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[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

This summary https://t.co/5Y7P3rT1iH is what it's like 11 days after my five hour long left shoulder replacement surgery - and I'm sparing you the brutal bruising!
Back to art exhibitions next week I hope.

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

I'm not a huge fan of glass art - but this is something else!

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

A perfect excuse to have a glass of champagne! ~ J & L Lobmeyr art nouveau champagne glass, with enamelling on stem (c 1900, Vienna)

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

These are the readers' comments (on Facebook) re the abovementioned post on why The Great Pottery Throwdown is a better programme - in terms of format and Judges and judging than #PAOTY or #LAOTY
https://t.co/fbrjAbajtt

#potterythrowdown

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All the reasons why and how Pottery Throwdown is a better programme than Artist of the Year
https://t.co/6gkcy9Ugdj
#potterythrowdown #artistoftheyear
plus in my comment below - all readers' comments on this blog post

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

This is my blog post about this announcement https://t.co/q22RwIPWgV
#artistoftheyear #paoty #laoty

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Spotted on Kate Bryan's Instagram account - an announcement that she has stepped back from Artist of the Year entirely.
https://t.co/IgLoFHU9Ml
#artistoftheyear #paoty #laoty

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

my latest post https://t.co/esqMSgOiO8
is about the #callforentries for the biennial V&A Illustration Awards - in 2026. It covers the basic facts of what you need to know - plus the link to where you can read more. 
Deadline for entry is 12.00 GMT on 5 January 2026.
#illustration

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

The Call for Entries for the HSFK Portrait Award 2026 has been published by the #nationalportraitgallery.
You have until 6 January 2026 to apply.
Read my summary https://t.co/yBkOJYjZhy which many of those I've met in past #portrait award exhibitions have told me helps a lot!

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My review of the third episode of Portrait Artist of the Year 2025 - includes, as usual, profiles of the sitters and artists and commentary on themes which emerged during this heat.
https://t.co/sfreOjvn3q
#ArtistOfTheYear #PortraitArtistOfTheYear
#portraitartist
#portraiture

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

@BillGoggins1 not sure why this has only just appeared in my “mentions”.
Who wins is “NEWS” just like those who win football games, races, etc etc get announced when it happens.
I never wait for those who are slow at keeping up!
If you don’t want to know, don’t look at the internet!

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

Get your entry in for Series 10 of Portrait Artist of the Year. #PAOTY Deadline is Friday, 24th Feb. 2023 for entries to this prestigious art competition with a £10,000 commission first prize. https://t.co/zw75CgEV4M This is about who/how to enter and LOTS OF TIPS #portrait #art

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Two BBC Arts Programmes about JMW Turner and LS Lowry this Autumn
* Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
* Lowry: The Lost Tapes
READ more on #makingamark
https://t.co/GvaMuhWmF3
#jmwturner #lslowry #artontelevision

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READ what I thought about the opening episode of the new series (12th) of Portrait Artist of the Year #portraitartistoftheyear2025 created by @storyvaultfilms and broadcast on Freeview by Sky Arts.
https://t.co/CM0kJcS2OR

#artistoftheyear #portraitartistoftheyear #makingamark

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

BEWARE National Gallery Members!!!
The @NationalGallery is doing something I am sure is illegal.

My guess is James Beardsworth-Shaw, Head of Loyalty at the #NationalGallery has not read the law and regulations around ecommerce and subscriptions.

READ https://t.co/9rSKxVaH01

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ILLEGAL SUBSCRIPTION PROCESS at the National Gallery
This morning I cancelled my direct debit for my subscription to the National Gallery - and wrote to the @NationalGallery to tell them who I was writing to next. See comment below for my blog post on the topic #nationalgallery

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

@SynergyAstral see new page https://t.co/5ASBEZ6Uha and let me know if use of your image is OK

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FOR ALL ARTISTS SELLING ART TO BUYERS IN THE USA no matter where you live. A new webpage https://t.co/5ASBEZ6Uha about cancellation of #postal services to #USA. Airlines refuse to carry any parcels relating to Trump's new #tariff direction on small parcels/post valued below $800

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

@SynergyAstral Hi - I'm writing a NEW guide for artists who are getting double whacked by the new TARIFF rules (see https://t.co/zMXCvCfnsF)
May I use your very effective image on my webpage dedicated to what you need to know about shipping art to the USA? Happy to give the designer a credit.

[Making A Mark @makingamark2]

We were at Chartwell yesterday. Churchill had a large studio in the garden - this part is where he did his painting indoors. Although he was a fanatical plein air painter too.

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@arthistorynews Are but given 70 is the new 50, I think 29 then would be about 40 now!

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