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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'Autumn' 🍂 We've chosen the 'Autumn Leaves' (1856) by John Everett Millais (1829–1896) from the collection of Manchester Art Gallery @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'gold, silver and bronze' 💛 We've chosen the beautiful Venus Verticordia (1864–1868) Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) from the collection of Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'life by the sea' for John Bellany: Anchored at Scottish Fisheries Museum 🌊 We've chosen the delightful 1931 (St Ives Bay: sea with boats) Ben Nicholson (1894–1982) from the collection of Manchester Art Gallery. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Childlike painting looking out on the sea at St Ives through a grey window frame. The sea is choppy and there is a small fishing boat pictured near rocks, beneath a blue sky with several fluffy clouds.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Are you more skiing dog or man eating spaghetti in the bath?⛷️🛀 We'd love to know what your favourite whimsical machine in Tick Tock Marvels: The Playful World of Automata is. The exhibition runs until 11 October, so plenty of time to make your mind up if you haven't already. 📸 Stuart Walker

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Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is machines for 'Tick Tock Marvels: The Playful World of Automata' at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social. 🖼️ Machines, 1933, Gwendolen Mary Raverat (1885-1957), wood engraving, edition of 30, © estate of Gwen Raverat

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#Machines have inspired this week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange in preparation for Tick Tock Marvels @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social. We love this broken down, abstracted version of a machine by McCance and have compared it to our own machines in the Uni's Textile department! 🧵

An print of an abstracted machine. Thick, dark black lines and curves create and interesting and enigmatic design.

A black and white photograph of the room inside the Textile Department. You can see the looms and machines used to produce fabric and weavings.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘Machines’ for 'Tick Tock Marvels, The Playful World of Automata' at Tullie Carlisle Share your pick using the hashtag. 'Anubis in Montmartre' by Paul Spooner 📷 Cabaret Mechanical Theatre.

Mechanical wooden figure of an Anubis in a green suit sitting at a table, stirring a drink with a spoon.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Machines provide the #OnlineArtExchange theme this week in celebration of 'Tick Tock Marvels, The Playful World of Automata' at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social 'Man at Boot Machine' by Clifford Hooper Rowe from People's History Museum @phm.org.uk @artukdotorg.bsky.social #Art #BlueskyArt

A stylized painting inspired by Clifford Hooper Rowe, depicting a man concentrating on a large surveying instrument against a dark industrial cityscape

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘Machines’ for 'Tick Tock Marvels, The Playful World of Automata' at Tullie Carlisle We'll see you there! 💚 'Valvo the Robot (kinetic sculpture)' by Charles Byrd (1916–2018) © the artist's estate. 📷 Pontypridd Museum

Colourful robot sculpture made from various mechanical parts standing on a decorated purple base with stars and planets.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Cumbria's Postal Paths + Percy Kelly 📅 Tue 30 Jun Fascinating stories of the country's most beautiful yet challenging postal paths & the remarkable individuals that traversed them with @postalpathsguy.bsky.social Plus an exclusive display of one of Cumbria's most remarkable posties, Percy Kelly.

An illustrated letter from artist Percy Kelly to friend Joan David. The letter features a water colour of a mallard, bobbing atop green water.

Author Alan Cleaver posed posting a letter into a postbox built into a dry stone wall.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is wallpaper for The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co at Watts Gallery 🌸 We have chosen the aptly named 'Wallpaper - Tangier' by Yto Barrada from the collection of The Roberts Institute of Art.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is bees and insects for #WorldBeeDay 🐝🐝 We have chosen 'Large Butterfly, Two Smaller Butterflies & Bee' by an unknown artist from the collection of Aberdeen Art Gallery.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is urban landscapes for for Jock McFadyen with Jem Finer: Underground (and Surface) Exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery 🖼️ We have chosen 'A Garden in Lambeth, London' by George Fisher Gilmour from the collection of the Garden Museum

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is 'women artists' for Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art at @penleehousegallery.bsky.social We have chosen 'The Artist with her Daughter Beatrice' by Emily Patrick from The Women's Art Collection

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is spring 🐝🌸🪻 We have chosen the aptly named 'Spring' by Edwin George Lucas from the collection of National Galleries of Scotland: Modern

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · 09/04/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain & Uncovering Roman Carlisle at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social! Inniscaltra, also called Holy Island, is an island in Lough Derg. The monastery was founded by St Caimin in the 600s, but was burned by Vikings in 836 and 922 AD.

A painting of an ancient monastery, in ruins, as the sun sets behind it. There are sheep grazing amind the ruins, which are on an island in the middlge of a lough.

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pierartscentre.bsky.social @pierartscentre.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is all about Ancient art for 'Gladiators of Britain & Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met' at @tulliecarlisle Our very own Stromness Museum holds many beautiful ancient artworks including this Peruvian Chimú blackware vessel from c. mid 15th cent.

