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Poured Staircase. 2023 by Ian Davenport (b.1966), installation view, The Tide, Greenwich. © Ian Davenport. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Prudence Cuming Associates, courtesy Ian Davenport Studio

Poured Staircase
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Ian Davenport: playful experiments with paint

The artist's dripping rainbow works are a striking feature in public places.

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

Painting with Stepladder
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Balancing act: ladders in art

On the symbolism and meaning of the practical object.

© estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

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Vanessa Bell's commitment to colour, form and the stuff of life

A crucial figure of British modernism and the Bloomsbury Group.

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  • Painting with Stepladder
    Balancing act: ladders in art 4 December 2024, Imelda Barnard
  • Fukushima No. 8
    Introducing Art UK's new ceramics project 29 November 2024, Katey Goodwin, Gracie Price and Miranda Goodby
  • Royal Academy Life Class
    A history of drawing at the Royal Academy Schools 28 November 2024, Annette Wickham
  • Matching Blake's photograph of Upper Normacot Road with the current street
    Tagger, photography and close looking in Stoke-on-Trent 20 November 2024, Natalie Willatt
  • Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
    Man of service or evil mastermind? The complex legacy of Thomas Cromwell 15 November 2024, Estelle Paranque
  • Medway
    Stories from the east: how William Morris was influenced by Islamic manuscripts 14 November 2024, Qaisra M. Khan
  • A Human Head and Neck Dissected and Seen from the Side, with the Brain Exposed and Pinned
    Neuroaesthetics and the brain chemistry of drawing 13 November 2024, Patrick Downing
  • 'Ricorditi di me che son la Pia'
    Sanguine: a history of red chalk drawings   6 November 2024, Kirsten Tambling
  • painting by Christine Kühlenthal (1895–1976)
    Talking to the neighbours: Ronald Blythe and his painter friends 5 November 2024, Gill Hedley
  • Cat and Goldfish
    John Craxton: curious about cats 1 November 2024, Andrew Lambirth
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Artist in focus

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  • Colorplan Series: Citric Etching
    Ian Davenport: playful experiments with paint 5 December 2024, Simon Coates
  • Cellarium, Fountains Abbey
    George Cuitt: etching the rundown, neglected and obscure 3 December 2024, Jessie Petheram
  • Conversation Piece
    Vanessa Bell's commitment to colour, form and the stuff of life 2 December 2024, Chloe Nahum
  • Boy George
    Mabel Pakenham-Walsh: activist, storyteller and craftsperson 27 November 2024, Alice Briggs
  • The Trellis
    Exquisite colours: John Maxwell's Scottish modernism 26 November 2024, Chris Mugan
  • Arab Girl
    The colourful life of James McBey: from Scotland to Morocco 22 November 2024, Susan Mansfield
  • 1950, oil on canvas by Tirzah Garwood (1908–1951). Private collection
    Tirzah Garwood: unveiling a forgotten visionary 18 November 2024, James Russell
  • Bust-Length Portrait of a Woman
    Learning to draw: Minnie Jane Hardman's lessons and limitations at the Royal Academy Schools 15 November 2024, Hannah Lyons
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Artwork in focus

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  • 1960, oil on canvas by Jean Cooke (1927–2008)
    Through the looking glass with Jean Cooke 27 September 2024, Ruth Millington
  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
    Breaking through: looking closely at Rossetti's 'La ghirlandata' 24 September 2024, Nicholas Dunn-McAfee
  • Hong Kong Harbour
    Write on Art: Olive Edis's 'Hong Kong Harbour' 16 September 2024, Eve Williams
  • Pauline Bunny
    Write on Art: Sarah Lucas's 'Pauline Bunny' 16 September 2024, Amelie Roscoe
  • Triptych
    Write on Art: Paula Figueiroa Rego's 'Triptych' 16 September 2024, Flora Dodd
  • Woman with Dead Child
    Write on Art: Käthe Kollwitz's 'Woman with Dead Child' 16 September 2024, Azzurra Mitchell
  • We Are Making a New World
    Write on Art: Paul Nash's 'We Are Making a New World' 16 September 2024, Evie Wildish
  • The Artist in Her Studio
    Write on Art: Paula Figueiroa Rego's 'The Artist In Her Studio' 16 September 2024, Nancy Edwards
  • Georgiana Maria Leicester (1793–1859), Lady de Tabley, as 'Hope'
    Georgiana in Manchester: Lady de Tabley and her portrait 25 July 2024, Sarah Webb
  • Flaming June
    Frederic Leighton's 'Flaming June': facts and fictions 26 June 2024, Lucy Stickling
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News

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  • Altar
    Visual literacy research initiative will assess how looking at art can impact young people's future success 26 November 2024, Art UK
  • Ferren Gipson
    Ferren Gipson: close looking can make you a more incisive person  30 September 2024, Gemma Briggs
  • Sarah Graham
    Sarah Graham: I want kids to know that art galleries are for them 30 September 2024, Gemma Briggs
  • Lesmahagow Durbar (6 of 6 from 'The Iqbalnama' series)
    Introducing Art UK's first Visual Literacy Week 27 September 2024, Andrew Ellis
  • Four new Trustees of Art UK, September 2024
    New trustees join Art UK's board 24 September 2024, Art UK
  • Write on Art 2024 award ceremony
    Write on Art: the winners 2024 16 September 2024, Maggie Hills
  • 1970s, designed by JVC
    Museum Data Service will revolutionise access to the UK's cultural heritage 12 September 2024, Art UK
  • The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633)
    Au revoir Art Detective 6 August 2024, Andrew Ellis
  • The Rozelle House guide on the Bloomberg Connects app
    Rozelle House Museum and Galleries launches on Bloomberg Connects  25 July 2024, Laura Fowler 
  • History of Surgery: anatomy theatre
    Surgeons' Hall Museums launches on Bloomberg Connects 27 June 2024, Keshena Goldie
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Artist interview

