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Art UK is a unique digital experience that connects everyone with the UK's public art collections.
We digitally unite over 600,000 artworks from 3,500 institutions – museums, libraries, town halls, hospitals – as well as public art in our streets such as sculptures and murals.
That means anyone, anywhere can enjoy, learn about and research them.
Whether the artworks are in the biggest or the smallest collection, we will help you find what you're looking for but also let you make serendipitous discoveries.
Use your device to immerse yourself in the stories behind over half a million extraordinary paintings, sculptures, murals, photographs and more.
Art UK is an online cultural space where you can make, enjoy and share exciting new art discoveries.
We're changing how you experience art, and we're available to everyone, at any time – absolutely free. Source
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| Language | English, Welsh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Search ArticlesPersonalised blue plaque greetings card
Celebrate a friend by creating a personalised blue heritage plaque greetings card. This greetings card is made with high-quality sustainable coloured UK cardstock. Customise the front of the card with a first name, birth year, and a fun message. You can send the card to yourself or directly to the recipient with the option of adding a papercut message. Each card is individually cut, personalised and hand finished. No element of the card is digitally printed.
Art Nouveau in the UK: how British artists drew influence from Europe
[Skip to content] [Skip to main navigation] [Skip to quick links] [Go to accessibility information] Roughly spanning a period between 1890 and 1910, the roots of the Art Nouveau movement began to take hold in Belgium and France simultaneously. Characterised by wistful human figures and curling, furling lines, this new form of art signalled a shift from mathematical influences to finding ideas in nature. Depictions of depth and perspective in painting gave way to a flatter, frieze-like quality.
St James the Less Church, Bethnal Green
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s). Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
Sir John Done (1577-1629)
This image is available to be shared and re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND). You can reproduce this image for non-commercial purposes and you are not able to change or modify it in any way. Wherever you reproduce the image you must attribute the original creators (acknowledge the original artist(s) and the person/organisation that took the photograph of the work) and any other rights holders.
Living in squares and loving in triangles: drawing portraits of the Bloomsbury Group
Drawing a loved one is an intimate process. As well as using marks to represent an individual's physical demeanour, it is a way of conveying the meaning of the relationship between artist and sitter. And the relationships between members of the Bloomsbury Group were riven with intimacy, as friendships were won and lost, turbulent affairs were conducted publicly or in private, and lifelong commitments were cemented.
Preserving the power of drawing: 25 years of the Royal Drawing School
[Skip to content] [Skip to main navigation] [Skip to quick links] [Go to accessibility information] 2025 sees the Royal Drawing School celebrate its 25th anniversary. An important institution in the British canon of art academia, the school supports the medium of drawing by providing students with resources, high-quality teaching and career opportunities. The idea of an independent, not-for-profit drawing school was hatched by artist Catherine Goodman.
Glen Onwin: science and magic
[Skip to content] [Skip to main navigation] [Skip to quick links] [Go to accessibility information] Glen Onwin trained as a painter but has spent most of his career immersed in alchemy – that is, scientific processes imbued with a sense of primordial magic. The interest was first piqued in 1973, when the Edinburgh-born Edinburgh College of Art graduate became engrossed by the salt marshes near Dunbar, on the east coast of Scotland.
Railway 200: Terence Cuneo's 'Waterloo Station'
This artwork is one of the top 20 UK railway artworks voted for by the public as part of Railway 200. Railway stations are extraordinary places. For some who pass through, they are portals to a new city, or to a new life far away. Joy, sadness, relief, dread – whether arriving by train on the daily commute, leaving aboard bound for a holiday or perhaps even home: railway stations are places of great emotion and life-defining moments.
'Crimson Rambler'
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s). Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
Railway 200: David Shepherd's 'Service by Night'
This artwork is one of the top 20 UK railway artworks voted for by the public as part of Railway 200. Britain's railways made much use of pictorial posters, especially to promote travel to resorts and other attractions on their territory. Inter-war examples typically favoured a bright, simplified style with bold lettering in up-to-date styles.