Why is Derek Jarman's personal undertaking to create a sculpture garden so significant? #LGBTplusHM Artist and writer Robert Priseman explores 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/derek-jarmans-garden-a-heart-of-creativity#LGBTplusHM 🧑‍🎨 Robert Priseman (b.1965) © the artist. 📷 Priseman Seabrook Collections

We've gathered some learning resources from museums and galleries to support teachers in planning lessons for #LGBTplusHM - and throughout the year 👉 https://artuk.org/learn/learning-resources/lgbtq-resources#LGBTplusHM 🧑‍🎨 Guillaume Vandame (b.1991) © the artist. 📷 Nick Turpin/Sculpture in the City

We've put together a new page as a useful starting point to begin exploring the work of LGBTQ+ artists on Art UK 🏳️‍🌈 Have an explore 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/lgbtq-artists 'Still Life' by Robert MacBryde (1913–1966) © the artist's estate. 📷 National Galleries of Scotland #LGBTplusHM

Catch up on our new series 🎥✨ We visited 'From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ at University of St Andrews' Wardlaw Museum. Assistant Curator Struan Watson explores the work of Dorothy Johnstone and Ken Currie in episode two 👉 https://youtu.be/Xrf1BYyvNPY #RSA200 Royal Scottish Academy

New series 🎥✨ We visited 'From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ at University of St Andrews' Wardlaw Museum. Explore the work of Mhairi Killin and John Duncan Fergusson in the last episode 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1mLUHO6h0 #RSA200 Royal Scottish Academy

All this is as nothing compared to what ancient Romans and, indeed, people right up to medieval times would do with wrapped corpses. Pliny the Elder “thought consuming the minerals used during the mummification process, such as bitumen, would have medicinal qualities”

Good to see #SuperbOwl posting going strong many years after I posted one on the British Museum’s old Twitter account! So many to choose from on @artukdotorg.bsky.social including Picasso and Henry Moore artuk.org/discover/art...

This portrait was commissioned by Britten and Pears in 1967, shortly after their relationship was made legal. Read more 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/britten-and-pears-in-double-concerto-a-portrait-of-a-relationship © the artist's estate / Bridgeman. 📷 Britten Pears Arts #LGBTplusHM25

Gwen John: Strange Beauties is now open at National Museum Cardiff 🎨 We spoke to Fiona McLees, Senior Art on Paper Conservator who has been preparing John's works 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/being-fiona-mclees-senior-art-on-paper-conservator-at-amgueddfa-cymru-museum-wales 📷 Museum Wales

We're sharing LGBTQ+ topics for #LGBTplusHM 🎨 Read about the shared life of Ethel Sands and Anna Hope Hudson 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-socialite-and-the-introvert-the-shared-life-and-art-of-ethel-sands-and-anna-hope-hudson#LGBTplusHM 🧑‍🎨 Ethel Sands (1873–1962) © City of London Corporation

This year, Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen celebrates its 140th anniversary 🙌 Read about how the school transformed Scottish arts education 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/top-marks-how-the-grays-school-of-art-transformed-scottish-arts-education © Aberdeen City Council. 📷 Mike Davidson

🌟 We are very proud to share our 2025 impact report! Take a look 👉 https://artuk.org/about/our-impact Our vision is simple but ambitious: to democratise access to the UK's national collection of art, making it freely available for everyone, everywhere, all the time.

William Johnstone's abstract approach to painting was ahead of its time. Read more in this new story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/william-johnstone-pioneer-of-the-scottish-renaissance 'A Point in Time' by William Johnstone (1897–1981) © the artist's estate. 📷 National Galleries of Scotland

✊ New story on drawing as resistance and friendship ✍️ Have a read 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-as-resistance-and-friendship-the-work-of-helen-saunders-katie-gliddon-and-edna-clarke-hall 🧑‍🎨 Helen Saunders (1885–1963) © the artist's estate. 📷 The Courtauld

Facing the Future is at Kendrew Barn, St John's College, Oxford from 20th Feb. The exhibition features portraits of individuals whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. Read 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/a-celebration-of-hope-and-resilience-a-portrait-of-the-impact-of-breast-cancer

