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 I have been fortunate enough to spend several weeks working […]
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 by ArtUK on 19 October 2021. Data helps us understand […]
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 […]
Teaching with Collections
We are publishing details of the many options available for University of Reading staff who wish to teach with collections. There is a new guide here. Options include: – Using […]
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 […]