Art UK
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Art UK is an art education charity and the online home to every public art collection in the UK. Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
Art UK is an art education charity and the online home to every public art collection in the UK. Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
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Check out our new video about what you can do on Art UK ✨
Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. This video showcases what you can do on our site.
👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at artuk.org
Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. This video showcases what you can do on our site.
👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at artuk.org
Thanks for sharing your fave museum and gallery shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday 🛍️ #OnlineArtExchange
We're finishing with our new gift range, inspired by a colour of the year: future dusk 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/gifts/ranges/future-dusk.html 🌙
We're finishing with our new gift range, inspired by a colour of the year: future dusk 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/gifts/ranges/future-dusk.html 🌙
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thanks for sharing your fave museum and gallery shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday 🛍️ #OnlineArtExchange
We're finishing with our new gift range, inspired by a colour of the year: future dusk 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/gifts/ranges/future-dusk.html 🌙
We're finishing with our new gift range, inspired by a colour of the year: future dusk 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/gifts/ranges/future-dusk.html 🌙
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This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating Museum Shops
If you haven't already done so, make sure and check out the ArtUK shop shop.artuk.org where you'll find lots of lovely merchandise from collections around the country.
If you haven't already done so, make sure and check out the ArtUK shop shop.artuk.org where you'll find lots of lovely merchandise from collections around the country.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating Museum Shops
If you haven't already done so, make sure and check out the ArtUK shop shop.artuk.org where you'll find lots of lovely merchandise from collections around the country.
If you haven't already done so, make sure and check out the ArtUK shop shop.artuk.org where you'll find lots of lovely merchandise from collections around the country.
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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating #MuseumShopSunday!
Our Gift Shop at Pontefract Castle is stocked with loads of lovely stocking fillers, for little kids and big kids alike.
We've got gorgeous custom Christmas cards by Helen Cash-Blackmore as well. 🎄🎁
Our Gift Shop at Pontefract Castle is stocked with loads of lovely stocking fillers, for little kids and big kids alike.
We've got gorgeous custom Christmas cards by Helen Cash-Blackmore as well. 🎄🎁
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating #MuseumShopSunday!
Our Gift Shop at Pontefract Castle is stocked with loads of lovely stocking fillers, for little kids and big kids alike.
We've got gorgeous custom Christmas cards by Helen Cash-Blackmore as well. 🎄🎁
Our Gift Shop at Pontefract Castle is stocked with loads of lovely stocking fillers, for little kids and big kids alike.
We've got gorgeous custom Christmas cards by Helen Cash-Blackmore as well. 🎄🎁
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For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're kicking off the gift-buying season with a look at our brand new Chippenham Museum Calendar 2026! Featuring beautiful works from our art collection, each month depicts a nostalgic or historic view of the town and the local area.
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're kicking off the gift-buying season with a look at our brand new Chippenham Museum Calendar 2026! Featuring beautiful works from our art collection, each month depicts a nostalgic or historic view of the town and the local area.
Do you have favourite item that you've bought from a museum or gallery shop?
Share your top shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday 🛍️
We're starting with our colourful Matisse range that we launched this year 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/henri-matisse-gifts-prints
📷 Falmouth Art Gallery
Share your top shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday 🛍️
We're starting with our colourful Matisse range that we launched this year 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/henri-matisse-gifts-prints
📷 Falmouth Art Gallery
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Do you have favourite item that you've bought from a museum or gallery shop?
Share your top shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday 🛍️
We're starting with our colourful Matisse range that we launched this year 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/henri-matisse-gifts-prints
📷 Falmouth Art Gallery
Share your top shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday 🛍️
We're starting with our colourful Matisse range that we launched this year 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/henri-matisse-gifts-prints
📷 Falmouth Art Gallery
We're supporting museum and gallery shops for tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange
Share your favourite museum or gallery shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday this weekend 🛍️
Get some inspiration from the Art UK Shop 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/
📷 Royal Academy of Music
Share your favourite museum or gallery shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday this weekend 🛍️
Get some inspiration from the Art UK Shop 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/
📷 Royal Academy of Music
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're supporting museum and gallery shops for tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange
Share your favourite museum or gallery shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday this weekend 🛍️
Get some inspiration from the Art UK Shop 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/
📷 Royal Academy of Music
Share your favourite museum or gallery shop products in celebration of #MuseumShopSunday this weekend 🛍️
Get some inspiration from the Art UK Shop 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/
📷 Royal Academy of Music
Happy #NationalCakeDay 🎂🍰
What cake are you celebrating with?
