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Bust of Young Woman, (detail), 1887, marble by Aristide Fontana (b.c.1834), photo credit: Guildhall Museum, Rochester

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Photo credit: York Museums Trust

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Divinity, drunkenness and desire: the story of wine in art

Wine signifies taste, class, courtship and the divine.

Elephants. 1974, outdoor sculpture in East Kilbride by Stanley Bonnar (b.1948). © the artist. Photo credit: courtesy of the artist

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A lesson from the past: Scotland's new towns and their artists

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Kaleidoscope Cats III. by Louis Wain (1860–1939). Photo credit: Bethlem Museum of the Mind

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The electrical art of outsider painter Louis Wain

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2021, watercolour on paper by Luisa Me. © the artists. Photo credit: courtesy of Luisa Me

2021, watercolour on paper by Luisa Me
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