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Have you caught the Northern Lights this season? This painting, ‘Star Gazers’ by Lucy Raverat was gifted to our collection for the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. https://t.co/S6FLg4kmsV

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2020-10-08

Today's celebrates Black artists in honour of . We've picked "Dub Scratchers" by Denzil Forrester . His vibrant, colourful works immortalise the early 80's London reggae and dub scene https://t.co/tvcS3mNw6v

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2020-10-01

The theme for today’s is Black History Month. Our new exhibition features numerous works by artists made in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, and today we’re featuring some of the most influential Black artists from the Tate Collection.

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2020-10-01

This week's is all about emotions. We've selected this jubilant looking motorist illustrated by Australian cartoonist, Henry Mayo Bateman, 1924. The poster was part of a humorous series in which the motorist comically promoted his pride in using Shell.

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2020-09-10

For today's we're looking at portraiture. We'd like to share this wonderful youthful portrait of artist David Tindle RA painted by John Minton from the collection of

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2020-09-03

The theme for today’s is Sport. Today we’re highlighting some of our favourite sports-related artworks from other UK collections, including Towner, The World Rugby Museum, The Health Board – NHS Tayside, and The Shire Hall Gallery.

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2020-08-27

Today's is sports & games, on online 2020 games if you will.

We want to take a moment for the women playing shuttlecock in casual attire by Robert Anning Bell in collection

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2020-08-27

The theme set by today is Animals, and our inspiration is the Robert Bevan artwork in our collection.

The Turn Rice-Plough, Sussex, c1909
Ploughing on the Downs, c1907
The Ploughing Team, Dawn, 1906

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2020-08-13

Today's is about in art: the perfect opportunity to share some of 'Mr. Punch's Designs After Nature', a series of illustrations by Sambourne 'playing with the line separating humans from other animals & morphing views of women in society'
©#Punch

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2020-08-13

(1/3) We had a lot of choice for today’s topic of art so have gone with a watery sub-theme…

To start, we love the vibrant tones and sense of drama in Sunset Over Lake by Fife-born artist John Houston OBE RSA (1930–2008)

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2020-08-06

Abstract and non-figurative artwork is the theme for today's

We've chosen John Armstrong's 'Abstract' from the - a painting, tempera on board, looks almost like a collage and the colours, shapes and textures remind us of the sea...

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2020-08-06

Tina's 's Beach Girl, Peter Lanyon - "I’ve been a fan since art college; love his markmaking + use of colour; you can see how his hobby of gliding has given another vantage point on the Cornish landscape."
https://t.co/Xan2p91LuP

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2020-08-06

I went for 's 'Venus Born of the Sea Foam' as it reminds my of Aphrodite's Rock on my holiday to Cyprus - even though they are two different people. 🌊

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2020-07-30

Emily's
choice: Teiresias Foretells the Future to Odysseus by Henry Fuseli - "I love how ominous and eerie this painting is, even down to the blood-tipped sword... so chilling!" https://t.co/9djDq17AxC

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2020-07-30

We couldn't not select artworks by renowned Victorian artist & botanical painter. Lachenalias and Butterflies, South Africa (1882) and Foliage and Fruit of the Akee, Jamaica (1872) are both from Marianne North Gallery.

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2020-07-23

Head of collections Helen says: "Millstone Grit is an amazing spot for climbers-in-training. These small scale cliffs in the Pennines are perfect for scrambling."Rocks With Figures, J Alec Pearson, Haworth Art Gallery Mountains, Cliffs and Hills

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2020-07-17

For this week’s revel in the vibrant colours of this dramatic depiction of Edinburgh’s Salisbury Crags. Alexander Moffat’s ‘The Rock – The Radical Road’ is the artist’s diploma work in the collection of
https://t.co/6GUXN5FUVp

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2020-07-16

Do glaciers count as mountainscapes? If so, WBG made many to choose from! A visit to Grindelwald in 1949 inspired over of a decade of creativity with her Glacier Abstractions.

Glacier Crystal, Grindlewald, 1951 from

https://t.co/KlIXMNgW6L

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2020-07-16

Today's theme is so we have chosen The Fruit Seller by Giuseppe Signorini. Currently on display in the Dining Room - so why not come for a visit!

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2020-07-10

We've chosen two images for today's one from our collection Feeding the Pigs by Jeffrey Steele and one from Miner Feeding a Pit Pony by T.H. Curry https://t.co/IhM2li2Buv

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2020-07-09