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Play, learn and create
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Artist A-Z
Discover our collection artists from Anni Albers to Akram Zaatari -
Studying Art?
Get support to build your portfolio and begin a career in the arts -
Create Like An Artist
Learn skills from casting to weaving, with art activities for adults and kids
Explore Our Galleries Online
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Walk Through British Art
These rooms offer a chronological display of Britain’s greatest artists, taken from the collection -
In The Studio
Investigate the processes artists use to make artworks, and how our responses are integral to the piece -
Modern Art and St Ives
Explore the history of modern art in St Ives -
Constellations
What links a Lorna Simpson photograph to a video projection by Hito Steyerl? Explore the links between artists and artworks
Read, Watch, Listen
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In Focus
String Composition 128 1964 by Sue Fuller
Sue Fuller’s String Composition 128 1964 testifies to the often overlooked influence of craft traditions on the development of modernist abstraction. -
Talking Point
Making Art in Isolation
Explore how artists of past and present have been creative whilst in solitude -
How To
How to Draw Like Paula Rego
Follow our step-by-step guide to pastel drawing with artist Katy Papineau