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A detail from 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear'. 1889, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Photo credit: The Courtauld

1889, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
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Primary school resources

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Secondary school resources

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  • Martin Creed and Conceptual Art
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    Lesson plan

    Martin Creed and Conceptual Art

    • KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)
      CfE Sen. (SCO)
  • Artist in focus: Hew Locke
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    Lesson plan

    Artist in focus: Hew Locke

    • KS4 (ENG)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      KS4 (WAL)
      KS5 (ENG)
      KS5 (NI)
      CfE Sen. (SCO)
      KS5 (WAL)
  • Be inspired by street art
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    Lesson plan

    Be inspired by street art

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      PS3 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
  • Laura Ford's mixed media sculptures
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    Lesson plan

    Laura Ford's mixed media sculptures

    • KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
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  • An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
    Sciences
  • Holloway Prison Brooch
    Women's suffrage
  • Pandora's Box
    Myths and fables
  • George Eliot's Hand
    Literature
  • A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula
    Insects
  • Le Havre: Nurse Billam and Sister Currier
    Healthcare
  • Madame de Lamartine Adopting the Children of Patriots Killed at the Barricades in Paris during the Revolution of 1848
    Protest and civil unrest
  • A Blenheim Spaniel
    Dogs
  • Two Forms (Divided Circle)
    Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
  • King and Queen
    Henry Moore (1898–1986)
  • Movement in Squares
    Bridget Riley (b.1931)
  • White Sand, Red Millet, Many Flowers
    Anish Kapoor (b.1954)
  • Gogglehead
    Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
  • Bird Swallowing a Fish
    Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915)
  • Self Portrait aka The Model
    Laura Knight (1877–1970)
  • Still Life
    Abstraction
  • La falaise à Fécamp, France
    Impressionism
  • Marilyn Diptych
    Pop Art
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
    Surrealism
  • Prometheus
    Carving
  • Ophelia
    Pre‐Raphaelitism

Resource round-ups

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  • Wellbeing resources
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    Wellbeing resources

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      PS3 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
  • Storytelling resources
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    Storytelling resources

    • KS1 (ENG)
      KS2 (ENG)
      KS1 (NI)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L1 (SCO)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      PS2 (WAL)
      PS3 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)
  • Drawing resources
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    Drawing resources

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      PS3 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)
  • Art and design from around the world
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    Art and design from around the world

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      PS3 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)
      CfE Sen. (SCO)

Sculpture films

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