Touching books
An exhibition at Oxford co-curated by Kathryn Rudy explores how people handled, touched, annotated, and inadvertently damaged their books in the era before screens.
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3-dimensional thinking: from its roots to universal influence
The Thinking 3D project has changed perceptions of early modern printed books, and inspired museums around the world to experiment with how they share information.
Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism
What support do we need to stay alive? Who gets this support, and who is left in the cold?
Celebrating Brazilian Favelas
Maré from the Inside / Maré de Dentro is an interactive visual and textual exhibit developed through the collaboration of Brazilian and Global North-based artists, activists, and academics, including Dr Nicholas Barnes…
Royal Scottish Academy exhibition: Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now
Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now Royal Scottish Academy building on The Mound, Edinburgh 4th November 2017 – 7th January 2018 Dr Tom Normand, Senior Lecturer in the School of Art History, has been involved…
Thinking 3D: three-dimensionality and its impact on the arts and sciences
Thinking 3D is an interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of three-dimensionality and its impact on the arts and sciences; an innovative project which puts the minds of the 21st century in touch with those of…
Encountering Africa: Henri Gaden’s Life and Photography in Colonial French West Africa, 1894-1939
Reproduced with the permission of the Archives nationales d’outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence, France Henri Gaden was a French Colonial officer, who lived in West Africa for 45 years. An ethnographer, linguist and gifted…