Andrew Shore (@andrewshore) — Bluesky Profile

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Self portrait of the artist wearing a red checked dress, fastened at the collar with a strip of black velvet and a cameo. Her brown hair is parted in the centre and tied back

Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists features only a fraction of the women artists on Art UK.

Today we have J: Jackson to Joseph 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-jackson-to-joseph-18087

🧑‍🎨 Gwen John (1876–1939) 📸 Tate

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8 hours ago

Art Matters podcast: how the Bank of England designs banknotes | Art UK Money. It's the little artwork you carry around in your wallet and probably never really look at. Can you remember who's on the back of the £5 note? Or the £10 note? The £20 note has a new resident, but we'll come to that later. Banknotes, as we think of them today, were first used in the 1600s when goldsmiths gave receipts for their customers' gold and silver deposits.

British wildlife will appear on the the next series of banknotes 💷

Discover more with our podcast on how the Bank of England designs banknotes 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-matters-podcast-how-the-bank-of-england-designs-banknotes

📷 Bank of England

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1 day ago

Still life painting of a case of colourful small flowers against a dark background

We're continuing to share our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists for #WomensHistoryMonth, today we have I!

Who would you add? 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-illingworth-to-irwin-18088

🧑‍🎨 Evelyn Grace Ince (1886–1941) 📸 Russell Cotes

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1 day ago

Did you know that this Friday is World Sleep Day? 😴

Luckily, there's art for days on Art UK! Join Verity Babbs as she talks us through Albert Joseph Moore's 'A Sleeping Girl'

📷 Tate

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2 days ago

Contemporary portrait in a bold, graphic style of Dido Belle, an 18th-century Black woman who was raised as part of the aristocratic Murray family in Georgian London. Dido wears a green dress and matching hair wrap. The background is bright orange with a repeating pattern

Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists gives you a place to *start* exploring some of their work.

Here's H: Halliday to Hynes 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-halliday-to-hynes-18089

🧑‍🎨 Mikéla Henry-Lowe. © the artist 📸 Historic England

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2 days ago

Celebrating women artists with Bloomberg Connects 🌟

Read about current exhibitions around the UK which celebrate women artists 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/celebrating-women-artists-with-bloomberg-connects

🧑‍🎨 Beryl Cook (1926–2008) © the artist's estate. 📷 Glasgow Life

#WomensHistoryMonth

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3 days ago

Oil and pencil artwork showing a town surrounded by water, people cross the bridge and climb onto a boat in the foreground. Other people wave from the banks.

Our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists features only a fraction of the women artists on Art UK.

Here's G: Gabain to Guthrie 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-gabain-to-guthrie-18090

🧑‍🎨 Flora A. P. Glover 📸 Laing Art Gallery

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4 days ago

A group of people seated in a spacious, sunlit room, engaged in knitting and conversation around a central table with hats on display.

Abstract painting featuring geometric shapes and vibrant colours blending patterns and forms.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Here's to celebrating, exploring, researching and enjoying art made by women ❤️

Discover women artists on Art UK 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/women-artists

1) Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960) 📸 IWM
2) Eileen Agar (1899–1991) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman. 📷 RA

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4 days ago

A painted portrait of a lady, she wears a bonnet and scarf, with a cigarette in her hand.

Our A-Z resource highlights 1,000 women artists, giving you a place to start exploring.

Here's F 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-faithful-to-fuller-18091

Elsie Farleigh (1900–1981)© the artist's estate. 📷 Lakeland Arts

#WomensHistoryMonth

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5 days ago

An interior of a hallway, with an arch, and a door in the background. A dog lies on a floral rug.

Women artists have been overlooked throughout history.

Our A-Z resource highlights 1,000 women artists. Here's E 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-eardley-to-evans-18092

🧑‍🎨 Mary Dawson Elwell (1874–1952) 📷 Bradford Museums

#WomensHistoryMonth

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5 days ago

Detailed illustration of a ripe pineapple with green leaves, surrounded by butterflies, a caterpillar, and small red insects on a light background.

When women were expected to paint flowers as decoration, Maria Merian chose to study them.

Read 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/maria-sibylla-merian-butterflies-botanicals-and-the-birth-of-scientific-illustration

#WomensHistoryMonth #IWD

Maria Merian (1647-1717) 📷 Royal College of Physicians

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6 days ago

With a million artworks on Art UK, you'll probably find an artwork for pretty much anything!

Join Verity Babbs as she explores some of the more niche events in the calendar, first up is British Pie Week 🥧

'A Village Bakehouse' by Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859–1912) 📷 Penlee House Gallery & Museum

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6 days ago

Six women bale hay with a red hay baling machine

Evelyn Dunbar was the only woman commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee.

Discover D in our A-Z of women artists 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-dabis-to-dwight-18093

🧑‍🎨 Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906–1960) 📸 Museum Wales

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1 week ago

19th-century portrait of a seated woman wearing a long black dress with a high collar and long sleeves. Her brown hair is tied up on top of her head. The background is unfinished

Our A-Z resource highlights 1,000 women artists.

