Learning to Draw
Minnie Jane Hardman’s lessons and limitations at the Royal Academy Schools Written by Hannah Lyons, Curator of the University of Reading Art Collection. This blog was originally published by Art […]
New Series of Online Talks
Hosted on the first Thursday of the month, we have been delighted to see everyone’s reaction to the first two talks in our brand new series ‘Closer Look: Conversations with […]
Art Curator’s Deep Dive: Pandora is out of her (storage) box!
Last week, the University Art Collection rehung Pandora, a large painting in tempera by John Dickson Batten. Presented to Reading’s University College (a precursor to the University of Reading) in […]
A Break from Tradition: Meet the Artists
Written by Curator of Art Collections, Dr Hannah Lyons, this blog introduces the key themes and artists included in this free exhibition, which highlights a selection of modern drawings from […]
Kathleen Hale: Before the illustrations of Orlando
For her placement module, 3rd Year History Student, Holly Whapshott has been researching some of our most recent acquisitions by artist Kathleen Hale In March 2022, the University Art Collection bought […]
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 […]
Art, Artists and Mental Health
3rd Year Museum Studies Student and volunteer, Freya, has been investigating the University Art Collection for links between art and mental health. There is a connection between the rise in […]
Researching from Home
Following the latest Government restrictions, we have been thinking about how we can be as useful as we can to our researchers. While we will be continuing to provide access […]
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 […]