Congrats to @mainlymuseums.bsky.social . Great milestone

Jean-François Millet born #OTD 1814, currently on show at National Gallery. Not enough but still great. Full review: cmillerartlife.blogspot.com/2025/09/mill...

My review of National Gallery's Radical Harmony exhibition @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social Less 'radical', more 'harmony' but that's no bad thing - and Le Chahut on its deep purple wall will knock your socks off www.dailyartmagazine.com/radical-harm...

William Morris died #OTD 1896 Very much looking forward to Winchester Arc's exh of Jane, May and William Morris starting next month - (mentioned on recent @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social podcast too) www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...

Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, died #OTD 1933, famous for her military paintings, she features in the current @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social exh about Victorian military art - though sadly not enough of her works on show www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/myt...

Very glad to see Eastbourne's Towner has opened a new space for their Ravilious collection - visited recently and was very disappointed so few were on display. All museums should champion local artists, esp when they're this good townereastbourne.org.uk/whats-on/the...

Exhibitions worth getting on a plane (or train) for.... Georges de la Tour at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/georges-t...

Churchill is famous for many things. But if you to understand the man behind the public persona, then this is the place and Catriona will be happy to be our guide. mainlymuseums.com/post/1391/char…#Churchilll#museumsm#museumfromhomeme

Big splash @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social today to celebrate Caravaggio's birthday. Loads of great articles, including my look at his last (?) painting www.dailyartmagazine.com/caravaggios-...

Starting this week at Kunsthistorisches in Vienna - Michaelina Wautier retrospective. A version coming to RA next spring. Big news. Glad it's getting some coverage. www.khm.at/en/exhibitio... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Last few days of lovely little May Morris exhibition at Bournemouth's Russell Cotes, one of my favorite museums. russellcotes.com/event/may-mo...

Last week of Kenwood House's Sargent exhibition focused on his paintings of Americans looking for British husbands - plenty of stories but more importantly plenty of Sargent (including charcoals). In Kenwood. What's not to like. www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-...

Last week of A Different View exh at Leamington Spa Gallery - this is great - contemporary local artists and women from their collection. Some big names but the real treat is discovering new ones (this is Cathleen Mann's Jane Posing ) #EveryonesArt www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumproo...

Starting today @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social This is a touring exh which has come from @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social , such a broad theme, I'm not sure what to expect, some big names dropped (Kandinsky, Hokusai, Warhol) - intriguing! tullie.org.uk/events/colou...

Last week of @penleehousegallery.bsky.social Birdlife exhibition - sadly I haven't seen this, but it sounds great - esp love Rosamund Fletcher's reliefs penleehouse.org.uk/exhibition/b...

Annual chatter about the #TurnerPrize has started. This year @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social Cartwright Hall. As usual I'll bang the gong for the painter (on the assumption they won't get it) - maybe Mohammed Sami is too glib, but he makes you look, think and feel bradfordmuseums.org/event/turner...

Horace Walpole born #OTD 1717. Good day to visit Strawberry Hill House @strawbhillhouse.bsky.social @mainlymuseums.bsky.social mainlymuseums.com/post/1264/st...

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis born #OTD 150 years ago, Lithuanian composer, artist who pioneered abstraction. Not well known in UK despite an excellent exhibition @dulwichgallery.bsky.social 3 years ago.

Last week of brilliant Sussex Modernism exh at Towner. 'Modernism undercut by magic, mythology and romanticism... an exhibition which leaves no stone unturned: generous, inclusive and inventive.' Full review: cmillerartlife.blogspot.com/2025/08/suss... townereastbourne.org.uk/whats-on/sus...

Last week of this John Bellany self portrait exhibition

Just started Lymington's St Barbe Museum, this sounds great - Spencer, Burra, Ravilious, Sutherland, Dunbar up to contemporary artists looking at farming and countryside www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exh...

Monet arrives at @sainsburycentre.bsky.social courtesy of National Gallery. I agree with those who've been arguing for provincial NG venue (rather than London expansion) but they have increased their touring offer with iniatives like this sainsburycentre.ac.uk/whats-on/the...

One of @haywardgallery touring exhibitions has just arrived at Cheltenham's Wilson - textiles as art from 15 UK based producers. Well worth a visit (heading to Leicester in New Year) wilsonmuseum.org.uk/exhibition/m...

Last few days of With These Hands at Newcastle's Laing. Some of my favourite artists and a great theme linking art and craft, artists and makers. www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/laing/whats-...

Gwen John died #OTD 1939 - she's been 'rediscovered' recently but next year there's a major touring exh coming to Cardiff's National Museum, before heading to Edinburgh and US. Will it get overlooked because it's not showing in London?Anyway, I'm looking forward to it. museum.wales/cardiff/what...

