Browse past displays and exhibitions which are exclusive to our website.

We are also constantly adding new exhibitions throughout the year. Check back regularly to discover more about the University Art Collections!

Closeup of the head of a bronze lion with open mouth

Representation: Disability and Art

Photo of Anne Frank on a multi-coloured wall hanging

Eleven Heroes

Global climate stripes. Vertical stripes in various shades of blue, peach and red with each stripe representing a year from 1850 to 2020. Blue stripes indicate colder years and red stripes indicate warmer years. The right side of the artwork (towards the present day) is predominantly red.

Climate Stripes: Digital Artworks

Closeup of L.1 (Mirage) by John Golding. Abstract painting in shades of yellow and blue.

John Golding

Rubens to Sickert: The Study of Drawing. Featuring the top half of a cartoon of J.A. Betts with upraised hand, by John Gilroy.

Rubens to Sickert: The Study of Drawing

Old Masters of the Future. Send submissions to: artcollection@reading.ac.uk. Twitter @UniRdg_ArtCol and Instagram @unirdg_artcollection

Old Masters of the Future

A View of White Knights from the Park with a Lady sketching in the foreground.

Virtual Walks

Drawing of Helen Thomas wearing glasses. The drawing fades away on the left side and is more detailed from the viewer's right eye and the mouth.

Wonderful World of Women

Landscape view of New York from above in the cubist style in blues and greys.

Max Weber: The American Cubist

Closeup of the Discophoros by Minnie Jane Hardman

“Among the Most Promising…”

Heron by Allen W. Seaby, 1908.

Colour, Tone, Shadow, Line

Whiteknights campus from the air: Edith Morley, Minghella, Whiteknights House, Henley Business School and Old Whiteknights House. Still image taken from 4K drone footage. Summer 2015.

Art on Campus

Pandora by John Dickson Batten, 1913

Pandora