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[hometoursandotherstuff]

Large, recycled metal sculpture known as the Iron Man stage puppet, located in the Black Swan Courtyard of the Newcastle Arts Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Artist unknown.

It was originally in a musical production of the book The Iron Man by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend. 

Built in 1993, it has been a resident in the courtyard for over 20 years, becoming a popular tourist attraction. 

The puppet stands approximately 20 meters (66 ft) tall. 

It's also a regular nesting site for local birds. 

Close-ups show that the weather is taking its toll.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TwoForTuesday :

Delia Portsmouth (b.c.1916-?) The Badgers, 1970 Oil on board, H 59.5 x W 89.7 cm Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales PB08169/9 via Art UK #WomenArtists

[blondebrainpowered]

Vase (Satsuma ware), ca. 1910

Artist: Yabu Meizan (1853–1934)

“An earthenware vase with an ovoid body painted with a fantasy scene of insects, lizards, and frogs in the guise of a daimyo procession. A stag beetle leading the procession, followed by lizards, mantis, a butterfly, a caterpillar, a beetle, wasps, a snail on a leaf palanquin, a tethered frog, a cicada, a spider, and bees carrying a nest, numerous ants dragging a fish-head in the rear. The neck and base are painted with flowers and the foot with a geometric flower-head border. The tradition of caricaturing human activities by substituting insects, amphibians, and other animals has a very long history in Japan, the most famous example being the Choju giga (Humorous Pictures of Birds and Beasts), a set of thirteenth-century picture scrolls.” From art UK

[garadinervi]

Margaret Benyon, Coil, (household paint & acrylic on hardboard), 1964 [Art UK, Staffordshire University Incubator Unit, Stoke-on-Trent. UCL Art Museum, London. © Margaret Benyon]

[queerwelsh]

Queer Welsh women in art | Art UK

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'Queer Welsh Women in Art' - including Ladies of Llangollen, Cranogwen, Gwen John, Nina Hamnett, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Jan Morris and me!

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Ian Alan Rowe | Art UK

[abwwia]

Gender Pay Gap Report | The Royal Academy of Arts  https://cdn.royalacademy.org.uk/files/mmno7khx27vobg8j9v/RA_Gender%20Pay%20Gap%20Report_2025.pdf

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