Ruth Millington
@ruthmillington.bsky.social
Art writing, curating & consulting. Author of MUSE (Vintage, 2022) and This Book Will Make You An Artist (Nosy Crow, 2024).
For @theartnewspaper.bsky.social I remembered pioneering Pop artist PETER PHILLIPS (1939 - 2025) who drew on Birmingham's industrial culture to create groundbreaking, collaged paintings of car parts, comic books, flags and stars. He was witty and brilliant:
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/r...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/r...
July 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
For @theartnewspaper.bsky.social I remembered pioneering Pop artist PETER PHILLIPS (1939 - 2025) who drew on Birmingham's industrial culture to create groundbreaking, collaged paintings of car parts, comic books, flags and stars. He was witty and brilliant:
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/r...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/07/r...
Overnight, something surreal may have arrived in Solihull
March 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Overnight, something surreal may have arrived in Solihull
For @artukdotorg.bsky.social I wrote about Solihull's striking bird sculptures and the power of public art to transform a place. There's more on its way to the borough this week!
artuk.org/discover/sto...
artuk.org/discover/sto...
March 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
For @artukdotorg.bsky.social I wrote about Solihull's striking bird sculptures and the power of public art to transform a place. There's more on its way to the borough this week!
artuk.org/discover/sto...
artuk.org/discover/sto...
'A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace' by Maria Primachenko, 1982
March 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace' by Maria Primachenko, 1982
Giant beetles are crawling towards the Midlands, where 'Surreal Solihull' opens in just 1 week! The FREE exhibition is accompanied by a programme of performances, children's workshops and more. Expect the unexpected...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Giant beetles are crawling towards the Midlands, where 'Surreal Solihull' opens in just 1 week! The FREE exhibition is accompanied by a programme of performances, children's workshops and more. Expect the unexpected...
mailchi.mp/ichoosebirmi...
mailchi.mp/ichoosebirmi...
'The Late Sleeper' by Birmingham surrealist Conroy Maddox, 1973
February 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
'The Late Sleeper' by Birmingham surrealist Conroy Maddox, 1973
1 week to go! So printing in action for Surreal Solihull 👁
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
1 week to go! So printing in action for Surreal Solihull 👁
'Allegory of Winter' by Remedios Varo, 1948
February 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
'Allegory of Winter' by Remedios Varo, 1948
Can't wait to see MAC's spring exhibitions! The galleries will centre 2 female artists who've taken their own bodies, families, motherhood and domestic spaces as inspiration for feminist work. The 'Family Album' by Marcia Michael and Su Richardson: In Stitches - both open Fri 14 March!
February 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Can't wait to see MAC's spring exhibitions! The galleries will centre 2 female artists who've taken their own bodies, families, motherhood and domestic spaces as inspiration for feminist work. The 'Family Album' by Marcia Michael and Su Richardson: In Stitches - both open Fri 14 March!
Emmy Bridgwater, 'Night Time Phoenix', c.1945
February 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Emmy Bridgwater, 'Night Time Phoenix', c.1945
Inside the fantastical mind of artist, director and storyteller Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Inside the fantastical mind of artist, director and storyteller Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social
For my first column of 2025, I wrote about great British Surrealist Emmy Bridgwater and a new exhibition I'm curating in her honour. Opens 6 March in Solihull!
thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk/whats-on/all...
thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk/whats-on/all...
January 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For my first column of 2025, I wrote about great British Surrealist Emmy Bridgwater and a new exhibition I'm curating in her honour. Opens 6 March in Solihull!
thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk/whats-on/all...
thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk/whats-on/all...
King and Queen of the fairies, from The Song of Los, 1795, by William Blake.
January 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
King and Queen of the fairies, from The Song of Los, 1795, by William Blake.
