Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain & Uncovering Roman Carlisle at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social! Inniscaltra, also called Holy Island, is an island in Lough Derg. The monastery was founded by St Caimin in the 600s, but was burned by Vikings in 836 and 922 AD.

This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is all about Ancient art for 'Gladiators of Britain & Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met' at @tulliecarlisle Our very own Stromness Museum holds many beautiful ancient artworks including this Peruvian Chimú blackware vessel from c. mid 15th cent.

We're off to Ancient Greece for today's @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social #AncientArt #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social Here are two paintings of the 'Lion Gate' at the entrance to the Bronze Age city of Mycenae. This monumental sculpture of two lionesses dates from 1250 BC.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ancient art! 🖼️ Stele for Dionysos (Diptych B), 1982, Joe Tilson (1928-2023), oil on wood relief, accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to the Chippenham Museum, 2023 @artukdotorg.bsky.social @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is ancient art for our exhibitions Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met 🏛️ We are sharing this shot of the Colchester Vase. 📷Installation of the Colchester Vase. Stuart Walker © The Trustees of the British Museum

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met at Tullie Carlisle#OnlineArtExchange Join in by sharing an artwork and using the hashtag! 🖼️ Colchester Vase © Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met at Tullie Carlisle#OnlineArtExchange Join in by sharing an artwork that fits the theme and use the hashtag 🧡 📷 Stuart Walker

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met at Tullie Carlisle Camel-Shaped Flask by an unknown artist from The Khalili Collections

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’. We're sharing these gorgeous Roman engraved gemstones found in Castleford. Tiny gems like these show just how skilled ancient craftspeople were. More info: wmandc.co/roman-gems @artukdotorg.bsky.social @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social #archaeology

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘tiles’ for The Arab Hall: Past and Present at Leighton House 🎨 We also have our April themes ready, choose an artwork from artuk.org#OnlineArtExchangeand use the hashtag to take part every Thursday on Bluesky and Instagram 🌟

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is tiles for The Arab Hall: Past and Present at Leighton House. We have chosen 'On the Tiles' by Tony Dash from the collection of Liverpool Women's Hospital 🐟🐟

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is cartoons and comics for Vision and Labour: Making Comics – The art of Avery Hill Publishing at Mercer Art Gallery. We had to go with a classic - 'Whaam!' by Roy Lichtenstein from the collection of the Tate Modern 🛩️🛩️

#FindsFriday 🏺 At extreme north of #Roman empire, Dacian and, later, Frisian soldiers made their own entertainment in Birdoswald Fort on Hadrian's Wall with: - scratch gaming board - gaming pieces of ceramic, glass, stone - bone dice, including elongated variety. @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

It's books for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social 📚 We have selected an artwork from our own collection - 'Printing' by Colin Rae and the students at Carlisle School of Art.

An absolute joy talking at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social today: fabulous museum with a top notch team, an engaged audience and a lot of thoughtful questions afterwards. My favourite way to spend an afternoon!

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is renewal for Ashes to Fashion @ulstermuseum.org We have chosen to share 'Summer Garden, Harting' by Theodore Garman from the collection of The New Art Gallery Walsall 🪴🌻🌺 Spring going into Summer is always such a lovely time of renewal

Spend an afternoon in Carlisle with me this International Women's Day at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social as we talk about the women of the Roman arena and of Roman Carlisle 🗓 7th March tullie.org.uk/events/roman...

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is land and sea for Of Land and Sea at @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social ⛵ We have chosen 'Purple Sea, Leigh-on-Sea' by Anthony Farrell from the collection of Epping Forest District Museum. This has us dreaming of sunnier beach days 🌅

Do I know anyone in Carlisle / Cumbria on Bluesky? An evening celebrating the landscapes of Northern England 👇 Next week at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social I'll be performing with Wainwright archivist Chris Butterfield, who'll be doing an immersive talk on A.W. himself. tullie.org.uk/events/johnn...

Be Just And Fear Not: Carlisle's motto and old coat of arms at the entrance to @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed 📷 #photography

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is strange and subtle for Gwen John: Strange Beauties at National Museum Cardiff 🖼️ We have chosen the beautifully subtle 'Horizon' by Paolo Serra from the Arts Council Collection at the Southbank Centre.

Had a wonderful evening at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social yesterday for the Private View of the final leg of the touring Gladiators exhibition! Not only that, but you can enjoy two Roman exhibitions in one with the fantastic “Uncovering Roman Carlisle” alongside. Highly recommend!

