Welcome to Art UK – the digital platform for the nation’s art. A cultural education charity, we enable over 3,000 UK institutions to collaborate effectively as a group by showcasing the nation’s art ...

Write on Art is an annual national writing competition sponsored by Art UK and the Paul Mellon Centre to encourage an interest in art history and art writing among young people. Find out more about ...

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Visit West Midlands’ collections and discover artworks on display across the region. With Shakespeare as the area’s former resident there is much creativity in this part of the country. From the ...

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Visit the East of England’s collections and discover artworks on display across the region. With the Norfolk coastline and the architecturally interesting University city of Cambridge, there is a lot ...

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The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented freedom of expression in art, where new visual languages broke time-honoured rules. This newfound creative autonomy bought with it a number of ...

Visit Northern Ireland's collections and discover artworks on display across the country. From County Londonderry to County Fermanagh you can find an array of modern and important historic artworks ...

Visit South East England’s collections and discover artworks on display across the region. With rolling countryside and the North and South Downs there are many reasons to visit this area of the UK.

Artists sometimes make art from unexpected objects - things we don't think of as art materials that originally had another function or purpose. These objects are called 'found objects'. Found objects ...

Remember, you can only write about artworks that feature on Art UK's website for this competition. Browse paintings, sculptures, prints – and more – on the Discover Artworks page. Before you write ...