Sheffield Museums
@sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
Six museums and historic sites across the city, creating life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled memories with you ✨
Today’s #OnlineArtExchange is all about Autumn 🍂 William Ibbitt captured the moment the trees began to change colour, with orange foliage shining out against the fading green leaves. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
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🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today’s #OnlineArtExchange is all about Autumn 🍂 William Ibbitt captured the moment the trees began to change colour, with orange foliage shining out against the fading green leaves. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re sharing one of visitor favourites for #OnlineArtExchange this week, the impressive Basilica of San Marco!
🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
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🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
📸Sheffield Museums
September 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We’re sharing one of visitor favourites for #OnlineArtExchange this week, the impressive Basilica of San Marco!
🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
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🖼️Western Façade of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
👨🎨John Wharlton Bunney (1828–1882)
📸Sheffield Museums
There’s a Victorian theme for #OnlineArtExchange today. We’re sharing a slightly different view of a Victorian school than expected; the children playing while their teacher is away!
🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
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🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
📸Sheffield Museums
September 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
There’s a Victorian theme for #OnlineArtExchange today. We’re sharing a slightly different view of a Victorian school than expected; the children playing while their teacher is away!
🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
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🖼️When the Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play
👨🎨Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1901)
📸Sheffield Museums
The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
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🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
📸Sheffield Museums
September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
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🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups
👨🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
📸Sheffield Museums
The theme for this week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is Time, so we’ve chosen this study depicting the ripening of a cherry
🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
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🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
📸Sheffield Museums
August 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The theme for this week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is Time, so we’ve chosen this study depicting the ripening of a cherry
🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
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🖼️Three States of Fruit (from 'Bud to Fruit: The Life History of a Cherry')
👨🎨William H. Gill (1839–1923)
📸Sheffield Museums
Like many of you, we’re heading to the Wales for the summer holidays with this beautiful painting for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social in celebration of Oriel Môn's exhibition 'From the Collection' 🖼️
🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
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🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
📸Sheffield Museums
August 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Like many of you, we’re heading to the Wales for the summer holidays with this beautiful painting for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social in celebration of Oriel Môn's exhibition 'From the Collection' 🖼️
🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️A Sketch in Wales
👨🎨William James Müller (1812–1845)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re beaming onto your television screens for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange today, sharing this charming work by Conrad Atkinson.
🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
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🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
📸Sheffield Museums
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We’re beaming onto your television screens for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange today, sharing this charming work by Conrad Atkinson.
🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
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🖼️Goldfish
👨🎨Conrad Atkinson (1940–2022)
📸Sheffield Museums
Weston Park is a museum with Sheffield at its heart, one where the city’s stories are its greatest treasure. And that’s only possible thanks to the people of Sheffield, who so generously share their memories and stories with us. 🧵✨
July 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Weston Park is a museum with Sheffield at its heart, one where the city’s stories are its greatest treasure. And that’s only possible thanks to the people of Sheffield, who so generously share their memories and stories with us. 🧵✨
It’s all about scent and smells for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today!
So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
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So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
📸Sheffield Museums
July 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It’s all about scent and smells for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today!
So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
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So taking inspiration from this gentleman and stopping to smell the roses:
🖼️The Sense of Smell
👨🎨David Teniers II (1610–1690) (attributed to)
📸Sheffield Museums
🎉Hooray for 150 years of Weston Park Museum!🎉
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎉Hooray for 150 years of Weston Park Museum!🎉
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
Today, we announced a host of family activities, talks and tours, exhibitions and displays to mark 150 years of life-shaping, eye-opening, joy-filled museum experiences in Sheffield 👏👏👏
Find out more here: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/wes...
We’re sharing one of Claudette Johnson’s works for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange this week, to coincide with the new Jenny Savile exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, exploring the female form 🎉
🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
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🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
📸Sheffield Museums
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We’re sharing one of Claudette Johnson’s works for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange this week, to coincide with the new Jenny Savile exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, exploring the female form 🎉
🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
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🖼️Untitled
👨🎨Claudette Johnson (b.1959)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re taking a dip in the Cornish ocean to celebrate the new Sea State exhibition at Wolterton Park @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange ⛵
🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
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🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
📸Sheffield Museums
June 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We’re taking a dip in the Cornish ocean to celebrate the new Sea State exhibition at Wolterton Park @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange ⛵
🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
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🖼️Mevagissey, Cornwall
👨🎨Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
📸Sheffield Museums
It’s Landscape week for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange so we’re sharing this beautiful, sunny painting of the River Don 🏞️
🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
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🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
📸Sheffield Museums
June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It’s Landscape week for @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange so we’re sharing this beautiful, sunny painting of the River Don 🏞️
🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️River Don at Wardsend, Sheffield
👨🎨William James Stevenson (1835–1905)
📸Sheffield Museums
It’s all about birds for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today, to celebrate the new exhibition at Panlee House Gallery 🐦 we’re keeping it coastal with this study of a gull
🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
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🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
📸Sheffield Museums
May 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s all about birds for #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social today, to celebrate the new exhibition at Panlee House Gallery 🐦 we’re keeping it coastal with this study of a gull
🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️White-Winged Silvery Gull
👨🎨John James Audubon (1785–1851)
📸Sheffield Museums
The theme for the #OnlineArtExchange this week is Fabulous fashion 💃 What better way to celebrate than getting a new dress fitted!
🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
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🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
📸Sheffield Museums
May 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The theme for the #OnlineArtExchange this week is Fabulous fashion 💃 What better way to celebrate than getting a new dress fitted!
🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️The New Frock
👨🎨Frederick William Elwell (1870–1958)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re travelling to Cumbria for #OnlineArtExchange this week, linking with Winifred Nicholson’s Cumbrian Rag Rugs exhibition at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social
🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
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🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
April 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We’re travelling to Cumbria for #OnlineArtExchange this week, linking with Winifred Nicholson’s Cumbrian Rag Rugs exhibition at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social
🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼A Mill Stream in Eskdale, Cumbria
👨🎨Thomas Creswick (1811–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re celebrating Easter for #OnlineArtExchange this week! 🐰🐣 🎉 @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
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We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
📸Sheffield Museums
April 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We’re celebrating Easter for #OnlineArtExchange this week! 🐰🐣 🎉 @artukdotorg.bsky.social
We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re ignoring the chocolate 😉 and sharing this beautiful painting of an egg seller 🥚🍳
🖼The Egg Seller
👩🎨Margaret Deborah Cookesley (1837–1927)
📸Sheffield Museums
For today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange we’re looking at biodiversity. We’re sharing an insect study to celebrate the relaunch of Cornwall Museum! 🎉
🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
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🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
📸Sheffield Museums
April 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange we’re looking at biodiversity. We’re sharing an insect study to celebrate the relaunch of Cornwall Museum! 🎉
🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼Study of Insects with Foliage
👨🎨Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
📸Sheffield Museums
We’re celebrating Spring with a sunlit farm scene for today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange with @dulwichgallery.bsky.social 💐🌷🌸🐑
🖼Sheep in a Landscape
👩🎨Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
📷Sheffield Museums
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🖼Sheep in a Landscape
👩🎨Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
📷Sheffield Museums
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March 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We’re celebrating Spring with a sunlit farm scene for today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange with @dulwichgallery.bsky.social 💐🌷🌸🐑
🖼Sheep in a Landscape
👩🎨Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
📷Sheffield Museums
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🖼Sheep in a Landscape
👩🎨Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
📷Sheffield Museums
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Today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrates Katherine Gili’s exhibition at Chippenham Museum & Women’s History Month
We've chosen this powerful sculpture, Eve, by Edna Manley, a Jamaican born artist and educator 🌟
🎨Eve
👩🎨Edna Manley (1900–1987)
📸Sheffield Museums
We've chosen this powerful sculpture, Eve, by Edna Manley, a Jamaican born artist and educator 🌟
🎨Eve
👩🎨Edna Manley (1900–1987)
📸Sheffield Museums
March 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrates Katherine Gili’s exhibition at Chippenham Museum & Women’s History Month
We've chosen this powerful sculpture, Eve, by Edna Manley, a Jamaican born artist and educator 🌟
🎨Eve
👩🎨Edna Manley (1900–1987)
📸Sheffield Museums
We've chosen this powerful sculpture, Eve, by Edna Manley, a Jamaican born artist and educator 🌟
🎨Eve
👩🎨Edna Manley (1900–1987)
📸Sheffield Museums
News from the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: the 170 year old Abbeydale steam engine is powered for the 21st century!