New series 🎥✨ We visited 'From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ at University of St Andrews' Wardlaw Museum. Assistant Curator Struan Watson explores the work of Dorothy Johnstone and Ken Currie in episode two 👉 https://youtu.be/Xrf1BYyvNPY #RSA200 Royal Scottish Academy

It's LGBT+ History Month UK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTplusHM Read stories about LGBTQ+ subjects on Art UK 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/view_as/grid/search/2026--sttopicr:lgbtq-subjects#LGBTplusHM 'The Student' by Nina Hamnett (1890–1956) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. 📷 Ferens Art Gallery

There are over 90 works tagged with 'zebra' on Art UK! #InternationalZebraDay Samuel Shaw from Art and Ecology picks his top ten zebra paintings in this story 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/masks-and-stripes-top-ten-zebras-on-art-uk#InternationalZebraDay 🧑‍🎨 George Stubbs (1724–1806) 📸 Yale Center for British Art

Great news! 🙌 Art UK will be relaunching our crowdsourcing platform Art Detective, thanks to a grant from @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social Find out more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto... 🧑‍🎨 Mary Winifrid Smith (1904–1992) © the artist's estate. 📷 @nationaltrust.org.uk

New series 🎥✨ We visited the 'These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wardlaw Museum Assistant Curator Struan Watson guides us through the work of William McTaggart and Callum Innes in the first episode 👉 youtu.be/MoTTAHBNtJQ?...

Samuel John Peploe was born #OnThisDay in 1871 🎨 Read about the success story of the Scottish Colourist 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/samuel-john-peploe-the-success-story-of-a-scottish-colourist 📷 National Galleries of Scotland

Happy Burns Night ✨ David Wilkie imagined this scene from Burns' 'The Cotter's Saturday Night' – but what is the name for the dramatic use of light and dark in this painting? Take our Burns Night quiz to find out 👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-robert-burns/ 📷 Glasgow Life

It's quiz time ⏲️ How much do you know about still life? Take our quiz to find out! 👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-still-life/ Made in collaboration with School of Art History 'Still Life of Fruit and Flowers' by Clara Peeters (c.1585–c.1655) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

We're back with the #OnlineArtExchange tomorrow 🎉 The theme is motherhood for Anna Ancher: Painting Light at Dulwich Picture Gallery#OnlineArtExchange– see you there! 'The Harvesters' by Anna Ancher (1859–1935) 📷 courtesy of Skagens Museum

It's Squirrel Appreciation Day 🐿️ Read about Hans Holbein's 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto... 📷 The National Gallery

It's #PenguinAwarenessDay 🐧 Explore penguins on Art UK 👉 artuk.org/discover/art... 1) 🧑‍🎨 Daphne Gradidge (b.1953) © the artist. 📷 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 2) 🧑‍🎨 Henry Stacy Marks (1829–1898) 📷 V&A Museum

Cosy up with our art-filled newsletter every week – with stories, artworks and shop offers delivered straight to your inbox 💌 Subscribe 👉 https://artuk.org/about/subscribe-to-newsletter 'Old Letters' attributed to Frederick Walker (1840–1875) 📸 Walker Art Gallery

For thousands of years, grids have been used by artists, designers, architects and many others. Explore drawings that feature grids 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-with-grids-a-framework-for-imagination 🧑‍🎨 Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024) © the artist's estate. 📷 Ingram Collection

New The Superpower of Looking resource, available in English and Welsh! Explore David Carpanini's ‘On Strike’ 👉 https://artuk.org/learn/learning-resources/the-superpower-of-looking-a-view-of-a-south-wales-valley-town-during-the-miners-strike © the artist 📸 Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Today is the feast day of Saint Sebastian, whose image is iconic in art history. Yet his image has transformed quite dramatically over the centuries. Discover how Saint Sebastian became a gay icon 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/saint-sebastian-as-a-gay-icon 🧑‍🎨 Tommaso 📸 Fitzwilliam Museum

