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Time for another ... Dogs in Paintings Good dog #11 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'Mother Antony's Tavern' (detail), 1866 Currently in the Renoir exhibition at the National Gallery, London (on loan from Stockholm). Toto's looking a bit disgruntled - must be the wooden leg!

If you can't get a ticket, here's a 90 second visit.

#FlowersOnFriday Konrad Magi, Lilacs (detail) c.1915 @ Art Museum of Estonia

Singing or chomping? An aria I think!

Oooh it's been a while hasn't it? Time for another ... Dogs in paintings Good dog #10 Pieter Jansz Saenredam, The Nave and Choir of the Mariakerk in Utrecht (detail) (1641) @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

The De Morgan Museum at Cannon Hall @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social reopens tomorrow (Saturday 28th March - 11am to 4pm). Come and see our newly refreshed display and explore lots of new artworks by Evelyn and William. We'd love to see you there.

We've updated our De Morgan Collection display at Watts Gallery recently (see pic). We are now in the middle of planning the rehang of our own museum at Cannon Hall in Barnsley - reopening at Easter. Watch this space!

No idea who came up with this, but it's lovely.

Thanks for another great #OnlineArtExchange 🌸 Next week's theme is 'sisterhood' for Women of Influence: The Pattle Sisters at Watts Gallery 'Lustre Snake and Daisy Plate' by William Frend De Morgan (1839–1917) 📷 De Morgan Foundation

In a (tardy) change to our advertised programme "Flowers on Friday" we bring you "Fish on Friday" Ruby lustre fish dish, William De Morgan

#TilesOnTuesday Reading about the accelerating decline in wild bird species in the UK made us think of this fellow. Multi-Lustre Dodo Tile by William De Morgan (1898) The dodo is an extinct flightless bird from Mauritius and was popularised by Lewis Carol who featured it in 'Alice in Wonderland'.

#FlowersOnFriday End of the Butterfly Chase (detail) (1911), Edward Atkinson Hornel @Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

If you are in Brittany this autumn why not drop into Pont-Aven Museum to see the remarkable Witches exhibition youtu.be/95tLVJogO0E?...

We're delighted to lend some of William De Morgan's ceramics to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery for the wonderful exhibition 'The Nature of Gothic' (on until mid-December) www.demorgan.org.uk/exhibitions/... Including some Ferocious Creatures ...

#TilesOnTuesday A ceramic shrug? #Meh #Whatevs Ruby Lustre Cherub tile panel (detail), William De Morgan

#TilesOnTuesday Looking at the forecast for Tuesday in the UK "lovely weather for ducks" just about sums it up. So here we are! William De Morgan, Fantastic Ducks tile (1907) Lustre-Glazed Earthenware

#FlowersOnFriday Harald Sohlberg, Flower Meadow in the North (detail)(1905) @Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

#FlowersOnFriday Evelyn De Morgan, Night and Sleep (detail) (1878) @De Morgan Collection

Dogs in paintings Good dog #9 LS Lowry, Market Scene, Northern Town (detail) (1939) @Lowry

Dogs in paintings Good dog #8 Federic Barocci, Virgin of the People (detail) (1579) @Uffizi

Dogs in paintings Good dog #7 Joseph Wright 'of Derby', Mr and Mrs Thomas Coltman (detail)(c. 1770-1772) @National Gallery

Our Summer Journal for De Morgan Friends is out now.

#TerrificTiles

Sun, stone, and shadows at Forde Abbey last week

Oh and ....

Behind the scenes at Sorcieres exhibition install at Pont Aven Museum, opening next month!

It's art, BlueSky!

You can never have too many fox prints, as far as I am concerned. This one is fabulous. #Hiroshige #BritishMuseum

He's even more delightful in person! What a great speech. #Hiroshige

Exhibition open now. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

BTW, this 'adult content' is Michelangelo's David, accompanied by a wee pun. Sheesh.

#WindowsOnWednesday

#FloraFriday. Flora, Evelyn De Morgan’s masterpiece, has returned to our partner venue, Wightwick Manor, @nationaltrust.bsky.social. It’s now on display, with a preparatory sketch in the De Morgan Malthouse Gallery. Have you visited the Manor in Wolverhampton yet? #preraphaelite #evelyndemorgan

New exhibition launching at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, soon! One of the most remarkable artists of her generation, Evelyn De Morgan, is returning to Guildhall Art Gallery this April in an exhibition that premieres two newly restored artworks. Find out more: bit.ly/3QftfhI

Dogs in paintings Good dog #6 Giovanni Panini, The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio (detail) (1743-4) @National Gallery

Tiles on Tuesday Did you know Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Caroll) had William De Morgan tiles in his rooms at Oxford? (Yes, there's a Dodo) #DeMorgan #FantasticBeasts

As we leave the year of the dragon and enter the year of the snake for the Luna New Year, this felt appropriate. Dragon and Snake Plate, William De Morgan Red and gold lustre plate with a winged dragon fighting a snake. #FantasticBeasts #Arts&Crafts #LusciousLustreware #DeMorgan

These ladies have been busy lately, haven't they? The Storm Spirits (1900), Evelyn De Morgan

Years ago on holiday with some friends in Ludlow I suggested we visit a nearby stone circle. I think they were expecting a Stonehenge* type thing .... we arrived, and ... grumpy faces all round - clearly not true stone circle fans! * not a true henge

Slàinte Mhath, fellow wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beasties.

Tiles on Tuesday William De Morgan, Galleon Tile Panel (1895) 40 x 6″ square tiles with a scene of sailing ships, birds and sea creatures. Fulham Period. Possibly designed as part of William De Morgan’'s commissions for P&O, maybe for the s.s.Malta. #DeMorgan #Galleons #CeramicTiles

Flowers on Friday Nothing more to be said about the utterly gorgeous Flora. Flora (1894), Evelyn De Morgan.

A tile on Tuesday Multi-lustre Dodo tile (1898), William De Morgan

Flowers on Friday Slightly different this time... Bedford Park Daisy, William De Morgan, 1904. Tin glazed earthenware. 6".

Nice shout out today by the V&A for William De Morgan www.vam.ac.uk/articles/wil... Of course, the De Morgan Foundation has the world's largest single collection of works by William and Evelyn De Morgan, browse here: www.demorgan.org.uk #Arts&Crafts #DeMorgan

As it's Twelfth Night when all the deccies come down everywhere looks a little bare, so let's have some lavishness. The Forerunner (1920), Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale Lady Lever Art Gallery (A shame this lovely piece is secreted in an alcove at LLAG, but they do have so many riches).