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Vincent Van Gogh is like🌻 Edvard Munch is like😱 Grant Wood is like👵👨‍🌾 Georgia O'Keeffe is like🌷 Andy Warhol is like🥫 Mary Cassatt is like👩‍👦 Hokusai is like🌊 Salvador Dalí is like⏱️ ... But Rodin is like❓ Lets make a #SculptureEmoji . #WorldEmojiDay

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@weetabix @HeinzUK A Prayer for Those Who Put Beans on Weetabix 'A Prayer for Those at Sea' by Frederick Daniel Hardy (1827–1911) 📸 @WolvArtGallery

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Women artists have been overlooked throughout history. We've created an A-Z resource highlighting 1,000 women artists to give you a place to *start* exploring some of their work Here's 🅰️: 🧑‍🎨 Anna Alma-Tadema 📸 @Russell_Cotes #WomensHistoryMonth

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It's #NationalTriviaDay ! #DidYouKnow that despite producing over 2000 works, Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime?

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We're letting everyone become a curator of the nation’s art collection! On Monday 18 May we're launching our new Curations tool, allowing anyone anywhere to make an online exhibition. What will you create? #CurateYourOwn #ArtUKCurations #CollectionsUnited

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It's all about cats for today's #OnlineArtExchange ! 🐈 We're starting with 'The Curious Cat' by Ruskin Spear (1911–1990) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. 📸 @IngramColl

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Happy #BlackCatAppreciationDay 🐈‍⬛ 'Young Woman Holding a Black Cat' by Gwen John (1876–1939) 📸 @Tate

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Painter Ethel Léontine Gabain presented an intriguing and multifaceted vision of womanhood during the early 20th century @PL_Henderson1 tells more ⬇️ 'Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991), as Juliet, London, 1935 (from 'Romeo and Juliet')' by Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950) 📸 @TheRSC

Women's work: the life of painter Ethel Léontine Gabain

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Delighted to announce that over the next 3 years we'll be putting the UK’s sculpture online #ArtUKsculpturevulture

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Competition time ✨ Spring to it! Win a framed print of your choice from the Art UK shop – like and repost to enter. Closes 6pm 7th May, open to UK residents. T&Cs 👉 Kyffin Williams 📷 @NLWales , Vanessa Bell 📷 @boltoncouncil , LS Lowry 📷 @The_Lowry

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Laura Knight's twentieth-century Cornish coastline paintings have continued to enthral generations of art lovers 🌊 @PL_Henderson1 tells more: © the estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA / Bridgeman Images 📸 @LaingArtGallery

Laura Knight: enduring expressions of British summertime

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📣 Exciting news! We're pleased to announce that Mary Beard ( @wmarybeard ) is our annual Patron for 2021 Find out more: Photo credit: Robin Cormack

Art UK's Patron for 2021 is Mary Beard

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Competition time 🧡 Win a framed Art UK print of your choice, ahead of #FathersDay for a dad, parent or friend – like and repost to enter. Closes 6pm 21st May. T&Cs 👉 Shop 👉 📷 @Ray_Harryhausen @Russell_Cotes @PotteriesMuseum

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The @RCT is hosting a #PlatinumParty today on Twitter!👑 We're starting off the festivities with the Queen in art 'Queen Elizabeth II' by Michael Leonard (b.1933) © @NPGLondon

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Join our #PlatinumParty online today from 10am BST and share your own royal objects. Can’t wait to see you @HRP_palaces @V_and_A @britishmuseum @derbymuseums and all our party attendees! 🥳

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John Singer Sargent was born #OnThisDay in 1856 🎈 He worked on one of his most famous works for only a few minutes each evening when the light was right. He started it in 1885 and continued in summer 1886. 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) @Tate

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Thanks to our Art Detectives, this painting is now attributed to the important Puerto Rican artist José Campeche y Jordán 🕵️ 'Portrait of an Old Woman' by José Campeche y Jordán (1751–1809) 📸 The Henry Barber Trust, @BarberInstitute , @unibirmingham

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KLAXON SOUND! 📣 🚨 Behold the beauty of two absolute units in motion. We're starting a new #GIF collection with animations from CC licence paintings in UK collections – all to be filled with GIFs made and shared by YOU. Find out more how to get involved:

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We're so ready for #MusMeme day!

