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Download the information pack for more information 👉
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#EducationCharity
#CharityTrustee
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:
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
.
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.
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
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
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
Discover the artists behind the classic Ladybird Books illustrations, from 'Peter and Jane' to the 'People at Work' series
Photo credit:
@LBFlyawayhome
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
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
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
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
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.
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 😻
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
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)
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
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
Remembering, remembering the 5th of November through paintings
#GuyFawkesNight
'Fireworks' by J. S. Holmes (active 1850–1867), Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
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
🐏 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:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Discover the story of Harry Becker, an artist enamoured with the English countryside
@ahistoryinart
explores:
📸 Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
@IpswichMuseums