Tate Britain acquires first painting by pioneering English female artist overlooked for a century theguardian.com/artanddesign/a…

Blazing a trail: Britain's first women artists deserve to be better known by Alicia Foster Posted 13 May 2024 on the Art UK blog artuk.org/discover/stori…

One for MuseumBums 👍🏛️🍑: Minnie Jane Hardman’s ‘Study of the Wrestlers’ c.1883 on display in ‘Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain, 1520-1920’ Tate

‘This tremendous show highlights so many unjustly forgotten, belittled and misattributed works… What a seismic reckoning.’ We got a wonderful review from Jonathan Jones! Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain review theguardian.com/artanddesign/a…

#NowYouSeeUs is open now at Tate Britain! 🎨 Discover the story of how women artists in Britain championed access to art training and broke boundaries, forging a path for generations to come. 🎟️ Book your tickets today. Until 13 October ➡️ bit.ly/3It10IG

I absolutely loved ‘Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In’. Beautifully curated, the juxtaposition of works and the hang was a work of art in itself. National Portrait Gallery until 16th June.

Thanks PJB! I had a great visit to Birmingham, the city is so rich in culture and history.

In 1900 painter Anna Merritt said of women artists-"The chief obstacle to a woman's success is that she can never have a wife. Just reflect what a wife does for an artist:Darns his stockings; keeps house,writes his letters. It is exceedingly difficult to be an artist without

First I saw the sleeves, then the beautiful bracelet. Portrait by Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872), oil on canvas, exhibited 1834. This is an unmissable show. So enjoyed it Dr Amy Lim, can only imagine the amount of research behind it. #arthistory #womenshistory #dresshistory

Sarah Stone’s watercolour of a mandarin duck (1788, detail), now on show Karen Taylor as part of London Art Week. No wonder Stone was so renowned as an ornithological painter, it’s absolutely exquisite.

Great exhibition, highly recommended!

I never get tired of playing Art Detective. With the help of Google Streetview, I’ve just identified this 1927 Gilbert Spencer painting of an unknown location as ‘Durweston’ in Dorset. So satisfying. 🕵🏻

You wait ages for an ⁦English Heritage⁩ Curator of Collections and Interiors maternity cover job, and then three come along at once! 12 months fixed term, £42k, all London based 🚌🚌🚌 english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/jobs/…

Dr Amy Lim will be giving a talk in the gallery about Gilbert Spencer on Saturday 21st September, 6-7pm as part of Association for Art History festival. Our current exhibition “The Cookham Brotherhood” will complement the talk. Free but must be booked via eventbrite.co.uk/e/after-hours-…

It’s a beautiful walk, with the added bonus of being able to stop at Stanley Spencer Gallery en route.

New post on the #ArtHerstory blog! Kathryn Waters presents a generously illustrated overview of Now You See Us: #WomenArtists in Britain 1520-1920 - A Room of Their Own: "Now You See Us" Exhibition at Tate Britain, artherstory.net/british-women-…

Huge news for art historians: the first phase of ⁦The Courtauld⁩ Witt Library digitisation is now live. Search the British School artist boxes for images from private collections and pre-internet auction records. French School coming next week. photocollections.courtauld.ac.uk/sec-menu/searc…

For a deeper dive into a couple of #womenartists represented in Now You See Us, check out Helen Allingham’s Country Cottages: Subverting the Stereotype, by Dr Amy Lim, artherstory.net/helen-allingha… An Introduction to Minnie Jane Hardman, by Dr Hannah Lyons, artherstory.net/an-introductio…