#FindsFriday #Roman wild boar sculpture carved from local red sandstone, with local character I feel. The boar was symbol of 20th Legion - Legio XX Valeria Victrix, instrumental in building Hadrian's Wall, Chester fort + much more; stationed in Britain till early 4th C. @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is winter sports ⛷️⛷️ We are sharing 'Girl on Skis' by Peter Doig from the collection of Southampton City Art Gallery.

Large #Roman sculpture found in Carlisle on site w several #TombTuesday s: thought to be related funerary #Monument. In mythology: snake=rebirth/transformation pinecone=fertility/eternal life. Alas my immediate thought was💩and I can't unthink it. @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social said they felt the same.

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is light and dark☀️🌑 We have chosen 'Evening Light' by Martin D. Cooke from the collection of Belfast City Hospital.

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is light and dark 🌙🌑 We'll see you there! 'Landscape with a Yellow Cloud' by Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979) © the artist's estate. 📷 Tullie Carlisle

#FindsFriday 🏺 #Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs. In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire. British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is 'motherhood' for Anna Ancher: Painting Light at @dulwichgallery.bsky.social 🤱 We have chosen to share Siesta by Harold Charles Harvey from the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Last week of Colour @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social Multimedia extravaganza, this, with all kinds of objects, alongside the art. tullie.org.uk/events/colou...

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold & colourful art! 🎨 In his work, Marc Vaux combines expanses of colour with hard-edged geometry. He highlights "the endless potential of colour alone to communicate, affect and modify response." @artukdotorg.bsky.social @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

Today's 🎨 @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social We've chosen this depiction of Monte Rosa by Robert Tuckett Pain, from 1870

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is bold and colourful art for our exhibition 'Colour' 🌈 We are lucky enough to have a Hokusai in the exhibition courtesy of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'bold and colourful art' to celebrate the exhibition 'Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones' @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social! 'Untitled' by Alice Berger Hammerschlag is a stunning example of her abstract work.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at Tullie Carlisle#OnlineArtExchange🎨 Share your colourful artworks with the hashtag! 💙 'Cyan Bloom', 2014 by Michael Eden (1955-)

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social 🌈 'A Woman's World' by Mary Watts from Hackney Museum #Art #BlueskyArt @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at Tullie Carlisle 🌈 See you there! 'Red Magnolia' by Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) © the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. 📷 Tullie Carlisle

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is angels and guardians with Liverpool Cathedral 🪽The first one of 2026! We have used our own collection for this and are sharing 'Broken Angel' by Lorna Graves.

A starry night for day 13 of the Art UK art advent 🌟 #ArtAdventCalendar 'Two Girls by a Table Look out on a Starry Night' by Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927) 📷 Tullie Carlisle#ArtAdventCalendar #ArtAdventCalendar

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is 'sisterhood' for Women of Influence: The Pattle Sisters at Watts Gallery 👯 We have chosen 'Sisters' by Yvonne Tocher from the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

It's emotions for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrating Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is photographic portraiture for the opening of #PhotoPortraitPrize at the National Portrait Gallery 📸 We have chosen People on the Streets of Grangetown, Cardiff by Glenn Edwards from the collection of the Museum of Cardiff.

🎬 Join us this Thursday at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social, Cumbria, for a special screening of ‘See the Whole of Me’ animation and exhibition - inspired by the #maternity experiences of a diverse group of Cumbrian mums. tullie.org.uk/events/happy...

It's dramatic artwork for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange. What can be more dramatic than this sky? 🖼️ A Spate in the Highlands by Peter Graham from the collection of Manchester Art Gallery

Objects from RAMM’s collections are currently touring the country as part of an exhibition about colour @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social - To ensure they're not damaged during transport we make bespoke packaging for each object to keep them safe and protected on their long journey. #AskAConservator 🐧

It's spooky art for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for Halloween 👻🐈‍⬛🦇🎃 We have chosen 'The Haunt' by Laurence Stephen Lowry from the collection of The Lowry.

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is autumn 🍂🍂 We are sharing 'Autumn' by Julian Cooper from the collection of the Laing Art Gallery.

We are getting spooky with ghosts and ethereal art for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for 'Ghost Objects: Summoning Leighton's Lost Collection' now open at Leighton House 👻👻 We have chosen the aptly named 'Ghosts' by Grace Gardner from the collection of Falmouth Art Gallery.

It's celebrations and unveilings for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for The Harris Reopening - congratulations!🥳🥳 We have chosen 'Celebrations in Barbastro' by Campbell Sandilands from the collection of University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

We're very excited to be welcoming Kaffe Fassett back to the museum in January for a talk entitled An Eye for Colour. Tickets are now live - find out more and book 👇 tullie.org.uk/events/kaffe...