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Sarah Forbes Bonetta: from captive to British celebrity
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StorySarah Forbes Bonetta: from captive to British celebrity
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The Brangwyn Panels: painting the tangled abundance of the British Empire
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Photo credit: City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection
StoryThe Brangwyn Panels: painting the tangled abundance of the British Empire
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Rediscovering Black Portraiture: unshackled, reimagined, seen
'James Hunter (Black Draftee)' by Alice Neel. re-creation by Peter Brathwaite (with photographic partner Sam Baldock). © Peter Brathwaite. Photo credit: Peter Brathwaite
StoryRediscovering Black Portraiture: unshackled, reimagined, seen
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On representing Mary Seacole: a Jamaican-Scottish war heroine
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StoryOn representing Mary Seacole: a Jamaican-Scottish war heroine
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Zanele Muholi: championing black and queer visual narratives
© the artist. Photo credit: Tate
StoryZanele Muholi: championing black and queer visual narratives
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Derek Jarman's garden: a heart of creativity
© the artist. Photo credit: The Priseman Seabrook Collections
StoryDerek Jarman's garden: a heart of creativity
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Saint Sebastian as a gay icon
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StorySaint Sebastian as a gay icon
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'Here comes the goose!': Elizabeth Siddal's strangely sapphic sentinels
Photo credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Story'Here comes the goose!': Elizabeth Siddal's strangely sapphic sentinels
Feature
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Pesellino, Masaccio and Botticelli: competition and innovation in Renaissance Florence 29 November 2023, Livia Lupi
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Colour in the Victorian era: a new chromatic age 27 November 2023, Matthew Winterbottom, Madeline Hewitson and Natasha Podro
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Margaret Gardiner: activist, benefactor and founder of the Pier Arts Centre 15 November 2023, Carola Huttmann
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A portrait of the architect Henry Flitcroft (1697–1769) 13 November 2023, Gill Hedley
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Women painting the First World War 7 November 2023, Alison Thomas
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Haarlem's Golden Age: five artists who put a small Dutch city on the map 30 October 2023, Imelda Barnard
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Rediscovering Black Portraiture: unshackled, reimagined, seen 25 September 2023, Peter Brathwaite
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The art of dressing: shaping fashion in Georgian England 13 September 2023, Lucy Ellis
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Witches and wives, goddesses and gorgons: mythological women 12 September 2023, Ana Sampson
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Artist in focus
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Edgar Herbert Thomas: darkness and light 4 December 2023, Peter Lord
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The Van de Veldes in England: eminent marine masters 1 December 2023, Pieter van der Merwe
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Edward Baird: a neglected painter of the twentieth-century Scottish Renaissance 1 December 2023, Tom Newlands
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Ilana Halperin: unearthing intimate connections 7 November 2023, Susan Mansfield
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All dressed up with nowhere to go: love and angst in the work of Watteau 3 November 2023, Adam Wattam
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George Little: the Welsh artist imaging the industrial landscape 31 October 2023, Peter Wakelin
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Cecil Howard Lay: a gentleman of Suffolk 27 October 2023, Michael Sheehy
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Steven Campbell: a groundbreaking Glasgow Boy 20 October 2023, Jan Patience
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Pat Douthwaite: high priestess of the grotesque 4 October 2023, Susannah Thompson
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Pauline Boty: a 'sixties blonde' 28 September 2023, Lynda Nead
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Artwork in focus
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Joan Eardley's poignant painting, 'Two Children' 16 November 2023, Joanna Meacock
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Why is there a statue of Keats in a London hospital? 14 November 2023, Lucasta Miller
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Charles Brooking's 'A Flagship, Wearing the Flag of a Vice Admiral of the Red...' 23 October 2023, Kathleen Palmer
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Is anti-racist public art important enough to protect? Shadwell's 'Across the Barrier' 16 October 2023, Hassan Vawda
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Dora Gordine's 'Chinese Head (Chia-Chu Chang/The Chinese Philosopher)' 9 October 2023, Fiona Fisher
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Write on Art: 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' by Paul Delaroche 6 October 2023, Matilda Jones
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News
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Stoke-on-Trent public art survey – share your views 29 November 2023, Katey Goodwin
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The best art gifts for Christmas 17 November 2023, Art UK
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Christmas at the new improved Art UK Shop 27 October 2023, Art UK
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Celebrating 2,000 stories and 2,000 Curations on Art UK 24 October 2023, Art UK
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Introducing the new Art UK Shop 13 October 2023, Art UK
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Tell Art UK about new public sculptures 10 October 2023, Tracy Jenkins
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Write on Art: the winners 2023 6 October 2023, Katie Leonard
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Behind the scenes at Art UK: 20 memories from 20 years 25 September 2023, Katey Goodwin
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Sculpture in the City returns to London with 18 public artworks for 2023 19 September 2023, Samantha Greer
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Lakeland Arts: Abbot Hall launches on Bloomberg Connects 24 July 2023, Jolif Guest
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Artist interview
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Carole Gibbons: a life in painting 23 November 2023, Calum Sutherland
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Lionel Playford at Hartlepool Art Gallery: nature and creativity 12 May 2023, Angela Thomas
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Jane Joseph: A Life Drawn 24 March 2023, Melissa Baksh
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Seven questions with Chila Kumari Singh Burman 16 March 2023, Rohini Kejriwal
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Seven questions with Paul Scott 20 December 2022, Gemma Briggs
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Seven questions with Tschabalala Self 28 November 2022, Julia DeFabo
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Seven questions with Eileen Cooper 8 November 2022, Lydia Figes
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Seven questions with Anthony Luvera 7 October 2022, Gemma Briggs
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Seven questions with Michael Craig-Martin 6 October 2022, David Trigg
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Seven questions with David Annand 3 October 2022, Shane Strachan
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Art Matters podcast
