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Bruegel, Brueghel or Breughel? The painting dynasty explained

All about the talented clan of painters and their complex family tree.

Photo credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

The Blind Harpist, John Parry (1710?–1782)
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'Ravishing blind harmony': John Parry, the famous Welsh harper, and images of blindness in art

John Parry (1710–1782) was a musical celebrity of his day.

© estate of Stanley Cursiter. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Photo credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)

Rain on Princes Street
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Stanley Cursiter: models, muses and Edinburgh interiors

Read about the twentieth-century Scottish painter, working in a distinct style apart from the Colourists.

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  • Two Peasants Binding Faggots
    Bruegel, Brueghel or Breughel? The painting dynasty explained 12 January 2024, Adam Wattam
  • The Blind Harpist, John Parry (1710?–1782)
    'Ravishing blind harmony': John Parry, the famous Welsh harper, and images of blindness in art 10 January 2024, Steph Roberts
  • HorseHead
    Dancing here and there with the Mari Lwyd 21 December 2023, Adéọlá Dewis
  • Arrangement in Turquoise and Cream
    Cityscapes in art: dystopian perspectives and unexpected beauty 19 December 2023, Jonathan Hajdamach
  • Still Life with Fruit and a Vase of Flowers
    Flower power: Rachel Ruysch and Dutch Golden Age bouquets 13 December 2023, Alice Vincent
  • Surprised!
    Tiger, tiger burning bright: the big cats in art 12 December 2023, Samuel Shaw
  • A Mean Wind Wanders through the Backcourt Trash
    Artists and tenements: depicting the foundation of urban life in Scotland 11 December 2023, Gabriella Bennett
  • The Virgin and Child Enthroned among Angels and Saints
    Pesellino, Masaccio and Botticelli: competition and innovation in Renaissance Florence 29 November 2023, Livia Lupi
  • (detail), 1855–1856, oil on canvas by Arthur Hughes (1832–1915)
    Colour in the Victorian era: a new chromatic age 27 November 2023, Matthew Winterbottom, Madeline Hewitson and Natasha Podro
  • Margaret Gardiner at the Pier c.1980 with 'Curved Form (Trevalgan)' by Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
    Margaret Gardiner: activist, benefactor and founder of the Pier Arts Centre 15 November 2023, Carola Huttmann
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Artist in focus

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  • Rain on Princes Street
    Stanley Cursiter: models, muses and Edinburgh interiors 9 January 2024, Janette Ayachi
  • An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
    Joseph Wright of Derby: the everyday, the epic and the Enlightenment 18 December 2023, John Bonehill
  • Foliage, Water and Bird
    Edgar Herbert Thomas: darkness and light 4 December 2023, Peter Lord
  • A Mediterranean Brigantine Drifting onto a Rocky Coast in a Storm
    The Van de Veldes in England: eminent marine masters 1 December 2023, Pieter van der Merwe
  • Unidentified Aircraft
    Edward Baird: a neglected painter of the twentieth-century Scottish Renaissance 1 December 2023, Tom Newlands
  • Twenty Years With Eldfell
    Ilana Halperin: unearthing intimate connections 7 November 2023, Susan Mansfield
  • Fêtes Venitiennes
    All dressed up with nowhere to go: love and angst in the work of Watteau 3 November 2023, Adam Wattam
  • The beginning of The End II – Evening
    George Little: the Welsh artist imaging the industrial landscape 31 October 2023, Peter Wakelin
  • Contrasts No. 2
    Cecil Howard Lay: a gentleman of Suffolk 27 October 2023, Michael Sheehy
  • Portrait of the Poet
    Steven Campbell: a groundbreaking Glasgow Boy 20 October 2023, Jan Patience
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  • Underworld (An Escape)
    Tom Hammick's 'Underworld' at Glyndebourne 4 January 2024, Nerissa Taysom
  • Memorial to George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886–1924)
    A memorial to George Mallory, mountaineering mystery 2 January 2024, Richard Foster
  • The Net Mender
    Marianne Stokes' 'The Net Mender' 29 December 2023, Elizabeth Scott
  • Double Concerto
    Britten and Pears in 'Double Concerto': a discrete portrait of a relationship 27 December 2023, Christopher Hilton
  • Two Children
    Joan Eardley's poignant painting, 'Two Children' 16 November 2023, Joanna Meacock
  • John Keats (1795–1821)
    Why is there a statue of Keats in a London hospital? 14 November 2023, Lucasta Miller
  • A Flagship, Wearing the Flag of a Vice Admiral of the Red, before the Wind off the English Coast, with a Cutter, a Ketch-rigged Sloop and Other Shipping
    Charles Brooking's 'A Flagship, Wearing the Flag of a Vice Admiral of the Red...' 23 October 2023, Kathleen Palmer
  • Across the Barrier
    Is anti-racist public art important enough to protect? Shadwell's 'Across the Barrier' 16 October 2023, Hassan Vawda
  • Chinese Head (Chia-Chu Chang/The Chinese Philosopher)
    Dora Gordine's 'Chinese Head (Chia-Chu Chang/The Chinese Philosopher)' 9 October 2023, Fiona Fisher
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News

