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  • 1936, oil on canvas by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952)
    Immortalising the Jarrow Crusade: marching to save a north-east town from poverty 17 January 2022, Jordan Butt
  • Illustration from Giovanni Boccaccio's 'De Mulieribus Claris'
    Reflections on the mirror in art 14 January 2022, Anne Wallentine
  • 'Sadie' (Zadie Smith)
    Ten artists to follow on Instagram in 2022 6 January 2022, Lydia Figes
  • James Crawford and Will Maclean (b.1941) and John Norgrove
    Memorials of the heroes: remembering the land struggle on the Isle of Lewis 22 December 2021, Andrew Eaton-Lewis
  • William Lamb, left, and Adam Christie, right
    Sharing lives and visions in sculpture: William Lamb and Adam Christie 20 December 2021, Iain Irving
  • Christmas Card
    'Twas the night before Christmas: art and Christmas Eve 17 December 2021, Scott Jordan Harris
  • Africa, Personified by a Simulated Bust in an Ornamental Niche
    The changing face of the people of the African diaspora in British art 14 December 2021, Marjorie H. Morgan
  • Hardwick Hall
    The life and legacy of Bess of Hardwick 13 December 2021, Evie Nicholson
  • A Russian Winter Scene
    A guide to December festivals 10 December 2021, Ben Reiss
  • creationartsincethebeginning725px-1.jpg
    Shock of the old: the art of creation 9 December 2021, John-Paul Stonard
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Artist in focus

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  • Self Portrait 2
    Ronald Moody: a European identity with Caribbean roots 20 January 2022, Marjorie H. Morgan
  • Ben Riley (1933–2017), Cambridge Union Debating Chamber, Cambridgeshire, 1966
    Brian 'Freddy' Foskett: photographing jazz legends 19 January 2022, National Jazz Archive
  • Lower Lake Drawing I
    Hurvin Anderson: between Caribbean and British identities 13 January 2022, Michael Prokopow
  • Post-Warhol Souvenir Marilyn (10–12 Nov. 1987)
    Mark Lancaster: the Yorkshire artist who worked with Warhol 12 January 2022, Ian Massey
  • Barbara Hepworth at Work on the Armature of a Sculpture
    Collecting the early works of Barbara Hepworth 10 January 2022, Penelope Curtis
  • Winifred Nicholson c.1923
    Winifred Nicholson: capturing the joy of colour 5 January 2022, Jovan Nicholson
  • 1939, oil on canvas by Margaret Mellis (1914–2009)
    Margaret Mellis: a modernist constructivist in St Ives 16 December 2021, Karen Taylor
  • Maud Sulter at her exhibition 'Jeanne Duval: A Melodrama', National Galleries of Scotland, 2003
    Passionate and political: centring black women in Maud Sulter's 'Zabat' 15 December 2021, Susannah Thompson
  • Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin
    Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin: the first Muslim artist in the Tate collection 30 November 2021, Hassan Vawda
  • Still of 'Lumen'
    Sutapa Biswas: entwining colonial history and personal memory 16 November 2021, Imelda Barnard
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Artwork in focus

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  • Wedding of Patricia Preece and Stanley Spencer, 1937. From left: Hepworth, Preece, Spencer, Jas Wood
    Queering the collection: Patricia Preece's 'Girl in Yellow Dress' 25 January 2022, Renee Vaughan Sutherland
  • Spanish Village
    Queering the collection: John Minton's 'Spanish Village' at Towner 18 January 2022, Renee Vaughan Sutherland
  • Romany Mark Bruce (b.1960) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)
    Romany Mark Bruce's 'Tay (AIDS Memorial)' 3 January 2022, Anthony McIntosh
  • Crawshay's Cyfarthfa Ironworks
    Penry Williams' 'Merthyr Riots' 31 December 2021, Benjamin Price
  • The Martinique
    Sally Ryan's 'The Martinique' 30 December 2021, Julie Brown
  • Curled Nude on a Stool
    Euan Uglow's 'Curled Nude on a Stool' 29 December 2021, Tom Robinson
  • 'Barbouyo'
    Rosa Bonheur's 'Barbouyo' 28 December 2021, Catherine McManus
  • The Pipe of Freedom
    Thomas Stuart Smith's 'The Pipe of Freedom' 27 December 2021, Nicola Wilson
  • Perseus and Andromeda
    Titian's 'Perseus and Andromeda' 23 November 2021, Yuriko Jackall
  • Vase de fleurs
    Marie Laurencin's 'Vase de Fleurs' 19 November 2021, Gabrielle Gale
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News

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  • Russell Tovey
    Art UK's Patron for 2022 is Russell Tovey 17 January 2022, Art UK
  • Write on Art 2022
    Launching 2022's Write on Art competition 10 January 2022, Gemma Briggs
  • Art UK Christmas cards
    A present for everyone at the Art UK shop 19 November 2021, Gemma Briggs
  • Limited edition print by Jo Angell. Giclée print, 50 x 50cm unframed, £150. Edition size: 6. Signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
    Buy a limited-edition print and support our essential work 9 November 2021, Gemma Briggs
  • Northpoint Playingfields at Night
    Buy art to help Art UK: a fundraising auction 13 September 2021, Andrew Ellis
  • 1962–1963, oil, newspaper & metal foil on canvas by Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
    Write on Art: the winners 2021 1 September 2021, Shane Strachan
  • The Ultimate Art Museum
    Ferren Gipson's 'Ultimate Art Museum' 31 August 2021, Ferren Gipson
  • The Art UK guide on the Bloomberg Connects app
    Launching the Art UK guide on the Bloomberg Connects app 16 July 2021, Ben Reiss
  • Clothes I Wore #13
    Leading artists support Art UK in September 2021 fundraising auction 15 July 2021, Andrew Ellis
  • Woodblock print by Tosinobu Yamazaki (1857–1886)
    Explore new collections and artists on the Art UK Shop 6 July 2021, Camilla Stewart
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Artist interview

