753K views · 42K reactions | Ophelia has returned to Tate Britain! ️ John Everett Millais’s 1851 painting of Ophelia is one of the best-known images from Shakespeare’s play 'Hamlet'. 鹿 But who was Ophelia in Millais' painting? https://bit.ly/3vOmWIE In this film we learn about 19-year-old artist and poet Elizabeth Siddal, and her life story, so entwined with Shakespeare's Ophelia.  | Tate | Facebook

If you miss seeing The Lady of Shalott like we do, this short video reminds us of her tragic tale, and tells the story of the painting by John William Waterhouse. https://bit.ly/3aRxaeA | Tate

880K views · 6.3K reactions | Listen to Maggi Hambling on how she discovered painting, how she uses her art to help cope with grief and her belief in ‘laughter as a means of survival’. | Tate | Facebook

‘Art is not about art. Art is about life, and that sums it up.’ - Louise Bourgeois was born on Christmas Day 1911 in Paris. 💚 ❤️ At 27, Bourgeois moved to New York City after marrying American art historian Robert Goldwater. She began her career with paintings and drawings in the 1940s and by the 1960s had begun to experiment with wood, plaster, latex and other solid materials to create bold and subversive sculptural forms. In our 2016 film, her friend and assistant of over 30 years Jerry Gorov

Getting lost in the colourful worlds of the Expressionists. 🎨 See these exhilarating paintings up-close in Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider, at Tate Modern until 20 October. Members go free. 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3I2N9J1 | Tate

299K views · 29 reactions | 'If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings... and there I am.' Be the first to see the Andy Warhol exhibition. Book tickets online now. | Tate | Facebook