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  • Privilege
    Stoke-on-Trent public art survey – share your views 29 November 2023, Katey Goodwin
  • William Morris tea towel and Absolute Unit mug
    The best art gifts for Christmas 17 November 2023, Art UK
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    Christmas at the new improved Art UK Shop 27 October 2023, Art UK
  • Stories on Art UK
    Celebrating 2,000 stories and 2,000 Curations on Art UK 24 October 2023, Art UK
  • The new, improved Art UK Shop
    Introducing the new Art UK Shop 13 October 2023, Art UK
  • Sheffield COVID Memorial
    Tell Art UK about new public sculptures 10 October 2023, Tracy Jenkins
  • The winners of Write on Art 2023
    Write on Art: the winners 2023 6 October 2023, Katie Leonard
  • Photographer Bryan Rutledge, artist Bob Sloan, Photography Manager Jessie Maucor and Coordinator Dickon Hall
    Behind the scenes at Art UK: 20 memories from 20 years 25 September 2023, Katey Goodwin
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    Sculpture in the City returns to London with 18 public artworks for 2023 19 September 2023, Samantha Greer
  • The Lakeland Arts: Abbot Hall guide on the Bloomberg Connects app
    Lakeland Arts: Abbot Hall launches on Bloomberg Connects 24 July 2023, Jolif Guest
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Artist interview

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  • Elegy
    Carole Gibbons: a life in painting 23 November 2023, Calum Sutherland
  • artwork by Lionel Playford (b.1959)
    Lionel Playford at Hartlepool Art Gallery: nature and creativity 12 May 2023, Angela Thomas
  • 2008, charcoal and chalk by Jane Joseph (b.1942)
    Jane Joseph: A Life Drawn 24 March 2023, Melissa Baksh
  • Chila with her 2020 installation 'Remembering a Brave New World' at Tate Britain
    Seven questions with Chila Kumari Singh Burman 16 March 2023, Rohini Kejriwal
  • Artist Paul Scott in his garden
    Seven questions with Paul Scott 20 December 2022, Gemma Briggs
  • Tschabalala Self in her studio, 2022
    Seven questions with Tschabalala Self 28 November 2022, Julia DeFabo
  • Self Portrait with Toys
    Seven questions with Eileen Cooper 8 November 2022, Lydia Figes
  • Snow Hill Square, Birmingham, 14th September to 13th October 2022
    Seven questions with Anthony Luvera 7 October 2022, Gemma Briggs
  • Untitled
    Seven questions with Michael Craig-Martin 6 October 2022, David Trigg
  • Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
    Seven questions with David Annand 3 October 2022, Shane Strachan
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Art Matters podcast

