{"id":593931,"date":"2026-04-10T03:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593931\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T03:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:31:17","slug":"explore-1000000-digitized-artworks-from-across-the-uk-paintings-sculptures-street-art-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593931\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore 1,000,000 Digitized Artworks from Across the UK: Paintings, Sculptures, Street Art & More"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

No art enthu\u00adsi\u00adast\u2019s vis\u00adit to the Unit\u00aded King\u00addom would be com\u00adplete with\u00adout days at the British Muse\u00adum, the Tate, the V&A and the Nation\u00adal Gallery. The fact that all those respect\u00aded insti\u00adtu\u00adtions are in Lon\u00addon con\u00adsti\u00adtutes a plau\u00adsi\u00adble excuse nev\u00ader to stray out\u00adside the cap\u00adi\u00adtal. But that cap\u00adi\u00adtal is sur\u00adround\u00aded, lest we for\u00adget, by not just a whole coun\u00adtry, but a whole Unit\u00aded King\u00addom\u2019s worth of coun\u00adtries. Each region of Eng\u00adland has its own muse\u00adums and gal\u00adleries worth vis\u00adit\u00ading, and so do Scot\u00adland, Wales, and North\u00adern Ire\u00adland. But why just vis\u00adit muse\u00adums and gal\u00adleries? Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, libraries, town halls, hos\u00adpi\u00adtals, homes: these places and more also put art on dis\u00adplay for any\u00adone who cares to vis\u00adit them, which you can now do not just phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, but also online at Art UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A free-to-all por\u00adtal that \u201ccon\u00adnects every\u00adone with the UK\u2019s pub\u00adlic art col\u00adlec\u00adtions,\u201d Art UK<\/a> has tak\u00aden it as its mis\u00adsion to \u201cdig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adly unite one mil\u00adlion art\u00adworks from 3,500 insti\u00adtu\u00adtions.\u201d Some of the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar of the rough\u00adly 70,000 artists<\/a> whose work it makes avail\u00adable to view online include Fran\u00adcis Bacon<\/a>, Agnes Mar\u00adtin<\/a>, Sal\u00advador Dal\u00ed<\/a>, Andy Warhol<\/a>, Tracey Emin<\/a>, Paul Gau\u00adguin<\/a>, Con\u00adstan\u00adtin Br\u00e2n\u00adcu\u0219i<\/a>, Damien Hirst<\/a>, and\u00a0Yay\u00adoi Kusama<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As even that short list reflects, what\u2019s on dig\u00adi\u00adtal dis\u00adplay at Art UK<\/a> is by no means lim\u00adit\u00aded to British works, nor are there any restric\u00adtions on medi\u00adum or sen\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. Paint\u00adings, draw\u00adings, pho\u00adtographs, sculp\u00adtures, ceram\u00adics, dig\u00adi\u00adtal art: if it\u2019s held at a UK insti\u00adtu\u00adtion, it\u2019s avail\u00adable for your view\u00ading plea\u00adsure \u2014 or your edu\u00adca\u00adtion, your research, what\u00adev\u00ader your pur\u00adpose may be.<\/p>\n

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A decade into Art UK<\/a>\u2019s evo\u00adlu\u00adtion, one of the most fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading sec\u00adtions of its dig\u00adi\u00adtal hold\u00adings may hard\u00adly con\u00adtain any work by artists whose names you\u2019ve heard. That\u2019s because it\u2019s a col\u00adlec\u00adtion of the UK\u2019s murals<\/a> and street art, whose dig\u00adi\u00adti\u00adza\u00adtion began in ear\u00adly 2024. \u201cThe project fol\u00adlowed the suc\u00adcess\u00adful, award-win\u00adning sculp\u00adture dig\u00adi\u00adti\u00adza\u00adtion and engage\u00adment project, which firm\u00adly estab\u00adlished Art UK as the home for show\u00adcas\u00ading the UK\u2019s pub\u00adlic realm art\u00adworks,\u201d writes pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader Tra\u00adcy Jenk\u00adins<\/a>. \u201cWe have now record\u00aded over 6,600 murals<\/a>, bring\u00ading the total num\u00adber of pub\u00adlic art\u00adworks on the web\u00adsite to 21,400.\u201d Dat\u00ading from 1000 AD to the present, these \u201cinclude wall paint\u00adings in his\u00adtoric church\u00ades, post-war ceram\u00adic and con\u00adcrete works, and con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary paint\u00aded murals and mosaics.\u201d Col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly, they remind us that, in our haste to tour the most august tem\u00adples of art, we ignore at our per\u00adil the muse\u00adums with\u00adout walls \u2014 or rather, the muse\u00adums that are walls. Enter Art UK here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent:<\/p>\n

The British Muse\u00adum Puts 1.9 Mil\u00adlion Works of Art Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Down\u00adload 60,000 Works of Art from the Nation\u00adal Gallery, Includ\u00ading Mas\u00adter\u00adpieces by Van Gogh, Gau\u00adguin, Rem\u00adbrandt & More<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Trips: Vis\u00adit the Art of Cities Around the World, from Los Ange\u00adles & Lon\u00addon, to Venice and New York<\/a><\/p>\n

Great Art Cities: Vis\u00adit the Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading, Less\u00ader-Known Muse\u00adums of Lon\u00addon & Paris<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Puts Online 10,000 Works of Street Art from Across the Globe<\/a><\/p>\n

The British Muse\u00adum is Full of Loot\u00aded Arti\u00adfacts<\/a><\/p>\n

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