'Tea and Cake' by Joanne 'Betty' Conlon (b.1970) © the artist. 📷 Northern Ireland Civil Service
What cake are you celebrating with?
'Tea and Cake' by Joanne 'Betty' Conlon (b.1970) © the artist. 📷 Northern Ireland Civil Service
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Happy #NationalCakeDay 🎂🍰
What cake are you celebrating with?
'Tea and Cake' by Joanne 'Betty' Conlon (b.1970) © the artist. 📷 Northern Ireland Civil Service
What cake are you celebrating with?
'Tea and Cake' by Joanne 'Betty' Conlon (b.1970) © the artist. 📷 Northern Ireland Civil Service
Today's #Museum30 prompt is moving 🏃
Read 'Drawing movement: Norman McLaren's experiments in animation' 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-movement-norman-mclarens-experiments-in-animation
'Wings' by William Norman McLaren (1914–1987) © the artist's estate. 📷 University of Stirling
Read 'Drawing movement: Norman McLaren's experiments in animation' 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-movement-norman-mclarens-experiments-in-animation
'Wings' by William Norman McLaren (1914–1987) © the artist's estate. 📷 University of Stirling
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today's #Museum30 prompt is moving 🏃
Read 'Drawing movement: Norman McLaren's experiments in animation' 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-movement-norman-mclarens-experiments-in-animation
'Wings' by William Norman McLaren (1914–1987) © the artist's estate. 📷 University of Stirling
Read 'Drawing movement: Norman McLaren's experiments in animation' 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-movement-norman-mclarens-experiments-in-animation
'Wings' by William Norman McLaren (1914–1987) © the artist's estate. 📷 University of Stirling
Check out our new video about what you can do on Art UK ✨
Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. This video showcases what you can do on our site.
👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at artuk.org
Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. This video showcases what you can do on our site.
👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at artuk.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Check out our new video about what you can do on Art UK ✨
Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. This video showcases what you can do on our site.
👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at artuk.org
Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. This video showcases what you can do on our site.
👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at artuk.org
We're dreaming of sunny days at Yorkshire Sculpture Park with this Lynn Chadwick sculpture!
The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1914 🎈
'Little Girl' by Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images 📸 Jonty Wilde. Courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1914 🎈
'Little Girl' by Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images 📸 Jonty Wilde. Courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We're dreaming of sunny days at Yorkshire Sculpture Park with this Lynn Chadwick sculpture!
The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1914 🎈
'Little Girl' by Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images 📸 Jonty Wilde. Courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1914 🎈
'Little Girl' by Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images 📸 Jonty Wilde. Courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park
🌟 Win a stocking filler bundle 🎁
This gifting season, we're giving away a stocking filler bundle to one lucky winner.
Enter on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/p/DRbtIb3AhWR/
This gifting season, we're giving away a stocking filler bundle to one lucky winner.
Enter on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/p/DRbtIb3AhWR/
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🌟 Win a stocking filler bundle 🎁
This gifting season, we're giving away a stocking filler bundle to one lucky winner.
Enter on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/p/DRbtIb3AhWR/
This gifting season, we're giving away a stocking filler bundle to one lucky winner.
