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Hi all,
Finally making the jump to Bluesky - please come say hi
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Sad to leave to community of cool folk on here, but it's just become an extremely hellish and evil app innit
Rosie Shackleton retweeted
Hi all,
Finally making the jump to Bluesky - please come say hi
bsky.app/profile/shacklingto…
Sad to leave to community of cool folk on here, but it's just become an extremely hellish and evil app innit
Rosie Shackleton retweeted
New to Art UK from @NL_Heritage ✨
These political banners were likely carried by reformers during demonstrations.
Explore the collection 👉 artuk.org/discover/artworks/…
📷 North Lanarkshire Council / NLC Museums
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If you're interested in theology and you're in the centre of Edinburgh right now, you may want to rescue a few historic tomes from the skip outside the Free Church Offices on the Mound. Would be nice to see some of them find a place on a shelf again rather than all go to landfill
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Introducing Practice: Bradford!
Calling artists with a connection to Bradford to apply for our artist development programme! In partnership with @bdproducinghub and @bradford2025
Really saddened to hear that Frank Auerbach has passed away. Truly one of the greats. Mum and dad took me to one of his exhibitions ages ago and the room reeked (positive) of oil paint and linseed oil. An unctuous inspiration.
Frank Auerbach, Primrose Hill 1978, oil on board
Heute auf der Arbeit:
"It is a little-known fact that the industrial revolution caused the extinction of the fairies."
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Frank Auerbach died at his home in London on Monday, age 93, his gallery have confirmed. I saw this painting of Mornington Crescent @Tate - not entirely sure why, but it captures the city perfectly. Auberach called London: "This raw thing. This marvellously unpainted city." RIP.
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Have you seen our art collection on @artukdotorg ? We've recently added more pieces including a selection of our amazing banners, showing the legacy of North Lanarkshire workers asserting their rights! You can check them out here: tinyurl.com/2dx2e65k
Sat in a cafe working this afternoon and they're playing a live recording of Paul Simon's Graceland and those who know me, will know I am now slowly going feral (positive)
Was reading briefly about Cumbernauld's two-time win of the Carbuncle award and loved this description of Haymarket Station that was also nominated:
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It's #SculptureSaturday ✨
Ronald Rae has spent a lifetime hand-carving large granite monoliths.
Read more about his work in this new story 👉 artuk.org/discover/stories/r…
'O, wert thou in the cauld blast' by Ronald Rae (b.1946) © the artist. 📷 Jane Roblin / Art UK








































