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What happens on a peace-building exchange in the Western Balkans?

At a dinner in a small, smoke-filled restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia, during a youth programme set up by the German War Graves Commission, I...

Kevin and Timmy borrow art

St John’s College exhibits Pollution Pods designed to raise environmental awareness

A Pollution Pods exhibit was recently erected at St John’s College as a collaborative art project between the college, the Oxford Cultural Programme, and...

The White Stuff and its Discontents

'Increasingly, then, the heritage bequeathed to us in these museums is not just trapped in glass, but also in a host of moralising, ‘problematising’ and, ultimately, infantilising, narratives that are in their nature more political than educational.'

Art Behind Bars: The Jazz Album Born On Death Row

'I write and recite these words on January the 2nd 2022, less than two years away from my proposed execution, which is scheduled to take place on November the 16th 2023.'

‘Women, Scorned’: Exploring Feminine Rage in Art

'Feminine rage is all the rage. It’s everywhere.'

Art is a form of “resistance”: In conversation with Liu Wei at the Oxford Union

Pioneering artist Liu Wei gave an exclusive interview at the Oxford Union as part of the Union’s Michaelmas Art Festival on the weekend of...

Why we should care about Warhol

"The growing demand for modern art from an increasing number of collectors is a cause of both celebration and lament for the rest of us."

How (not) to look at buildings

When was the last time something was so beautiful it shocked you?

“A generosity of spirit in her landscapes”: the artwork of Jean Jones

English painter Jean Jones was once predicted by Iris Murdoch to become ‘as famous as Van Gogh’.

Whistler at the Musée d’Orsay: An American in Paris

Whistler orchestrates a symphony of colors, symbols, and gestures that takes art beyond the canvas.

For art’s sake: How NFTs are changing the way we appreciate art

NFTs are not inconsistent with artistic creativity, rather, they are a vehicle for its democratization.

In Conversation with Lord Harry Dalmeny

“If you go to an auction, out comes the Picasso—dead silence. Once the hammer comes down on the price—applause. We live in a world where they applaud the price but not the Picasso”.

In Conversation with Matthew Slotover

Anyone who knows even a little about the London art market will know Frieze. Founded in 1991 as a contemporary art magazine by Oxford...

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