'We live in a rainbow of chaos' 🌈 Here are a few Cézanne paintings to celebrate the French painter's birthday #OnThisDay 1839. Discover more artworks, stories and resources on Cezanne 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/artists/cezanne-paul-18391906#OnThisDay 📷 The Courtauld

We have a story about Marlow Moss by Lucy Howarth on Art UK. Take a look 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

Tying in nicely to today's colourful themed #OnlineArtExchange – take our latest quiz on the colour blue 💙 Do you know your ultramarine from your azure? 👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-the-colour-blue/#OnlineArtExchange 'Totes Meer (Dead Sea)' by Paul Nash (1889–1946). 📷 Tate

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-)

The first exhibition of Impressionists included work by only one woman: Berthe Morisot 👩‍🎨 The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1841. Find out more about her 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/four-women-impressionists#OnThisDay 📸 1) The Courtauld / 2) Tate / 3) National Gallery

Remembering David Bowie, 10 years on ⚡ Discover artworks of one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century in this Curation 👉 artuk.org/discover/cur... It also highlights some important changes at Art UK that have helped increase Bowie's presence on our site 💻

For over 20 years, London School of Mosaic brought creativity and community to London. Read about their work 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/piecing-it-together-the-work-of-london-school-of-mosaic 🧑‍🎨 Tessa Hunkin (b.1954) and London School of Mosaic © the artists. 📷 Jon Cardwell

John Singer Sargent was born #OnThisDay in 1856 🎈 He worked on one of his most famous works for a few minutes each evening when the light was right. He started it in 1885 and continued in summer 1886. 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) 📷 Tate

British sculptor Barbara Hepworth was born #OnThisDay in 1903 🎂 She was a hugely important figure in the development of British abstract art 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/barbara-hepworth-from-wakefield-and-st-ives-to-the-world#OnThisDay 🧑‍🎨 Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) © Bowness. 📷 Pier Arts Centre

'Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850' is on view until 31st May at the Yale Center for British Art 🌿 Read about Patna's great artists in this new story about painting nature for the East India Company 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

It's the first #OnlineArtExchange of 2026! Today's theme is angels and guardians with Liverpool Cathedral 🪽 Join in and share an artwork with the hashtag 💗 'The Good Samaritan' by Adrian Wiszniewski (b.1958) © the artist / Bridgeman Images. 📷 Rob Battersby / Liverpool Cathedral

The working-class woman as muse in the work of Beryl Cook, Sarah Lucas and Jo Spence by Jennifer Jasmine White for @artukdotorg.bsky.social artuk.org/discover/sto...

Back to work today? 😴 'Going to Work' shows a grey, industrial scene of hundreds of factory workers walking towards the Mather & Platt engineering works in Manchester. How is your first day back looking? 'Going to Work' by L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) 📷 Imperial War Museums

Who were Peggy Airey and Watter Joe? Read about these portraits of local Barnsley characters 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/who-were-peggy-airey-and-watter-joe-portraits-of-local-barnsley-characters/ 📷 @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social

Spare time during Twixmas? Ever dreamed of curating your own exhibition with the UK's art collection? 🖼️ #CurateYourOwn online showcase of artworks with our Curations tool 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations

We're counting down our top five stories published in 2025! Number five is 'Letting it all hang out: the joy of nude bathing' 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/letting-it-all-hang-out-the-joy-of-nude-bathing 🧑‍🎨 Thomas Saunders Nash (1891–1968) © the artist's estate. 📷 Manchester Art Gallery

✨ The Art UK Shop winter sale is live! ❄️🎁 Save up to 75% on selected books, stationary and homeware, plus get 10% off prints with the code WINTER10 Shop now 👉 https://shop.artuk.org/

Happy Christmas Eve 🎅 Here is day 24 of our art advent! 'Christmas Eve, St James' Church, Bushey' by Gordon Metcalfe (b.1935) © the artist. 📷 Bushey Museum and Art Gallery #ArtAdventCalendar

❄️ How much do you know about winter festivals? 🤔 Take our new quiz to find out 👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-winter-festivals/ 'Christmas Eve, 1932' by Roberta Louise Jennings (1919–2018). © the artist's estate. 📷 Sheffield Museums