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  • The Albert Memorial
    Revealing the facts and figures of London's statues and monuments 21 October 2021, Katey Goodwin
  • Sewing a Quilt, Gees Bend, Alabama (Jennie Pettway and another girl with the quilter Jorena Pettway)
    'Chalice Quilt' by an unrecorded artist 19 October 2021, Kate Hebert
  • Jeff Berardelli wearing the warming-stripes graphic
    Show Your Stripes: the artwork that made climate change data go viral 19 October 2021, Naomi Lebens
  • Presenter Gemma Cairney and the judges
    Landmark on Sky Arts: the final 18 October 2021, Kathleen Soriano
  • Kakaso'Las Totem Poles
    Highlighting modern Indigenous art of North America 15 October 2021, Laura Baliman
  • The Sculpture Placement Group
    The Sculpture Placement Group: prolonging the lifespan of artworks 13 October 2021, Jessica Ramm
  • The three artists featured in episode six of 'Landmark'
    Landmark on Sky Arts: Scotland 11 October 2021, Kathleen Soriano
  • The artists are Stephen Wilson, Ellie Niblock and Paddy Bloomer
    Landmark on Sky Arts: Northern Ireland 4 October 2021, Kathleen Soriano
  • Saint Francis of Assisi Holding a Bird
    Suffering, stigmata and preaching to the birds: representations of Saint Francis of Assisi 4 October 2021, Gary Haines
  • Ira Aldridge
    Ira Aldridge: a brief visual history of the Black Shakespearean actor 1 October 2021, Lydia Figes
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Artist in focus

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  • Michael Ayrton (1921–1975)
    Michael Ayrton: travels in space and time 20 October 2021, Justine Hopkins
  • The 'St Albans' floated out at Deptford in 1747
    William Pratt of Greenwich (1717–1795): ship's carpenter and painter 14 October 2021, Pieter van der Merwe
  • Anthony Whishaw
    Anthony Whishaw: a life with painting 28 September 2021, Richard Davey
  • Achmelvich
    John Maclauchlan Milne and his family of artists: a journey from Realism to Modernism 24 September 2021, Jill Marriner and Maurice Millar
  • George Ralston Wyllie (1921–2012) with 'The Paper Boat'
    A seriously playful artist: 100 years of George Wyllie 22 September 2021, Jan Patience
  • 1932, photograph by unknown artist
    Bi visibility: Marie Laurencin and multiple gender attraction 21 September 2021, Tabitha Deadman
  • unknown photographer
    Bi visibility: Dora Carrington and multiple gender attraction 20 September 2021, Tabitha Deadman
  • Self-Portrait
    Bi visibility: Gwen John and multiple gender attraction 17 September 2021, Tabitha Deadman
  • Kurt Jackson
    Kurt Jackson: a radical artist working in nature 8 September 2021, Julian Spalding
  • Phillip King, 2019
    Remembering the sculptor Phillip King 27 August 2021, Chris Mugan
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Artwork in focus

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  • Ross Wilson (b.1958)
    'All was paint': a portrait of the poet Derek Walcott 21 October 2021, Blake Matich
  • Le Rodeur: The Pulley
    Lubaina Himid's 'Le Rodeur: The Pulley' 14 October 2021, Claire FitzGerald
  • Louis Auguste Malempré (c.1820–1888) and Richard Claude Belt (1851–1920), St Paul's Churchyard, City of London
    The statue of Queen Anne 'with her face to the gin-shop, and her back to the church'! 12 October 2021, Anthony McIntosh
  • 1927 by Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
    Jacob Epstein's 'Paul Robeson (1898–1976)' 12 October 2021, Jenny Alexander
  • Queen Charlotte Sophia
    Allan Ramsay's 'Queen Charlotte Sophia' 6 October 2021, Georgy Kantor
  • 1985, bronze & Portland stone by Nicola Hicks (b.1960) and Gilbert & Turnbull Ltd.
    Nicola Hicks' 'Brown Dog' 24 September 2021, Anthony McIntosh
  • Battle of Britain
    Paul Nash's 'Battle of Britain' 15 September 2021, Kate Clements
  • Children and Chalked Wall 3
    Write on Art: 'Children and Chalk Wall 3' by Joan Eardley 1 September 2021, Aoife Hogan
  • All Will Be Forgotten
    Write on Art: 'All Will Be Forgotten' by Chris Wilson 1 September 2021, Hanifah Smith
  • Lilith
    Write on Art: 'Lilith' by John Collier 1 September 2021, Hannah Bugeja
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News