We replaced its old steam boiler with an electric drive, keeping it turning at ~12 RPM.
Ready for the Spring reopening of the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet on Thursday 3 April!
We replaced its old steam boiler with an electric drive, keeping it turning at ~12 RPM.
Ready for the Spring reopening of the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet on Thursday 3 April!
March 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
News from the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: the 170 year old Abbeydale steam engine is powered for the 21st century!
We replaced its old steam boiler with an electric drive, keeping it turning at ~12 RPM.
Ready for the Spring reopening of the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet on Thursday 3 April!
We replaced its old steam boiler with an electric drive, keeping it turning at ~12 RPM.
Ready for the Spring reopening of the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet on Thursday 3 April!
Today's #OnlineArtExchange focuses on historical conflicts for The Armitt's 'A Battle of Ambleside’
And so we're sharing:
🖼Wellington's March from Quatre Bras to Waterloo
👨🎨Ernest Crofts (1847–1911)
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And so we're sharing:
🖼Wellington's March from Quatre Bras to Waterloo
👨🎨Ernest Crofts (1847–1911)
📸Sheffield Museums
March 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange focuses on historical conflicts for The Armitt's 'A Battle of Ambleside’
And so we're sharing:
🖼Wellington's March from Quatre Bras to Waterloo
👨🎨Ernest Crofts (1847–1911)
📸Sheffield Museums
And so we're sharing:
🖼Wellington's March from Quatre Bras to Waterloo
👨🎨Ernest Crofts (1847–1911)
📸Sheffield Museums
Some important works going on at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet this week with @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social 🍃
Excavating 4 small test pits on the location of the proposed play area to understand how that area may have been used in the past.
Excavating 4 small test pits on the location of the proposed play area to understand how that area may have been used in the past.
February 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Some important works going on at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet this week with @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social 🍃
Excavating 4 small test pits on the location of the proposed play area to understand how that area may have been used in the past.
Excavating 4 small test pits on the location of the proposed play area to understand how that area may have been used in the past.
Celebrating LBGTQ+ History Month for #OnlineArtExchange 🏳️🌈 #LGBTplusHM25
🖼Edward Carpenter (1844–1929)
👨🎨Thomas Binney Gibbs (1870–1947)
📸 Sheffield Museums
🙏Edward Carpenter - Sheffield-based pioneer of LGBTQ rights, women’s rights and environmentalism; writer, campaigner, radical sandal-wearer.
🖼Edward Carpenter (1844–1929)
👨🎨Thomas Binney Gibbs (1870–1947)
📸 Sheffield Museums
🙏Edward Carpenter - Sheffield-based pioneer of LGBTQ rights, women’s rights and environmentalism; writer, campaigner, radical sandal-wearer.
February 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Celebrating LBGTQ+ History Month for #OnlineArtExchange 🏳️🌈 #LGBTplusHM25
🖼Edward Carpenter (1844–1929)
👨🎨Thomas Binney Gibbs (1870–1947)
📸 Sheffield Museums
🙏Edward Carpenter - Sheffield-based pioneer of LGBTQ rights, women’s rights and environmentalism; writer, campaigner, radical sandal-wearer.
🖼Edward Carpenter (1844–1929)
👨🎨Thomas Binney Gibbs (1870–1947)
📸 Sheffield Museums
🙏Edward Carpenter - Sheffield-based pioneer of LGBTQ rights, women’s rights and environmentalism; writer, campaigner, radical sandal-wearer.
What a day: our first post on Bluesky and a new exhibition! 🚀
🚨These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture is now open at the Millennium Gallery! 💛
See rarely seen sculptures by John Hoyland alongside a spectacular assembly of contemporary sculpture ✨
🚨These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture is now open at the Millennium Gallery! 💛
See rarely seen sculptures by John Hoyland alongside a spectacular assembly of contemporary sculpture ✨
February 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What a day: our first post on Bluesky and a new exhibition! 🚀
🚨These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture is now open at the Millennium Gallery! 💛
See rarely seen sculptures by John Hoyland alongside a spectacular assembly of contemporary sculpture ✨
🚨These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture is now open at the Millennium Gallery! 💛
See rarely seen sculptures by John Hoyland alongside a spectacular assembly of contemporary sculpture ✨