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  • Peix que fui
    Seven questions with Miquel Barceló 27 January 2022, Lydia Figes
  • Tayo Adekunle in the studio
    Seven questions with Tayo Adekunle 21 January 2022, Rhona Taylor
  • Vanessa Raw in her studio
    Seven questions with Vanessa Raw 11 January 2022, Lydia Figes
  • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones in his studio, Brooklyn
    Seven questions with Tunji Adeniyi-Jones 1 December 2021, Ashley Tan
  • 'We came to a country that we helped to build'
    Seven questions with Joy Labinjo 29 November 2021, David Trigg
  • Luisa Me
    Seven questions with artist duo Luisa Me 22 November 2021, Gilda Bruno
  • Conditional Love
    Seven questions with Ade Adesina 18 November 2021, Rhona Taylor
  • Rosanne Robertson at Porthmeor Studios
    Seven questions with Rosanne Robertson 9 November 2021, Tania Moore
  • Grace Jones
    Seven questions with Hurvin Anderson 2 November 2021, David Trigg
  • Garden Party
    Seven questions with Sahara Longe 28 October 2021, Lydia Figes
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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
  • Self Portrait
    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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  • Écorché figure
    'Flesh Arranges Itself Differently' at The Hunterian 24 January 2022, Chris Mugan
  • Production photo from on-location filming in Haiti for 'Narrenschiff' by Kehinde Wiley, 2017
    Kehinde Wiley: radically rethinking Romanticism at The National Gallery 7 January 2022, Chris Mugan
  • Installation view of 'Life Between Islands Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now'
    Life Between Islands: exploring Caribbean-British art 23 December 2021, Siham Ali
  • 'New Arrivals' at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
    Curating 'New Arrivals' at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 21 December 2021, Emma Gillespie
  • 2021, oil on linen by Cecily Brown (b.1969)
    Post-war and modern drawings unveiled at The Courtauld 7 December 2021, Aida Amoako
  • 'From the Watford Advertiser 1960, with my self portrait painted 1959'
    Derek Jarman: painting, protest and the AIDS pandemic 6 December 2021, Matthew Cheale
  • Studio Petrit Halilaj, work in progress for Tate St Ives exhibition, Spring 2021
    Petrit Halilaj: transforming trauma into visual narratives 3 December 2021, Siham Ali
  • 1964, screenprint by Brian Rice (b.1936)
    Five must-see works in 'The Art of Brian Rice: 60 Years of Paintings and Prints' 17 November 2021, Sarah Cox
  • The exhibition 'Coast, Country, City' at The Harley Gallery
    Five highlights from 'Coast, Country, City' at The Harley Gallery 3 November 2021, James Rawlin
  • Portrait photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
    The surreal drawings of Georgia O'Keeffe 1 November 2021, Charlotte Baker
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Collection in focus

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  • Still Life: Fruit
    Kirkcaldy Galleries: the 'Tate of Scotland' 10 December 2021, Gavin Grant
  • The Fisher Lass
    The Scottish Fisheries Museum: herring lasses and their silver darlings 20 October 2021, Minna Kajaste-McCormack
  • The Great Tapestry of Scotland
    The Great Tapestry of Scotland: a new Galashiels gallery space focussed on wellbeing 30 September 2021, Kirsty Innes
  • Naomi Mitchison
    Modern African art, from Dar es Salaam to Dunoon 4 August 2021, Kate Cowcher
  • Samuel Richardson's books
    The Stationers' Company collection: a British history of publishing 9 July 2021, John Peacock and Margaret Willes
  • Stained glass window at All Saints Church, Farnborough, West Berkshire
    Painting in coloured light: the modern stained glass designs of John Piper 31 May 2021, Natalie Patel
  • Black British History is British History
    Black Outdoor Art: creativity in action 28 May 2021, Greg Bunbury
  • Kinds of Life
    Enhancing visitor experience through art at Great Ormond Street Hospital 21 April 2021, Kate Phillimore
  • Charterhouse's Great Chamber
    Charterhouse's Tudor Great Chamber: a rare gem survives in London 12 March 2021, Gabriella Swaffield
  • Glyndebourne 1934–1994
    Glyndebourne: a vibrant opera and theatre archive 26 February 2021, Philip Boot
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Being...

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  • 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
  • Gemma at Guildford House Gallery Café with a slice of coffee cake
    Being... Gemma Haigh, Curatorial Assistant at Guildford Heritage Services, Guildford Borough Council 4 June 2020, Gemma Haigh
  • Georgina at a London Transport Museum event
    Being… Georgina Cheung, a freelancer in heritage and culture 29 April 2020, Georgina Cheung
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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
  • front cover of book by Bob and Roberta Smith, published by Thames & Hudson
    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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