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Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

The Ladies Waldegrave
NEW: FEATURE

Beyond the pale: blushing and whiteness in eighteenth-century portraits of women

Janet Couloute examines how these works allude to imperialist histories.

© Bowness. Image credit: The Pier Arts Centre

Two Heads (Mother and Child)
NEW: FEATURE

Lines of connection: drawings of mother and child

'I want to step into this sketch and offer Hepworth a drink, some food and a rest. I want to tell her it gets easier...'

© the estate of Derek Jarman. Image credit: West Northamptonshire Council

Avebury Series No. 4
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Sites of ancient power: the enduring magic of standing stones in British art

Why artists are fascinated with these mysterious relics from ancient history.

Empire and colonialism

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  • Life Drawing
    Five twentieth-century artists who reimagined the human figure through drawing 25 April 2024, JoAnna Novak
  • The Ladies Waldegrave
    Beyond the pale: blushing and whiteness in eighteenth-century portraits of women 24 April 2024, Janet Couloute
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    Concrete Canvas: how is Chelmsford's street art festival put together? 23 April 2024, Candy Joyce
  • Two Heads (Mother and Child)
    Lines of connection: drawings of mother and child 22 April 2024, Alice Read
  • Avebury Series No. 4
    Sites of ancient power: the enduring magic of standing stones in British art 19 April 2024, Eleanor Affleck
  • Self Portrait
    Drawn to drawing: artists and self-portraits 8 April 2024, Iona Glen
  • A Crowned Fairy King Seated on a Hedgehog Drawn by a Young Girl Holding a Giant Daisy, Accompanied by Dancing Fairies
    Enchanting friend or fiendish foe? Fairies in Scottish art 4 April 2024, Dawn Geddes
  • Henry Wriothesley (1573–1624), 3rd Earl of Southampton
    Androgynous beauty: Henry Wriothesley's performance of masculinity 3 April 2024, Alice Blow
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Artist in focus

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  • c.1924, original black & white drawing for linocut print by Wilhelmina Geddes (1887–1955)
    Sophia Rosamond Praeger: Irish artist and campaigner for women's rights 17 April 2024, Joseph McBrinn
  • William Scott (1913–1989)
    William Scott in Northern Ireland: an austere world and the things of life 16 April 2024, Claire Dalton
  • If There is No Struggle, There is No Progress - Uprisings
    Chila Burman's 'Riot Series': protesting with printmaking 15 April 2024, Jessica Raja-Brown
  • Tangier Bay, Sunshine
    John Lavery's seascapes: the obsession of a restless painter 12 April 2024, Kenneth McConkey
  • Head of E. O. W.
    A drawing is a drawing: Frank Auerbach's charcoal heads 10 April 2024, Edward Richards
  • Christchurch Spitalfields, Spring
    Leon Kossoff: London, figuration and the Old Masters 9 April 2024, Simon Coates
  • ROOT 2: YELLOW, BLUE
    Sacred geometry: Zarah Hussain and Islamic design 2 April 2024, Hattie Spires
  • Watching the Buzzard
    Kevin Sinnott: painting the thrill of existence 29 March 2024, Gweni Llwyd
  • Moon and Clouds
    Bet Low: painting the sublime in the Highlands and Islands 26 March 2024, Lottie Whalen
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Artwork in focus