Enter on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/p/DRbtIb3AhWR/
New story 🌟
Read 'Francisco de Zurbarán's 'Jacob and his Twelve Sons' at Auckland Castle' by Adam Wattam 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/francisco-de-zurbarans-jacob-and-his-twelve-sons-at-auckland-castle
Read 'Francisco de Zurbarán's 'Jacob and his Twelve Sons' at Auckland Castle' by Adam Wattam 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/francisco-de-zurbarans-jacob-and-his-twelve-sons-at-auckland-castle
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
New story 🌟
Read 'Francisco de Zurbarán's 'Jacob and his Twelve Sons' at Auckland Castle' by Adam Wattam 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/francisco-de-zurbarans-jacob-and-his-twelve-sons-at-auckland-castle
Read 'Francisco de Zurbarán's 'Jacob and his Twelve Sons' at Auckland Castle' by Adam Wattam 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/francisco-de-zurbarans-jacob-and-his-twelve-sons-at-auckland-castle
We’ve imagined what some well-known figures might like to unwrap from the Art UK Shop this Christmas 🎁
From David Attenborough to Frida Kahlo to Wednesday Addams, take a look at our our fantasy gift guide 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/the-art-insider-blog/christmas-fantasy-gift-guide
From David Attenborough to Frida Kahlo to Wednesday Addams, take a look at our our fantasy gift guide 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/the-art-insider-blog/christmas-fantasy-gift-guide
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We’ve imagined what some well-known figures might like to unwrap from the Art UK Shop this Christmas 🎁
From David Attenborough to Frida Kahlo to Wednesday Addams, take a look at our our fantasy gift guide 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/the-art-insider-blog/christmas-fantasy-gift-guide
From David Attenborough to Frida Kahlo to Wednesday Addams, take a look at our our fantasy gift guide 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/the-art-insider-blog/christmas-fantasy-gift-guide
Today's #Museum30 prompt is animals 🐬
Read about animals in Renaissance art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/animals-in-renaissance-art
'Arion riding on a Dolphin' by Francesco Bianchi Ferrari (c.1460–1510) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Read about animals in Renaissance art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/animals-in-renaissance-art
'Arion riding on a Dolphin' by Francesco Bianchi Ferrari (c.1460–1510) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today's #Museum30 prompt is animals 🐬
Read about animals in Renaissance art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/animals-in-renaissance-art
'Arion riding on a Dolphin' by Francesco Bianchi Ferrari (c.1460–1510) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Read about animals in Renaissance art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/animals-in-renaissance-art
'Arion riding on a Dolphin' by Francesco Bianchi Ferrari (c.1460–1510) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
It's St Cecilia’s Day, the patron saint of musicians. In the Baroque period, Cecilia is often shown holding a stringed instrument 🎻
Read about Cecilia's depictions in art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/saint-cecilia-patron-saint-of-musicians
🧑🎨 Guido Reni (1575–1642) 📷 Walker Art Gallery
Read about Cecilia's depictions in art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/saint-cecilia-patron-saint-of-musicians
🧑🎨 Guido Reni (1575–1642) 📷 Walker Art Gallery
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It's St Cecilia’s Day, the patron saint of musicians. In the Baroque period, Cecilia is often shown holding a stringed instrument 🎻
Read about Cecilia's depictions in art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/saint-cecilia-patron-saint-of-musicians
🧑🎨 Guido Reni (1575–1642) 📷 Walker Art Gallery
Read about Cecilia's depictions in art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/saint-cecilia-patron-saint-of-musicians
🧑🎨 Guido Reni (1575–1642) 📷 Walker Art Gallery
Today's #Museum30 prompt is walk 🚶
Here's a cosy looking winter walk – 'Flask Walk, Hampstead, at Night' by Charles Ginner (1878–1952) 🌟
📷 National Trust
Here's a cosy looking winter walk – 'Flask Walk, Hampstead, at Night' by Charles Ginner (1878–1952) 🌟
📷 National Trust
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today's #Museum30 prompt is walk 🚶
Here's a cosy looking winter walk – 'Flask Walk, Hampstead, at Night' by Charles Ginner (1878–1952) 🌟
📷 National Trust
Here's a cosy looking winter walk – 'Flask Walk, Hampstead, at Night' by Charles Ginner (1878–1952) 🌟
📷 National Trust
Why did Samuel Palmer and William Blake paint landscape but hate nature?
