Dinner Arty Conversation: Fauvism
Ever feel like the only ignoramus in a roomful of culture aficionados? If you can’t be a buff, learn to bluff… Need To Know • Early twentieth-century art movement that…
Dinner Arty Conversation: CUBISM
CUBISM Need To Know • The first of the 20th century abstract art movements. Predominantly Parisian and big on guitars, vases and, y’know, cubes. Subjects are deconstructed and carefully reassembled…
The OxStu’s Haiku of the Week: 1st Week
You know those days when you just need a haiku to get you through? The Oxford Student‘s got your back. 1st Week: Finals and Thatcher, Facebook chattering classes, …
What’s On This Week: 1st week
What’s on this week Sunday 1st Week (April 21st), 10:00am – 11:30am Still Sundays A chance to relax at the Pitts Rivers Museum – a space to draw, study or stand and…
The internet is serious business
Internet trash or a legitimate form of art? We debate the role of memes in the the world of modern art. Can I haz cheez burger? Srsly? What if Conspiracy…
Culture for Dummies: “La Nouvelle Vague”
‘A form in which artist can express his thoughts, however abstract they may be, or translate his obsessions exactly as he does in the contemporary essay or novel.’ This was…
Culture for Dummies: David Bailey’s Images
David Bailey (1938) is one of Britain’s most iconic photographers. He began his career as assistant photographer at the John French studios, after a love of natural history drew him…
Culture for Dummies: An introduction to Matthew Bourne
You would be hard pushed to find an award that Matthew Bourne OBE has not yet received; the Hackney-born star is widely hailed as Britain’s most popular director and choreographer.…