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Enjoying watching @wmarybeard explore the Lewis Chessmen in @britishmuseum on @BBCTwo ! This giant sculpture was inspired by the miniature medieval ones ⬇️ 'Uig Chess King' by Stephen Hayward (active 2006) © the copyright holder 📸 Peter Amsden / Art UK #MuseumPassion @bbcarts

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Happy #InternationalChessDay ! ♟️ 'The Chess Players' by John Lavery (1856–1941) 📸 @Tate (CC BY-NC-ND).

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🎉 Art UK turns 5 years old today! 🎉 Discover how we've grown and evolved over the past five years, rooted in a mission to make the UK's public art collection available to everyone: 'Five' by Lubaina Himid (b.1954) © the artist 📸 @LeedsMuseums

Five years on: celebrating Art UK's fifth birthday

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We're going to be discussing Beyoncé's relationship with art and the #APESHIT music video on our Twitter feed today, so please join in the conversation with the hashtag #ArtMattersPodcast .

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Welsh artist Gwen John was born #onthisday in 1876. Immerse yourself in her quietly intense paintings 'A Lady Reading' by Gwen John (1876–1939), @Tate

Quiet intensity: the life and art of Gwen John

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EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 🗣️📣 The first 1000 sculptures for the #ArtUKSculptureProject funded by @HeritageFundUK are now on our site! Dive into the collection and find out how to define what a sculpture is. 'Seated Figure' by Hannah Frank, © the artist's estate. Photo: @GSofA

What is sculpture anyway?

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We can't not post Gwen John's 'Young Woman Holding a Black Cat' for #BlackCatAppreciationDay 😻 📸 @Tate

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Things to do in #SouthEastLondon this summer: visit @DulwichGallery 's 'The Woman in the Window' exhibition @PL_Henderson1 tells more: 🧑‍🎨 Ajarb Bernard Ategwa (b.1988) © the artist 📸 private collection, courtesy of @JackBellGallery #AugustArtFest

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Celebrating summer with the work of Laura Knight, who was born #OTD in 1877. Knight's art captures an enduring fascination with the summer shore 🏖️ #AugustArtFest @PL_Henderson1 © the estate of Dame Laura Knight / Bridgeman Images @LaingArtGallery

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Which artist has best reflected an expression of British summertime? @PL_Henderson1 tells why Laura Knight undoubtedly comes to mind 🌊 © the estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA / Bridgeman Images 📸 @AmgueddfaCymru / @Museum_Cardiff

Laura Knight: enduring expressions of British summertime

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This #Barbie is 18th-century chic 🎀

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Noted suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst was born #onthisday in 1882. In addition to her campaigning related to women's rights and anti-fascism, many don't know that she was also an artist. @Tate acquired four of her paintings last year.

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For #internationalwomensday we’re honouring Mary Beale, one of Britain’s first professional women painters. Which women artists inspire you? #5womenartists #IWD2020 ‘Self Portrait, Holding an Artist’s Palette’ by Mary Beale (1633–1699) Photo credit: West Suffolk Heritage Service

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Happy 84th birthday David Hockney! 🎂 'David Hockney' by Francis Goodman (1913–1989) © @NPGLondon

David Hockney: swimming pools and suburbia

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'I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few' Willian Morris #quotes

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We are thrilled to announce that our 2022 Patron is actor, writer, and the co-founder and host of acclaimed podcast Talk Art, @russelltovey 🎉 Find out more: Russell Tovey 📸 Jason Dimmock