Find out more in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/why-did-samuel-palmer-and-william-blake-paint-landscape-but-hate-nature
'The Harvest Moon' by Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) 📷 Yale Center for British Art
Find out more in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/why-did-samuel-palmer-and-william-blake-paint-landscape-but-hate-nature
'The Harvest Moon' by Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) 📷 Yale Center for British Art
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Why did Samuel Palmer and William Blake paint landscape but hate nature?
Find out more in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/why-did-samuel-palmer-and-william-blake-paint-landscape-but-hate-nature
'The Harvest Moon' by Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) 📷 Yale Center for British Art
Find out more in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/why-did-samuel-palmer-and-william-blake-paint-landscape-but-hate-nature
'The Harvest Moon' by Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) 📷 Yale Center for British Art
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about emotion for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social's Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about emotion for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social's Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
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Today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is emotion. We chose Bramley’s "A Hopeless Dawn" (1888), a poignant scene of a wife and mother at daybreak as hope fades. Ruskin’s words at the RA spoke of sorrow, courage, and a guiding hand through every “hopeless dawn.”
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is emotion. We chose Bramley’s "A Hopeless Dawn" (1888), a poignant scene of a wife and mother at daybreak as hope fades. Ruskin’s words at the RA spoke of sorrow, courage, and a guiding hand through every “hopeless dawn.”
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For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're exploring emotion to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, 'Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay'. Featured in the exhibition, this work is 'The Gathering' by Sarah Purvey.
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're exploring emotion to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, 'Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay'. Featured in the exhibition, this work is 'The Gathering' by Sarah Purvey.
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This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is #Emotion for the opening of Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is #Emotion for the opening of Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
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It's emotions for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrating Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's emotions for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrating Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
An 'emotional' #OnlineArtExchange! Thanks everybody 🙂☹️
Next week's theme is #MuseumShopSunday – share the love and show your favourite museum and art gallery shop products 🛍️🎨
'Christine Sumner' by Bohuslav Barlow (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Brontë Parsonage Museum
Next week's theme is #MuseumShopSunday – share the love and show your favourite museum and art gallery shop products 🛍️🎨
'Christine Sumner' by Bohuslav Barlow (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Brontë Parsonage Museum
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
An 'emotional' #OnlineArtExchange! Thanks everybody 🙂☹️
Next week's theme is #MuseumShopSunday – share the love and show your favourite museum and art gallery shop products 🛍️🎨
'Christine Sumner' by Bohuslav Barlow (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Brontë Parsonage Museum
Next week's theme is #MuseumShopSunday – share the love and show your favourite museum and art gallery shop products 🛍️🎨
'Christine Sumner' by Bohuslav Barlow (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 Brontë Parsonage Museum
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for @artukdotorg.bsky.social i wrote about Norman McLaren's drawings, prints, and paintings & how they sit alongside his animation work artuk.org/discover/sto...
Drawing movement: Norman McLaren's experiments in animation
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November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
for @artukdotorg.bsky.social i wrote about Norman McLaren's drawings, prints, and paintings & how they sit alongside his animation work artuk.org/discover/sto...
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We're getting emotional for the #OnlineArtExchange 🥺
"Bust of a Crying Child" by
George Alfred Holman from
Beecroft Art Gallery
#WorldChildrensDay @artukdotorg.bsky.social #BlueskyArt #sculpture
"Bust of a Crying Child" by
George Alfred Holman from
Beecroft Art Gallery
#WorldChildrensDay @artukdotorg.bsky.social #BlueskyArt #sculpture
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
We're getting emotional for the #OnlineArtExchange 🥺
"Bust of a Crying Child" by
George Alfred Holman from
Beecroft Art Gallery
#WorldChildrensDay @artukdotorg.bsky.social #BlueskyArt #sculpture
"Bust of a Crying Child" by
George Alfred Holman from
Beecroft Art Gallery
#WorldChildrensDay @artukdotorg.bsky.social #BlueskyArt #sculpture