Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange celebrates Scottish art for Edinburgh Art Festival. Find art on artuk.org and share your pick using the hashtag 🎨 Take a look at the rest of our August themes 👇

Happy birthday to the master of psychedelic cats, Louis Wain 😺 Read more about the painter 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-electrical-art-of-outsider-painter-louis-wain 📷 Wellcome Collection

Why is this sculpture of a dress covered in bees? 🐝 In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, Gemma Tipton visits Ulster Museum to unlock a sculpture by artist Alice Maher. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://rss.com/podcasts/artuk/

Where is your perfect summer spot? For artist Laura Knight, it was the Cornish coast – from sandy beaches to breezy cliffs. She was born #OnThisDay in 1877. Discover more 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/artists/knight-laura-18771970 © estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA / Bridgeman. 📷 Museum Wales

Edwin Abbey Austin died #OTD 1911, US artist and illustrator who settled in UK, you can find out more about him and his connection to Broadway @artukdotorg.bsky.social artuk.org/discover/sto...

John Singer Sargent and the Broadway colony in Worcestershire

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I wrote about art chosen for hospitals for @artukdotorg.bsky.social ‘We don't want just paintings of flowers. We’re usually working in clinical spaces, lit by fluorescent light, with white or magnolia walls & wipe-clean surfaces. Those environments can be inherently soulless’ shorturl.at/CzkBS

Beyond the white cube: how Tonic Arts curates art in Edinburgh's hospitals

Claire Sawers speaks to curators and artists involved in Tonic Arts, a creative programme designed to enhance health and wellbeing for staff and patients in Edinburgh's hospitals.

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Hey August 👋☀️ Heat, summer holidays, beautiful views, see artworks inspired by August in this Curation 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/A-Year-through-Art-August 'August Morning, Dieppe Beach (Matinée d'août, plage de Dieppe)' by Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942) 📷 Tate

The Eisteddfod celebrates its 850th anniversary in Pembrokeshire this year. Discover art inspired by the festival in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/is-there-peace-art-inspired-by-the-national-eisteddfod 🧑‍🎨 Harry Hughes Williams (1892–1953) 📷 Oriel Môn

Thanks for taking part in this week's #OnlineArtExchange! Next week's theme is Scottish art for Edinburgh Art Festival 🎨 'Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris' by Richard Wilson (1713/1714–1782) 📷 Tate

It's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social! This week is British #Landscapes. 🌲🌄 We love the misty morning light captured in the painting of the viaduct and the different textures of Leeds' industrial landscape interpreted through sculpture.

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'landscapes', and we're sharing this work by Michael Monk. It was made using the lid of a wooden packing crate found outside HMS Royal Arthur, near Corsham. 🖼️ Wiltshire Landscape, 1972, Michael Monk, oil paint and paper on board

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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Landscapes for ‘British Landscapes: A Sense of Place’ at Pallant House Gallery. We have chosen Tregiffian Cliff, near Lamorna, c. 1921, by Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955), which is owned by Bristol Museums.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is landscape for British Landscapes: A Sense of Place at Pallant House – visit until November 2026 🌿 Painted in 1916 after the Battle of the Somme, this work captures the Dorset coastline at a moment of national upheaval. 🧑‍🎨 Mark Gertler (1891–1939) 📷 Pallant House

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is landscape for British Landscapes: A Sense of Place at Pallant House 🌿 Share your landscape with the hashtag to take part! 'Cumbrian Landscape' bu Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979) © the artist's estate. 📷 Lakeland Arts

Judith Leyster was born on this day in 1609 Leyster's work was attributed to her husband Jan Miense Molenaer, or to Frans Hals, until her distinctive monogram was discovered in the 1890s. 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-eight-women-artists-of-the-national-gallery 📸 National Gallery

New podcast episode 📣 In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, journalist, author and editor Holly E J Black visits Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery to unlock a remarkable collection of Japanese prints that transport us to Japan’s ‘floating world’. Listen 👉 https://rss.com/podcasts/artuk/

We are delighted to launch our guide on the #Bloomberg Connects Arts+Culture #app, thanks to @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🎉 Check it out here or download via any app store: lnkd.in/e6FP649m We will also be hosting a launch event in September, so do come along and try it out! #culturesky #museumsky

Happy 160th birthday Beatrix Potter! Before her classic literary figures, she had a strong interest in the wondrous world of mushrooms 🍄 Read more 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/beatrix-potters-other-life-the-mushroom-fanatic 🧑‍🎨 Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) 📷 The Armitt

Join the Art UK team! We're looking for a Digital Content Editor – Prints 🎨 Lead on the creation of powerful, inclusive content that highlights the richness and diversity of prints in UK collections. More information 👉 https://artuk.org/about/jobs

Discover the early work of Scottish artist John Bellany at the John Gray Centre in Haddington as part of the Royal Scottish Academy's #RSA200 celebrations. We recently visited the exhibition with RSA Head of Collections Sandy Wood, on until the 19th September.

Happy birthday to artist Andy Goldsworthy! 🎂 Discover the artist's works on Art UK 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/artists/goldsworthy-andy-b-1956 © Andy Goldsworthy, courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. 📸 The Forestry Commission

Catch up on this week's episode of our podcast, Your Art Unlocked 🔓 It's all about Nina Saunders' decorative dustpan at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/your-art-unlocked-nina-saunders-decorative-dustpan-at-pallant-house-gallery-chichester/ 📷 Melissa Baksh

Thanks for taking part in this week's #OnlineArtExchange 🌿 Next week's theme is landscape for British Landscapes: A Sense of Place at Pallant House 'April, Butterflies' by Tristram Paul Hillier (1905–1983) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. 📷 Nature in Art

BOUNCING BACK! - The story of a street artist 👨‍🎨 (see link in comments for the article) Also includes instruction on how to paint a mural 🎨 Thanks to Tracy Jenkins at @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🙏 #biography #art #streetart #howto #liverpool

It's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social! This week's theme is 'Animals and Nature', so we couldn't resist but find images of rabbits. We are known @universityofleeds.bsky.social for our campus bunnies after all! 🐇🌼🌳

How did a dustpan end up in an art gallery? 🤔 In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, art historian, writer and educator Melissa Baksh visits Pallant House Gallery to unlock a subversive sculpture by artist Nina Saunders. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts 👉 rss.com/podcasts/art...

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘nature and animals’ for An A-Z of Beatrix Potter at The Armitt 🐇 I chose this beautiful textile via V&A 🐅 Textile ca. 1966 (made) Artist/Maker Unknown Place of Origin Varanasi (made) @artukdotorg.bsky.social #textile #blueskyart

Alma Boyes's 'Lone Magpie' explores the historic technique of agateware. Drawing on her background in ceramics and sculpture, it combines industrial ceramic design with sculptural practice. 🖼️ Lone Magpie, undated, Alma Boyes, agateware in porcelain @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange 🍃🦢

Joining this week's #OnlineArtExchange by @artukdotorg.bsky.social with Eckhout's "Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises" (1640). This remarkable painting was made during the Dutch colonial period in Brazil. Explore the artwork and the context in which it was created 👇 www.europeana.eu/en/item/2021...

How has the Museum Data Service helped Art UK break new records? Through the MDS, record and image ingestion is now at least 20 times faster than at any other time during @artukdotorg.bsky.social 's history. David Saywell @artukcurations.bsky.social explains in museumdata.uk/blog/how-has...

How has the MDS helped Art UK break new records? - Museum Data Service

How did the Museum Data Service help Art UK set new records? Through the MDS, record and image ingestion is now at least 20 times faster than at any other time during Art UK’s history.

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