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Art Matters podcast: art at the Olympics 27 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: the art of love 13 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: the artistry behind maps 29 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: poster designs for the London Underground 15 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: art good enough to eat 1 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: 1666 – a year of plague, fire and war, told through art 18 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: psychoanalysing art 4 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: art and advertising 21 July 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Art Matters podcast: soul of a nation 16 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
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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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Five must-see works in 'Alexander Hollweg: Journeys in Art' 28 November 2023, Sarah Cox
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Rebecca Salter at Gainsborough's House 21 November 2023, Gill Hedley
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Opulent origins: 200 years of fine art at Bristol Museums 10 November 2023, Emma Meehan
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John Craxton: a modern odyssey 2 November 2023, Pallant House Gallery
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Morley Gallery's 'embodied': resistance and rest 19 October 2023, Melissa Baksh
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Colin Middleton at the Ulster Museum: understanding Belfast's mid-century modernist 19 October 2023, Dickon Hall
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Phoebe Boswell: A Tree Says [In These Boughs The World Rustles] at Orleans House Gallery 12 October 2023, Julia DeFabo
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Jupiter Artland: creative futures start here 29 September 2023, Nicky Wilson
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'Rubens & Women' at Dulwich Picture Gallery: who's afraid of Peter Paul Rubens? 27 September 2023, Jennifer Scott
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Ulster Painting '68: 'the direction for a promising future' 26 September 2023, Dickon Hall
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Collection in focus
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A Bloomsbury interior in Belfast: Duncan Grant and his circle in the Ulster Museum 24 November 2023, Eva Isherwood-Wallace
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How Manchester Contemporary helps Manchester Art Gallery acquire new works 8 November 2023, Natasha Howes
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The F. E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio: celebrating a sculptor's legacy 18 September 2023, Riann Coulter
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Turner's House: discover the private side of Britain's greatest landscape artist 15 September 2023, Matthew Morgan
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Anne Crookshank: collecting contemporary art for Belfast 7 September 2023, William Laffan
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The Canterbury Cathedral collection: portraits, altarpieces and more 29 June 2023, Cressida Williams
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The Reiff Collection's surrealist segment 16 June 2023, Ellie Lachs
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Art in science, science in art: the Whipple Museum collection 21 April 2023, Guey-Mei Hsu
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Northern Ireland Civil Service: revealing a notable art collection 7 March 2023, Dickon Hall
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A centenary of Towner Eastbourne 15 February 2023, Sara Cooper
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Being...
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Being... Caitlin McNeill, Island Culture Officer for CHARTS 21 March 2023, Caitlin McNeill
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Being... Dez Quarréll, co-founder and artist-in-residence at Mythstories 22 July 2022, Dez Quarréll
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Being... Mark Noble, artist and Ambassador for Outside In 26 January 2022, Mark Noble
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Being... Vivian Ross-Smith, Programme Coordinator at Gaada, Shetland 22 October 2021, Vivian Ross-Smith
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Being... Jim Ewen, Technician at Project Ability, Glasgow 27 September 2021, Jim Ewen
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Being... Dr Abi Roper, Speech and Language Technologist at City, University of London 24 August 2021, Abi Roper
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Being... Wells Fray-Smith, Assistant Curator: Special Projects, Whitechapel Gallery 28 June 2021, Wells Fray-Smith
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Being... Claire Craig, Curator at Travelling Gallery 25 May 2021, Claire Craig
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Being... Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks, Curators of Fine and Decorative Art, Nottingham City Museums 5 January 2021, Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks
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Being... Francis Raeymaekers, Curator at Marchmont House 4 January 2021, Francis Raeymaekers
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Art UK Home School
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Art UK Home School: The Great Big Art Exhibition 18 February 2021, Shane Strachan
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Art UK Home School: create a softer world with Brendan Jamison 15 December 2020, Shane Strachan
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Art UK Home School: draw five inspirational objects with Bob and Roberta Smith 8 December 2020, Selina Levinson Drake
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Art UK Home School: create your own logo 16 November 2020, Jo Taylor
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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
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Art UK Home School: create a wire hybrid creature 13 August 2020, Fiona Campbell
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Art UK Home School: who's on the pedestal? 30 July 2020, Sam Ayre
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Art UK Home School: take flight with a winged sculpture! 16 July 2020, Shane Strachan
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Art UK Home School: write a summer haiku 2 July 2020, Shane Strachan
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Conservation in focus
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The restoration of a 'Lady' at Ordsall Hall in Salford 7 December 2023, Peter Ogilvie
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Welcome home, 'The Welcome'! The journey of one man and his dog 30 June 2023, Amy Brunn
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Art conservation: the final touches 29 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
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Sympathetic retouching 22 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
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Overpaint: the audacity of past restorers! 15 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
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Varnish removal 8 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
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Works on canvas: mending tears and flattening undulations 1 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
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Treating artworks: works on panel 25 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
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Paint analysis for art conservation 18 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
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Using x-ray and infrared images 11 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
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