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  • Northpoint Playingfields at Night
    Buy art to help Art UK: a fundraising auction 13 September 2021, Andrew Ellis
  • Melanie and Me Swimming
    Write on Art: the winners 2021 1 September 2021, Shane Strachan
  • The Ultimate Art Museum
    Ferren Gipson's 'Ultimate Art Museum' 31 August 2021, Ferren Gipson
  • The Art UK guide on the Bloomberg Connects app
    Launching the Art UK guide on the Bloomberg Connects app 16 July 2021, Ben Reiss
  • Clothes I Wore #13
    Leading artists support Art UK in September 2021 fundraising auction 15 July 2021, Andrew Ellis
  • Woodblock print by Tosinobu Yamazaki (1857–1886)
    Explore new collections and artists on the Art UK Shop 6 July 2021, Camilla Stewart
  • SMART Art Agency explore Kenny Hunter's 'Youth with Split Apple' in Old Aberdeen
    A sculpture for Tillydrone: an Aberdeen community gets creative 28 June 2021, Shane Strachan
  • Maarten Roes Francken
    Volunteers' Week: Maarten Roes Francken 7 June 2021, Maarten Roes Francken
  • Tracy's collage of Art UK volunteer selfies
    Ten things Art UK has learnt about supporting volunteers 7 June 2021, Tracy Jenkins
  • Helen Chester
    Volunteers' Week: Helen Chester 6 June 2021, Helen Chester
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Artist interview

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  • Alvaro Barrington
    Seven questions with Alvaro Barrington 11 October 2021, Imelda Barnard
  • From 'The Pillar'
    Seven questions with Stephen Gill 8 October 2021, Lydia Figes
  • God will punish him
    Seven questions with Anya Paintsil 23 September 2021, Lydia Figes
  • Sofia Mitsola
    Seven questions with Sofia Mitsola 7 September 2021, Lydia Figes
  • Sir Frank Bowling OBE, RA
    Land of many waters: an interview with Frank Bowling 11 August 2021, Melissa Chemam
  • Centofolia
    A portrait without likeness: an interview with Alison Watt 16 July 2021, Susan Mansfield
  • Punctuation is pretty popular: nobody wants to admit to much
    Raw materials: an interview with Karla Black 7 July 2021, Chitra Ramaswamy
  • Nahem Shoa
    An interview with Nahem Shoa: portraying the 'Face of Britain' 23 December 2020, Siham Ali
  • Werdendes
    An interview with Tony Cragg: sculpture from Britain to Berlin 16 December 2020, Jon Wood
  • Joyce W. Cairns in her studio
    Joyce W. Cairns: painter and first woman President of the Royal Scottish Academy 27 November 2020, Tom Normand
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Art Matters podcast

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  • Olympic Games poster, Stockholm 2012
    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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Exhibition in focus

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  • Installation view at Modern Art, Oxford
    The sanguine, sublime and sensory forms of Anish Kapoor 7 October 2021, Chris Mugan
  • Sophia Vari in her studio
    Making it: post-war women artists and abstract sculpture 5 October 2021, Philomena Epps
  • Ascent
    Mixing It Up: what does contemporary painting look like? 22 September 2021, Ashley Tan
  • Helen Frankenthaler marks up proofs for 'Valentine for Mr Wonderful' with proofs for the 'Tales of Genji' series in the Tyler Graphics studio, 1995
    The radical beauty of Helen Frankenthaler's woodcuts 14 September 2021, Cora Chalaby
  • Grove Road, Bow
    Brothers in art: Walter and Harold Steggles 10 September 2021, Alan Waltham
  • Lucian Freud
    Unholy trinity: a love triangle between Freud, Minton and Ryan 26 August 2021, Ashley Tan
  • Self-Portrait
    Thomas Lawrence: capturing the coming-of-age portrait 20 August 2021, Sylvie Broussine
  • Installation image of 'Alice Curiouser and Curiouser' at the V&A
    The artists inspired by Alice's adventures down the rabbit hole 9 August 2021, Chris Mugan
  • The Rainstorm
    John Nash's alluring landscapes of love and solace 3 August 2021, Andy Friend
  • Burns Monument, Edinburgh
    Edinburgh Art Festival: six shows not to miss 28 July 2021, Rhona Taylor
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Collection in focus

