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This is "The Mill" by Phyllis Bray from 1933. The scene depicted was at Chalford in Gloucestershire on a section of the Thames and Severn canal. The round-house to the right on the canal bank was one of five "lengthmen's" houses: a distinctive feature of the Thames & Severn canal. #PhyllisBray

‘Nova Scotia House’ by Charlie Porter Review: Seen and Not Seen The curator and fashion critic’s debut novel explores the potential for individuals and groups to construct and maintain their own worlds

The curator and fashion critic’s debut novel explores the potential for individuals and groups to construct and maintain their own worlds artreview.com/nova-scotia-...

Presented by Herbert Linnell 1924

Frontispiece: Thenot and Colinet http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-frontispiece-thenot-and-colinet-a00111

Flowers, still lifes and domestic interiors are the primary subjects of Ethel Sands’s painting; here they are combined with books on a bookcase at the Château d’Auppegard near Dieppe in France where Sands and her partner, the Nan Hudson, spent summers together from the 1920s.

'Green Fields at Sunset.' Joan Eardley rarely strikes a false note. Although a flair for pictorial construction is evident even in the freest of her sketches, these are deeply felt personal responses, momentary sensations, and what she called 'the notion of landscape inside me.'

Strutting our stuff for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange fabulous fashion 💃✨We have chosen On a Fine Day by Elizabeth Forbes.

Women, in their vibrant, long medieval-inspired dresses, capture the essence of freedom and unity, their hands linked in perfect harmony with nature.

Stephen Bone's portrait is of his son Gavin in his study at St John's Oxford, around 1921 - he was later a fellow of St John’s where he translated Anglo-Saxon poetry and taught English. He was also an artist and exhibited several times at the Royal Academy.

Author event!!

Meet Anne and Claire Berest
@Louisa Treger at Hatchards on May 9

www.hatchards.co.uk/events/an-ev...

@europaeditions.bsky.social @hatchards.bsky.social

The Black artists who found themselves in post-war Paris | Apollo Magazine The Pompidou presents African, Caribbean and American artists who could be free in the French capital in ways often denied to them at home, writes Catherine Bennett

In ‘Paris Noir’, the Pompidou Centre presents African, Caribbean and American artists who could sometimes be free in the French capital in ways often denied to them at home www.apollo-magazine.com/paris-noir-p...

A graphic featuring an image of Hans Soetart's book, the Scattered Library, and details of the event at the Wiener Library on 11 June at 6:30pm

🗓️ New Academic Book Talk

Hans Soetart's latest work is the first book reporting in detail on what happened in the years 1932–1935 before Jewish sexologist and LGBT-rights activist Magnus Hirschfeld’s death and, especially, during the seven years that followed.

Free tickets: buff.ly/hC9fd0E

Two Sisters by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, translated by Anna Friedrich Two sisters lived together in a two-room apartment. They were very poor. For lunch, they usually had a boiled potato; for breakfast, a slice of bread with a glass of hot water.

“Rita was dying, that much was clear. She was gasping for air and couldn’t speak.”

This week, we’ve unlocked “Two Sisters” by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.

In 2026, Tate Britain will hold a retrospective of the work of James McNeill Whistler, the first to be held in Europe in 30 years - the show will bring together paintings including 'Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1,' (1871) as well as rarely seen prints, drawings and paintings

Painting of a woodland carpeted in light purple flowers and with slim tree trunks and fresh green foliage

Britain is home to almost half of the world’s bluebells, found in ancient or semi-natural woodlands, flowering in April and May. 'Bluebell woods' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt

Very much looking forward to this @hatchards.bsky.social tonight - glamour, power & rebellion with Sisi, Eugenie & @nancygoldstone.bsky.social!

Oh I wish I could go along to this - two of the most fabulous people on the planet in conversation!!!

Soviet Dissident Pavel Litvinov on Freedom of Speech Then and Now: ‘Nothing Is More Important’ - The Moscow Times Pavel Litvinov is a former Soviet dissident and human rights activist who played a key role in protesting state repression in the U.S.S.R.  In 1968, he was among the eight protesters who staged a rare...

"We became familiar with Solzhenitsyn’s work when he was already banned ... We listened to Louis Armstrong, whom we loved — his unforgettable voice. It all mattered so much to us," the former Soviet dissident said of Voice of America.

The émigres who made Britain modern | Apollo Magazine Owen Hatherley talks to Apollo about his new book, ‘The Alienation Effect’, about the Central European artists and intellectuals who fled fascism in the 1930s and came to Britain

PIcture Post, Pevsner, Penguin Specials… Owen Hatherley talks to Apollo about his new book, ‘The Alienation Effect’, about the Central European artists and intellectuals who fled fascism in the 1930s and came to Britain

Spring is in the air for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social
#OnlineArtExchange celebrating Tirzah Garwood: 'Beyond Ravilious' @dulwichgallery.bsky.social

We have chosen the vibrant 'Garden Path in Spring' by Duncan Grant from the collection of the Tate🌷🌹🌻

'Shop Window.' (1894) Isaac Israels derived inspiration from the many aspects of modern city life in Amsterdam - from crowded streets to dance halls and fashion houses. Here, the view is of the clothing store Bahlmann & Co. on the Nieuwendijk in the city.

Portrait of Edith Sitwell, by Cristopher Fry, dating from 1915.

“I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty…But I am too busy thinking about myself”

- Dame Edith Sitwell

Might I add his portrait of Nancy Cunard (1919; www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/coll...

WOMENSART Blog:

Jeanne Mammen & the Women of Berlin’s Cabaret
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'Under the Greenwood Tree.' (1909) George Henry's visit to Japan in 1894 with fellow Scottish artist Edward Atkinson Hornel, greatly influenced his work; in this work there is also a rural, nostalgic, quietly sympathetic feeling with nature that marked French naturalism.

Brilliant post from Ekaterina Drozdovica...

400 years ago today King James VI and I died. He was the lawful successor to Elizabeth I…or was he? My new book - announced today - will reveal the shocking truth behind one of history’s best kept secrets @hodderbooks.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/the-sto...

Rosemary Hill · At Pallant House: On Dora Carrington Insofar as Dora Carrington has had a wider reputation, it has rested chiefly on her landscapes. In 2014, Farm at...

‘As far as art was concerned, Carrington was at the centre; Bloomsbury was the fringe.’

Rosemary Hill on Dora Carrington and 1920s British art culture:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Isobel Codrington occupied a central place in British art during the 1920s. ' Still life, Vegetables,' painted in 1923, typifies her ability to paint remarkably naturalistic work full of descriptive detail.

Isobel Codrington occupied a central place in British art during the 1920s. ' Still life, Vegetables,' painted in 1923, typifies her ability to paint remarkably naturalistic work full of descriptive detail.

Edward Burra - National Portrait Gallery by John Banting oil on board 1930s © The Estate of John Banting

NPG 5826; Edward Burra - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery www.npg.org.uk/collections/...

Wonderful news - hurrahs @ahistoryinart.bsky.social !!!

COMING SOON (ish)! - The Tate has announced - "In the autumn (24 October 2026 – 11 April 2027), a survey of one of Britain’s most significant 20th century artists, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, will open at Tate St Ives. Featuring over 170 paintings, drawings, prints and archive materials..."