@andrewshore.bsky.social
Director of Content at Art UK. Love all kinds of music, books etc. Used to work at the British Museum. https://artuk.org/discover/profile/andrew-shore
๐ป What is your favourite cat-themed artwork? We'd love to know! #InternationalCatDay
Browse cats in UK public art collections on Art UK ๐https://buff.ly/RHHamhA ๐
'Cat on Table' by Mary Fedden (1915โ2012) ยฉ the estate of Mary Fedden / Bridgeman Images. ๐ท Yale British Art
It's #WorkOfTheWeek time. Did you know we're always adding new artworks to Art UK? You can discover over 600,000 artworks!
These figureheads are new to our site ๐ buff.ly/n4WJqFA
๐ท The National Museum of the Royal Navy
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is religious art, to tie into @BarberInstitute's online exhibition Fragments of Devotion ๐
Discover religion and belief artworks to get you inspired ๐ buff.ly/6I067iO
'Head of a Female Saint', Italian School ๐ท The Bowes Museum
Today's #OnlineArtExchange is religious art for The Barber Institute's online exhibition Fragments of Devotion ๐
Check it out ๐ buff.ly/0xh7vND
Liberale da Verona, Historiated Initial โCโ showing Christ in Glory from a Gradual for Siena Cathedral ยฉ Barber Institute
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Three anthropomorphic cats dressed in colorful suits and top hats, dancing joyfully in a garden with blue and white flowers behind them.
Intricate abstract artwork featuring a symmetrical design with swirling yellow, blue, and red patterns on a green background with red motifs.
Three expressive cats, two blue and one brown tabby, singing while holding red books against a floral background.
Intricate blue cat portrait with large yellow eyes, decorated with white and red ornamental patterns on a dark blue background.
Happy birthday to the master of psychedelic cats, Louis Wain ๐พ
Read more about the painter ๐ buff.ly/BiQ9Nn6
๐ท @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
Painting of a white woman in an orange dress standing on rocks by the sea
Laura Knight's Enduring Expressions of British Summertime
artuk.org/discover/sto...
โ๏ธ Whatโs your perfect summer spot?
For artist Laura Knight, it was the Cornish coast โ from sandy beaches to breezy cliffs. She was born #OnThisDay in 1877.
Discover more ๐ buff.ly/4VV4kUt
ยฉ estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA / Bridgeman Images. ๐ท National Museum Wales
Detailed street market scene with vendors selling clothes and shoes, bustling crowds and people interacting in front of old buildings.
Did you know we're always adding new artworks to Art UK? You can discover over 600,000 artworks!
This work is new to our site this week ๐ buff.ly/lm68qc6
'The Rag Fair' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757โ1827) ๐ท Southampton City Art Gallery
Re-upping this call for pitches! Our funding for stories about DRAWINGS comes to an end in a few months โ get in touch now with pitches to write for @artukdotorg.bsky.social. Pitch guide here: artuk.org/about/how-to...
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Cluster of yellowish-brown mushrooms growing on a dark, weathered tree branch against a plain background.
Detailed botanical illustration of three brown mushrooms with textured caps and long stems on a beige background.
Detailed botanical illustration of orange-capped mushrooms growing among green grass and small plants on a beige background.
Happy birthday Beatrix Potter ๐
Before Beatrix Potter's classic literary figures, she had a strong interest in the wondrous world of mushrooms ๐
Read more ๐ artuk.org/discover/sto...
๐งโ๐จ Beatrix Potter (1866โ1943) ๐ท Armitt Museum and Library
Mural of a Chloe Kelly in white uniform mid-action against a black wall with a turquoise stripe and red text.
Congratulations to the Lionesses โ #WEURO2025 Champions! ๐๐โฝ
'Chloe Kelly Goal Celebration' by John Bulley (b.1950) ยฉ the artist. ๐ท Tracy Jenkins / Art UK
A man falls off a startled horse while aiming a rifle at a large, scaly dinosaur in a rocky landscape under a cloudy sky.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is film and cinema for โMay The Toys Be With Youโ at @lynn-museum.bsky.social ๐ฅ๐ซ
Ray Harryhausen created some of 20th century cinema's most magical moments. Read more ๐ buff.ly/uBtMfJI
ยฉ The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation. @rayharryhausen.bsky.social
Text reads Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage
We have some new stories published from the researchers working on the Transforming Collections project at @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social ๐
Take a look ๐ ๐งต(1/5)
White ceramic mug with colourful abstract shapes on a green side table next to potted plants and a brown leather chair.
Colourful abstract shapes printed on a square coaster resting on a green round table by two potted plants.
Colourful makeup bag with abstract shapes sits on a woven mat alongside makeup on a checkered tablecloth.
White tote bag with colourful abstract shapes hanging on a white wall next to a potted green plant on a wooden countertop.
