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Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas was born #OnThisDay ✍️ Artists have been inspired by his features and poetry. Read more in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/dylan-thomas-the-poet-in-art 🧑‍🎨 Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman. 📷 Amgueddfa Cymru

What does this photograph say about identity? In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, opera singer, visual artist and writer Peter Brathwaite visits Manchester Art Gallery to unlock an intriguing photograph by Masimba Hwati Listen and follow 👉 https://rss.com/podcasts/artuk/

This larger-than-life mural, titled 'Ar n-àite' (Gaelic for ‘Our Place’), was conceived by care-experienced young islanders. Read more in this story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-stornaway-mural-enshrining-care-experienced-young-peoples-rights 📷 Laura Frood

Autumn colours 🍂 Marianne North was born #OnThisDay, read about the trailblazing artist 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/marianne-north-a-trailblazing-artist There's over 1,000 of her works to explore on Art UK! 'Autumn Tints in the White Mountains' by Marianne North (1830–1890) 📷 Kew Gardens

Wendy McMurdo is an Edinburgh-based photographer. Read more about her work and exhibition at National Galleries of Scotland 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/wendy-mcmurdo-making-the-invisible-barriers-to-creativity-visible 📷 Stewart Armitt

Happy birthday to Maggi Hambling, born #OnThisDay 🎈 The artist is well known for paintings and public sculptures 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/maggi-hambling-a-maverick-in-life-and-public-sculpture 1) © National Portrait Gallery / 2) © the artist / Bridgeman. 📷 Colleen Rowe Harvey / Art UK

Thanks for taking part in today's Black artists and sitters #OnlineArtExchange 🎨 Next week's theme is spooky art 👻 'Black Rose' by Denzil Forrester (b.1956) © Royal College of Art. 📷 Royal College of Art

This week's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social theme is Black artists and sitters for Black History Month. We have chosen James Northcote's 1826 portrait of Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice.

This artist brought Afro-Cuban heritage into European modern art - his name is Wifredo Lam. This week, we're joining @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange for Black History Month, celebrating the story of an influential Black visual artist. 👉 Explore more Black History at europeana.eu

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is Black artists and sitters for #BlackHistoryMonth 🎨 To Tell Them There It's Got To by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b.1977) from The Box, Plymouth © Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London. Image credit: the artist

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is Black artists and sitters for #BlackHistoryMonth 🎨 Rembrandt van Rijn Two African Men 1661 Mauritshuis, The Hague More details in ALT

This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Black artists and sitters for Black History Month. We’re sharing Laura Knight’s 'Juanita', sketched in Baltimore after Knight was given access to segregated hospital wards, where she portrayed patients with dignity and integrity.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is Black artists and sitters for #BlackHistoryMonth 🎨 Explore Black artists on Art UK 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/black-artists 'Afamefuna' by Lela Harris (b.1979) © Lancashire County Museum Service. 📷 Lela Harris / Lancashire County Museum Service

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is Black artists and sitters for #BlackHistoryMonth 🎨 Explore Black artists on Art UK with our art term 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/black-artists See you tomorrow! 'Five' by Lubaina Himid (b.1954) © the artist. 📷 Leeds Museums and Galleries

Yeah, there are loads of examples of sheep being depicted naturistically. Here are a few from @artukdotorg.bsky.social. artuk.org/discover/sto... Our article is about a specific type of livestock portraiture that emerged alongside selective breeding in the mid-18th century!

What can this wooden cube tell us about childhood? In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, writer and art historian Lydia Figes visits Nottingham Castle to unlock a unique wooden sculpture by Helen Chadwick. Listen each week wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://rss.com/podcasts/artuk/

Kurt Schwitters moved to Ambleside in 1945, finding respite in the Lake District after a turbulent period. Read more 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/kurt-schwitters-internment-on-the-isle-of-man-and-respite-in-the-lake-district 🧑‍🎨 Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) 📷 The Armitt Museum and Library

Thanks for taking part in today's #OnlineArtExchange 🌟 We're back next week with the theme Black artists and sitters for Black History Month 🎨 'The Tailor' by Lubaina Himid (b.1954) © the artist. 📷 Manchester Art Gallery

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is contemporary portraiture! @artukdotorg.bsky.social We've chosen two expressive self-portraits which seem to stare right at you! #CulturalCollections #SelfPortrait #UniversityOfLeeds

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘contemporary portraiture’ for Club Culture Cumbria at The Armitt 🖼️ The exhibition explores portraits from Colin Potsig’s ‘Club Culture Cumbria’ series, such as this one. Join in with the hashtag! 📷 The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘contemporary portraiture’ for Club Culture Cumbria at The Armitt 🖼️ Share your pick using the hashtag! 'Olivia Colman' by Hana Knizova (active since c.2010) © National Portrait Gallery, London.