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  • Olympic Games poster, Stockholm 2012
    Art Matters podcast: art at the Olympics 27 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Self Portrait
    Art Matters podcast: the art of love 13 October 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 25,000 BC, engraving on a mammoth tusk, discovered in Pavlov in the Czech Republic
    Art Matters podcast: the artistry behind maps 29 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Golders Green
    Art Matters podcast: poster designs for the London Underground 15 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • c.1599, oil on canvas by Caravaggio (1571–1610)
    Art Matters podcast: art good enough to eat 1 September 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Plague in London
    Art Matters podcast: 1666 – a year of plague, fire and war, told through art 18 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • c.1503, oil on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
    Art Matters podcast: psychoanalysing art 4 August 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Job
    Art Matters podcast: art and advertising 21 July 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • 2017, front cover of book by Mark Godfrey and Zoe Whitley, published by Tate
    Art Matters podcast: soul of a nation 16 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
  • Skegness is So Bracing
    Art Matters podcast: the art of twentieth-century British railway posters 2 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Exhibition in focus

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  • 1996, oil on canvas by Alexander Hollweg (1936–2020)
    Five must-see works in 'Alexander Hollweg: Journeys in Art' 28 November 2023, Sarah Cox
  • Rebecca Salter in her studio in 2023, featuring Salter's 2019 work 'Untitled AR1'
    Rebecca Salter at Gainsborough's House 21 November 2023, Gill Hedley
  • Eve at the Fountain
    Opulent origins: 200 years of fine art at Bristol Museums 10 November 2023, Emma Meehan
  • The Head of a Greek Sailor
    John Craxton: a modern odyssey 2 November 2023, Pallant House Gallery
  • 2023, artwork by Hannah Uzor (b.1982)
    Morley Gallery's 'embodied': resistance and rest 19 October 2023, Melissa Baksh
  • If I Were a Blackbird
    Colin Middleton at the Ulster Museum: understanding Belfast's mid-century modernist 19 October 2023, Dickon Hall
  • 'Phoebe Boswell: A Tree Says [In These Boughs The World Rustles]' at Orleans House Gallery
    Phoebe Boswell: A Tree Says [In These Boughs The World Rustles] at Orleans House Gallery 12 October 2023, Julia DeFabo
  • Jupiter+ on Ayr High Street
    Jupiter Artland: creative futures start here 29 September 2023, Nicky Wilson
  • Hagar in the Desert
    'Rubens & Women' at Dulwich Picture Gallery: who's afraid of Peter Paul Rubens? 27 September 2023, Jennifer Scott
  • Gathered Lightpoints
    Ulster Painting '68: 'the direction for a promising future' 26 September 2023, Dickon Hall
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Collection in focus

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  • At Work – Theatres
    Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: a collection with a distinctive vision 11 January 2024, Conor McCafferty
  • Interior
    A Bloomsbury interior in Belfast: Duncan Grant and his circle in the Ulster Museum 24 November 2023, Eva Isherwood-Wallace
  • Acquired from The Manchester Contemporary in 2018 and installed at Manchester Art Gallery in the Dutch 17th-century gallery
    How Manchester Contemporary helps Manchester Art Gallery acquire new works 8 November 2023, Natasha Howes
  • 1989, photograph by Anne-Katrin Purkiss. Commissioned by the Foreign Office Overseas Press Service
    The F. E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio: celebrating a sculptor's legacy 18 September 2023, Riann Coulter
  • J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), RA, PP
    Turner's House: discover the private side of Britain's greatest landscape artist 15 September 2023, Matthew Morgan
  • Professor Anne Crookshank (1927–2016)
    Anne Crookshank: collecting contemporary art for Belfast 7 September 2023, William Laffan
  • Triptych – St Martin of Tours
    The Canterbury Cathedral collection: portraits, altarpieces and more 29 June 2023, Cressida Williams
  • Prefiguration
    The Reiff Collection's surrealist segment 16 June 2023, Ellie Lachs
  • Magic Lantern Slide of Sea Urchins
    Art in science, science in art: the Whipple Museum collection 21 April 2023, Guey-Mei Hsu
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Being...

