Elemental: Realism in the Art Collections
Museum Studies Placement Student, Laura May Bailey, explores Realism in the Art Collection, comparing the work of Walter Richard Sickert and Diane Ibbotson. Walter Richard Sickert’s frank drawings of urban life in the early twentieth […]
Introducing Rubens to Sickert: The Study of Drawing
Originally published by Reading Museum on 14 April 2021 The newest exhibition to arrive at Reading Museum, in partnership with the University of Reading Art Collections, is Rubens to Sickert: The Study […]
From Sea Creatures to Slogans: Game-playing with Bob and Roberta Smith RA
Written by Dr Naomi Lebens, Curator of the University of Reading’s Art Collection. Originally posted on Reading Museum‘s blog on 8th June 2020. ANIMAL: World Art Journeys is not an exhibition in […]
One Giant Leap: A Student Exhibition
Our outgoing placement student, Morgan Woodhouse, reveals what goes into creating a Ladybird Books exhibition Since the beginning of July, I have been working as a placement student in the […]