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Reclining female nude with back to the viewer on a 'metal' bed stead. A second nude figure, visible from bust to hips, is in the background
Published Date
October 29, 2025

Art Collection Deep Dive: Walter Sickert’s The Little Bed 

This month, our summer placement student, Caitlin Johnson (BA Museum Studies and Archaeology, 2021-2025), takes a closer look at Walter…

Drawing of a figure from behind. The figure is wearing a smock and holding paint brushes and supplies.
Published Date
October 14, 2025

Seeking an Artist in Residence

The University Art Collection is seeking an Artist in Residence to respond to drawings in the Collection and run workshops…

Standing figure, wearing a long-sleeved dress with raised left hand
Published Date
September 3, 2025

Work Experience Diaries: Part 3

My Art Collections Work Experience Diary, July 2025  Written by Erin Ruiz I have been fortunate to be able to…

Four nude figures beside a stream. One sitting on the left bank with his knees pulled up, another to his right ascending the bank, a third in the distance on the right, supporting himself on the bank, a fourth standing in the shrubbery in the distance. Letters are lightly scratched in the river and bank.
Published Date
August 21, 2025

Work Experience Diaries: Part 2

My Art Collections Work Experience Diary, July 2025  Written by Winki Wang, Year 10 at The Holt School  I recently…

Published Date
August 14, 2025

Work Experience Diaries: Part 1

My Art Collections Work Experience Diary, July 2025  Written by Xionne Cooper, Year 10 at The Holt School  My name…

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.
Published Date
July 9, 2025

Want to create a Mural? Looking for Expressions of Interest

The University of Reading is seeking Expressions of Interest for the design and delivery of a large-scale mural on the…

Drawing of building with beams that extend out of the front on the left and building parts in a pile within a hole on the right. There are three beams at the bottom centre which appear to be a bridge.
Published Date
April 30, 2025

Acquiring Art: Our Latest Donations

We are delighted to add 10 artworks by the South African and British artist and writer, Deanna Petherbridge, CBE (1939…

Painting of a woman standing in a brown box. She is surrounded by painted flames in blue, red, orange and green. The background is pale blue and green.
Published Date
March 21, 2025

Painting Pandoras: A Volunteer’s Reinterpretation

Abby McCormac, our Curatorial Volunteer, discusses her participation in the Youth Panel’s exhibition of Pandora Unboxed. John Dickson Batten’s painting,…

A head and shoulders study of an elderly man with curly hair, full beard and a moustache, wearing a dark garment.
Published Date
January 27, 2025

Learning to Draw

Minnie Jane Hardman’s lessons and limitations at the Royal Academy Schools Written by Hannah Lyons, Curator of the University of…