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  • Still from HENI Talk's film on Anya Gallaccio's 'Tree'
    Anya Gallaccio's ghostly tree in a Manchester park 11 April 2024, Leanne Green and HENI Talks
  • Still from HENI Talk's film on Trafalgar Square's equestrian statue of Charles I
    How a statue of Charles I was restored and resurrected in Trafalgar Square 28 March 2024, Timothy Revell and HENI Talks
  • Still from HENI Talk's film on Victor Pasmore's 'Apollo Pavilion'
    The Apollo Pavilion: Victor Pasmore's optimistic vision for Peterlee 14 March 2024, Stephen Parnell and HENI Talks
  • Still from HENI Talk's film on Barbara Hepworth's 'Contrapuntal Forms'
    Barbara Hepworth's 'Contrapuntal Forms': a utopian vision in Essex 29 February 2024, Irena Posner and HENI Talks
  • Still from HENI Talk's film on Kathleen Scott's statue of Captain Robert Scott
    Scott of the Antarctic: Kathleen Scott's stoic memorial to her husband 15 February 2024, Ian Christie and HENI Talks
  • 1932–34 (head)
    Collaboration and devotion: Ben Nicholson's '1932–34 (head)' 13 February 2024, Naomi Polonsky
  • Still from HENI Talk's film on Ryan Gander's 'We Are Only Human'
    Ryan Gander's snow sculpture: climate change and cognitive dissonance 1 February 2024, Jeanine Griffin and HENI Talks
  • Underworld (An Escape)
    Tom Hammick's 'Underworld' at Glyndebourne 4 January 2024, Nerissa Taysom
  • Memorial to George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886–1924)
    A memorial to George Mallory, mountaineering mystery 2 January 2024, Richard Foster
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News

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  • From the Series 'Autoportrait'
    Autograph x Art UK partnership brings photographs of Britain's diverse communities online   23 April 2024, Art UK
  • Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
    Art UK public sculpture annual report 2023 27 March 2024, Katey Goodwin and Tracy Jenkins
  • Mandy Barrett teaching The Superpower of Looking
    Bob and Roberta Smith RA: art teaches young people to really look at the world 19 March 2024, Gemma Briggs
  • Framed print of Audrey Hepburn
    The perfect gifts for mum this Mother's Day 21 February 2024, Barbara Owino
  • Community Mural
    Announcing our new murals digitisation and engagement programme 6 February 2024, Katey Goodwin
  • Privilege
    Stoke-on-Trent public art survey – share your views 29 November 2023, Katey Goodwin
  • William Morris tea towel and Absolute Unit mug
    The best art gifts for Christmas 17 November 2023, Art UK
  • Christmas gifts
    Christmas at the new improved Art UK Shop 27 October 2023, Art UK
  • Stories on Art UK
    Celebrating 2,000 stories and 2,000 Curations on Art UK 24 October 2023, Art UK
  • The new, improved Art UK Shop
    Introducing the new Art UK Shop 13 October 2023, Art UK
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Artist interview

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  • Meandering in Bleared Forgetfulness
    Seven questions with Kaye Donachie 28 March 2024, Chloë Ashby
  • Artist Layton Hylton with his work
    Layton Hylton: drawing inspiration from Stoke-on-Trent's public sculpture 21 March 2024, Katey Goodwin
  • Elegy
    Carole Gibbons: a life in painting 23 November 2023, Calum Sutherland
  • artwork by Lionel Playford (b.1959)
    Lionel Playford at Hartlepool Art Gallery: nature and creativity 12 May 2023, Angela Thomas
  • 2008, charcoal and chalk by Jane Joseph (b.1942)
    Jane Joseph: A Life Drawn 24 March 2023, Melissa Baksh
  • Chila with her 2020 installation 'Remembering a Brave New World' at Tate Britain
    Seven questions with Chila Kumari Singh Burman 16 March 2023, Rohini Kejriwal
  • Artist Paul Scott in his garden
    Seven questions with Paul Scott 20 December 2022, Gemma Briggs
  • Tschabalala Self in her studio, 2022
    Seven questions with Tschabalala Self 28 November 2022, Julia DeFabo
  • Self Portrait with Toys
    Seven questions with Eileen Cooper 8 November 2022, Lydia Figes
  • Snow Hill Square, Birmingham, 14th September to 13th October 2022
    Seven questions with Anthony Luvera 7 October 2022, Gemma Briggs
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Art Matters podcast