Art UK's Patron for 2022 is Russell Tovey

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Sargent (born #OTD in 1856) was able to work on this painting for only a few minutes each evening when the light was exactly right. He started it in September to November 1885 and continued in summer of 1886 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) @Tate

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Discover the artists behind the classic Ladybird Books illustrations, from 'Peter and Jane' to the 'People at Work' series Photo credit: @LBFlyawayhome

Artists of Classic Ladybird Books

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'Cathie Pilkington is one of the most compelling British artists of the contemporary age.' @PL_Henderson1 tells more about Pilkington's surreal and figurative sculptures: © the artist / Bridgeman Images 📸 @royalacademy / Graham Chalifour

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Inspired by @TheMERL 's recent call to photoshop a cow into different scenes, we have a Photoshop challenge of our own using the new Public Domain images on our site from @YaleBritishArt . What can you make of this image? 'Zebra' by George Stubbs, Yale Center for British Art

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Lucian Freud was born #onthisday in 1922. Find out more about his distinctive portraiture 'Francis Bacon' by Lucian Freud (1922–2011), © Tate. Photo: @Tate

Lucian Freud: paintings that feel like people

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Women artists have been overlooked throughout history. Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists gives you a place to *start* exploring some of their work Here's K: de Karlowska to Kyle 👉 🧑‍🎨 Christine Kinsey (b.1942) © the artist 📸 @CarmsMuseums #WHM

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Anne Lister was the first woman in England to openly marry another woman in 1834 – dive into her incredible story, told through art #InternationalLesbianDay 'Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene' by Simeon Solomon (1840–1905), @Tate

Lesbian love and coded diaries: the remarkable story of Anne Lister

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We’re using this time inside to explore windows in painting. We invite you to open your window as you read and enjoy the views in art 👇 ‘Woman at a Window 2’ by Paul Winstanley (b.1954) 📸 @Tate

Open windows | Art UK

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This week we're looking back on some of our most popular stories published in the last year ✨ Next up, Women's work: the life of painter Ethel Léontine Gabain by @womensart1 ➡️ 🧑‍🎨 Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950) 📸 Watford Museum

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Keeping up our #FridayThe13th tradition of sharing this soft, beautiful portrait of a woman holding a black cat by Gwen John, from @Tate 's collection 😻

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Discover the story of Ethel Léontine Gabain, the painter who offered a particular and dignified statement about the lives of fellow women @PL_Henderson1 of @womensart1 tells more: 'At a Sunny Window' by Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950) 📸 Watford Museum

Women's work: the life of painter Ethel Léontine Gabain

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CALLING ALL ART TEACHERS 🗣️ Do your students know about our Write on Art competition in partnership with @PaulMellonCentr ? Students aged 15–18 can write about a work of art on our website and enter to win £500. The deadline is 31 January.

Write on Art Prize | Art UK & Paul Mellon Centre

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This month @WomenInTheArts is challenging us all to see if we can name #5womenartists – here are fifty British women artists to add to your list 'Milking Practice with Artificial Udders' by Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906–1960), @I_W_M (Art.IWM ART LD 766)

Fifty works by fifty British women artists, 1900–1950

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75 Years ago today, Victory in Europe was declared when the Allies accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces #VEDay75 'VE-Day Celebrations outside Buckingham Palace' by Leila Faithfull (1896–1994) 📸 @I_W_M

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Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with this portrait of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dorothy Hodgkin 👩‍🔬⚛️ #IDWGIS 'Dorothy Hodgkin' by Maggi Hambling (b.1945) © @NPGLondon

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Anne Lister was the first woman in England to marry another woman, in 1834. She was the subject of the BBC’s Gentleman Jack. Discover her remarkable life story told through art #LGBTQHM ‘Anne Lister of Shibden Hall (1791–1840)’ attributed to Joshua Horner (1812–1884) @Calderdale

Lesbian love and coded diaries: the remarkable story of Anne Lister

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Remembering, remembering the 5th of November through paintings #GuyFawkesNight 'Fireworks' by J. S. Holmes (active 1850–1867), Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

