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Beyond cute: a brief history of cupids, cherubs and putti in art
Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
StoryBeyond cute: a brief history of cupids, cherubs and putti in art
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Sandro Botticelli: master of the Florentine Renaissance
The Birth of Venus. c.1485, tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli (1444/1445–1510). Image credit: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, public domain (source: Google Arts and Culture)
StorySandro Botticelli: master of the Florentine Renaissance
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Animals in Renaissance art
Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
StoryAnimals in Renaissance art
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Double take: continuous narrative in Renaissance art
Image credit: The National Gallery, London
StoryDouble take: continuous narrative in Renaissance art
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Anne Seymour Damer: the 'Sappho' of sculpture
Anne Seymour Damer (1749–1828), as the Muse of Sculpture. (detail), 1778, marble by Giuseppe Ceracchi (1751–1801). Image credit: Michalis Famelis, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
StoryAnne Seymour Damer: the 'Sappho' of sculpture
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Romany Mark Bruce's 'Tay (AIDS Memorial)'
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK
StoryRomany Mark Bruce's 'Tay (AIDS Memorial)'
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The gender fluidity of the Chevalier d'Éon
Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
StoryThe gender fluidity of the Chevalier d'Éon
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Zanele Muholi: championing black and queer visual narratives
© the artist. Image credit: Tate
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What is life drawing? A history of drawing the nude 10 January 2025, Dominic Blake
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Bedbound: sex, birth, convalescence and death in British art 9 January 2025, Rosemary Waugh
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Painting practice: the preparatory drawings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 7 January 2025, Robert Wilkes
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Queer Welsh women in art 17 December 2024, Mair Jones
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Benno Schotz and a Scots miscellany: international artists and the Royal Scottish Academy 17 December 2024, Sandy Wood
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Who were the members of the East London Group? 13 December 2024, Imelda Barnard
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When does a drawing become a work of art? Renaissance treasures from the Royal Collection 12 December 2024, Martin Clayton
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Got the blues: why do artists draw on blue paper? 10 December 2024, Chris Mugan
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Balancing act: ladders in art 4 December 2024, Imelda Barnard
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Introducing Art UK's new ceramics project 29 November 2024, Katey Goodwin, Gracie Price and Miranda Goodby
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Artist in focus
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A laughing landscape: the literary legacy of Van Gogh's Montmajour drawings 19 December 2024, Edward Richards
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Natalia Goncharova's embrace of everything 18 December 2024, Adam Wattam
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Sonia Lawson and the freedom of abstraction 16 December 2024, Jonathan Hajdamach
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Ian Davenport: playful experiments with paint 5 December 2024, Simon Coates
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George Cuitt: etching the rundown, neglected and obscure 3 December 2024, Jessie Petheram
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Vanessa Bell's commitment to colour, form and the stuff of life 2 December 2024, Chloe Nahum
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Mabel Pakenham-Walsh: activist, storyteller and craftsperson 27 November 2024, Alice Briggs
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Exquisite colours: John Maxwell's Scottish modernism 26 November 2024, Chris Mugan
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The colourful life of James McBey: from Scotland to Morocco 22 November 2024, Susan Mansfield
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Tirzah Garwood: unveiling a forgotten visionary 18 November 2024, James Russell
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Artwork in focus
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Through the looking glass with Jean Cooke 27 September 2024, Ruth Millington
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Breaking through: looking closely at Rossetti's 'La ghirlandata' 24 September 2024, Nicholas Dunn-McAfee
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Write on Art: Olive Edis's 'Hong Kong Harbour' 16 September 2024, Eve Williams
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Write on Art: Sarah Lucas's 'Pauline Bunny' 16 September 2024, Amelie Roscoe
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Write on Art: Paula Figueiroa Rego's 'Triptych' 16 September 2024, Flora Dodd
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Write on Art: Paula Figueiroa Rego's 'The Artist In Her Studio' 16 September 2024, Nancy Edwards
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Write on Art: Paul Nash's 'We Are Making a New World' 16 September 2024, Evie Wildish
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Write on Art: Käthe Kollwitz's 'Woman with Dead Child' 16 September 2024, Azzurra Mitchell
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Georgiana in Manchester: Lady de Tabley and her portrait 25 July 2024, Sarah Webb
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News
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Putting an economic value on Art UK 17 December 2024, Andrew Ellis
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More new trustees join Art UK's board 17 December 2024, Art UK
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Visual literacy research initiative will assess how looking at art can impact young people's future success 26 November 2024, Art UK
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Ferren Gipson: close looking can make you a more incisive person 30 September 2024, Gemma Briggs
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Sarah Graham: I want kids to know that art galleries are for them 30 September 2024, Gemma Briggs
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Introducing Art UK's first Visual Literacy Week 27 September 2024, Andrew Ellis
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New trustees join Art UK's board 24 September 2024, Art UK
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Write on Art: the winners 2024 16 September 2024, Maggie Hills
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Museum Data Service will revolutionise access to the UK's cultural heritage 12 September 2024, Art UK
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Au revoir Art Detective 6 August 2024, Andrew Ellis
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Artist interview
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Talking street art with Scotty Irving (Brave Arts) 8 January 2025, Tracy Jenkins
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Seven questions with Yinka Ilori, the 'Architect of Joy' 6 January 2025, Precious Adesina
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Will Maclean: assemblages, the Highlands and the sea 18 December 2024, Susan Mansfield
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Capturing Stockport's changing industrial landscape: an interview with Helen Clapcott 11 December 2024, Andrew Lambirth
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Uncovering hidden histories: an interview with Lela Harris 25 November 2024, Kirsty Jukes
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Seven questions with Moyna Flannigan 11 November 2024, Jennifer McLaren
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Seven questions with Claire Curneen 6 November 2024, Andrew Renton
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Art, protest and being seen: an interview with Stephe Meyler 31 October 2024, Joshua Jones
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Seven questions with Scott Myles 23 October 2024, Chris Sharratt
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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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Ain't I a woman? New truths and meanings at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery 9 December 2024, Steph Roberts
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'Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan' at Glasgow Women's Library 6 December 2024, Aimee Murphy
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'A place in the heart: Kyffin and East Anglesey' at Oriel Môn 19 November 2024, Ffion Griffiths
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'Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape' at RAMM, Exeter 14 October 2024, Lara Goodband
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SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery 22 August 2024, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
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Kaleidoscopic Realms: questioning disability representation in museums and galleries 2 August 2024, Jennifer Gilbert
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Walled in: the legacy of Henry Moore's Shelter drawings 18 July 2024, Eliza Goodpasture
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Yoshida: generations of innovation in Japanese printmaking 5 July 2024, Monika Hinkel
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Collection in focus
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Troubling tales: images of Black people in Temple Newsam's collection 15 October 2024, Eleanor Leeson
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Explore Edinburgh's enchanting Jupiter Artland on the Bloomberg Connects app 12 August 2024, Lauren Souras
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Explore the art of mindfulness at Manchester Art Gallery on the Bloomberg Connects app 15 July 2024, Lauren Souras
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The art of Wimbledon: how The All England Lawn Tennis Club chooses a Championships Artist 28 June 2024, Anna Boonstra
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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
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The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts: Northern Ireland's evolving cultural institution 10 May 2024, Amanda Croft
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Race, rights and representation: Autograph's photography collection 18 April 2024, Autograph ABP
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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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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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