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  • The Fisher Lass
    The Scottish Fisheries Museum: herring lasses and their silver darlings 20 October 2021, Minna Kajaste-McCormack
  • The Great Tapestry of Scotland
    The Great Tapestry of Scotland: a new Galashiels gallery space focussed on wellbeing 30 September 2021, Kirsty Innes
  • Naomi Mitchison
    Modern African art, from Dar es Salaam to Dunoon 4 August 2021, Kate Cowcher
  • Samuel Richardson's books
    The Stationers' Company collection: a British history of publishing 9 July 2021, John Peacock and Margaret Willes
  • Stained glass window at All Saints Church, Farnborough, West Berkshire
    Painting in coloured light: the modern stained glass designs of John Piper 31 May 2021, Natalie Patel
  • Black British History is British History
    Black Outdoor Art: creativity in action 28 May 2021, Greg Bunbury
  • Kinds of Life
    Enhancing visitor experience through art at Great Ormond Street Hospital 21 April 2021, Kate Phillimore
  • Charterhouse's Great Chamber
    Charterhouse's Tudor Great Chamber: a rare gem survives in London 12 March 2021, Gabriella Swaffield
  • Glyndebourne 1934–1994
    Glyndebourne: a vibrant opera and theatre archive 26 February 2021, Philip Boot
  • Maggie Keswick Jencks in her garden in Portrack, Scotland
    Art for Maggie's: works of art making a difference 7 December 2020, Sandy Nairne
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Being...

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  • Jim Ewen, left, slipcasting with Project Ability artist Cameron Morgan
    Being... Jim Ewen, Technician at Project Ability, Glasgow 27 September 2021, Jim Ewen
  • Abi, a white female with long brown hair, stands next to a white table frame which lit from beneath to make the table surface glow white. Behind the table frame sits a computer monitor on a side table. Abi is smiling at the camera and giving a thumbs up gesture.
    Being... Dr Abi Roper, Speech and Language Technologist at City, University of London 24 August 2021, Abi Roper
  • Francis Raeymaekers, Curator at Marchmont House
    Being... Francis Raeymaekers, Curator at Marchmont House 2 July 2021, Francis Raeymaekers
  • Visiting Do Ho Suh's 'Bridging Home' near Liverpool Street
    Being... Wells Fray-Smith, Assistant Curator: Special Projects, Whitechapel Gallery 28 June 2021, Wells Fray-Smith
  • Curator Claire Craig in front of the Travelling Gallery ahead of the exhibition 'Displaced'
    Being... Claire Craig, Curator at Travelling Gallery 25 May 2021, Claire Craig
  • Louise Dunning (left) and Abi Spinks (right) in Nottingham City Museums Collections Centre
    Being... Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks, Curators of Fine and Decorative Art, Nottingham City Museums 5 January 2021, Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks
  • 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
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Art UK Home School

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  • Children with their junk animals
    Art UK Home School: The Great Big Art Exhibition 18 February 2021, Shane Strachan
  • Yellow Helicopter
    Art UK Home School: create a softer world with Brendan Jamison 15 December 2020, Shane Strachan
  • front cover of book by Bob and Roberta Smith, published by Thames & Hudson
    Art UK Home School: draw five inspirational objects with Bob and Roberta Smith 8 December 2020, Selina Levinson Drake
  • Jo Taylor's ITV ident
    Art UK Home School: create your own logo 16 November 2020, Jo Taylor
  • The unveiling with model
    Art UK Home School: telling stories through sculpture with Hazel Reeves 24 September 2020, Hazel Reeves
  • 1-ania-bas725px-1.jpg
    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
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