Starting today exh exploring Sleep at Womens Art Collection at Murray Edwards Cambridge - artists from Gwen Raverat to this gorgeous Bambou Gili www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/womens-art-c...

Last few days of this exhibition at Leighton House - if you like Victorian art it's got all the big names - looks great. I'm going on Saturday! www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/vict...

A few weeks ago I was bemoaning the lack of exhibitions for Jean Baptiste Greuze's 300th anniversary - hadn't seen this starting today at Petit Palais - focus of his images of children but big, international loans show. Should be good. www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en/expositio...

Last week of William Morris Gallery anniversary exhibition celebrating the ubiquity of Morris today www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/morris...

Last week of Vanessa Bell exh at Lewes (previously at Milton Keynes) - big show which has done a lot to put Bell firmly back at the centre of the Bloomsbury narrative www.charleston.org.uk/exhibition/v...

Last week of Horse Power and Donkey Work exhibitions at Blackpool's Grundy Art Gallery . Great pair of themes and looks like a good range of works www.thegrundy.org/whats-on/sin...

Starting today @leicestermuseums.bsky.social Mary Linwood retrospective - famous for her needle painting copying famous art which was wildly popular (she had her own gallery). I only really came across her at Now You See Us last year at Tate. Sounds fascinating www.leicestermuseums.org/MaryLinwood

Starting today at City Art Centre Edinburgh, 400 years of Scottish portraiture - Ramsay, Raeburn, Johnstone, Eardley.... Sounds good. cultureedinburgh.com/events/unmas...

Want to see some good art in the coming months? - check out these suggestions @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social www.dailyartmagazine.com/ten-must-see...

I'd forgotten how good Millet is - he deserves a bigger, better anniversary show than the National Gallery's Life on the Land. 'His canvases are like a rich winter stew, complex and layered, warmly satisfying...hearty in a literal sense'. Full review: cmillerartlife.blogspot.com/2025/09/mill...

Beryl Cook born #OTD 1926 - to celebrate her centenary @theboxplymouth organising major exhibition next year - should be fun www.theboxplymouth.com/blog/press-r...

Last few days! I haven't got to this at #BurtonatBideford but it's a who's who of 20thc British art, some big themes, installation views look great - and set alongside Towner's #SussexModernism are we having a bit of a regionalist moment? www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/exhibitions-...

Cathleen Mann died #OTD 1959, British artist, costume designer and official WW2 portraitist - you can see this currently Leamington Spa Art Gallery's A Different View exh www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumproo...

One of a slew of Turner exhibitions for his 250th (will there be the same number for Constable next year?) - this watercolour exhibition at Bath's Holburne also showcases often overlooked contemporaries (eg Cotman)- finishing soon holburne.org/events/impre...

Last few days #1 Whether it needed a sexed-up title (from Lippard's original Eccentric Abstraction) or not, this is serious fun at the Courtauld courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...

Liverpool's Walker has acquired some great stuff recently - but this, the first Marie Bracquemond in public UK collection, stands out. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/news/press-r...

Last few days of British Museum's Hiroshige exh - captivatingly beautiful. We can feel over-exposed to Japanese prints and their ubiquitous linking to Impressionism - go and be refreshed www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Last few days of Expanding Landscapes exh at Abbott Hall Cumbria, tentatively (and unnecessarily) linked to Turner anniversary, but some wonderful contemporary artists on show lakelandarts.org.uk/events/expan...

Warm up for the National Gallery's Neo Impressionism exhibition starting later this month.... www.dailyartmagazine.com/what-is-poin...

Last week of Surrealist Landscapes exh at The Box (previously @hepworthwakefield.bsky.social ) great show - big international names, and lots of interesting British ones which you might be less familiar with www.theboxplymouth.com/events/exhib...

Last week of portrait and figure exh at Women's Art Collection www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/womens-art-c...

Evelyn de Morgan was born #OTD 1855. She's had a great year (incl at Wolverhampton Art Gallery) and you can currently see her at Guildhall Art Gallery exh thecityofldn.com/event/evelyn...

Joseph Wright (of Derby) died #OTD 1797. Very much looking forward to National Gallery exh coming later this year (though it's only small). Until then, there's about a week left of exh of works on paper at Derby Museum www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/... derbymuseums.org/event/joseph...

John Bellany died #OTD 2013 Exhibition of his self portraits currently on show at City Art Centre, Edinburgh - the first big show since his death. 'Beguiling but rarely comforting', he wasn't a man to shy away from his demons and he doesn't let his viewer either cultureedinburgh.com/events/john-...

Francisco de Zurbarán died #OTD 1664 Richly coloured, deeply spiritual, profoundly simple. Very much looking forward to National gallery exh next year - until then if you are anywhere near Bishop Auckland see him, gloriously, at the Bishop's Palace. www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/...