I'm beating the January blues by planning exhibition trips to:
✨ Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social
✨ Emily Kam Kngwarray @tate.bsky.social
✨ Ithell Colquhoun @tate.bsky.social
✨ Edvard Munch @ NPG
✨ Anna Ancher @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
✨ Rembrandt @ BMAG
✨ Picasso @ British Museum
✨ Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social
✨ Emily Kam Kngwarray @tate.bsky.social
✨ Ithell Colquhoun @tate.bsky.social
✨ Edvard Munch @ NPG
✨ Anna Ancher @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
✨ Rembrandt @ BMAG
✨ Picasso @ British Museum
January 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm beating the January blues by planning exhibition trips to:
✨ Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social
✨ Emily Kam Kngwarray @tate.bsky.social
✨ Ithell Colquhoun @tate.bsky.social
✨ Edvard Munch @ NPG
✨ Anna Ancher @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
✨ Rembrandt @ BMAG
✨ Picasso @ British Museum
✨ Tim Burton @designmuseum.bsky.social
✨ Emily Kam Kngwarray @tate.bsky.social
✨ Ithell Colquhoun @tate.bsky.social
✨ Edvard Munch @ NPG
✨ Anna Ancher @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
✨ Rembrandt @ BMAG
✨ Picasso @ British Museum
Sunday mood.
'Laurette's Head with a Coffee Cup' by Henri Matisse, 1917
'Laurette's Head with a Coffee Cup' by Henri Matisse, 1917
January 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sunday mood.
'Laurette's Head with a Coffee Cup' by Henri Matisse, 1917
'Laurette's Head with a Coffee Cup' by Henri Matisse, 1917
Tirzah Garwood's painted, collaged and constructed dolls houses @dulwichgallery.bsky.social are truly exquisite. They also reflect an artist wrestling for creative space among domestic duties. I wrote about this unsung heroine and her circle of artist friends:
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
December 16, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Tirzah Garwood's painted, collaged and constructed dolls houses @dulwichgallery.bsky.social are truly exquisite. They also reflect an artist wrestling for creative space among domestic duties. I wrote about this unsung heroine and her circle of artist friends:
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
Christmas has come early! 'This Book Will Make You An Artist' @nosycrow.bsky.social has been 'highly commended' in the #CreativePlayAwards 2024!
creativesteps.co.uk/competitions...
creativesteps.co.uk/competitions...
December 4, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Christmas has come early! 'This Book Will Make You An Artist' @nosycrow.bsky.social has been 'highly commended' in the #CreativePlayAwards 2024!
creativesteps.co.uk/competitions...
creativesteps.co.uk/competitions...
A wonderful evening, thanks @waterstones.bsky.social for making me feel like a real author! ✨️📚🎄🎁🎨
December 4, 2024 at 7:52 AM
A wonderful evening, thanks @waterstones.bsky.social for making me feel like a real author! ✨️📚🎄🎁🎨
I've written about art history's greatest friendships—and feuds—in the frame of 3 major museum exhibitions:
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social @nationalgallery.bsky.social
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social @nationalgallery.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 AM
I've written about art history's greatest friendships—and feuds—in the frame of 3 major museum exhibitions:
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social @nationalgallery.bsky.social
observer.com/2024/12/arti...
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social @nationalgallery.bsky.social
'Snow Without Colour' by David Hockney, 1973 🌨❄️
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM
'Snow Without Colour' by David Hockney, 1973 🌨❄️
May your week be filled with the magic and adventure of Tove Jansson's Alice illustrations, 1966
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 AM
May your week be filled with the magic and adventure of Tove Jansson's Alice illustrations, 1966
Discovered these tactile tributes to the female surrealists by Geraldine Kosiak at Ikon Gallery. Accompanied by imagined correspondence with the likes of Claude Cahun, they weave an imaginative thread through art history
November 17, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Discovered these tactile tributes to the female surrealists by Geraldine Kosiak at Ikon Gallery. Accompanied by imagined correspondence with the likes of Claude Cahun, they weave an imaginative thread through art history
Exited through the most excellent gift shop at London's National Gallery 🌻
November 15, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Exited through the most excellent gift shop at London's National Gallery 🌻
For this week's column, I travelled through art history's (mis)representations of Roma people at Worcester Museum where a majestic wagon, and a thoughtful new exhibition, has opened its doors...
ruthmillington.co.uk/roma-art/
ruthmillington.co.uk/roma-art/
November 14, 2024 at 1:13 PM
For this week's column, I travelled through art history's (mis)representations of Roma people at Worcester Museum where a majestic wagon, and a thoughtful new exhibition, has opened its doors...
ruthmillington.co.uk/roma-art/
ruthmillington.co.uk/roma-art/
🦋 Hoping for chats about art, culture and writing over here...
November 14, 2024 at 1:03 PM
🦋 Hoping for chats about art, culture and writing over here...