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  • Olympic Games poster, Stockholm 2012
    Art Matters podcast: art at the Olympics 27 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • The Kiss
    Art Matters podcast: the art of love 13 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 25,000 BC, engraving on a mammoth tusk, discovered in Pavlov in the Czech Republic
    Art Matters podcast: the artistry behind maps 29 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Golders Green
    Art Matters podcast: poster designs for the London Underground 15 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • c.1599, oil on canvas by Caravaggio (1571–1610)
    Art Matters podcast: art good enough to eat 1 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Plague in London
    Art Matters podcast: 1666 – a year of plague, fire and war, told through art 18 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • c.1503, oil on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
    Art Matters podcast: psychoanalysing art 4 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Job
    Art Matters podcast: art and advertising 21 July 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 2017, front cover of book by Mark Godfrey and Zoe Whitley, published by Tate
    Art Matters podcast: soul of a nation 16 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Skegness is So Bracing
    Art Matters podcast: the art of twentieth-century British railway posters 2 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Exhibition in focus

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  • Politics Eclipsed by Economics
    Keeping contemporary: 25 years of the Wakelin Award 25 April 2024, Peter Wakelin
  • Limestone Wall
    A sense of place: diversifying landscape painting at Dulwich Picture Gallery 20 February 2024, Jennifer Scott
  • 1996, oil on canvas by Alexander Hollweg (1936–2020)
    Five must-see works in 'Alexander Hollweg: Journeys in Art' 28 November 2023, Sarah Cox
  • Rebecca Salter in her studio in 2023, featuring Salter's 2019 work 'Untitled AR1'
    Rebecca Salter at Gainsborough's House 21 November 2023, Gill Hedley
  • Eve at the Fountain
    Opulent origins: 200 years of fine art at Bristol Museums 10 November 2023, Emma Meehan
  • The Head of a Greek Sailor
    John Craxton: a modern odyssey 2 November 2023, Pallant House Gallery
  • 2023, artwork by Hannah Uzor (b.1982)
    Morley Gallery's 'embodied': resistance and rest 19 October 2023, Melissa Baksh
  • If I Were a Blackbird
    Colin Middleton at the Ulster Museum: understanding Belfast's mid-century modernist 19 October 2023, Dickon Hall
  • 'Phoebe Boswell: A Tree Says [In These Boughs The World Rustles]' at Orleans House Gallery
    Phoebe Boswell: A Tree Says [In These Boughs The World Rustles] at Orleans House Gallery 12 October 2023, Julia DeFabo
  • Jupiter+ on Ayr High Street
    Jupiter Artland: creative futures start here 29 September 2023, Nicky Wilson
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Collection in focus

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  • Adebiyi
    Race, rights and representation: Autograph's photography collection 18 April 2024, Autograph ABP
  • Panel
    Introducing The Embroiderers' Guild collection 9 April 2024, Anne Haigh
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    William Moorcroft, potter extraordinaire: inspiring a new generation at Moorcroft 5 April 2024, Catherine Gage
  • Waiting for Something, 1–30
    Erchyll: depictions of bodies under duress in the collection of STORIEL, Bangor 27 March 2024, David Cleary
  • Untitled (Bottle Rack)
    An introduction to The David and Indrė Roberts Collection 4 March 2024, Sander Hansen
  • Nuala McAllister, The Right Honorable, The Lord Mayor of Belfast (2017–2018)
    Mayoral portraits at Belfast City Hall: an evolving vision of a changing city 18 January 2024, Bronagh Lawson
  • At Work – Theatres
    Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: a collection with a distinctive vision 11 January 2024, Conor McCafferty
  • Interior
    A Bloomsbury interior in Belfast: Duncan Grant and his circle in the Ulster Museum 24 November 2023, Eva Isherwood-Wallace
  • Acquired from The Manchester Contemporary in 2018 and installed at Manchester Art Gallery in the Dutch 17th-century gallery
    How Manchester Contemporary helps Manchester Art Gallery acquire new works 8 November 2023, Natasha Howes
  • 1989, photograph by Anne-Katrin Purkiss. Commissioned by the Foreign Office Overseas Press Service
    The F. E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio: celebrating a sculptor's legacy 18 September 2023, Riann Coulter
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Being...

