For Dispatch, I wrote about Birmingham's overlooked prince of Pop art, who changed modernism alongside Hockney, Boty and Blake in London, before living his American Dream with Warhol. But he never forgot the industrial city which inspired his radical work www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/peter-philli...

Musa - Ruth Millington

For @theartnewspaper.bsky.social I remembered pioneering Pop artist PETER PHILLIPS (1939 - 2025) who drew on Birmingham's industrial culture to create groundbreaking, collaged paintings of car parts, comic books, flags and stars. He was witty and brilliant: www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/r...

Shortlisted in Hobbies & Interests: This Book Will Make You An Artist Congratulations to @ruthmillington.bsky.social and Ellen Surrey! 🌟

For @birminghamlive.bsky.social I spoke to comedy legend Stewart Lee about Birmingham's overlooked Surrealist Emmy Bridgwater (whose house was on his paper round). I agree with him - we all need to shout a little louder about our city's culture: birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Taking off 🦅 Read about Solihull's striking bird sculptures in this story by @ruthmillington.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/kMsr7Wi 'Beyond all Limits' by Luke Burton © the artist. 📷 Ruth Millington

Launching today: 'Surreal Solihull' A public on-street exhibition celebrating the legacy of the Solihull Surrealists, showcasing specially-created artworks by 30 local artists Curated by @ruthmillington.bsky.social Photos by yours truly. On until 31st May

Overnight, something surreal may have arrived in Solihull

For @artukdotorg.bsky.social I wrote about Solihull's striking bird sculptures and the power of public art to transform a place. There's more on its way to the borough this week! artuk.org/discover/sto...

'A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace' by Maria Primachenko, 1982

NEW column: For too long, women have been told to choose between children and a creative career. However, 12 artist-mothers have shattered this myth with their playful exhibition MOTHERSHIP at Birmingham's Stryx Gallery ruthmillington.co.uk/women-artist...

Giant beetles are crawling towards the Midlands, where 'Surreal Solihull' opens in just 1 week! The FREE exhibition is accompanied by a programme of performances, children's workshops and more. Expect the unexpected... mailchi.mp/ichoosebirmi...

'The Late Sleeper' by Birmingham surrealist Conroy Maddox, 1973

1 week to go! So printing in action for Surreal Solihull 👁

Rule no. 1 for women artists: do not get married to a great male artist. He will eclipse you for eternity, as the title of this feature proves! www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

'Allegory of Winter' by Remedios Varo, 1948

Can't wait to see MAC's spring exhibitions! The galleries will centre 2 female artists who've taken their own bodies, families, motherhood and domestic spaces as inspiration for feminist work. The 'Family Album' by Marcia Michael and Su Richardson: In Stitches - both open Fri 14 March!

Long overdue, the leading role of the artist's muse is being celebrated in a spate of museum exhibitions. Delighted to see Leigh Bowery! at Tate, plus Matisse and Marguerite at Musée d’Art Moderne opening soon! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

1 month to go! Until Solihull's streets transform into something surreal... www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/art...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Sofonisba Anguissola. In her honor, all Art Herstory Sofonisba products are on sale at 25% off throughout 2025, on our online and Etsy stores! Sofonisba Anguissola Note Card Wallet | 8 cards and envelopes www.etsy.com/listing/1674... via Etsy

Emmy Bridgwater, 'Night Time Phoenix', c.1945

Inside the fantastical mind of artist, director and storyteller Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social

So pleased to see this coverage of Surreal Solihull! www.bbc.com/news/article...

For my first column of 2025, I wrote about great British Surrealist Emmy Bridgwater and a new exhibition I'm curating in her honour. Opens 6 March in Solihull! thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk/whats-on/all...

I always love speaking about Warrington's "secret Lowry" Eric Tucker, but particularly when there's a brilliant new book about his incredible art and life story soon to be published... theguardian.com/artanddesign... @canongate.co.uk

Alright, it's still Winter, but you can always look forward to Akseli Gallen-Kallela's Spring (c. 1900) from the exhibition @belvederemuseum.bsky.social in Vienna. Read about the show with its mix of landscape and Finnish myth on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2024/12/finl...

