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Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.

Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!

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@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:30 PM

Happy birthday Andrew Logan 🎂

Discover more about the painter, jeweller, performance artist and founder of Alternative Miss World and his friends 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/andrew-logan-and-friends-reminiscences-of-the-glitterati

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:30 AM

Happy birthday to Chris Ofili! 🎂

From Pointillism to popular culture, explore the myriad influences of Chris Ofili 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/between-art-and-popular-culture-the-myriad-influences-of-chris-ofili

#BlackHistoryMonth

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 4:30 PM

Thanks for taking part in this week's #OnlineArtExchange 💗

Next week's theme is ‘contemporary portraiture’ for Club Culture Cumbria at The Armitt 🖼️

'Lili Elbe (?)' by Gerda Wegener (1885–1940) 📷 Wellcome Collection

@pupandtiger.co.uk Oct 8, 2026, 12:39 PMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Another contribution to today’s #OnlineArtExchange theme, ‘queer joy’, hosted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social : Vlad Cohen, Queer and Faithful Hound, from Soft Territories: pupandtiger.co.uk/exhibitions/...
Join in with the hashtag!

@lulgalleries.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:00 PMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

In today’s #OnlineArtExchange we are Celebrating #QueerJoy @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We’ve chosen Leeds born artist Robert Hawthorn Kitson’s watercolours ‘Banyan Trees, Madura’ and ‘Corte della Fontana, Casa Cuseni’.

A watercolour painting of people walking along a path under large banyan trees toward a low white building. The figures wear brightly coloured clothes in shades of red and orange.

A watercolour painting of a courtyard filled with pink flowers and small green trees. The perspective looks towards a house with pink walls and a canopy of plants above it.

@artherstory.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:08 PMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689), n.d., by #MaryBeale (English, 1633-1699), who died #otd, Oct 8. Held by the Royal College of Physicians; source, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, artuk.org/discover/art... #artherstory #womenartists

A bust-length, oval-shaped portrait of a jowly, solemn-looking white man with long gray hair, wearing a black robe or jacket and a white cravat. His body faces the right edge of the artwork at a slant; he turns his head toward his right shoulder so that the viewer can see his face in full.

@helisabethhh.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 6:18 AMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Joining today's #OnlineArtExchange with a celebration of freedom and light.

A gaze painted in absolute truth, capturing the timeless elegance of Gerda Wegener's Portrait of Lili Elbe. A beautiful glimpse of identity and joy shining through the golden whispers of 1920.

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A portrait painting of Lili Elbe by Gerda Wegener in an Art Deco style. The artwork depicts a woman with short dark curly hair, wearing a beaded headpiece, distinctive makeup with red lips, and a purple dress. The background features warm, patterned golden and brown tones.

@anabolenaaa.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 7:06 AMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Joining today's #OnlineArtExchange with the magnetic gaze and untamed elegance of Mademoiselle Lantelme, captured by the brush of Jules-Alexandre Grün.

A vision of Belle Époque grace, where bold charisma meets the timeless art of reinvention.

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A half-length Belle Époque portrait of French actress Geneviève Lantelme, painted by Jules-Alexandre Grün. She is depicted with voluminous, copper-red hair styled up, holding her arms up behind her head. She wears a light gray silk robe trimmed with dark fur, open at the front over an ornate gold corset and a mauve skirt. Her intense and captivating gaze is directed straight at the viewer against a soft, blurred green background.

@desailaur.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 7:11 AMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Stepping into today’s #OnlineArtExchange with Gerda Wegener’s breakthrough masterpiece: the iconic 'Portrait of Ellen von Kohl' (1906).

A captivating gaze framed by deep lace, where classical elegance meets the very spark that ignited the artist's legendary career.

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An oil on canvas portrait from 1906 by Gerda Wegener. It depicts a woman with dark, short, voluminous hair, sitting and looking forward with a serene expression. She wears an elegant dark lace gown with intricate embroidered details along the neckline and cuffs. Her hands rest gently on her lap, showcasing rings. The background features soft green textures that evoke blurred foliage or plants.

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:00 AM

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘queer joy’ for the opening of Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends at National Portrait Gallery 🌟

Join in with the hashtag!

📷 Harry Keita as Delphinium Fairy, London, 2022 © Tim Walker

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 4:30 PM

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange is ‘queer joy’ for Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends at National Portrait Gallery.

Discover LGBTQ+ artists 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/lgbtq-artists

🧑‍🎨 Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962) © artist's estate / Bridgeman. 📷 National Galleries of Scotland

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:30 PM

Our Visual literacy resources round-up provides ideas and inspiration to support teaching and learning across a range of subjects and themes.

👉 Visit artuk.org/learn to get started 💻

Detail from 'Surprised!' by Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) 📷 National Gallery

#VisualLiteracyWeek

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

📷 Dave Madden

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:50 PM

Art UK is taking part in bold and inspiring research, looking at how art can impact young people's future success.

Find out about the Picture This: The Robson Orr Visual Literacy Research Initiative in our webinar on 8th Oct 👉 https://artuk.beaconforms.com/form/4e18402e

#VisualLiteracyWeek

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:31 PM

To mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, a new story by @benwwk.bsky.social has just been published.

He explores The Battle of Cable Street mural and the story behind it. Have a read 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

📷 David Hoffmman

David Binnington with his original plan for the Battle of Cable Street mural. David stands holding the plan with his eyes closed, in front of the sketched out mural on the wall.

@benwwk.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 PMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

With the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street on Sunday @artukdotorg.bsky.social have published a “story” I wrote about the Cable Street Mural for @unitetheunion.bsky.social’s 90th anniversary book. Photos by Paul Trevor and David Hoffman.... Read all about it!:
artuk.org/discover/sto...

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 4:30 PM

Thanks for joining in with today's autumnal #OnlineArtExchange

Next week's theme is ‘queer joy’ for Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends at National Portrait Gallery.

@penahay.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 12:59 PMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Ivon Hitchens Autumn Stream #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Ivon Hitchens
Autumn Stream
© the artist's estate. Image credit: University of Chichester, Otter Gallery

@artukdotorg.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:05 PM

Learn more about May Morris’ role as head of embroidery at Morris & Co. in the second episode of our video series exploring Lady Lever Art Gallery’s 'May Morris: Crafting a Legacy' exhibition.

Watch 👉 youtu.be/5q9pTNQMYdg?...

@barnsleymuseums.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:43 AMReposted by @artukdotorg.bsky.social

The #OnlineArtExchange this week is all about autumn 🍂

Autumn Regrets by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) from Shipley Art Gallery

#Autumn #Art #BlueskyArt @artukdotorg.bsky.social

A woman in a long black dress and hat leans thoughtfully against a stone wall in an autumnal garden, with golden leaves on trees and scattered on the ground. A large building is visible in the hazy background.

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