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Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.

Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!

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Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is land and sea for Of Land and Sea at scarbsmuseums.bsky.social 🌊

We're looking forward to seeing your choices!

'Staithes' by James William Booth (1867–1953) 📷 Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Fishermen cleaning and preparing large fish on a coastal village dock with stone houses and hills in the background.
February 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Facing the Future is at Kendrew Barn, St John's College, Oxford from 20th Feb.

The exhibition features portraits of individuals whose lives have been affected by breast cancer.

Read 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/a-celebration-of-hope-and-resilience-a-portrait-of-the-impact-of-breast-cancer
Crowded art gallery with visitors viewing the 'Facing the Future' exhibition Portrait of a woman with short wavy brown hair wearing gold hoop earrings against a muted blue background. Portrait of a older woman with short hair wearing a dark blazer and striped top against a leafy green background.
February 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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For #AshWedneday – a few related artworks we found on Art UK 🖼️

1) 'Ash Wednesday' by George Shaw (b.1966) © the artist. 📷 British Council

2) 'Great Gale at Yarmouth on Ash Wednesday' by John Berney Crome (1794–1842) 📷 Norfolk Museum

3) 'lantern slide' by Olive Edis (1876–1955) 📷 Cromer Museum
Painting of a bare tree in the center of a garden with houses behind Stormy sea scene at the coast with heavy clouds and a boat in the water Lantern slide of Slide of religious text 'Ash Wednesday - the Collect'
February 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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'Bridget Riley: Learning to See' is at Turner Contemporary in Margate until 4th May 2026.

Read about Bridget Riley, drawing and intuition 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/learning-to-see-bridget-riley-on-drawing-and-intuition

© Turner Contemporary. 📷 Above Ground Studio (Seraphina Neville)
White gallery room with a large wall installation of scattered colourful dots in purple, brown, blue, and green hues.
February 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Fun to write & pleasure spotlighting some lesser heralded artists...
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This year, Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen celebrates its 140th anniversary 🙌

Read about how the school transformed Scottish arts education 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/top-marks-how-the-grays-school-of-art-transformed-scottish-arts-education

© Aberdeen City Council. 📷 Mike Davidson
Visitors observing artworks in a gallery with wooden flooring and white and black walls.
February 18, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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It's the Year of the Horse 🐴

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the animals of the Chinese zodiac in art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/animals-of-the-chinese-zodiac

'Whistlejacket' by George Stubbs (1724–1806) 📷 National Gallery
Animals of the Chinese zodiac | Art UK
Every year, millions of people across the world gather with family and friends to celebrate the Lunar New Year (sometimes known as Chinese New Year). In Chinese tradition, each year is designated one of twelve animals – this is known in the west as the Chinese zodiac.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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We're hiring 📣

We're looking for consultants for our Open Access Programme.

Apply by 9am on Wednesday 25th​ February 2026 👉 https://artuk.org/about/jobs
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Question: Are any of our museums friends on Bloomberg Connects?

We've recently added a new audio guide for the Straight A's exhibition. The free to use app also contains a guide to our main galleries too.

🔊 bit.ly/CooperGalleryGuide

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An art gallery room with black-and-white abstract drawings on the walls and a sculpture in the foreground featuring multiple human faces and textured hair on a rounded form. The floor is wooden and the space is well-lit. The main entrance to The Cooper Gallery, the window display advertisers the Straight A's exhibition Bloomberg Connects A person looks at the Peggy Airey painting on display in the gallery: An elderly woman in a dark bonnet and red shawl sits holding a wooden cane, gazing ahead with a gentle expression. The background features a muted, rural landscape with a windmill.
February 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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It's Pancake Day 🥞

What links Shrove Tuesday, pancakes and carnival?

Find out 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/what-links-shrove-tuesday-pancakes-and-carnival

📷 Victoria and Albert Museum
What links Shrove Tuesday, pancakes and carnival? | Art UK
Pancake Day: time for some flipping fun. But why?
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February 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Drawing is an integral part of the tattooing process, from conception and design to translating it onto the skin.

Read more in this story about how drawing is used in tattooing 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/how-drawing-is-used-in-tattooing

🧑‍🎨 JXC © the artist. 📷 Colleen Rowe Harvey / Art UK
Large mural of a Amy Winehouse with dark hair and multiple tattoos on her arm painted on a brick wall.
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Snowdrops – the first sign of brighter and warmer Spring days ahead 🤍

Take a look at some snowdrops in art with this Curation 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/snowdrop-season

'Girls in a Spring Wood' by John Elliot Maguire (1866–1920) 📷 East Renfrewshire Council
Girls in a wood filled with snowdrops
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Happy Valentine's Day ❤️ Paintings are filled with traditional symbols of love, but also some more unusual expressions.

Read 'The art of the heart' 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-art-of-the-heart/

'Cupid Inspiring the Plants with Love' by Philip Reinagle (1749–1833) 📷 Fitzwilliam
A cherubic figure with wings aims a bow and arrow in a lush tropical forest with dense greenery and distant mountains.
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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We're hiring at Art UK 📣

Could you be our Audio Production Specialist, Bloomberg Administration Officer or Philanthropy Manager?