On 14th October 1066, William the Conqueror fought King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings. But what did he look like? From flowing beards to clean shaven, we may never know. Read on 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/what-did-william-the-conqueror-look-like 📷 Historic England Archive/Wikimedia

Why did English artist John Constable copy a Dutch landscape? 🤔 In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, Nicola Moorby visits Dulwich Picture Gallery to uncover why the English artist John Constable copied a moody Dutch landscape by Jacob van Ruisdael 👉 https://rss.com/podcasts/artuk/

Win an Art UK Shop gift bundle! 🎁 To celebrate the start of gifting season, we’re giving away a gift bundle to one lucky winner. Enter via Instagram 👉 www.instagram.com/p/DeY2kc_iBxV/

Happy birthday Andrew Logan 🎂 Discover more about the painter, jeweller, performance artist and founder of Alternative Miss World and his friends 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/andrew-logan-and-friends-reminiscences-of-the-glitterati © the artist 📸 Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture

Happy birthday to Chris Ofili! 🎂 From Pointillism to popular culture, explore the myriad influences of Chris Ofili 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/between-art-and-popular-culture-the-myriad-influences-of-chris-ofili © Chris Ofili 📸 Tate #BlackHistoryMonth

Thanks for taking part in this week's #OnlineArtExchange 💗 Next week's theme is ‘contemporary portraiture’ for Club Culture Cumbria at The Armitt 🖼️ 'Lili Elbe (?)' by Gerda Wegener (1885–1940) 📷 Wellcome Collection

Another contribution to today’s #OnlineArtExchange theme, ‘queer joy’, hosted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social : Vlad Cohen, Queer and Faithful Hound, from Soft Territories: pupandtiger.co.uk/exhibitions/... Join in with the hashtag!

In today’s #OnlineArtExchange we are Celebrating #QueerJoy @artukdotorg.bsky.social We’ve chosen Leeds born artist Robert Hawthorn Kitson’s watercolours ‘Banyan Trees, Madura’ and ‘Corte della Fontana, Casa Cuseni’.

Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689), n.d., by #MaryBeale (English, 1633-1699), who died #otd, Oct 8. Held by the Royal College of Physicians; source, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, artuk.org/discover/art... #artherstory #womenartists

Joining today's #OnlineArtExchange with a celebration of freedom and light. A gaze painted in absolute truth, capturing the timeless elegance of Gerda Wegener's Portrait of Lili Elbe. A beautiful glimpse of identity and joy shining through the golden whispers of 1920. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Joining today's #OnlineArtExchange with the magnetic gaze and untamed elegance of Mademoiselle Lantelme, captured by the brush of Jules-Alexandre Grün. A vision of Belle Époque grace, where bold charisma meets the timeless art of reinvention. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Stepping into today’s #OnlineArtExchange with Gerda Wegener’s breakthrough masterpiece: the iconic 'Portrait of Ellen von Kohl' (1906). A captivating gaze framed by deep lace, where classical elegance meets the very spark that ignited the artist's legendary career. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘queer joy’ for the opening of Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends at National Portrait Gallery 🌟 Join in with the hashtag! 📷 Harry Keita as Delphinium Fairy, London, 2022 © Tim Walker

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange is ‘queer joy’ for Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends at National Portrait Gallery. Discover LGBTQ+ artists 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/lgbtq-artists 🧑‍🎨 Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962) © artist's estate / Bridgeman. 📷 National Galleries of Scotland

Our Visual literacy resources round-up provides ideas and inspiration to support teaching and learning across a range of subjects and themes. 👉 Visit artuk.org/learn to get started 💻 Detail from 'Surprised!' by Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) 📷 National Gallery #VisualLiteracyWeek

To mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, a new story by @benwwk.bsky.social has just been published. He explores The Battle of Cable Street mural and the story behind it. Have a read 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto... 📷 David Hoffmman

With the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street on Sunday @artukdotorg.bsky.social have published a “story” I wrote about the Cable Street Mural for @unitetheunion.bsky.social’s 90th anniversary book. Photos by Paul Trevor and David Hoffman.... Read all about it!: artuk.org/discover/sto...

Thanks for joining in with today's autumnal #OnlineArtExchange Next week's theme is ‘queer joy’ for Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends at National Portrait Gallery. 'Autumn Flowers' by Dod Procter (1892–1972) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. 📷 Royal Academy of Arts

Ivon Hitchens Autumn Stream #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Learn more about May Morris’ role as head of embroidery at Morris & Co. in the second episode of our video series exploring Lady Lever Art Gallery’s 'May Morris: Crafting a Legacy' exhibition. Watch 👉 youtu.be/5q9pTNQMYdg?...

The #OnlineArtExchange this week is all about autumn 🍂 Autumn Regrets by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) from Shipley Art Gallery #Autumn #Art #BlueskyArt @artukdotorg.bsky.social

There’s a chill in the air in today’s #autumn #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social We’ve chosen two autumnal oil paintings, rich in their seasonal golden hues.

For today's #OnlineArtExchange, we immerse ourselves in the crimson warmth of Winslow Homer's "Autumn" (1877). A canvas where Victorian elegance meets the untamed, abstract beauty of changing leaves and quiet autumn melancholy. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

For today's #OnlineArtExchange, let's wander into the golden haze of John Atkinson Grimshaw's "Autumn Regrets" (1882). A masterpiece where Victorian stillness fades into a brilliant canopy of amber leaves, capturing that quiet, bittersweet feeling of seasons turning. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'Autumn' 🍂 We've chosen the 'Autumn Leaves' (1856) by John Everett Millais (1829–1896) from the collection of Manchester Art Gallery @artukdotorg.bsky.social