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  • Caitlin McNeill, Islands Culture Officer for CHARTS
    Being... Caitlin McNeill, Island Culture Officer for CHARTS 21 March 2023, Caitlin McNeill
  • Dez Quarréll working at home
    Being... Dez Quarréll, co-founder and artist-in-residence at Mythstories 22 July 2022, Dez Quarréll
  • Mark with a bedroom wall mural
    Being... Mark Noble, artist and Ambassador for Outside In 26 January 2022, Mark Noble
  • Vivian Ross-Smith
    Being... Vivian Ross-Smith, Programme Coordinator at Gaada, Shetland 22 October 2021, Vivian Ross-Smith
  • Jim Ewen, left, slipcasting with Project Ability artist Cameron Morgan
    Being... Jim Ewen, Technician at Project Ability, Glasgow 27 September 2021, Jim Ewen
  • Abi, a white female with long brown hair, stands next to a white table frame which lit from beneath to make the table surface glow white. Behind the table frame sits a computer monitor on a side table. Abi is smiling at the camera and giving a thumbs up gesture.
    Being... Dr Abi Roper, Speech and Language Technologist at City, University of London 24 August 2021, Abi Roper
  • Visiting Do Ho Suh's 'Bridging Home' near Liverpool Street
    Being... Wells Fray-Smith, Assistant Curator: Special Projects, Whitechapel Gallery 28 June 2021, Wells Fray-Smith
  • Curator Claire Craig in front of the Travelling Gallery ahead of the exhibition 'Displaced'
    Being... Claire Craig, Curator at Travelling Gallery 25 May 2021, Claire Craig
  • Louise Dunning (left) and Abi Spinks (right) in Nottingham City Museums Collections Centre
    Being... Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks, Curators of Fine and Decorative Art, Nottingham City Museums 5 January 2021, Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks
  • Francis Raeymaekers, Curator at Marchmont House
    Being... Francis Raeymaekers, Curator at Marchmont House 4 January 2021, Francis Raeymaekers
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Art UK Home School

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  • Children with their junk animals
    Art UK Home School: The Great Big Art Exhibition 18 February 2021, Shane Strachan
  • Yellow Helicopter
    Art UK Home School: create a softer world with Brendan Jamison 15 December 2020, Shane Strachan
  • You Are An Artist
    Art UK Home School: draw five inspirational objects with Bob and Roberta Smith 8 December 2020, Selina Levinson Drake
  • Jo Taylor's ITV ident
    Art UK Home School: create your own logo 16 November 2020, Jo Taylor
  • The unveiling with model
    Art UK Home School: telling stories through sculpture with Hazel Reeves 24 September 2020, Hazel Reeves
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    Art UK Home School: make your own colour sculpture 27 August 2020, Ania Bas
  • Chameleon
    Art UK Home School: create a wire hybrid creature 13 August 2020, Fiona Campbell
  • Pedestal diagram
    Art UK Home School: who's on the pedestal? 30 July 2020, Sam Ayre
  • Stranger VII
    Art UK Home School: take flight with a winged sculpture! 16 July 2020, Shane Strachan
  • Weaving with a haiku in Doric
    Art UK Home School: write a summer haiku 2 July 2020, Shane Strachan
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Conservation in focus

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  • Portrait of a Lady in Court Dress
    The restoration of a 'Lady' at Ordsall Hall in Salford 7 December 2023, Peter Ogilvie
  • The Welcome
    Welcome home, 'The Welcome'! The journey of one man and his dog 30 June 2023, Amy Brunn
  • Simon with paintings from series three of 'Britain's Lost Masterpieces'
    Art conservation: the final touches 29 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • ArtUkSGS 86 Rocca retouching - hero
    Sympathetic retouching 22 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • c.1750, oil on canvas attributed to Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787). Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
    Overpaint: the audacity of past restorers! 15 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • Facsimile of 'Unfinished Portrait of an Unknown Lady' next to the original
    Varnish removal 8 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • Tear repair, in action
    Works on canvas: mending tears and flattening undulations 1 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • Peter Klein doing dendrochronological analysis
    Treating artworks: works on panel 25 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • The Knightshayes Rembrandt seen under the microscope, showing overpaint going over damages
    Paint analysis for art conservation 18 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • 'Autumn', detail of barrels in normal and infrared light
    Using x-ray and infrared images 11 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
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