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  • Lela Harris at Judges' Lodgings Museum, Lancaster
    Uncovering hidden histories: an interview with Lela Harris 25 November 2024, Kirsty Jukes
  • 'Space Shuffle', Collective, 2024
    Seven questions with Moyna Flannigan 11 November 2024, Jennifer McLaren
  • Claire Curneen in her Cardiff studio
    Seven questions with Claire Curneen 6 November 2024, Andrew Renton
  • The Riots of 1911, a Reconstruction of the Event
    Art, protest and being seen: an interview with Stephe Meyler 31 October 2024, Joshua Jones
  • Seven questions with Scott Myles 23 October 2024, Chris Sharratt
  • 2020, photograph by Sophie Chahinian
    Seven questions with Robert Longo 11 October 2024, Eliza Goodpasture
  • Annette in her studio, 2021
    Seven questions with Annette Marie Townsend 27 September 2024, Steph Roberts
  • Delaine Le Bas
    Unfolding: an interview with Delaine Le Bas 23 August 2024, Rosemary Waugh
  • Laura Ford in the studio
    Seven questions with Laura Ford 7 August 2024, Melissa Munro
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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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  • Portrait of One of the Artist's Sons
    Got the blues: why do artists draw on blue paper? 10 December 2024, Chris Mugan
  • ain't I a woman?
    Ain't I a woman? New truths and meanings at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery 9 December 2024, Steph Roberts
  • 2023–2024, acrylic on canvas by Kate Downie (b.1958). The artist and co-creator team stand with the artwork
    'Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan' at Glasgow Women's Library 6 December 2024, Aimee Murphy
  • Llanfihangel Din Silwy
    'A place in the heart: Kyffin and East Anglesey' at Oriel Môn 19 November 2024, Ffion Griffiths
  • from the 'Crucible' series, 2020, photograph by Nicholas J. R. White
    'Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape' at RAMM, Exeter 14 October 2024, Lara Goodband
  • Portrait of the Artist
    Self-reflection at National Museum Cardiff's 'Art of the Selfie' exhibition 23 September 2024, Abike Ogunlokun
  • Roger Ackling
    SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery 22 August 2024, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
  • 2024, ceramic & textile by Cameron Morgan. Exhibited at Kaleidoscopic Realms, Nottingham Castle, 2024
    Kaleidoscopic Realms: questioning disability representation in museums and galleries 2 August 2024, Jennifer Gilbert
  • Shelter Scene – Bunks and Sleepers
    Walled in: the legacy of Henry Moore's Shelter drawings 18 July 2024, Eliza Goodpasture
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Collection in focus

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  • Henrietta Anne (1644–1670), Duchess of Orleans
    Troubling tales: images of Black people in Temple Newsam's collection 15 October 2024, Eleanor Leeson
  • Animitas
    Explore Edinburgh's enchanting Jupiter Artland on the Bloomberg Connects app 12 August 2024, Lauren Souras
  • 1950 (still life)
    Explore the art of mindfulness at Manchester Art Gallery on the Bloomberg Connects app 15 July 2024, Lauren Souras
  • Centre Court
    The art of Wimbledon: how The All England Lawn Tennis Club chooses a Championships Artist 28 June 2024, Anna Boonstra
  • Behold the Man
    Hand to hand: works chosen from the Methodist Modern Art Collection 27 June 2024, Ben Quash
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    Edinburgh Printmakers: new commissions embed Castle Mills' rich history 18 June 2024, Kristina Royer
  • Prince's Dock, Belfast, 1955
    The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts: Northern Ireland's evolving cultural institution 10 May 2024, Amanda Croft
  • 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
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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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Straeon yn y Gymraeg

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  • Annette in her studio, 2021
    Saith cwestiwn gydag Annette Marie Townsend 27 September 2024, Steph Roberts
  • Voice Figure
    Sain weladwy: dirgelion y llais dynol a ddatgelwyd gan Megan Watts Hughes 27 August 2024, Christopher Parry
  • Gully Foyle
    'The stars my destination': ffuglen wyddonias, diwydiant a de Cymru 20 August 2024, Beau W. Beakhouse
  • Laura Ford in the studio
    Saith Cwestiwn gyda Laura Ford  7 August 2024, Melissa Munro
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    Arch Ceridwen: hynt a helbul neo-dderwyddon Pontypridd 1 August 2024, Delyth Badder
  • Bore Sul
    'Y pethau pwysig yw’r pethau lleol': paentiadau John Elwyn o orllewin Cymru 22 July 2024, Robert Meyrick
  • Gwydian Conjuring the Illusion of Blodeuwedd
    Hon a fendithiwyd fwyaf, hon a felltithwyd fwyaf: deuoliaeth Blodeuwedd 19 July 2024, Dan Mitchell
  • Llanmadoc Hill, Gower
    Uchafbwyntiau o'r arddangosfa 'Clogwynni, cildraethau a chocos: darlunio penrhyn Gŵyr' 9 July 2024, Kirstine Brander Dunthorne
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    Bryniau a chartref: Gweledigaethau Ernest Zobole o'r Cymoedd 3 July 2024, Ellie Evelyn Orrell
  • Railway Crossing with a Cyclist, Fisherman and Other Figures
    Canol canrif: gweledigaethau Charles Byrd o Gaerdydd 25 June 2024, Gordon Anderson
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