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What beautiful, yet simple things do you find around you everyday? 🌷 Artist Mabel Alington Royds often depicted everyday things for their quiet beauty. These two woodblock prints are part of a series of flower prints that she made between 1933 and 1938. 🔗 Read about Scottish printmaking inspired by Japan on Art UK. Link to stories in bio. – 'Magnolia' and 'Artichoke' by Mabel Alington Royds (1874–1941) 📸 @nationalgalleriesscot #WoodblockPrint #Flowers #MabelRoyds

🎨 New creative workshop resources for young people 📣 We’re excited to share new resources for young people, developed through Art UK’s Our art, our place, our voice programme. 👉 Designed by artist-facilitators in collaboration with young people aged 16–24, the creative workshops connect young audiences with public art collections and artworks on their doorsteps. The programme encourages young people to share their ideas about art and celebrate the places they live through creative activities. The workshops have now been developed into five online resources to inspire other young people, collections and artist facilitators. Explore mixed-media collage, animation, expressive drawing and printmaking, with downloadable guides to adapt the activities for your own setting. 🔗 Link in bio or search ‘our art, our place, our voice’ on our learning resource page. – 1) © Art UK / Pinc College. 📷 Sharonjit Sutton 2&3) © The Wyllieum / Art UK. 📷 Lindsay Doherty 4&5) © Art UK / East Kent College. 📷 East Kent College 6) © Art UK / Pinc College. 📷 Pinc College 7) © Art UK / Pinc College. 📷 Sharonjit Sutton 8&9) © Art UK / Ulster Museum. 📷 Fionnuala McGowan 10) ‘Cosmic Egg’ by Andrew Logan © the artist. 📷 Kaan Yasemin / Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture 11) © Art UK / Andrew Logan Museum. 📷 Kaan Yasemin / Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture 12) © Art UK / Ulster Museum. 📷 Arann McCormack #LearningResources #Art #TeacherResource #ArtTeacher

Today’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is Myths & Legends in connection with the exhibition, Cornish Myths & Legends at @cornwall_museum 🧜🏽‍♀️👸 This painting by Elizabeth Forbes is called ‘A Dream Princess’. Forbes blended Pre-Raphaelite inspiration with working-class subjects, and many of her figures were costumed in medieval clothing. Here a fairytale princess enchants a farm worker in his sleep, in a scene that borrows strongly from Arthurian legend. Forbes was originally from Canada but she settled in Newlyn where, alongside her husband Stanhope Forbes, she helped establish the Newlyn Art School. – 'A Dream Princess' by Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859–1912) 📷 Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery #CornwallMuseum #MythsAndLegends #ArtHistory #ArtLovers

Congratulations to all the talented young artists who entered our recent competition to celebrate our 10th birthday! 👏👏 We loved looking through each and every one of your artworks and were blown away by the creative responses to the theme ‘10th birthday’ 🎂 We're delighted to announce the winners of the competition and share their fabulous artworks. School winners: ⭐ Ben Jonson Primary School ⭐ St Barnabas CE Primary School ⭐ Duxford C of E Primary School Individual winners: ⭐ India, age 12 ⭐ Hannah, Year 10 ⭐ Emerald, Year 7 #ArtUK10thBirthday #Birthday #Art #Creativity

Few artists capture the spirit of Orkney quite like Sylvia Wishart. Her atmospheric paintings layer windows and reflections with the rolling green landscapes and coastlines of her island home in northern Scotland. 🌊 Often painted from inside looking out, windowsills in Wishart’s work bridge the space between the warmth of home and the wild landscape beyond. 🔗 Read the full story 'Sylvia Wishart: the Orcadian painter with a message in a bottle' by Catriona McAra (@catrionamcara ) on Art UK, link to stories in bio. – 1) 'Untitled' 📷 @orkneycouncil 2) 'Reflections' 📷 @abdnartmuseums 3) 'Hoy Sound' 📷 @pierartscentre By Sylvia Wishart (1936–2008) © the artist's estate. #SylviaWishart #ScottishArt #OrkneyLandscape

To celebrate our 10th birthday, we invited children and young people to create artworks inspired by the theme ‘10th birthday’ 🎉 Thank you to all the amazing young artists who took part and shared their creativity with us. We loved seeing all the entries. 👏 A big well done to everyone who entered. You made our 10th birthday celebrations extra special! We will announce the winners of the competition tomorrow. #ArtUK10thBirthday #Birthday #Art #Creativity

