Content tagged to: Exhibition

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. News and Views

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,…

Photograph looking down at people in the staircase hall News and Views

Glow Up! St Andrew’s Staircase Hall Redevelopment Project

This March, the University of Reading’s Museums and Special Collections Service (UMASCS) team have unveiled a redeveloped display space in…

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…

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

Curating during Covid-19: A volunteer art student’s experience curating accessible art

Laura Rozamunda Allsopp-Huddle shares her experience volunteering with the University Art Collection during COVID-19. Earlier this year, from January to…

Closeup of an illustration from the Ladybird Book 'The Enormous Turnip'. There are four figures, a man with grey hair and a brown hat, a woman with grey hair and a yellow headscarf, a boy with a red hat and blue top, and a girl with two long dark plaits. All the figures are looking down towards the bottom left corner News and Views

Going Global: A Student Exhibition

Our outgoing placement student, Laura May Bailey, describes her experience at the Art Collection, and curation of a new Ladybird…

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…