Beth Hughes
@figroly.bsky.social
Freelance contemporary art curator
PhD student at Manchester University
Curator for Lubaina Himid
Living between London & Manchester
PhD student at Manchester University
Curator for Lubaina Himid
Living between London & Manchester
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With numbers of abandoned cats soaring, we somehow found ourselves with 11
With numbers of abandoned cats soaring, we somehow found ourselves with 11
How our two-bedroom terrace become something of a cat rescue centre is illustration of nationwide crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Compositionally, it’s giving renaissance crucifixion (poor Mary M being subbed by these two morons)
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Compositionally, it’s giving renaissance crucifixion (poor Mary M being subbed by these two morons)
Amazon, what an interesting pairing you’ve put together there 🤔
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Amazon, what an interesting pairing you’ve put together there 🤔
Flu but a win at Spurs and Bunting through. Voiceless but celebrating 🎉
December 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Flu but a win at Spurs and Bunting through. Voiceless but celebrating 🎉
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Check out Colm Murphy's @colmpm.bsky.social latest article in Past and Present: academic.oup.com/past/advance...
The Political Crisis of British Keynesianism, 1973–1983*
Abstract. In histories of Western political economy in the 1970s–1980s, Keynesianism is conventionally depicted as a victim of neoliberal ascendancy. Build
academic.oup.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Check out Colm Murphy's @colmpm.bsky.social latest article in Past and Present: academic.oup.com/past/advance...
Fascinating elaboration on what homes are and do. My favourite section was on the kitchen ‘we are cooks of the world: we never stop cooking it … everything is in a state of constant reciprocal manipulation’ #BookSky #EmanueleCoccia
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fascinating elaboration on what homes are and do. My favourite section was on the kitchen ‘we are cooks of the world: we never stop cooking it … everything is in a state of constant reciprocal manipulation’ #BookSky #EmanueleCoccia
Bunting has, without doubt, the best walk-on in darts #WorldDartsChampionship
a man wearing a red and black shirt with the word bullet on the back
ALT: a man wearing a red and black shirt with the word bullet on the back
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Bunting has, without doubt, the best walk-on in darts #WorldDartsChampionship
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Thanks to @distancecovered.bsky.social, @bychrissmith.bsky.social, Chloe Bloxam, @adamlsmith.bsky.social and @andrewbeasleyfootball.com for giving their views on you-know-who to @sport.theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Mo has misjudged the mood’: five Liverpool fans on the Salah saga
We ask supporters for their take on the Egyptian’s standoff with the club before Saturday’s game against Brighton
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thanks to @distancecovered.bsky.social, @bychrissmith.bsky.social, Chloe Bloxam, @adamlsmith.bsky.social and @andrewbeasleyfootball.com for giving their views on you-know-who to @sport.theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
📝CALL FOR PAPERS 📝
Who does not envy with us is against us: A conference on working-classness as method in creative practice at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 10 April 2026
Contact wcbritart@gmail.com for more info
#WorkingClassArt #BritishArt
Who does not envy with us is against us: A conference on working-classness as method in creative practice at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 10 April 2026
Contact wcbritart@gmail.com for more info
#WorkingClassArt #BritishArt
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📝CALL FOR PAPERS 📝
Who does not envy with us is against us: A conference on working-classness as method in creative practice at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 10 April 2026
Contact wcbritart@gmail.com for more info
#WorkingClassArt #BritishArt
Who does not envy with us is against us: A conference on working-classness as method in creative practice at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 10 April 2026
Contact wcbritart@gmail.com for more info
#WorkingClassArt #BritishArt
Three new fully funded PhDs, in arts & humanities, at DJCAD and the University of Dundee.
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
www.dundee.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Three new fully funded PhDs, in arts & humanities, at DJCAD and the University of Dundee.
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
Uz, Uz, Uz: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds opens at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University on 19 Nov.
As far as I know, this is the first public collection to survey their holdings through the lens of social class.
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
As far as I know, this is the first public collection to survey their holdings through the lens of social class.
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
[uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Challenge your expectations in this landmark group exhibition.
library.leeds.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Uz, Uz, Uz: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds opens at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University on 19 Nov.
As far as I know, this is the first public collection to survey their holdings through the lens of social class.