Remember remember the 5th of November | Art UK

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Lombardi was a 19th C Roman painter and sculptor known for his attention to detail. This bust has a wet-drapery effect inspired by the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece. 'The Veiled Lady' by Giovanni Battista Lombardi (1823–1880), @TownerGallery

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Paterson Joseph ( @ignatius_sancho ) speaks on his outrage at the neglect of African figures in art history 'Elizabeth Murray (1626–1698), Lady Tollemache, Later Countess of Dysart and Duchess of Lauderdale with a Black Servant' by Peter Lely (1618–1680), @nationaltrust

The outrageous neglect of African figures in art history

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Ahead of his @BBCFOUR programme on John Minton, @MarkGatiss shares his favourite works by the 'lost' artist Photo credit: BBC

Mark Gatiss on John Minton: the lost man of British art

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Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi was born #onthisday in 1593. Find out about her exceptional life as an artist 'Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria' by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654 or after), @nationalgallery

Artemisia Gentileschi: brilliant Baroque icon

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BIG NEWS 📣 We are delighted to announce that our Patron for 2019 is Yinka Shonibare CBE ( @SHONIBARESTUDIO ). He uses his phenomenal talent to explore race, class and cultural identity in his work, and we look forward to working with him in 2019 as sculpture joins Art UK.

Yinka Shonibare CBE is Art UK's 2019 Patron

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Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the magical special effects of 'Jason and the Argonauts', 'One Million Years BC' and 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' – @ConnorHeaney86 discusses his artistic genius 'Allosaurus Attacking a Cowboy' by Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013), © @Ray_Harryhausen

The cinematic and artistic genius of Ray Harryhausen

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We’re reading up on #herstory for #WomensHistoryMonth and can't stop thinking about Gwen John’s incredible scientific approach to colour mixing. Art historians still puzzle over her numerical system of categorising tonal values ‘A Lady Reading’ by Gwen John (1876–1939) 📸 @Tate

Quiet intensity: the life and art of Gwen John

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In May 2020, we will launch Curations – a tool that anyone anywhere can use to create digital exhibitions from artworks on the Art UK site. With almost 250,000 artworks from over 3,250 collections on Art UK, what will you create? 👇An example of the showcase format in Curations

Curations: a new tool that lets you create your own exhibition

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Paul Nash, born #onthisday in 1889, helped to develop British Modernism. Discover the sense of place imbued in his landscape paintings 👇 'Wood on the Downs' by Paul Nash (1889–1946) 📸 @AbdnArtMuseums (CC BY-NC)

Paul Nash: a love of the land and a sense of place

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William Morris (born #OnThisDay in 1834) is said to have scrawled 'I cannot paint you, but I love you' on the back of this painting of his soon-to-be wife, Jane. Discover their unconventional Victorian marriage: 📸 @Tate

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🐏 Exciting news! 🐏 A brand new range of gifts from @TheMERL is now available on the Art UK shop! Added bonus—when you put this absolute unit in your home, you support the Museum of English Rural Life with your purchase:

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L. S. Lowry was born #OnThisDay in 1887. Lowry's 'matchstick men', mill scenes and industrial landscapes are still iconic today 'Coming from the Mill' by Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976) © @The_Lowry

L. S. Lowry: true to life

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Caspar David Friedrich – born #onthisday in 1774 – was one of the most important German painters of his era. This painting is indicative of the style he's best known for, with a single figure in a landscape at evening. 'Winter Landscape', @nationalgallery

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We speak to @russelltovey to find out why he sees himself as an 'art geek', how he's built his art collection and which artist he'd love to meet Image courtesy of Russell Tovey

Talking art with Russell Tovey | Art UK

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The theme for tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange is the colour green, and we're green with envy for this maximalist interior 💚 Share your favourite green artworks for this week's online art exchange 'Drawing Room, 1a Holland Park' by Anna Alma-Tadema (1865–1943) 📸 @Russell_Cotes