King and Queen of the fairies, from The Song of Los, 1795, by William Blake.

I'm beating the January blues by planning exhibition trips to: ✨ Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social ✨ Emily Kam Kngwarray @tate.bsky.social ✨ Ithell Colquhoun @tate.bsky.social ✨ Edvard Munch @ NPG ✨ Anna Ancher @dulwichgallery.bsky.social ✨ Rembrandt @ BMAG ✨ Picasso @ British Museum

Among big exhibitions to watch out for in London this year: Munch portraits at the National Portrait Gallery Siena & Neo-Impressionists at the National Gallery Reinhart Collection from Winterthur at the Courtauld These and more in our What's On in 2025: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...

Sunday mood. 'Laurette's Head with a Coffee Cup' by Henri Matisse, 1917

Day 11, Non-Fiction: 'This Book Will Make You an Artist' by @ruthmillington.bsky.social illustr. by Ellen Surrey @nosycrow.bsky.social Starting with the world’s great artists, this book shows how techniques & ideas can be applied to your own art - an inclusive and appealing book. #SparkLonglist

Tirzah Garwood's painted, collaged and constructed dolls houses @dulwichgallery.bsky.social are truly exquisite. They also reflect an artist wrestling for creative space among domestic duties. I wrote about this unsung heroine and her circle of artist friends: observer.com/2024/12/arti...

Art history can be fun, especially when Harry Hill and Jack Dee are involved. I joined them for a podcast episode all about the art and life of Vincent van Gogh! open.spotify.com/episode/5J8H...

Christmas has come early! 'This Book Will Make You An Artist' @nosycrow.bsky.social has been 'highly commended' in the #CreativePlayAwards 2024! creativesteps.co.uk/competitions...

A wonderful evening, thanks @waterstones.bsky.social for making me feel like a real author! ✨️📚🎄🎁🎨

I've written about art history's greatest friendships—and feuds—in the frame of 3 major museum exhibitions: observer.com/2024/12/arti... @dulwichgallery.bsky.social @nationalgallery.bsky.social

'Snow Without Colour' by David Hockney, 1973 🌨❄️

New Beginnings: To celebrate the Pre-Raphaelite Society joining BlueSky, some depictions of beautiful blue skies by Edward Burne-Jones. #preraphaelite #preraphaelites #preraphaelitism #victorian #art #arthistory #edwardburnejones

May your week be filled with the magic and adventure of Tove Jansson's Alice illustrations, 1966

Discovered these tactile tributes to the female surrealists by Geraldine Kosiak at Ikon Gallery. Accompanied by imagined correspondence with the likes of Claude Cahun, they weave an imaginative thread through art history

Very excited for the Tirzah Garwood exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery which opens next week. This is a lovely animated promo using her work. Our introduction to the artist (#10 in our Modern Women Artists series) is still available direct from us and all good bookshops! youtu.be/fy7J6fMWdeQ

Exited through the most excellent gift shop at London's National Gallery 🌻

…next up, Atchin Tan: Travelling Through Art Representations in art of travelling communities, including romantic works by Turner and Gainsborough, and more contemporary depictions by Dame Laura Knight. See also: ruthmillington.co.uk/roma-art/ @ruthmillington.bsky.social #Museums #Art

Welcome to WomensArtBlueSky ! Thank you for following 💙 x WA is on Twitter/X, Instagram, Wordpress... & here for those who requested it! Artwork by Mariann Johansen-Ellis

For this week's column, I travelled through art history's (mis)representations of Roma people at Worcester Museum where a majestic wagon, and a thoughtful new exhibition, has opened its doors... ruthmillington.co.uk/roma-art/

🎉My book Radicals & Rogues: the Women Who Made NYC Modern has been out for 1 yr 🎉 It explores the stories of a network of creative women at the forefront of modernism in NYC, amid a climate of Comstock’s anti-obscenity raids, radical politics, & women’s fight for bodily autonomy. 📖 bit.ly/4foX6ze

🦋 Hoping for chats about art, culture and writing over here...