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  • The Crucifixion
    Through the ages: depictions of the crucifixion 19 April 2019, Lydia Figes
  • Study of Trees
    In praise of trees: a look at arboreal art 17 April 2019, Anita Sethi
  • North Door, Notre Dame, Paris
    Notre Dame cathedral: inspiring artists for centuries 16 April 2019, Lydia Figes
  • Catherine de Médicis with the Head of Coligny
    Catherine de' Medici: France's 'Black Queen' in the spotlight 13 April 2019, Estelle Paranque
  • The Townley Discobolus
    How art reinterprets Greek mythology: from problematic patriarchies to queer perspectives 11 April 2019, Iain Calderwood
  • Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
    Joining the dots: researching Castle Howard using Art UK 9 April 2019, Charles Saumarez Smith
  • Victoria Fountain
    Eleven public sculptures to see in Brighton 3 April 2019, Lydia Figes
  • The Fool from 'Tarot of Marseilles'
    All aboard the ship of fools 1 April 2019, Jessica Ramm
  • E. H. Gombrich's 'The Story of Art'
    E. H. Gombrich and 'The Story of Art' revisited 29 March 2019, Lydia Figes
  • Anna Lehr
    Being... Anna Lehr, Learning, Glasgow Museums 28 March 2019, Anna Lehr
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Art Matters podcast

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  • Russell Tovey with a Paul Mogensen piece at Karma
    Art Matters podcast: talking art with Russell Tovey 9 April 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • Artist Sally Booth supports VocalEyes workshop attendees to create clay sculptures at Reading Museum
    Art Matters podcast: how blind and partially sighted people engage with visual art 26 March 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • Ada King (1815–1852), Countess of Lovelace, Mathematician, Daughter of Lord Byron
    Art Matters podcast: forgotten women artists 12 March 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • The photo of an antefix (half and half)
    Art Matters podcast: rediscovering colour in classical sculptures 26 February 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • Day
    Art Matters podcast: Art on the Underground 12 February 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • Abstract No. 1: paint by number design by Dan Robbins
    Art Matters podcast: the history of paint by number 29 January 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • Glen Tilt
    Art Matters podcast: the Pre-Raphaelites’ relationship with science 15 January 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • Greetings card
    Art Matters podcast: weird, dark and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards 11 December 2018, Ferren Gipson
  • The Mona Lisa on display in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, 1913
    Art Matters podcast: lost art, forgeries and the theft of the 'Mona Lisa' 4 December 2018, Ferren Gipson
  • Illustration for a French translation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'
    Art Matters podcast: artists as book illustrators 13 November 2018, Ferren Gipson
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Artist in focus

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  • Woman Artist, Nude, Standing
    Alyce Mahon on the enigmatic Dorothea Tanning 18 April 2019, Alyce Mahon
  • The Artist at Work (Self Portrait)
    Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun: from Rococo to Revolution 16 April 2019, Lydia Figes
  • View from the Roof Garden of the Londra Palace, Venice
    Lindy Guinness: devoted to art 16 April 2019, Lindy Guinness
  • Barnfield Gardens
    Cool, calm and collected: the landscapes of Maurice Wade 10 April 2019, Henry Birks
  • Wood on the Downs
    Paul Nash: a love of the land and a sense of place 8 April 2019, Liz Rideal
  • Van Gogh's Chair
    London through the eyes of Vincent van Gogh 5 April 2019, Patricia Yaker Ekall
  • Shopping List
    Six of the best: how Harold Gilman shaped British painting 4 April 2019, James Rawlin and Lara Wardle
  • Otto Maciąg
    Otto Maciąg: an extraordinary life 2 April 2019, Anna Maciąg
  • Self Portrait with a Cat
    The versatility of Elizabeth Blackadder 27 March 2019, Lydia Figes
  • Rye Harbour
    Eric Ravilious, tennis and Englishness 25 March 2019, Samuel Love
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Exhibition in focus

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  • Arts Council Collection exhibition 'Too Cute! by Rachel Maclean at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
    Too cute! What happens when sweet gets sinister? 12 April 2019, Jade King
  • A Moment of Triumph
    Connections: an exhibition at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery 22 March 2019, Neil McGregor
  • Speech Acts
    Speech Acts: imagination – the sum of all 19 March 2019, Hammad Nasar
  • 'Made in Britain' exhibition
    'Made in Britain' at The National Museum of Poland, Gdańsk 12 March 2019, Robert Priseman
  • Edited by Sacha Llewellyn
    Fifty works by fifty British women artists, 1900–1950 4 March 2019, Sacha Llewellyn
  • Drawing by Andrew Tift (b.1968)
    Andrew Tift: 'Washington Lives – Because One Day You’ll Be Older Too' 20 February 2019, Andrew Tift
  • Le Passeur (The Ferryman)
    Five must-see paintings in 'William Stott of Oldham: Great Painters Are Rare' 18 February 2019, Rebecca Hill
  • Othello, the Moor of Venice
    Speech Acts: reflections – performing the self 28 January 2019, Hammad Nasar
  • The Music Lesson
    Seen and heard: Victorian children in the frame 22 January 2019, Katty Pearce
  • Thomas Gainsborough
    Gainsborough's family album 21 January 2019, Lucy Peltz and David Solkin
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Artwork in focus