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Leeds University Library Galleries @lulgalleries.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We're off to Ancient Greece for today's @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social #AncientArt #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social Here are two paintings of the 'Lion Gate' at the entrance to the Bronze Age city of Mycenae. This monumental sculpture of two lionesses dates from 1250 BC.

Painting of a stone doorway erected on the side of a hill, above which is a stone carving of two lionesses facing each other to form a triangle.

Painting of a stone-lined gravel road leading up the edge of a hill toward a stone gate above which is a carving of two lionesses.

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Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ancient art! 🖼️ Stele for Dionysos (Diptych B), 1982, Joe Tilson (1928-2023), oil on wood relief, accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to the Chippenham Museum, 2023 @artukdotorg.bsky.social @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is ancient art for our exhibitions Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met 🏛️ We are sharing this shot of the Colchester Vase. 📷Installation of the Colchester Vase. Stuart Walker © The Trustees of the British Museum

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met at Tullie Carlisle Join in by sharing an artwork and using the hashtag! 🖼️ Colchester Vase © Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service

Ancient ceramic vessel featuring detailed reliefs of two armored warriors engaged in combat, one wielding a sword and shield.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met at Tullie Carlisle Join in by sharing an artwork that fits the theme and use the hashtag 🧡 📷 Stuart Walker

Man closely examining ancient artifacts displayed in a glass case at a museum exhibit with large stone sculptures and a painted backdrop of a brick building.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met at Tullie Carlisle Camel-Shaped Flask by an unknown artist from The Khalili Collections

a ceramic vessel that almost resembles a camel

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Wakefield Museums and Castles @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘ancient art’. We're sharing these gorgeous Roman engraved gemstones found in Castleford. Tiny gems like these show just how skilled ancient craftspeople were. More info: wmandc.co/roman-gems @artukdotorg.bsky.social @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social #archaeology

Six assorted Roman gemstones featuring designs of animals and deities. They are different shapes and made of a variety of materials including red jasper, amber and pale blue chalcedony

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘tiles’ for The Arab Hall: Past and Present at Leighton House 🎨 We also have our April themes ready, choose an artwork from artuk.org and use the hashtag to take part every Thursday on Bluesky and Instagram 🌟

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Online Art Exchange themes

26th March: ‘Tiles’ for The Arab Hall: Past and Present at Leighton House @leightonsambournemuseums

2nd April: ‘Music’ for A Grand Chorus: The Power of Music at the Foundling Museum @foundlingmuseum

9th April: ‘Ancient art’ for Gladiators of Britain and Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met at Tullie - Museum & Art Gallery @tulliecarlisle / @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

16th April: ‘Artists from working class backgrounds’ for Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds Uni Library Galleries @lulgalleries / @lulgalleries.bsky.social

23rd April: Spring

30th April: ‘Women artists’ for Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art at Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery / @penleehousegallery.bsky.social

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is tiles for The Arab Hall: Past and Present at Leighton House. We have chosen 'On the Tiles' by Tony Dash from the collection of Liverpool Women's Hospital 🐟🐟

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is cartoons and comics for Vision and Labour: Making Comics – The art of Avery Hill Publishing at Mercer Art Gallery. We had to go with a classic - 'Whaam!' by Roy Lichtenstein from the collection of the Tate Modern 🛩️🛩️

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

#FindsFriday 🏺 At extreme north of #Roman empire, Dacian and, later, Frisian soldiers made their own entertainment in Birdoswald Fort on Hadrian's Wall with: - scratch gaming board - gaming pieces of ceramic, glass, stone - bone dice, including elongated variety. @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

A piece of stone has rather wobbly lines scratched on it criss-crossing the surface to form a game board.
On a small stand are four gaming pieces of stone, glass and ceramic in different colours. Below these are three dice: a small and a larger cube, and an elongated version.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

It's books for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social 📚 We have selected an artwork from our own collection - 'Printing' by Colin Rae and the students at Carlisle School of Art.

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

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!

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

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 tullie.org.uk/events/roman...

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Roman Women - In Carlisle and the Arena - Tullie - Museum & Art Gallery

Join us for an afternoon of talks with Alexandra Sills and the team from Uncovering Roman Carlisle to celebrate International...

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

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 🌅

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Johnny Campbell @johnnycampbell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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. tullie.org.uk/events/johnn...

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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Be Just And Fear Not: Carlisle's motto and old coat of arms at the entrance to @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed 📷 #photography

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.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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.

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🏰 Ben Paites 🏛️ @benpaites.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

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 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.

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#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. @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

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.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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.

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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.

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.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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 large light yellow cloud in a dark landscape

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#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.

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.

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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

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Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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." @artukdotorg.bsky.social @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social

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Alpine Club Library @alpineclublib.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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

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Tullie Carlisle @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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.

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · 15/01/2026

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.

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.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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-)

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