Content tagged to: Collection

Closeup of dancers in 'Ballet at the Alhambra' by Spencer Gore News and Views

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…

Drawing of a girl seated at a desk with her hands clasped under her chin News and Views

My First Month: Collections, Colleagues … and Cake

Dr Hannah Lyons reflects on her first month as our new Curator of Art Collections. As with any new job,…

Closeup of a portrait of a woman in profile, facing directly to the left with her head tilted slightly downwards. News and Views

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…

Right hand with fingers extended and finger tips placed on a surface, the little finger raised. The drawing finishes at the wrist. News and Views

Top Five Fears: The Darker Side of the Collection

This blog is an adaptation of our Museum Studies placement student, Shona Amer’s recent Twitter thread, where she delved into…

Self portrait of Frances Turner featuring the head of a blonde Turner looking straight at the viewer on a black background. News and Views

Women by Women

For International Women’s Month, Georgie Hollands-Gray, a second year Museum Studies student on placement with the University Art Collection, highlights…

Bust-length portrait of a woman, head turned to the right News and Views

Portraiture and the Art Collection

Cerys Cartwright, a third-year art student on placement with the University Art Collection explores portraiture in the University Art Collection….

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. News and Views

Show Your Stripes: the Artwork that made Climate Change data go viral

Written by Naomi Lebens, Art Historian and Curator at the University of Reading Art Collection. This blog was originally published…

Hyper-realistic painting of an explosion with debris News and Views

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…

Rubens to Sickert: The Study of Drawing. Featuring the top half of a cartoon of J.A. Betts with a raised hand. News and Views

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…

A lecturer and students looking at a book News and Views

Teaching with Collections

We are publishing details of the many options available for University of Reading staff who wish to teach with collections….

Oil painting depicting interior with slide projector which is projecting an image of an animal. Outside is a McDonalds sign News and Views

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…