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
As far as I know, this is the first public collection to survey their holdings through the lens of social class.
library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
Holy moly. Just the Courtauld asking for a PhD for an Assistant Curator job.
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Holy moly. Just the Courtauld asking for a PhD for an Assistant Curator job.
Dana Shultz at Thomas Dane is unmissable. Love the mix of the history painting tradition with a totally mad subject matter
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dana Shultz at Thomas Dane is unmissable. Love the mix of the history painting tradition with a totally mad subject matter
Last week of #JohnLyons at Felix and Spear. John is most definitely an overlooked artist, now 92 years old its so good to see momentum gather around his work
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Last week of #JohnLyons at Felix and Spear. John is most definitely an overlooked artist, now 92 years old its so good to see momentum gather around his work
Maurizio Cattelan, BEING AN ARTIST IS NOT A JOB, IT’S A MALFUNCTION, 2025 @perrotingallery.bsky.social #ArtBaselParis
October 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Maurizio Cattelan, BEING AN ARTIST IS NOT A JOB, IT’S A MALFUNCTION, 2025 @perrotingallery.bsky.social #ArtBaselParis
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Join us tomorrow 5.30pm at the IHR or online (link below). We're super excited to host Dr Scott Anthony on the history of arts funding! All welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
‘I will take money for the arts from murderers, from rapists, from anybody’: The British state as cultural patron
This paper examines the growth of arts policy in post-war Britain.
www.history.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Join us tomorrow 5.30pm at the IHR or online (link below). We're super excited to host Dr Scott Anthony on the history of arts funding! All welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Outside the big shop in a tent there are lots of great exhibitions open in London this week:
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Outside the big shop in a tent there are lots of great exhibitions open in London this week:
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
Cue Harry Hill 🥊 🥊
This month, Frieze and, across the Channel, Art Basel are locked in a battle for domination of the global art fair market. But which is the better?
Evan Moffitt explores: https://bit.ly/46TwTqY
Evan Moffitt explores: https://bit.ly/46TwTqY
A tale of two art fairs: Frieze and Art Basel battle for ...
This month Frieze and, across the Channel, Art Basel are locked in a battle for domination of the global art fair market
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Cue Harry Hill 🥊 🥊
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BEAU 'N' ARROW. What a nickname that is. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/...
Beau Greaves: Rise of darts star, who beat Luke Littler
The spotlight is on Beau Greaves after her landmark win over Luke Littler on Monday, but who is the 21-year-old from Doncaster?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
BEAU 'N' ARROW. What a nickname that is. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/...
Reposted by Beth Hughes
Which sport is most elitist? 🔎
Our research shows that the elite level of many sports are still only reached by a select few. This includes cricket, men's rugby, and top Olympians and Paralympians.
Football and women's rugby are representative of the wider population.
Our research shows that the elite level of many sports are still only reached by a select few. This includes cricket, men's rugby, and top Olympians and Paralympians.
Football and women's rugby are representative of the wider population.
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Which sport is most elitist? 🔎
Our research shows that the elite level of many sports are still only reached by a select few. This includes cricket, men's rugby, and top Olympians and Paralympians.
Football and women's rugby are representative of the wider population.
Our research shows that the elite level of many sports are still only reached by a select few. This includes cricket, men's rugby, and top Olympians and Paralympians.
Football and women's rugby are representative of the wider population.
Some of my favourites from the John Moores Painting Prize this year
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Some of my favourites from the John Moores Painting Prize this year
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
Wild Uplands - a four-artist sculpture trail across the moors near Haworth.
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wild Uplands - a four-artist sculpture trail across the moors near Haworth.
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
YES! This looks amazing 👏
One early winter day in 1974, writer Linda Rosenkrantz recorded photographer Peter Hujar over a 24-hour period. What was meant to spark a larger creative project never came to fruition, but finds new life some 50 years later in a new film, “Peter Hujar’s Day” (2025), directed by Ira Sachs.
The Slow, Easy Splendor of Peter Hujar’s Day
Taking its script from a 1974 recording of the artist talking to writer Linda Rosenkrantz, a new film offers a tender portrait of Hujar’s life before art-world fame.
hyperallergic.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
YES! This looks amazing 👏