A sneak peek of the first ‘Your Art, Unlocked’ podcast episode 👀✨ Art in the UK’s public collection is owned by all of us. But do you sometimes look at art and think, ‘What is that?’ Well, we’re here to help! In the first of the series, @millington_ruth , joined by British-American pop artist Jann Haworth and Senior Curator at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Sanna Moore, head to @wolvesartandculture to find out what donuts have to do with modern art. ‘Your Art, Unlocked’ is brought to you by Art UK and supported by @bloombergconnects . The series explores unexpected objects in museum collections. 🎧 Listen and follow each week wherever you get your podcasts. – ‘Donuts, Coffee Cups and Comic’ by Jann Haworth (b.1942) © the artist. 📷 Wolverhampton Art Gallery #Podcast #ArtLovers #ContemporaryArt #BloombergConnects

In week 2 of the Mural Project, Scotty @brave_arts let the YAKkers loose on the main mural! The final design is starting to take shape after the group sent their ideas and artworks to Scotty to mash up and glitch - stay tuned for further developments on the mural! (Swipe to see Lorraine getting hyped to Scotty’s playlist)

It's World Donkey Day 🫏 @veritybabbsart tells us more about this artwork 'My Donkey' by @lubainapics The oil on canvas diptych is taken from a series of works based on the oral testimonies of the artist's aunt, who grew up in Farnworth, Lancashire. – 'My Donkey (diptych)' by Lubaina Himid (b.1954) © the artist. 📷 Bolton Library & Museum Services, Bolton Council #WorldDonkeyDay #ContemporaryArt #ArtLovers #LubainaHimid

Today, we celebrate the remarkable art and legacy of Aubrey Williams 🎉 #AubreyWilliamsCentenary 🎨 Born in Guyana in 1926 100 years ago, Aubrey Williams developed a unique style that moved between abstraction and figuration. His work reflects a deep awareness of how people connect with the environment, history, and wider cosmos. He moved to London in 1952 and became a founding member of the Caribbean Artists Movement, an important group of artists and thinkers who helped shape the city’s cultural scene. His works are held in many public collections across the UK, these two are from @bristolmuseums British Empire and Commonwealth Collection. View more at artuk.org His visionary work continues to resonate strongly today 💓 – 1) ‘Portrait of Aubrey Williams, 1981’ © Val Wilmer, courtesy @octobergallerylondon 2) ‘Untitled’ by Aubrey Williams (1926–1990) © Estate of Aubrey Williams. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS. 📷 @bristolmuseums 3) ‘Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, Opus 113 (Babi Yar) for Bass, Bass Choir and Orchestra to the Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko (from the 'Shostakovich' series)’ by Aubrey Williams (1926–1990) © Estate of Aubrey Williams. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS. 📷 @bristolmuseums #AubreyWilliams #Centenary #BristolMuseums #ArtUK

Happy 100th birthday to the legendary Sir David Attenborough 🙌 This painting by Bryan Organ wasn’t a single sitting or a snapshot moment. Painted over the course of a year, the portrait brings together multiple sittings, studies and memories, allowing the artist to capture not just Sir David’s likeness, but his complexity. 🖌️ Thinly applied paint reveals pencil grid lines beneath the surface. Around Attenborough, visual references to his life’s work unfold. 🔗 Read the full story 'The natural history of a portrait: 'Attenborough in Paradise' by Bryan Organ' on Art UK, link to stories in bio. – 1) 'Attenborough in Paradise (Portrait of Sir David Attenborough)' 2) 'Ideas for David Attenborough (study for 'Attenborough in Paradise')' 3) 'Studies – David Attenborough (study for 'Attenborough in Paradise')' 4) 'Study – David Attenborough, ‘Life on Earth’ (study for 'Attenborough in Paradise')' By Bryan Organ (b.1935) 📷 © Bryan Organ & the Redfern Gallery, London. 📷 Leicester City Council 2017 @leicestermuseums #DavidAttenborough #Portrait #Art

‘Write on Art helps you to discover your voice, and trust it’ Nick Makoha is a poet, playwright and one of our judges for this year’s Write on Art competition – a national writing programme for young people by @artukdotorg and @paulmelloncentr . If you’re a young person aged 13–19, why not apply? You’re invited to write 400–600 words about an artwork of your choice on Art UK’s website for one of three categories: ✍️ Creative writing – an imaginative and expressive response to an artwork 💬 Review – a critical commentary about an artwork or installation 📝 Essay – a critical analysis of an artwork supported by evidence Twelve successful applicants will receive a goody bag worth £100, along with an invitation to attend a day-long Young Art Writers Workshop at @royalcollegeofart in Autumn 2026, Your work will also be featured in a published zine. Find out more and apply via the link in our bio 💌 If you’re stuck for ideas, there are plenty of warm-up exercises on the site to inspire you. Applications close at 10am on Tuesday 21st July 2026.