Throughout lockdown The Guardian in collaboration with Art UK, have been helping us get our gallery fix by taking readers on the Great British Art Tour where curators discuss an artwork from a different museum or gallery every day. Two of our members have contributed to this series each looking at a major work by a woman artist in their collections.
Dr Victoria Irvine, Curator of Art at Paisley Museum and Art Gallery analysed Pat Douthwaite’s (1934-2002) self-portrait, Portrait with Myself and Malthy, while Glasgow Museum’s Dr Joanna Meacock examined Joan Eardley’s (1921-1963) striking work Two Children.
Joan Eardley, Two Children, 1963. © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection. Estate of Joan Eardley
It is anticipated that Two Children will be on display in Kelvingrove Art Gallery by sometime next year, while Douthwaite's piece will remain in storage as Paisley Museum undergoes a radical transformation as part of the Paisley Museum Reimagined capitol project. In the meantime you can find out more about them on Art UK's website here and here.