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  • c.1505–1510, oil on panel by Hieronymous Bosch (c.1450–1516)
    A brief art history of the seven deadly sins 30 October 2020, Philomena Epps
  • Miniature from 'Hours of Catherine of Cleves'
    The bad place: a visual history of hell 29 October 2020, Aida Amoako
  • Mary Seacole (1805–1881)
    On representing Mary Seacole: a Jamaican-Scottish war heroine 12 October 2020, Samantha Pinto
  • Giuseppe Franchi (1731–1806) with a Bust of Homer
    The Cultural Gifts Scheme: the UK's philanthropic incentive for gifts of art 8 October 2020, Anastasia Tennant
  • 1735–1740, oil on canvas by Charles André van Loo (1705–1765)
    Under the sea: monsters and mythical creatures of the deep 6 October 2020, Victoria Rodrigues O'Donnell
  • An Audience of a European Ambassador with the Grand Vizir
    Ambassadors and spymasters: the art of diplomacy 5 October 2020, Estelle Paranque
  • Is Famine Ever Permissible? Compulsory Migration Ethiopia
    Eight artists looking at experiences of migration 28 September 2020, Ashley Tan
  • Judith Beheading Holofernes
    Femininity weaponised: a history of women and swords in art 23 September 2020, Claire Mead
  • Self Portrait
    Ten women artists of Jewish heritage represented in UK collections 22 September 2020, Lydia Figes
  • Frontispiece to Phillis Wheatley's 'Poems on Various Subjects'
    She will soar: portraits of women poets in UK collections 18 September 2020, Ana Sampson
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Art Matters podcast

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  • Crowning the Victors at Olympia
    Art Matters podcast: art at the Olympics 27 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Self Portrait
    Art Matters podcast: the art of love 13 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 25,000 BC, engraving on a mammoth tusk, discovered in Pavlov in the Czech Republic
    Art Matters podcast: the artistry behind maps 29 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Golders Green
    Art Matters podcast: poster designs for the London Underground 15 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • c.1599, oil on canvas by Caravaggio (1571–1610)
    Art Matters podcast: art good enough to eat 1 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Plague in London
    Art Matters podcast: 1666 – a year of plague, fire and war, told through art 18 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • c.1503, oil on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
    Art Matters podcast: psychoanalysing art 4 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Job
    Art Matters podcast: art and advertising 21 July 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 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
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News

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  • Write on Art 2020
    Write on Art: the winners 2020 19 October 2020, Andrew Shore
  • 1883, oil on canvas by William Samuel Jay (1843–1933)
    Cosy up for the cold: autumn and winter art prints from the Art UK Shop 13 October 2020, Alexandra Colton
  • Framed print of 'Untitled, 05/99 (RSW 2000)'
    Perfect prints for every room 8 September 2020, Alexandra Colton
  • Framed print of 'Seaside'
    Staycation appreciation with the Art UK Shop 11 August 2020, Alexandra Colton
  • Framed prints of botanical artworks from the Wellcome Collection
    Blooming botanical gifts and nature-inspired prints from the Art UK Shop 28 July 2020, Alexandra Colton
  • 1878–1879, oil, essence, gouache & pastel on paper by Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
    Sporting highlights from the Art UK Shop 7 July 2020, Alexandra Colton
  • 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
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Artist in focus

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  • Hiawatha
    Who was Edmonia 'Wildfire' Lewis? 28 October 2020, Hermenia Powers
  • Girl in a Blue Dress
    Stella Steyn: the Irish artist who went beyond the Bauhaus 26 October 2020, Alicia Foster
  • Clare Winsten
    The Winstens of Whitechapel: Clara Birnberg and Simy Weinstein 22 October 2020, Sara Ayad
  • Chantal Joffe at Arnolfini
    Painting the personal: in conversation with Chantal Joffe 21 October 2020, Ruth Millington
  • Leaves
    Sculpting in steel: an interview with Sokari Douglas Camp 19 October 2020, Leah Sinclair
  • Autumn Effect at Argenteuil
    A tale of two paintings: Monet, Leslie Hunter, and the pursuit of colour 16 October 2020, Jill Marriner
  • Head of the Magdalene
    Christiana Herringham: the overlooked artist, patron and feminist campaigner 14 October 2020, Michaela Jones
  • Portrait of a Man ('Léal Souvenir'), before and after restoration
    Jan van Eyck's works at The National Gallery 9 October 2020, Susan Foister
  • 1974, photograph by James Barnor (b.1929)
    From Ghana to London: how photographer James Barnor captured two societies in transition 7 October 2020, Siham Ali
  • Sonia Boyce
    Sonia Boyce: a revolutionary face of contemporary British art 2 October 2020, Melissa Chemam
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Artwork in focus

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  • Standing Figure with African Masks
    Write on Art: 'Standing Figure with African Masks' by Claudette Johnson 23 October 2020, Izzy Ajani
  • Woman at a Window
    Write on Art: 'Woman at a Window' by Edgar Degas 22 October 2020, Florence Wolter
  • Cottage and Figure I
    Write on Art: 'Cottage and Figure I' by Jack Simcock 21 October 2020, Imogen Hodgkins
  • The Broken Mirror
    Write on Art: 'The Broken Mirror' by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 20 October 2020, Ruby Langan-Hughes
  • 'Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse' (left) and 'Princess Alice with Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse' (right)
    Gustav Pope’s 'The Music Room': discovering a portrait of three princesses 30 September 2020, César Guerra-Acevedo
  • 19th C, marble after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) and after Ercole Ferrata (1610–1686)
    An elephant in Enniskillen 30 July 2020, Loyd Grossman
  • 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
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Exhibition in focus

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  • A Caricature of Greenwich Pensioners
    The neglected history of Black mariners 15 October 2020, S. I. Martin
  • Sexist Crabs Performance, Portland Bill Sculpture Park
    Neo Naturists at Towner: Christine and Jennifer Binnie curate an exhibition 25 September 2020, Philomena Epps
  • Theatre 'pair poster', London Transport
    Barnett Freedman: between art and innovative design 9 September 2020, Emma Mason
  • Girl
    Nude and naked: a stripped down look at post-war sculpture 15 July 2020, Julia Carver
  • Cecil Beaton
    Cecil Beaton's Bright Young Things 6 July 2020, Philomena Epps
  • 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
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Collection in focus

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  • Thomas Killigrew (1611–1682) with a Mastiff
    Weston Park's prestigious painting collection joins Art UK 17 August 2020, Gareth J. L. Williams
  • Armour
    The Royal College of General Practitioners features the Pharmacopoeia collective 4 August 2020, Sharon Messenger
  • Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965)
    Winston Churchill in Gallery Oldham: a complex legacy 24 July 2020, Rabia Begum
  • A View over Bushey from Clay Hill
    Hubert von Herkomer and the Bushey art colony 13 July 2020, Pat Woollard
  • 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
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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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  • The unveiling with model
    Art UK Home School: telling stories through sculpture with Hazel Reeves 24 September 2020, Hazel Reeves
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    Art UK Home School: make your own colour sculpture 27 August 2020, Ania Bas
  • Chameleon
    Art UK Home School: create a wire hybrid creature 13 August 2020, Fiona Campbell
  • Pedestal diagram
    Art UK Home School: who's on the pedestal? 30 July 2020, Sam Ayre
  • Stranger VII
    Art UK Home School: take flight with a winged sculpture! 16 July 2020, Shane Strachan
  • 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
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