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The Brangwyn Panels: painting the tangled abundance of the British Empire
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image 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. Image credit: Peter Brathwaite
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On representing Mary Seacole: a Jamaican-Scottish war heroine
Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta: from captive to British celebrity (Cymraeg)
Sarah Forbes Bonetta. 1862, photograph by Camille Silvy (1834–1910). Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
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Zanele Muholi: championing black and queer visual narratives
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Derek Jarman's garden: a heart of creativity
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Derek Jarman's garden: a heart of creativity
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Saint Sebastian as a gay icon
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'Here comes the goose!': Elizabeth Siddal's strangely sapphic sentinels
Winchester Geese. c.1590, decorated slipware, earthenware by Nan the Potter, craftswoman of the Red 'X'. Museum of Sex Objects. Image credit: Sex Objects Ltd
Story'Here comes the goose!': Elizabeth Siddal's strangely sapphic sentinels
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Summer beach hat design: red flowers on white straw. 1962, gouache & pencil by Lou Taylor. © the artist. Image credit: Lou Taylor
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April Love. (detail), 1855–1856, oil on canvas by Arthur Hughes (1832–1915). Image credit: Tate
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Margaret Gardiner at the Pier c.1980 with 'Curved Form (Trevalgan)' by Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975). © Bowness. Image credit: courtesy of the Pier Arts Centre
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Henry Flitcroft (1697–1769). (detail), c.1740, oil on canvas attributed to Bartholomew Dandridge (1691–c.1754). Image credit: RIBA Collections
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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 -
'James Hunter (Black Draftee)' by Alice Neel. re-creation by Peter Brathwaite (with photographic partner Sam Baldock). © Peter Brathwaite. Image credit: Peter Brathwaite
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 -
Image credit: Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning)
Witches and… 12 September 2023, Ana Sampson - View all 614
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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 o… 1 December 2023, Tom Newlands -
Twenty Years With Eldfell. (detail) 2023, watercolour on Fabriano paper by Ilana Halperin (b.1973). © the artist. Image credit: courtesy of the artist and Patricia Fleming Gallery
Ilana Halperin: unearthing intimate connections 7 November 2023, Susan Mansfield -
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All dressed up with nowhere to go: l… 3 November 2023, Adam Wattam -
The beginning of The End II – Evening. 2008, acrylic on board by George Little (1927–2017). © the artist's estate. Image credit: the artist's estate
George Little: the Welsh artist imaging the industrial landscape 31 October 2023, Peter Wakelin -
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Cecil Howard Lay: a gentlem… 27 October 2023, Michael Sheehy -
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Steven Campbell: a groundbreaking Gl… 20 October 2023, Jan Patience -
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Pat Douthwaite: high priestess o… 4 October 2023, Susannah Thompson -
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Pauline Boty: a 'sixties blonde' 28 September 2023, Lynda Nead - View all 457
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Joan Eardley's poignant pai… 16 November 2023, Joanna Meacock -
Why is… 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 -
Shanti Panchal working on the Shadwell mural in 1985. Image credit: courtesy of Shanti Panchal
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 -
Write on… 6 October 2023, Tony Choy
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Write on Art: 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando' by Edgar Degas 6 October 2023, Lulu Frisson -
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Write on… 6 October 2023, Nilla Feron Clark
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Stoke-on-Trent public art sur… 29 November 2023, Katey Goodwin -
William Morris tea towel and Absolute Unit mug. Image credit: Art UK
The best art gifts for Christmas 17 November 2023, Art UK -
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Christmas at the new improved… 27 October 2023, Art UK -
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Celebrating 2,000 stories and 2,00… 24 October 2023, Art UK -
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Introducing the new Art UK Shop 13 October 2023, Art UK -
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The winners of Write on Art 2023. Image credit: Dani Tagen
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Photography at Royal Ulster Academy. Photographer Bryan Rutledge, artist Bob Sloan, Photography Manager Jessie Maucor and Coordinator Dickon Hall. Image credit: Royal Ulster Academy
Behind the scenes at Art UK: 20 memories from 20 years 25 September 2023, Katey Goodwin -
Sculpture in… 19 September 2023, Samantha Greer
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The Lakeland Arts: Abbot Hall guide on the Bloomberg Connects app. Image credit: Bloomberg Philanthropies
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Carole Gibbons' St Vincent Crescent studio, Glasgow, 2023. Image credit: Ben Seeley, courtesy 5b, Glasgow
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'Revering Ancient Woodland' at Hartlepool Art Gallery. artwork by Lionel Playford (b.1959). © the artist. Image credit: Hartlepool Art Gallery
Lionel Playford at Hartlepool Art Gallery: nature and creativity 12 May 2023, Angela Thomas -
The Thames from Kew, low tide, September. 2008, charcoal and chalk by Jane Joseph (b.1942). © the artist. Image credit: courtesy of Morley Gallery
Jane Joseph: A Life Drawn 24 March 2023, Melissa Baksh -
Chila with her 2020 installation 'Remembering a Brave New World' at Tate Britain. © the artist. Image credit: Tate / Joe Humphries
Seven questions with Chila Kumari Singh Burman 16 March 2023, Rohini Kejriwal -
Artist Paul Scott in his garden. Image credit: Lakeland Arts
Seven questions with Paul Scott 20 December 2022, Gemma Briggs -
Tschabalala Self in her studio, 2022. Image credit: Christian De Fonte, courtesy of Pilar Corrias, London
Seven questions with Tschabalala Self 28 November 2022, Julia DeFabo -
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Seven questions with Eileen Cooper 8 November 2022, Lydia Figes -
Installation of 'Construct' by Anthony Luvera. Snow Hill Square, Birmingham, 14th September to 13th October 2022. © the artist. Image credit: Anthony Luvera
Seven questions with Anthony Luvera 7 October 2022, Gemma Briggs -
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Seven questions… 3 October 2022, Shane Strachan
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Summer beach hat design: red flowers on white straw. 1962, gouache & pencil by Lou Taylor. © the artist. Image credit: Lou Taylor
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Image credit: The National Gallery, London
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April Love. (detail), 1855–1856, oil on canvas by Arthur Hughes (1832–1915). Image credit: Tate
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Carole Gibbons' St Vincent Crescent studio, Glasgow, 2023. Image credit: Ben Seeley, courtesy 5b, Glasgow
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Margaret Gardiner at the Pier c.1980 with 'Curved Form (Trevalgan)' by Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975). © Bowness. Image credit: courtesy of the Pier Arts Centre
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Henry Flitcroft (1697–1769). (detail), c.1740, oil on canvas attributed to Bartholomew Dandridge (1691–c.1754). Image credit: RIBA Collections
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta. 1862, photograph by Camille Silvy (1834–1910). Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
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Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
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David Bomford. Image credit: Matthew Golden of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
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Summer beach hat design: red flowers on white straw. 1962, gouache & pencil by Lou Taylor. © the artist. Image credit: Lou Taylor
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Image credit: The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
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This Wall is Old and in Need of Care. 2005, chicken wire, scrim & plaster of Paris by Tam Joseph (b.1947). © the artist. Image credit: the artist
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David Bomford. Image credit: Matthew Golden of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston