Kathryn Havelock
@kathrynhavelock.bsky.social
Marketing & Comms Specialist @ Pallant House
ex V&A, IWM, British Museum, Design Museum, Wallace Collection
Trustee at Collections Trust, Estorick Collection, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social, VocalEyes
Studying art history at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
ex V&A, IWM, British Museum, Design Museum, Wallace Collection
Trustee at Collections Trust, Estorick Collection, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social, VocalEyes
Studying art history at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
20 highlights to watch out for in 2026, EXCEPT just 6 of them are original stories and the rest are part of existing franchises, remakes or sequels.
What is happening to cinema?
What is happening to cinema?
Film lookahead: Twenty highlights to watch out for in 2026
We look ahead to 20 notable films to watch for in 2026, from Oscar hopefuls to potential blockbusters.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
20 highlights to watch out for in 2026, EXCEPT just 6 of them are original stories and the rest are part of existing franchises, remakes or sequels.
What is happening to cinema?
What is happening to cinema?
The Natural History Museum is opening two galleries that have been closed for decades
The Natural History Museum is opening two galleries that have been closed for decades
One space has been closed to the public since World War II.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Natural History Museum is opening two galleries that have been closed for decades
A lovely heartwarming story for Christmas. Happy holidays everyone! 🎁🥂🎄https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A lovely heartwarming story for Christmas. Happy holidays everyone! 🎁🥂🎄https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
For today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #onlineartexchange as the theme is Christmas, here’s Botticelli’s gorgeous ‘Mystic Nativity’ from the National Gallery
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #onlineartexchange as the theme is Christmas, here’s Botticelli’s gorgeous ‘Mystic Nativity’ from the National Gallery
Hundreds of items taken in high-value museum raid www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hundreds of items taken in high-value Bristol Museum archive raid
More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection are taken.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hundreds of items taken in high-value museum raid www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Incredibly sad to hear that legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Frank Gehry: Legendary US architect dies aged 96
Frank Gehry was acclaimed for his love of jagged angles and use of industrial materials.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Incredibly sad to hear that legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Great to see a female artist being so celebrated! Oh, wait... 🫤
This year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Sofonisba, but ‘it seems that not a single exhibition is being held to mark the occasion. So, if you want to see Sofonisba’s paintings, you will have to do a good deal of travelling and pick them off one by one.’
Nick Trend provides an itinerary
Nick Trend provides an itinerary
In search of Sofonisba
The 400th anniversary of the death of an artist who was hugely acclaimed in her lifetime is going mainly unmarked by museums – which means that devotees have their work cut out to see her paintings…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Great to see a female artist being so celebrated! Oh, wait... 🫤
Non-E.U. visitors must pay $37 to go to the Louve starting in January 2026, as the museum raises funds for major infrastructure and security updates. Crikey! 💰https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-ticket-price-hike-2721236
Louvre Hikes Ticket Prices by 45 Percent | Artnet News
Non-E.U. visitors to the Louvre must pay $37 starting in January as the museum raises funds for major infrastructure and security updates.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Non-E.U. visitors must pay $37 to go to the Louve starting in January 2026, as the museum raises funds for major infrastructure and security updates. Crikey! 💰https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-ticket-price-hike-2721236
Reposted by Kathryn Havelock
This week the #OnlineArtExchnage celebrates #MuseumShopSunday this weekend 🛍️
The @demorganfoundation.bsky.social has a lovely range of prints, tiles and coasters.
You can also see more work by William and Evelyn De Morgan when you next visit Cannon Hall Museum
#art #ceramic #tiles
The @demorganfoundation.bsky.social has a lovely range of prints, tiles and coasters.
You can also see more work by William and Evelyn De Morgan when you next visit Cannon Hall Museum
#art #ceramic #tiles
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This week the #OnlineArtExchnage celebrates #MuseumShopSunday this weekend 🛍️
The @demorganfoundation.bsky.social has a lovely range of prints, tiles and coasters.
You can also see more work by William and Evelyn De Morgan when you next visit Cannon Hall Museum
#art #ceramic #tiles
The @demorganfoundation.bsky.social has a lovely range of prints, tiles and coasters.
You can also see more work by William and Evelyn De Morgan when you next visit Cannon Hall Museum
#art #ceramic #tiles
Another Jonathan Jones masterpiece (I've actually never seen a ★★★★★ / ★☆☆☆☆ review before), where Sarah Lucas is "precise, witty and intelligent" and Maggi Hambling's work is a "slapdash mess". See what the fuss is about at Sadie Coles HQ. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas: Ooo La La review – from the sublime to the ridiculous
The two artists, friends, are paired in this joint show that juxtaposes Lucas’s precise and witty sculptures with Hambling’s semi-abstract dollops
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November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Another Jonathan Jones masterpiece (I've actually never seen a ★★★★★ / ★☆☆☆☆ review before), where Sarah Lucas is "precise, witty and intelligent" and Maggi Hambling's work is a "slapdash mess". See what the fuss is about at Sadie Coles HQ. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Lovely Monet and Moomins at Ferens Art Gallery! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Moomin and Monet to form 2026 Hull gallery and museum exhibits - BBC News
Hull Museums and Ferens Art Gallery has announced an "incredibly diverse" programme of events.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lovely Monet and Moomins at Ferens Art Gallery! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woo hoo! Loved seeing this the last time we went to Oxford 💛
We are delighted to announce that ‘The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and the Magdalen’ by Fra Angelico, acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, is the winner of the Apollo Acquisition of the Year award, which is supported by BRAFA
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November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Woo hoo! Loved seeing this the last time we went to Oxford 💛
Gorgeous 'Golden age' London Underground posters go on show at London Transport Museum www.bbc.com/news/article...
London Underground Art Deco posters on show at transport museum
Posters displayed on the Tube in the Art Deco era are on display at the London Transport Museum.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gorgeous 'Golden age' London Underground posters go on show at London Transport Museum www.bbc.com/news/article...
A museum the size of 70 football pitches?! Count me in! 🏛️
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Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A museum the size of 70 football pitches?! Count me in! 🏛️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
How Louvre gang carried out France's most shocking theft
How Louvre gang carried out France's most shocking theft - BBC News
A minute-by-minute look at the daring Louvre robbery, using maps, photos and video to unravel how one of the world’s most famous museums was breached.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How Louvre gang carried out France's most shocking theft
Bearing in mind the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington was stolen from the National Gallery way back in 1961 by putting a ladder up against a window, it's BAFFLING that nobody saw this van was *not exactly* legit
Louvre remains shut for a second day as police hunt jewel heist gang
The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed for a second day on Monday as police continued their hunt for the gang who stole priceless pieces of royal jewellery in a daring raid. France's Interior Minister…
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October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Bearing in mind the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington was stolen from the National Gallery way back in 1961 by putting a ladder up against a window, it's BAFFLING that nobody saw this van was *not exactly* legit
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is ghosts! 👻
One of my favourites is Hokusai's The Mansion of the Plates from his One Hundred Ghost Tales series. The ghost is returning to haunt her murderer.
This version is from the Art Institute of Chicago: www.artic.edu/artworks/474...
One of my favourites is Hokusai's The Mansion of the Plates from his One Hundred Ghost Tales series. The ghost is returning to haunt her murderer.
This version is from the Art Institute of Chicago: www.artic.edu/artworks/474...
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is ghosts! 👻
One of my favourites is Hokusai's The Mansion of the Plates from his One Hundred Ghost Tales series. The ghost is returning to haunt her murderer.
This version is from the Art Institute of Chicago: www.artic.edu/artworks/474...
One of my favourites is Hokusai's The Mansion of the Plates from his One Hundred Ghost Tales series. The ghost is returning to haunt her murderer.
This version is from the Art Institute of Chicago: www.artic.edu/artworks/474...
Smithsonian museums in Washington and New York close as US government shutdown drags on...
The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday, and until when, who knows?
The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday, and until when, who knows?
Smithsonian museums in Washington and New York close as US government shutdown drags on
The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday
www.theartnewspaper.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Smithsonian museums in Washington and New York close as US government shutdown drags on...
The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday, and until when, who knows?
The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday, and until when, who knows?
8 Paintings that Vincent van Gogh copied:
The Post-Impressionist master often painted reproductions of fellow artists' works in his characteristic style.
The Post-Impressionist master often painted reproductions of fellow artists' works in his characteristic style.
8 Paintings that Vincent van Gogh Copied | Barnebys Magazine
The Post-Impressionist master often painted reproductions of fellow artists' works in his characteristic style.
www.barnebys.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
8 Paintings that Vincent van Gogh copied:
The Post-Impressionist master often painted reproductions of fellow artists' works in his characteristic style.
The Post-Impressionist master often painted reproductions of fellow artists' works in his characteristic style.
The National Gallery of Art closes indefinitely amid the U.S. government shutdown.
The museum welcomed 3.8 million visitors in 2023, some 18 percent more than in 2022, when it was the most-visited museum in America.
The museum welcomed 3.8 million visitors in 2023, some 18 percent more than in 2022, when it was the most-visited museum in America.
National Gallery of Art Closes Indefinitely Amid U.S. Government Shutdown
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump undertaken moves and policy shifts that are drastically impacting the arts.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The National Gallery of Art closes indefinitely amid the U.S. government shutdown.
The museum welcomed 3.8 million visitors in 2023, some 18 percent more than in 2022, when it was the most-visited museum in America.
The museum welcomed 3.8 million visitors in 2023, some 18 percent more than in 2022, when it was the most-visited museum in America.
British Museum’s ‘pink ball’ criticised by climate campaign group
British Museum’s ‘pink ball’ criticised by climate campaign group - Museums Association
Institution is hosting inaugural ball this month that aims to rival Met Gala
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October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
British Museum’s ‘pink ball’ criticised by climate campaign group
How Museums Are Future-Proofing Their Finances
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
How Museums Are Future-Proofing Their Finances | Artnet News
Museums are rethinking their finances as they adapt to a new landscape of donors, digital tools, and changing values.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
How Museums Are Future-Proofing Their Finances
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
Tate Britain plans to build new Mediterranean and East Asian-inspired green spaces and a "garden classroom" for children.
Tate Britain plans outdoor gardens and classroom
The plans promise to transform the gallery's Millbank entrance with a biodiverse public garden.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Tate Britain plans to build new Mediterranean and East Asian-inspired green spaces and a "garden classroom" for children.
Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: what’s gone wrong at Tate?
The museum group is struggling with its identity – while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern art
The museum group is struggling with its identity – while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern art
Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: what’s gone wrong at Tate?
The museum group is struggling with its identity – while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern art
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: what’s gone wrong at Tate?
The museum group is struggling with its identity – while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern art
The museum group is struggling with its identity – while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern art