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The Superpower of Looking

An innovative resource focused on visual literacy, coming December 2021.

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Explore art movements, themes and Art UK's rich database of images.

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Video

Short films about artworks and artists, made for schools.

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Write on Art

The competition for 15 to 18-year-olds in partnership with Paul Mellon Centre.

Primary school resources

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  • Superpower Still Life 1: Still Life, Flowers and Insects

    Still Life, Flowers and Insects. © Photographed by PCF

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    Superpower Still Life 1: Still Life, Flowers and Insects

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)

  • Superpower Everyday 4: The Ward Round

    The Ward Round

    The Ward Round
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    Superpower Everyday 4: The Ward Round

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)

  • Textile art and gender

    Calendula's Cloak. Jann Haworth (b.1942). © the artist. Photo credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

    Calendula's Cloak
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    Textile art and gender

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)

  • 'Titanic Sign' and sculptures that remember

    Titanic Sign. Eric R. Kuhne and Associates (founded 1983) and Todd Architects (founded 1976). © the copyright holders. Photo credit: Mark Overell / Art UK

    Titanic Sign
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    'Titanic Sign' and sculptures that remember

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)

Secondary school resources

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  • Painting mood and atmosphere: Louis Mbughuni

    Figures in a Boat. © Argyll & Bute Council/PCF. Photo credit: Alan Dimmick

    Figures in a Boat
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    Painting mood and atmosphere: Louis Mbughuni

    • KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)

  • Halima Cassell and geometric pattern

    Wu-Li (Patterns of Organic Energy)

    Wu-Li (Patterns of Organic Energy)
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    Halima Cassell and geometric pattern

    • KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
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      KS4 (WAL)

  • Reflected environments

    Elementals. sculpture by Rob Mulholland (b.1962). © the artist. photo credit: Rob Mulholland

    Elementals
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    Reflected environments

    • KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
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      KS4 (WAL)

  • 'The Kelpies': ancient myth in modern art

    © the artist. Photo credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

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    'The Kelpies': ancient myth in modern art

    • KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)

  • George Eliot's Hand
    Literature
  • An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
    Sciences
  • Pandora's Box
    Myths and fables
  • Holloway Prison Brooch
    Women's suffrage
  • A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula
    Insects
  • Margaret, Domestic Manager
    Healthcare
  • Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)
    Civil unrest
  • Hampstead Heath (Figures and Dogs amongst Trees)
    Dogs
  • Barbara Hepworth
    Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
  • Draped Reclining Woman
    Henry Moore (1898–1986)
  • Luxor
    Bridget Riley (b.1931)
  • White Sand, Red Millet, Many Flowers
    Anish Kapoor (b.1954)
  • Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993), RA
    Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
  • Woman
    Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915)
  • Hop-Picking – Granny Knowles
    Laura Knight (1877–1970)
  • Still Life
    Abstraction
  • La falaise à Fécamp, France
    Impressionism
  • Marilyn Diptych
    Pop Art
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
    Surrealism
  • Prometheus
    Carving
  • Ophelia
    Pre‐Raphaelitism
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Sculptors' techniques

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  • Sculptors' techniques: Erin Dickson

    Sculptors' techniques: Erin Dickson

    Sculptors' techniques: Erin Dickson
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    Sculptors' techniques: Erin Dickson

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
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  • Sculptors' techniques: Brian Fell

    Sculptors' techniques: Brian Fell

    Sculptors' techniques: Brian Fell
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    Sculptors' techniques: Brian Fell

    • KS2 (ENG)
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      CfE L2 (SCO)
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      KS3 (ENG)
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  • Sculptors' techniques: Dawn Rowland

    Sculptors' techniques: Dawn Rowland

    Sculptors' techniques: Dawn Rowland
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    Sculptors' techniques: Dawn Rowland

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
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      KS3 (WAL)
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  • Sculptors' techniques: Susan Cutts

    Sculptors' techniques Susan Cutts

    Sculptors' techniques Susan Cutts
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    Sculptors' techniques: Susan Cutts

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)

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  • Audio description of 'Aerie' by Lizzie Farey

    EDI_CITY_CAC2017_17_002. © the artist. Photo credit: Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council

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    Audio description of 'Aerie' by Lizzie Farey

    • KS4 (ENG)
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      CfE L4 (SCO)
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      KS5 (ENG)
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  • Audio description of 'Gigantic Pumpkin' by Kate Malone

    NOT_NCMG_NCMG_2010_30-007. © the artist. Photo credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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    Audio description of 'Gigantic Pumpkin' by Kate Malone

    • KS4 (ENG)
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  • Audio description of 'Eternal Spring' by Auguste Rodin

    STF_STKMG_FA_1936_FA_216-001. Photo credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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    Audio description of 'Eternal Spring' by Auguste Rodin

    • KS4 (ENG)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      KS4 (WAL)
      KS5 (ENG)
      KS5 (NI)
      CfE Sen. (SCO)
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