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Have you heard the news? Our 2022 Patron is actor, writer, and the co-founder and host of acclaimed podcast Talk Art, @russelltovey 🎉 Find out more: Russell Tovey 📸 Jason Dimmock

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NEW STORY: 'Stephen Finer: Painting #DavidBowie ' unseen images on what would have been Bowie's 70th Birthday weekend

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'Children by the Sea' by John Minton (1917–1957), © @RCA / @BridgemanImages . Photo: @Tate Minton was a British artist, influential art teacher, and the subject of last night's @BBCFOUR programme with @MarkGatiss exploring his life. #artoftheday

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The Pantone Color of the Year 2020 is 'Classic Blue' – here's the story of blue in art 💙 #pantone2020 #coloroftheyear 'Portrait of a Woman (Lady with a Lapis Lazuli Bowl) (possibly Artemisia)' by Guido Reni (1575–1642), @bm_ag

Colour in art: a brief history of blue pigment

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For #MusMeme day, we celebrate what art and memes have in common — how they can capture what we're all really feeling... My plans 2020

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Artist @denisejdutton talks us through her latest creation, a sculpture of pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning The @MaryAnningRocks sculpture will be unveiled today by @theAliceRoberts in Lyme Regis Denise Dutton in the studio 📸 Gemma Briggs / Art UK

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Happy birthday to the shining star of English landscape painting, J. M. W. Turner 🌟 Turner was born #OnThisDay in 1775 'The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up, 1838' by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) @NationalGallery

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The harrowing story of Artemisia Gentileschi and how she came to be one of the most celebrated female artists in the history of art #WomensHistoryMonth #womensart 'Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria' by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654 or after), @nationalgallery

Artemisia Gentileschi: brilliant Baroque icon

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Painter Ethel Léontine Gabain presented an intriguing, multifaceted vision of early 20th century womanhood @PL_Henderson1 of @womensart1 tells more ⬇️ 'Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991), as Juliet, London, 1935 (from 'Romeo and Juliet')' by Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950) 📸 @TheRSC

Women's work: the life of painter Ethel Léontine Gabain

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#BlackCatDay : 'Young Woman Holding a Black Cat' by Gwen John, who adored her cats and painted them frequently 📸 @Tate

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'It facilitates both the act of looking in and looking out, placing the viewer as intimate insider or conversely as outsider and voyeur' @PL_Henderson1 tells more about @DulwichGallery 's new exhibition ⬇️ 'The Mother of Sisera' by Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893) 📸 @TullieHouse

Reframed: a glance at women in the window

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#artoftheday 'Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood' by John Singer Sargent @Tate #art #painting

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Japanese artist Hokusai was born #onthisday in 1760. Find out how his woodblock prints inspired the work of Sussex artist Eric Slater (amongst many others) 'The Great Wave' by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), @britishmuseum

Eric Slater: the Sussex Hokusai

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Hop on your broomstick and explore the dramatic art history of witches 🧙‍♀️🧹 'Macbeth, Banquo and the Witches (from William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Act I, Scene iii)' by Henry Fuseli(1741–1825), @nationaltrust

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Ho ho ho, meeeerry Christmas! 🦇 As a holiday treat, we spoke with @greg_jenner about weird and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards for the last episode of the year of #ArtMattersPodcast . Listen here: Image: Doo Wack-a-Doodle via The Telegraph

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These strawberry-stealing thrushes are one of William Morris's most famous designs 🍓 Morris was born #OnThisDay in 1834 🎂 'Strawberry Thief' by William Morris (1834–1896) 📸 @WmMorrisSocUK

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Congratulations to Favour Jonathan, winner of 'Landmark' on Sky Arts 🎉 Her sculpture honouring Black Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge is now on permanent display outside the new National Collection Centre in Coventry @skytv

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Celebrating Manet's birthday with one of his most famous paintings and the hedonism of La Belle Époque 🥂 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère' by Édouard Manet (1832–1883) 📸 @TheCourtauld #OnThisDay