Take a look at our jobs page for more information and details on how to apply 👉 https://artuk.org/about/jobs

#ArtJobs #Hiring #RemoteJobs
Job openings for Audio Production Specialist, Bloomberg Administration Support Officer, and Philanthropy Manager with salary and application deadlines.
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Happy Palentine's Day! 💗

1) 'The Friends' by Thomas Duncan (1807–1845) 📷 Royal Scottish Academy

2) 'Conversation' by Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) © estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS. 📷 Courtauld

3) 'Fisherman and Friend' by Mark Guest (b.1971) © the artist. 📷 Jersey Heritage
A young child in a white dress embraces a large black dog sitting on a green cushioned stool in a warmly lit room. Three women sit closely, one with a hand raised near their face, against a backdrop of colourful flowers and draped curtains. Abstract sculpture of two intertwined human figures embracing.
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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We have a mosaic mural on Art UK that John Myatt made in the 70s, before he became an art forger: artuk.org/discover/art...

It's based on this famous portrait of Dr Johnson by Joshua Reynolds: artuk.org/discover/art...

📷 Tate
February 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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We're hiring for two new roles at Art UK 📣

👉 Audio Production Specialist
👉 Bloomberg Administration Support Officer

Find out more and apply: https://artuk.org/about/jobs
Graphic with text that reads: Audio Production Specialist Full time, 12 months fixed-term contract, £33,000 per annum Apply by 9am on Tuesday 17th February Bloomberg Administration Support Officer Full-time, 12 months fixed-term contract, £26,500 per annum Apply by 9am on Tuesday 24th February
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Students! Are you looking for inspiration for your Art & Design A Level? 🖼️

Our new learning resources have plenty of artworks on your exam themes to get you started 👉 https://artuk.org/learn/learning-resources/view_as/grid/search/2026--lr_resource:exam-support--lrresource_auto:a-level-2026
Text reads: Find artworks for your exam board themes: Students! Find inspiration for your Art & Design A Level 🎨🖼️ Edexcel (Origins) OCR (Shadows, Cubism, Skeletal, Messages and messengers, Scale, Migration, Protest) CCEA (Narrative) AQA (Interiors, Elaborate, Flocks and herds, Dramatic scenery, Reliefs, Groups of people, Technology) With a colourful mural underneath
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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A great strange and subtle themed #OnlineArtExchange today 💗

Next week's theme is land and sea for Of Land and Sea at scarbsmuseums.bsky.social 🌊

'Ethereal' by Marian Leven (b.1944) © the artist. 📷 Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Abstract painting with soft, blurred gray and blue tones creating a misty, ethereal atmosphere.
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Strange & Subtle.

We’ve chosen John Armstrong’s Dreaming Head (1938, tempera on wood, Tate). Though he distanced himself from Surrealism, he drew on dreams and subconscious memory. Quiet, uncanny, poised between sleep and waking.
Dreaming Head (1938) by John Armstrong, tempera on wood painting featuring a surreal female head with closed eyes emerging from a rocky landscape, blonde curled hair resting among brown earth and stone formations. Pale blue morning glory flowers with green vines spread across the foreground, creating a dreamlike, symbolic composition. Distant white cliffs and rolling hills under a soft blue sky enhance the ethereal, surrealist atmosphere. Classic British surrealism artwork with muted earth tones and delicate floral details.
February 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is strange and subtle for Gwen John: Strange Beauties at National Museum Cardiff 🖌️

We spoke to Fiona McLees, Senior Art on Paper Conservator who prepared the works for the exhibition 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

📷 Museum Wales
Being... Fiona McLees, Senior Art on Paper Conservator at Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 750,000 artworks by over 70,000 artists.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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The #OnlineArtExchange theme today is strange and subtle for Gwen John: Strange Beauties at National Museum Cardiff 🖼️

🎨 We searched the @artukdotorg.bsky.social website for the word 'subtle' and found this paining:

An Allegory of Prudence by
Titian (and studio) from
The National Gallery
February 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is strange and subtle for Gwen John: Strange Beauties at National Museum Cardiff 🖼️

We have chosen the beautifully subtle 'Horizon' by Paolo Serra from the Arts Council Collection at the Southbank Centre.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Strange and subtle is this weeks #OnlineArtExchange inspired by Gwen John: Strange Beauties at the National Museum Cardiff.

Gwen refers to herself as 'a seer of strange beauties,' - we think Gwen would approve that our pick by Emily Ford is just as strange and ethereal✨️

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A painting of a naked woman appears to be floating in clouds, with a soft blue fabric draped around her. It is as if she's underwater or flying in the sky. A painting of a woman in modest clothing and a veil, sat at a wooden table, her hands placed upon a book. A small picture frame is hung above her shoulder on the wall behind.
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is strange and subtle for Gwen John: Strange Beauties at National Museum Cardiff 🖼️

Gwen John is one of Wales' most extraordinary artists. The exhibition is the first major collection of her work in over 40 years.

🧑‍🎨 Gwen John (1876–1939) 📷 Tate
Painted self-portrait of Gwen John in a red plaid dress with a black lace shawl and cameo brooch at the collar against a muted brown background.
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Art UK is nearly 10 years old! Help us celebrate by sharing your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/9QTF65S

The survey asks two questions:
👉 What do you love most about Art UK?
👉 Finish the sentence: 'Art UK makes me feel...'

🧑‍🎨 Su Trembath (b.1965) © the artist. 📷 Edinburgh College of Art
Abstract painting with red grid background featuring two large, loosely sketched shapes in white, green, and pink hues, including a heart.
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM