Review: Broken Home at the Old Fire Station
Oxford’s Old Fire Station now houses a room within a room, a new roaming installation that’s playful and thoughtful in equal measure. Broken Home evolved from a Brookes graduate show…
Review: George Bellows’ Modern American Life
George Bellows. Anyone? No? Like many others I hadn’t a clue who George Bellows was. Maybe I am a philistine. Compared to the other giants currently doing the London circuit…
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…
Does Spelling Matter?
In light of the recent publication Does Spelling Matter? by Magdalen College English professor Simon Horobin, The Oxford Student thought we’d have a go at answering that question ourselves. Be sure to let us…
Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901
When it comes to blockbuster artists there is one name that dominates – Picasso. Picasso is big business. He is taught in schools, has international appeal and sells tickets,…
Affecting Perception: Art & Neuroscience
Review of the O3 Gallery's exhibition displaying work by a collection of artists, exploring the effects of various neurological conditions through art.…
Light Entertainment – REVIEW: ‘Light Show’ at the Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery’s ‘Light Show’ does what it says on the tin. It puts on a show. A bright, glittery, shiny show at that. Exploring the ways in which artists…
Tate Modern Review: Lichtenstein – do we need a retrospective?
In 1964 Life magazine asked whether Roy Lichtenstein, the subject of the Tate Modern’s latest retrospective was “the worst artist in the US”. Fifty years on, Lichtenstein’s iconic style of…