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How do we treat public sculpture that continues to glorify empire? In thinking about the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, we revisit Kara Walker's 'Fons Americanus'. 'Fons Americanus' by Kara Walker (b.1969) © the artist 📸 @Tate (Matt Greenwood)

Kara Walker: confronting colonial history through maritime allegories

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'Considering the gaze is pivotal to the exhibition, whether in terms of subject, creator or viewer' @PL_Henderson1 tells more about @DulwichGallery 's new exhibition: 'A Woman Playing a Clavichord' by Gerrit Dou (1613–1675) 📸 Dulwich Picture Gallery

Reframed: a glance at women in the window

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Calling all young poets, our #ArtSpeaks competition is now open. £500 prize for the best poem inspired by Art UK

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Peek behind the curtain of human existence with the surreal and satirical work of Sarah Lucas @PL_Henderson1 explores: 'Pauline Bunny' by Sarah Lucas (b.1962) © Sarah Lucas, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London 📸 @Tate

Sarah Lucas: surreal and satirical sculpture

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🎂 Happy 75th birthday to Maggi Hambling CBE! Explore Hambling's painting and sculpture: 'Scallop: A Conversation with the Sea' by Maggi Hambling (b.1945) and Sam and Dennis Pegg © the artist / Bridgeman Images 📸 Tony Wooderson / Art UK

Art UK Curations | Take five: Maggi Hambling

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When you're vegan and people ask you what there is to eat if you don't eat meat #WorldVeganDay 'Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit' by Nathaniel Bacon (1585–1627), @Tate

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STORY: Where are the people of colour in the nation's oil paintings? We look at historical representations of people of colour in the oil medium, and how things have evolved 📷 @Tate

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We're excited to hear that #KaraWalker 's important sculpture will still be on view when Tate Modern re-opens to the public! 'Fons Americanus' by Kara Walker (b.1969) © the artist 📸 @Tate (Matt Greenwood)

Kara Walker: confronting colonial history through maritime allegories

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Women artists have been overlooked throughout history. Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists gives you a place to *start* exploring some of their work Here's T: Taggart to Tyson 👉 🧑‍🎨 Mary Thornycroft 📸 @RBKC Culture Service. @LeightonHouse_ #WHM

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We are thrilled to announce that Stoke-on-Trent is Art UK's new home for our only English office 🎉 Thank you for the warm welcome from cultural partners in Stoke-on-Trent

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Kicking off today's fruit-themed #OnlineArtExchange with a big bowl of berries! How's that for one of your five a day? 'Still Life of Raspberries in a Willow Pattern Bowl, with Cherries and Bindweed' by Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829–1914) 📸 @NorfolkMuseums

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Happy birthday @NationalGallery , which opened #onthisday 196 years ago! Discover how early public galleries, like the National Gallery, made casual art viewing possible for the public ‘Room 32 in the National Gallery, London’ by Giuseppe Gabrielli (active 1850–1890) 📸 @GovArtCol

A look at the UK’s early public galleries

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#SculptureSaturday – This sculptural portrait of @FloellaBenjamin was commissioned to mark the completion of her tenure as Chancellor of the University of Exeter in 2016 'Baroness Floella Benjamin (b.1949), OBE, DL' by Luke Shepherd (b.1961) © the artist 📸 @UniofExeter

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Today is the ✨60th anniversary✨ of 'Jason and the Argonauts', Ray Harryhausen's cinematic masterpiece Discover the film's art and lasting influence: 'Talos Key Drawing' by Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013) © @Ray_Harryhausen

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A brief history of gold in art 💛 'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), Belvedere, Vienna

Colour in art: a brief history of gold

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In celebration of @worcestermuseum 's British Impressionism exhibition, today's #OnlineArtExchange is all about the British coast and countryside 🌊🌳 Here's Laura Knight and British summertime: © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images 📸 @LaingArtGallery

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