Here is C 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-cadman-to-cuthill-18094

'Portrait of a Woman' by Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) 📸 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

#WomensHistoryMonth

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1 week ago

Happy St Piran's Day 🎉

What connects these artworks – Terry Frost's 'Brown Harbour' and James Gillray's amusing caricature? And how do they link up to Cornwall?

👉 Watch to find out!

Art Connections videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAUSr8y0X9vh0iieCXPyj7Fh3rout0P-X&si=PJEqCgcFzpUBbhyd

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1 week ago

Abstract red painting with lines and shapes

Our A-Z resource highlights 1,000 women artists to discover.

Here's B 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-baer-to-butler-18095

'Red Painting' by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004) © Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust

#WomensHistoryMonth

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1 week ago

A young girl in a pinafore dress is standing by a round table blowing bubbles.

Our A-Z resource highlights 1,000 women artists, giving you a place to start exploring.

Here's A 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-aaerens-to-ayrton-18096

'Bubbles' by Amy B. Atkinson (1859–1916) 📷 Manchester Art Gallery

#WomensHistoryMonth

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1 week ago

A decade of delightful art 🧡

Here are ten things that have changed on Art UK in our first ten years 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/a-decade-of-delightful-art-celebrating-art-uks-tenth-birthday

'Dressing for a birthday' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) 📷 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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1 week ago

New primary learning resource ✨

This resource from The Superpower of Looking explores Ulster Museum's ‘Daylight Raid from My Studio Window’, painted by Belfast-born John Lavery during the First World War.

Check it out 👉 https://ow.ly/P8w550YnU3q

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There are thousands of women artists on Art UK, have an explore for #WomensHistoryMonth 👩‍🎨

Filter artists by gender, discover our A-Z of women artists, or read stories 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/women-artists

'Self Portrait' by Barbara Walker (b.1964) © the artist. 📷 Usher Gallery

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1 week ago

Self portrait of Gwen John, she looks at the viewer, wearing red

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus ❤️

Here are sixteen wonderful Welsh artists to fall in love with on #StDavidsDay 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/sixteen-wonderful-welsh-artists

'Self-Portrait' by Gwen John (1876–1939) 📷 Tate

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1 week ago

To celebrate our 10th birthday, we have a bumper edition of our quiz – ten questions about various aspects of Art UK!

👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-art-uk-is-ten/

'Cardiff Castle with Daffodils' by Anna Todd (b.1964). © the artist. 📷 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

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1 week ago

A figure strides through a hilly landscape

In celebration of #StDavidsDay, here are six works of art that explore the beauty and resilience of yr iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh language) 💫

👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/yma-o-hyd-six-works-about-the-welsh-language

'O. M.' by Iwan Bala (b.1956) © the artist. 📷 National Library Wales

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2 weeks ago

A decade of delightful art: celebrating Art UK's tenth birthday Art UK is ten! We launched the platform on 24th February 2016, and a decade on, we take a look at ten things that have changed

A decade of delightful art 🧡

Here are ten things that have changed on Art UK in our first ten years 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

''Minnie the Minx' and Birthday Cake' by Tom Elliott (b.1965) © the artist. 📷 CW+

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2 weeks ago

A cosy dining room with a table set for tea, featuring cakes, pastries and teacups on a floral tablecloth.

Happy 10th birthday Art UK 🎉 #ArtUK10thBirthday

On our birthday we have reached a huge one million artworks on Art UK!

Discover more and celebrate with us 👉 https://artuk.org/

🧑‍🎨 Peggy Angus (1904–1993) © estate of Peggy Angus. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS. 📷 City of London Corporation

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2 weeks ago

Ben Terrett CBE is Art UK's new Chair Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring 1,000,000 artworks by over 70,000 artists.

On Art UK's 10th birthday, we are delighted to announce that Ben Terrett CBE will become Art UK's new Chair 🎉

This is an exciting time for the charity as Art UK reaches one million artworks!

Read more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

#ArtUK10thBirthday

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2 weeks ago

Woman in a dark dress with lace collar and a red rose corsage pinned near her neckline against a muted brown background.

Art UK launched on the 24th of February 2016 🎉

Here are ten people that share the same birthday as Art UK 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/ten-people-that-share-the-same-birthday-as-art-uk

'Lydia Becker (1827–1890)' by Susan Isabel Dacre (1844–1933) 📷 Manchester Art Gallery

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2 weeks ago

To celebrate our 10th birthday, we have a bumper edition of our quiz – ten questions about various aspects of Art UK!

👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-art-uk-is-ten/

'Cardiff Castle with Daffodils' by Anna Todd (b.1964). © the artist. 📷 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

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2 weeks ago

Happy 10th birthday Art UK 🎉 #ArtUK10thBirthday

On our birthday we have reach a huge one million artworks on Art UK!

Discover more and celebrate with us 👉 https://artuk.org/

🧑‍🎨 Peggy Angus (1904–1993) © estate of Peggy Angus. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS. 📷 City of London Corporation

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2 weeks ago

Scotland's art collections are full of surprises.

Read about some o Scotland’s strangest acquisitions in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/scotlands-strangest-acquisitions-tales-of-taste-chance-and-unlikely-journeys

🧑‍🎨 John Emms (1843-1912) 📷 National Galleries of Scotland

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