An absolute joy talking at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social today: fabulous museum with a top notch team, an engaged audience and a lot of thoughtful questions afterwards. My favourite way to spend an afternoon!
Thank you for coming - we had a great time!
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is renewal for Ashes to Fashion @ulstermuseum.org
We have chosen to share 'Summer Garden, Harting' by Theodore Garman from the collection of The New Art Gallery Walsall 🪴🌻🌺
Spring going into Summer is always such a lovely time of renewal
We are very excited for this talk!
Spend an afternoon in Carlisle with me this International Women's Day at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social as we talk about the women of the Roman arena and of Roman Carlisle
🗓 7th March
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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is land and sea for Of Land and Sea at @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social ⛵
We have chosen 'Purple Sea, Leigh-on-Sea' by Anthony Farrell from the collection of Epping Forest District Museum.
This has us dreaming of sunnier beach days 🌅
Do I know anyone in Carlisle / Cumbria on Bluesky?
An evening celebrating the landscapes of Northern England 👇
Next week at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social I'll be performing with Wainwright archivist Chris Butterfield, who'll be doing an immersive talk on A.W. himself.
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A round-topped arch in red sandstone in a sort of gatehouse, with an old coat of arms for Carlisle (apparently used between 1885 and 1924) laid as a mosaic in the paving. Through the archway is visible the end of a red sandstone building (marked 'PUBLIC LIBRARY' and dated 1893) with a large white T in front of it. A tree and white buildings are further off. The summer sun is casting shadows on the ground.
Be Just And Fear Not: Carlisle's motto and old coat of arms at the entrance to @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed 📷 #photography
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is strange and subtle for Gwen John: Strange Beauties at National Museum Cardiff 🖼️
We have chosen the beautifully subtle 'Horizon' by Paolo Serra from the Arts Council Collection at the Southbank Centre.
A giant wall, navy blue in colour. An image of a gladiator helmet is on the right and the title “Gladiators and Roman Carlisle” is on the left in white.
Had a wonderful evening at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social yesterday for the Private View of the final leg of the touring Gladiators exhibition! Not only that, but you can enjoy two Roman exhibitions in one with the fantastic “Uncovering Roman Carlisle” alongside. Highly recommend!
A red coloured carving of a boar's head, with a long snout, prominent eyes sticking up a bit like a crocodile and rough hair at back of head.
#FindsFriday
#Roman wild boar sculpture carved from local red sandstone, with local character I feel.
The boar was symbol of 20th Legion - Legio XX Valeria Victrix, instrumental in building Hadrian's Wall, Chester fort + much more; stationed in Britain till early 4th C.
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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is winter sports ⛷️⛷️
We are sharing 'Girl on Skis' by Peter Doig from the collection of Southampton City Art Gallery.
A large brownish red sculpture of a snake in a spiral, with top end and head twined around a pinecone. It's quite coarsely finished and looks to many like a tall pile of poo.
Large #Roman sculpture found in Carlisle on site w several #TombTuesday s: thought to be related funerary #Monument.
In mythology:
snake=rebirth/transformation
pinecone=fertility/eternal life.
Alas my immediate thought was💩and I can't unthink it.
@tulliecarlisle.bsky.social said they felt the same.
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is light and dark☀️🌑
We have chosen 'Evening Light' by Martin D. Cooke from the collection of Belfast City Hospital.
A large light yellow cloud in a dark landscape
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is light and dark 🌙🌑
We'll see you there!
'Landscape with a Yellow Cloud' by Sheila Mary Fell (1931–1979) © the artist's estate. 📷 Tullie Carlisle
a very good boy indeed
Three small copper alloy figures of dogs. Larger one is 3D, with tail curling over its rear, head raised and right paw extended as if to shake 'hands'. Two smaller ones are flatter, to serve as brooches. Both have long ears, pointed noses and are in running position. Top one has gold coloured spots enamelled on body and a greenish enamel eye. Bottom one has some surviving blue enamel that coloured the body, and a blue eye.
#FindsFriday 🏺
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is 'motherhood' for Anna Ancher: Painting Light at @dulwichgallery.bsky.social 🤱
We have chosen to share Siesta by Harold Charles Harvey from the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Last week of Colour @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social Multimedia extravaganza, this, with all kinds of objects, alongside the art. tullie.org.uk/events/colou...
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold & colourful art! 🎨 In his work, Marc Vaux combines expanses of colour with hard-edged geometry. He highlights "the endless potential of colour alone to communicate, affect and modify response."
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Monte Rosa valley
Today's 🎨 @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social
We've chosen this depiction of Monte Rosa by Robert Tuckett Pain, from 1870
Pictured: Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Mishima-goe 甲州三嶌越) from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku Sanju Rokkei) Hokusai, Katsushika(Artist), Yohachi, Nishimuraya(Publisher)
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is bold and colourful art for our exhibition 'Colour' 🌈
We are lucky enough to have a Hokusai in the exhibition courtesy of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
An abstract painting with vibrant vivid colours. Reds, oranges, and pinks dominate the canvas in a circular, swirling pattern, layered atop one another. Deep purples and light blues occasionally peek through from beneath.
This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'bold and colourful art' to celebrate the exhibition 'Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones' @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social!
'Untitled' by Alice Berger Hammerschlag is a stunning example of her abstract work.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at Tullie Carlisle 🎨
Share your colourful artworks with the hashtag! 💙
'Cyan Bloom', 2014 by Michael Eden (1955-)
Colorful painting of a busy fabric store, with women shopping amidst vibrant textiles. Mirrors reflect the crowd, creating the illusion of an endless, bustling scene.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social 🌈
'A Woman's World' by Mary Watts from Hackney Museum
#Art #BlueskyArt @artukdotorg.bsky.social
Close-up of pink magnolia blossoms on branches against a blurred green lawn background.
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is bold and colourful art for Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones at Tullie Carlisle 🌈
See you there!
'Red Magnolia' by Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) © the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images. 📷 Tullie Carlisle
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is angels and guardians with Liverpool Cathedral 🪽The first one of 2026!
We have used our own collection for this and are sharing 'Broken Angel' by Lorna Graves.
Two women in a dimly lit room, one in a red dress leaning, the other seated in green, with a starry night visible through a window.
A starry night for day 13 of the Art UK art advent 🌟 #ArtAdventCalendar
'Two Girls by a Table Look out on a Starry Night' by Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927) 📷 Tullie Carlisle
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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is 'sisterhood' for Women of Influence: The Pattle Sisters at Watts Gallery 👯
We have chosen 'Sisters' by Yvonne Tocher from the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
