samuel John Peploe: the success story of a Scottish Colourist 29 May 2020, Alice Strang
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Artwork in focus

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  • Notre-Dame
    Henri Matisse's 'Notre-Dame' 29 June 2020, Ben Luke
  • Climb (detail)
    Juliana Cerqueira Leite's 'Climb' 27 April 2020, Maya Binkin
  • Trumpet Boy
    A closer look at Yinka Shonibare's 'Trumpet Boy' 4 December 2019, Maya Binkin
  • A Cup of Tea
    Walter Sickert's 'A Cup of Tea' in the Ashmolean 28 November 2019, Liz Rideal
  • Fons Americanus
    Kara Walker: confronting colonial history through maritime allegories 26 November 2019, Lydia Figes
  • Before and after conservation of 'Virgin and Child with a Pomegranate'
    The conservation and restoration of a Botticelli masterpiece 13 November 2019, Simon Gillespie
  • c.1657, oil on canvas by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
    Rembrandt at The Wallace Collection: 'Titus, the Artist's Son' 4 October 2019, Lelia Packer
  • c.1645–1646, oil on canvas by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
    Rembrandt's 'A Woman in Bed' at the Scottish National Gallery 3 October 2019, Tico Seifert
  • 1654, oil on oak by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
    Rembrandt's 'A Woman bathing in a Stream' at The National Gallery in London 2 October 2019, Bart Cornelis
  • 'Girl at a Window' in situ at Dulwich Picture Gallery
    Rembrandt's 'Girl at a Window' at Dulwich Picture Gallery 19 September 2019, Jennifer Scott
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Exhibition in focus

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  • Adam and Eve
    The legacies of Lucas Cranach the elder: Renaissance painter of temptation 3 July 2020, Maya Binkin
  • End of Land I
    On the brink of a climate emergency: Caroline Lucas curates the Towner Collection 1 July 2020, Sara Cooper
  • Queer Frontiers
    ARTIQ presents 'Queer Frontiers 2020' 24 June 2020, Sara Tenti
  • Bullfrog
    'Scuttling across the floors of silent seas': revisiting the sculptures of the Geometry of Fear 12 June 2020, Julia Carver
  • NUD CYCLADIC 7
    Breaking the mould: sculpture by women since 1945 8 May 2020, Natalie Rudd
  • Family Tree
    Six women artists of British Surrealism 4 May 2020, Philomena Epps
  • Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
    Artemisia: an interview with curator Letizia Treves 24 April 2020, Lydia Figes
  • Being Human: modern sculpture at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
    Being Human: modern sculpture at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery 13 March 2020, Julia Carver
  • The Good and Evil Angels Struggling for Possession of a Child
    Six highlights from the exhibition 'Dreams and Nightmares' at The Higgins Bedford 4 March 2020, The Higgins Bedford
  • A Small Bunch of Eyes
    Five Birmingham artists at the heart of British Surrealism 2 March 2020, Ruth Millington
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Collection in focus

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  • Impressions of the Boulevard: Woman with a Veil
    Modern Italian sculpture at the Estorick Collection 2 July 2020, Kate Devine
  • Alice Holding a Toy Fish
    Introducing the Robert Lenkiewicz Liverpool Collection 1 July 2020, Alice Lenkiewicz
  • Still from 'A Season Outside'
    Postcolonial interpretations of the art collections at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery 23 June 2020, Julia Carver and Jenny Gaschke
  • Design
    A brief history of women at the Royal Academy 5 June 2020, Helen Record
  • Nude with Poppies
    Five uplifting paintings from Swindon Museum and Art Gallery 30 April 2020, Katie Ackrill
  • University Entrance
    First class collections at British universities 13 April 2020, James Trollope
  • Leicester's New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
    Total artwork: the German Expressionist collection of Leicester's New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 9 December 2019, Sara Ayad
  • Royal Albert Hall
    The Royal Albert Hall frieze: the art that surrounds the world's most famous stage 19 July 2019, Liz Harper
  • St Paul's Cathedral
    Yale Center for British Art joins Art UK 24 June 2019, Matthew Hargraves and Edward Town
  • The art march at Usher Gallery, Lincoln in April 2019
    Save Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire's only purpose-built public art gallery 20 June 2019, Jane Riley
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Being...

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  • Gemma at Guildford House Gallery Café with a slice of coffee cake
    Being... Gemma Haigh, Curatorial Assistant at Guildford Heritage Services, Guildford Borough Council 4 June 2020, Gemma Haigh
  • Georgina at a London Transport Museum event
    Being… Georgina Cheung, a freelancer in heritage and culture 29 April 2020, Georgina Cheung
  • Adam, Jon Daniel and Yazz Vanducci, in front of Jon’s 'Afro Supa Hero' exhibition
    Being... Adam Duckworth, Education Demonstrator at the International Slavery Museum 1 April 2020, Adam Duckworth
  • Faye at work
    Being... Faye Fornasier, Digitisation, Database, and Cataloguing Manager, Courtauld Institute of Art 4 March 2020, Faye Fornasier
  • Hendra-Selfie.jpg
    Being... Lawrence Hendra, Director at Philip Mould & Company 23 January 2020, Lawrence Hendra
  • Fiona upstairs in the Koestler Arts building
    Being... Fiona Curran, Director of Arts at Koestler Arts 3 January 2020, Fiona Curran
  • Melanie Aram
    Being... Melanie Aram, Head of Major Gifts & Appeals, National Portrait Gallery 11 November 2019, Melanie Aram
  • Matthew delivering a Magic Lantern session
    Being... Matthew Sanders, Director, Magic Lantern 25 October 2019, Matthew Sanders
  • Simon Brown
    Being... Simon Brown, Curator at Newstead Abbey, and Project Curator at the National Justice Museum 17 September 2019, Simon Brown
  • Sarah Thacker
    Being... Sarah Thacker, Producer / Director for HENI Talks 12 August 2019, Sarah Thacker
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Art UK Home School

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  • Weaving with a haiku in Doric
    Art UK Home School: write a summer haiku 2 July 2020, Shane Strachan
  • White Rhythm
    Art UK Home School: make a 'White Rhythm' sculpture with Robert Erskine 24 June 2020, Katie Roberts
  • Beauty Chorus G
    Art UK Home School: make a dazzle sculpture with Lisa Traxler 17 June 2020, Selina Levinson Drake
  • Mary Bourne at Elgin High School in March 2020
    Art UK Home School: make a landscape sculpture with Mary Bourne 10 June 2020, Shane Strachan
  • A student's experimental drawings of a sculpture from Southampton City Art Gallery
    Art UK Home School: speedy experimental drawing 4 June 2020, Selina Levinson Drake
  • Paper King Kong climbing tall buildings
    Art UK Home School: super stop-motion sculptures 28 May 2020, Katie Roberts
  • One of Katie's favourite things – her Spanish hand fan
    Art UK Home School: curate to connect with #CreatetoConnect 21 May 2020, Shane Strachan and Katie Roberts
  • Eggs
    Art UK Home School: create egg-cellent artworks 14 May 2020, Shane Strachan
  • Book Sculpture of a Gramophone and a Coffin (...)
    Art UK Home School: pop-up crime scene collage! 7 May 2020, Shane Strachan
  • Jane Ackroyd's 'Cat' sculpture in a Harlow school
    Art UK Home School: make your own pet from junk 30 April 2020, Selina Levinson Drake
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