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  • Caitlin McNeill, Islands Culture Officer for CHARTS
    Being... Caitlin McNeill, Island Culture Officer for CHARTS 21 March 2023, Caitlin McNeill
  • Dez Quarréll working at home
    Being... Dez Quarréll, co-founder and artist-in-residence at Mythstories 22 July 2022, Dez Quarréll
  • Mark with a bedroom wall mural
    Being... Mark Noble, artist and Ambassador for Outside In 26 January 2022, Mark Noble
  • Vivian Ross-Smith
    Being... Vivian Ross-Smith, Programme Coordinator at Gaada, Shetland 22 October 2021, Vivian Ross-Smith
  • Jim Ewen, left, slipcasting with Project Ability artist Cameron Morgan
    Being... Jim Ewen, Technician at Project Ability, Glasgow 27 September 2021, Jim Ewen
  • Abi, a white female with long brown hair, stands next to a white table frame which lit from beneath to make the table surface glow white. Behind the table frame sits a computer monitor on a side table. Abi is smiling at the camera and giving a thumbs up gesture.
    Being... Dr Abi Roper, Speech and Language Technologist at City, University of London 24 August 2021, Abi Roper
  • Visiting Do Ho Suh's 'Bridging Home' near Liverpool Street
    Being... Wells Fray-Smith, Assistant Curator: Special Projects, Whitechapel Gallery 28 June 2021, Wells Fray-Smith
  • Curator Claire Craig in front of the Travelling Gallery ahead of the exhibition 'Displaced'
    Being... Claire Craig, Curator at Travelling Gallery 25 May 2021, Claire Craig
  • Louise Dunning (left) and Abi Spinks (right) in Nottingham City Museums Collections Centre
    Being... Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks, Curators of Fine and Decorative Art, Nottingham City Museums 5 January 2021, Louise Dunning and Abi Spinks
  • Francis Raeymaekers, Curator at Marchmont House
    Being... Francis Raeymaekers, Curator at Marchmont House 4 January 2021, Francis Raeymaekers
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Art UK Home School

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  • Children with their junk animals
    Art UK Home School: The Great Big Art Exhibition 18 February 2021, Shane Strachan
  • Yellow Helicopter
    Art UK Home School: create a softer world with Brendan Jamison 15 December 2020, Shane Strachan
  • You Are An Artist
    Art UK Home School: draw five inspirational objects with Bob and Roberta Smith 8 December 2020, Selina Levinson Drake
  • Jo Taylor's ITV ident
    Art UK Home School: create your own logo 16 November 2020, Jo Taylor
  • The unveiling with model
    Art UK Home School: telling stories through sculpture with Hazel Reeves 24 September 2020, Hazel Reeves
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    Art UK Home School: make your own colour sculpture 27 August 2020, Ania Bas
  • Chameleon
    Art UK Home School: create a wire hybrid creature 13 August 2020, Fiona Campbell
  • Pedestal diagram
    Art UK Home School: who's on the pedestal? 30 July 2020, Sam Ayre
  • Stranger VII
    Art UK Home School: take flight with a winged sculpture! 16 July 2020, Shane Strachan
  • Weaving with a haiku in Doric
    Art UK Home School: write a summer haiku 2 July 2020, Shane Strachan
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Conservation in focus

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  • Portrait of a Lady in Court Dress
    The restoration of a 'Lady' at Ordsall Hall in Salford 7 December 2023, Peter Ogilvie
  • The Welcome
    Welcome home, 'The Welcome'! The journey of one man and his dog 30 June 2023, Amy Brunn
  • Simon with paintings from series three of 'Britain's Lost Masterpieces'
    Art conservation: the final touches 29 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • ArtUkSGS 86 Rocca retouching - hero
    Sympathetic retouching 22 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • c.1750, oil on canvas attributed to Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787). Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
    Overpaint: the audacity of past restorers! 15 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • Facsimile of 'Unfinished Portrait of an Unknown Lady' next to the original
    Varnish removal 8 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • Tear repair, in action
    Works on canvas: mending tears and flattening undulations 1 June 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • Peter Klein doing dendrochronological analysis
    Treating artworks: works on panel 25 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • The Knightshayes Rembrandt seen under the microscope, showing overpaint going over damages
    Paint analysis for art conservation 18 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
  • 'Autumn', detail of barrels in normal and infrared light
    Using x-ray and infrared images 11 May 2023, Simon Gillespie
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