๐จ Introducing our new Matisse range โจ
We're excited to share our brilliant new collection of homeware, prints and accessories, inspired by 'Coquelicots โ Poppies' @FalmouthArtGall ๐ผ๏ธ
Shop now ๐ buff.ly/NpxWW5O
Every purchase helps supports museums and galleries.
Reginald Pole stands out in Tudor history as the man who refused to bend to royal will.
Read more with @estelleprnq.bsky.social ๐ buff.ly/xajFpJ4
'Cardinal Reginald Pole (1500โ1558), Archbishop of Canterbury' by Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1485โ1547) ๐ท Lambeth Palace
In the 1920s, Ithell Colquhoun and John Luke tackled the story of Judith and Holofernes at Slade.
What did their paintings reveal about gender, politics and ambition?
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๐งโ๐จ Ithell Colquhoun (1906โ1988) ยฉ the artist's estate. ๐ท UCL Culture
We're hiring! Head of Audience Growth Full time, permanent contract, ยฃ46,000 per annum, work from home, anywhere in the UK Apply by 9am Tuesday 12th August 2025
We're hiring: Head of Audience Growth ๐ฃ
Drive digital engagement, grow our audience and champion art for all.
๐ผ Full time, permanent contract, ยฃ46,000 per annum, UK remote role
๐๏ธ Apply by 9am Tuesday 12th August
๐ artuk.org/about/jobs
Portrait of Barbara with long braided hair, wearing a loose orange top against a plain light background.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange is self portraits ๐คณ
Share your favourite self portraits from any era for today's theme!
'Self Portrait' by Barbara Walker (b.1964) ยฉ the artist. ๐ท The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
Self portrait of van Gogh with a bandage wrapped over his ear and around his hear. He wears a blue fir-trimmed hat and a green coat
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange is self portraits ๐ผ๏ธ๐คณ
We're getting ready with Vincent van Gogh's self portraits ๐ artuk.org/discover/sto...
๐ธ The Courtauld
A person in a red outfit sits on a striped bed in a room with intricate blue and green patterned floors and walls.
It's #WorkOfTheWeek time, where we showcase artworks that are new to Art UK.
'Seawind' by Kate Montgomery (b.1965) ยฉ the artist. ๐ท The Womenโs Art Collection
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Artist's studio filled with numerous pinned photographs and paintings covering the walls, with a woman standing near a window beside a large leafy plant.
A person in a green dress stands waist-deep in water surrounded by lush lemon trees.
New artist interview ๐
We recently spoke to painter Helen Flockhart on her surrealist, dream like paintings ๐ buff.ly/KJSW0sc
1) ๐ท Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / 2) 'Lemons Dripping' by Helen Flockhart (b.1963) ยฉ the artist. ๐ท Fleming Collection
Three self portraits of Rembrandt
It's Rembrandt van Rijn's 419th birthday today โ he was born on 15th July 1606! ๐
He was both a master of the portrait ๐ artuk.org/discover/sto...
...and also king of the selfie ๐ artuk.org/discover/sto...
๐ท Walker Art Gallery, National Gallery, Historic England ๐งต 1/4
Stylised, head and shoulders front view of young woman with auburn, shoulder-length hair, wearing a black v-necked garment. She is seated on a chair against a plain yet textured blue-green background with a pale ochre strip on the right. Her almond-shaped eyes have no pupils or irises but are the same blue-green as the background
Modigliani was born #OnThisDay in 1884.
He painted his sitters with stylised, elongated features and often left their eyes blank ๐
'Portrait of an Unknown Model' by Amedeo Modigliani (1884โ1920) ๐ธ Manchester Art Gallery
Family on the beach playing in the sand
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ๐ summer ๐๏ธ
Share your summer artworks with the hashtag!
'On the Sands, Le Touquet, France' by Francis Edwin Hodge (1882โ1949) ๐ท Derby Museums
Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782 (The Siege of Gibraltar) John Singleton Copley (1738โ1815) Guildhall Art Gallery
Some American artists in UK collections for #4thJuly artuk.org/discover/sto... @artukdotorg.bsky.social
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From unique abstract paintings to subtle landscapes and intimate portraits, here are our top picks of prints by women artists from the Art UK Shop ๐ผ๏ธ
Have a browse ๐ buff.ly/iJvxKlA
'Painting' by Mainie Jellett (1897โ1944) ๐ท @ulstermuseum.orgโฌ
Giant Irish deer in field with birds
Ichthyosaur underwater
Sea Eagle flying by cliff with birds
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is wildlife and the environment for Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future @ulstermuseum.orgโฌ ๐ฆ๐ฟ
The exhibition features over 50 paintings by renowned wildlife painter, Julian Friers
Julian Friers (b.1956) ๐ท National Museums NI
Bengal tiger in grass
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is wildlife and the environment for Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future at @ulstermuseum.orgโฌ ๐ฏ๐ฟ
Share your picks tomorrow with the hashtag.
'Bengal Tiger' by Arthur Wardle (1864โ1949) ๐ท National Museums NI