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  • Artist Robert Brown and his teapot
    A collector captured: Art Detective tracks down an artist 15 April 2019, Maev Kennedy
  • 2012, bronze by Peter Webster (b.1958)
    Steve Ovett: Brighton's running legend immortalised... twice 10 April 2019, Ian Hewitt
  • The Artist's Daughters
    Tracy Chevalier on Harold Gilman's 'The Artist's Daughters' 4 April 2019, Tracy Chevalier
  • Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
    Antony Beevor on Eisenhower's portrait of Montgomery 28 March 2019, Antony Beevor
  • Eve
    In the beginning was Eve... by Rodin 20 February 2019, Lydia Figes
  • Lancelot Ribeiro with his artwork 'Untitled (Townscape)' in 1965
    Lancelot Ribeiro: the anatomy of three paintings 15 February 2019, Marsha Ribeiro
  • (in situ), 1730, oil on canvas by William Hogarth (1697–1764)
    Save our Hogarth! 'The Wollaston Family' at Leicester's New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 6 February 2019, Sarah Levitt
  • Jon Sleigh giving a talk in front of Francis Bacon's 'Figures in a Landscape'
    Coded messages in art: Francis Bacon's 'Figures in a Landscape' 4 February 2019, Jon Sleigh
  • Robert Burns
    Robert Burns: capturing the Bard in three dimensions 25 January 2019, Rhona Taylor
  • Madame Crozat
    The mystery of Jacques Aved and a French revolutionary's grandmother 16 January 2019, Dr Marion Richards
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Collection in focus

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  • Head of an Ape
    From Apes to Zinnias: an A–Z of Salford's collections 15 April 2019, Sophie Small
  • The Horse Fair
    The eight women artists of The National Gallery 11 February 2019, Jade King
  • The Adoration of the Magi
    Twelve treasures of the National Trust 5 February 2019, David Taylor
  • Otter Gallery, University of Chichester
    An update and a lament: the Bishop Otter Collection 24 January 2019, Gill Clarke
  • The Building Committee, Glasgow School of Art
    Things we lost in the fire: the tragedy at The Glasgow School of Art 18 December 2018, Tim Cornwell
  • Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Michael the Archangel
    Mum's the word at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts 28 November 2018, Helen Record
  • Shady Quiet
    The Royal Watercolour Society: a brief history 22 July 2018, James Faure Walker
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital
    Collection in focus: Arts for Health – Milton Keynes 5 July 2018, Sarah Hunt
  • Bust of John Hunter (1728–1793)
    Collection in focus: St George's Hospital, Tooting 3 July 2018, Joanna Wakefield
  • The Old Man Becomes Young
    Mythstories: using art to tell tales 26 January 2018, Molly Tresadern
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News

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  • Rosie MacArthur at Harrow Arts Centre in 2012
    Remembering Rosie MacArthur (1981–2018) 22 March 2019, Katey Goodwin
  • Self Portrait
    Open Arts Objects celebrates International Women's Day 8 March 2019, Leah Clark
  • Heather Phillipson's work during 'Too Cute!'
    Unmissable UK art this spring 5 March 2019, Alec Mackenzie
  • Sculptures by Andrew Sinclair at Great Torrington School in Devon, part of Masterpieces in Schools
    Masterpieces in Schools comes to Devon with sculptor Andrew Sinclair 4 March 2019, Laura Woodfield
  • Photographer Ian Skelton at Lambeth Palace
    Photographing and cataloguing sculpture from Shetland to the Channel Islands 20 February 2019, Hazel Buchan Cameron and Alison Mitchelson
  • Volunteer photography in action
    Monuments, statues and street furniture: the wonderful world of public sculpture 18 February 2019, Anthony McIntosh
  • Northern Ireland Coordinator Dickon Hall with Photographer Bryan Rutledge at Ulster Museum
    Woah, we're halfway there: woah-oh – sculpture everywhere! 15 February 2019, Katey Goodwin
  • 'Visual search of paintings' demo
    Double vision: image recognition meets Art UK 31 January 2019, Alec Mackenzie
  • Jo bringing out First World War objects for delegates at creative symposium Doubtful Occasion
    Being... Jo Meacock, Curator of British Art, Glasgow Museums 14 January 2019, Joanna Meacock
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    Castles and colleges: recording sculpture in the Highlands and Islands 29 November 2018, Sophia Sheppard
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