💤Quick, Art UK, boil the kettle! 🐈‍⬛We just might be at risk of dozing off like this lazy kitten here... Can you relate? For today's peaceful #OnlineArtExchange, we couldn't NOT share such a delightfully drowsy image. 😻Sleeping Cat by Ruskin Spear 📍Somerset Archives

✨ Having a very Edo summer... Did you know that a woman’s bare foot was thought to be erotic in Japan during this period? Discover eroticism, glamour, motherhood, friendship and more in our new display, ‘Women in Japanese Prints’, now open. 📍 Gallery 14 🎞️ RosiePowellFreelance

😵‍💫💫 Feeling spacey, hbu? Today's #OnlineArtExchange is all about outer space for Out of this World, Heather Phillipson at @glynnvivian. ☄️ To celebrate, we're sharing 'Asteroids in Space' by Clarke. 📍Newnham College

👀 Who's watching the Paralympic Games tonight? 🥇🎇 The opening ceremony kicks off at 6:30pm and we can't wait Paris 2024! Don't forget you can always get your sporting fix in our exhibition 'Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body'. 🔗Book your tickets: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visi…

The relevance of William Blake’s work in his time and to us is examined in the catalogues of two different but complementary exhibitions: 'William Blake: Visionary' at Getty and 'William Blake’s Universe' at Fitzwilliam Museum. Read our review: burlington.org.uk/archive/back-i…

🍋When life gives you lemons... 🖌️You grab your paintbrush! This week's #OnlineArtExchange is 'still lifes' for 'The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain' Pallant House Gallery and we couldn't resist this citrusy number. 🖼️'Still Life with Lemons' by Myfanwy Baker 📍Lewisham Heritage

💦 Ready to break a sweat? With the Paralympics now underway, we’re feeling sporty again! So come get your fix & learn more about the history of the Olympic Games in our exciting exhibition ‘Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body’. 🔗Book your tickets now: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visi…

💬'Nothing was really planned: that’s why the show has been so interesting to work on. A lot was serendipity'. ➡️Get to know the artist behind our upcoming exhibition, 'Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place', in the latest issue of Frieze. 🔗frieze.com/article/glenn-…

🥂 We are incredibly proud of our senior curator of modern and contemporary applied arts, Helen Ritchie, for being named to Apollo Magazine @apollomagazine.bsky.social 's '40 Under 40' list in the Craft category. Read more: apollo-magazine.com/helen-ritchie-… 🎉Congratulations, Helen Ritchie!

📢 #JobAlert! 💻 We are seeking a Research Assistant to assist curators in the development of major exhibitions and displays at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 2024 and 2025. 📅 Applications close on 29 September 🔗 Find out how to apply: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/about-us/work-…

👀 Have you heard the goss? 📺Artist @paulkindersley joined us in, ‘National Treasures: Botticelli in Cambridge’, to chat about how the story behind Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece would rival your fave soap opera! Find out more: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visi…

💛It's been 80 years since the painting 'Pauline in the Yellow Dress' was first acquired by The Harris... 🌟You know what that means? Today's #OnlineArtExchange is all about the colour yellow. 🖼️ 'Woman in Yellow' by Thomas Greig 📍 Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

An intriguing studio scene by the 19th-century French artist Edme-Adolphe Fontaine was recently acquired by Fitzwilliam Museum. It’s one of the most important paintings to have entered a public collection last month

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Family comes first in today's #OnlineArtExchange celebrating 'Eternal Summer: Paintings by Philip Connard' The Atkinson, Southport We couldn't help but choose this relatable toddler moment... 👞'No One Knows Where the Shoe Pinches But Him Who Wears It' by Alexander Farmer 📍V&A

🥏Throwing it back… literally! This model of an ancient Greek discus thrower - aka ‘Diskobolos’ - shows us that Greek body goals were all about balance, beauty and perfect form. ✨Come face to face with him in ‘Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body’. 📅 Until 3 November 2024.

Unfortunately we’re unable to open the museum to visitors this morning due to some operational issues. We're working to resolve this as soon as we can, please check our website for updates. fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Our café is closed today (Friday 13 September) but the rest of the Museum is now open as usual.