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...
Experiencing museums and galleries in a COVID-19 age
"Even if there were a sense of restriction, it would feel a little tone-deaf to mourn the old, ‘normal’ gallery visit." Josie Moir ponders our experience of galleries and museums in a COVID-19 Age
Can museums be decolonised? The restitution question
The first step of reckoning with our colonial past is recognising its remaining presence. Every aspect of modern life is informed by the spoils...
The Virtual Museum: Can technology transform the gallery space?
Curators must employ the technology of the future to breathe life into the past.
Location, Location, Location
The map says this is where it should be, there’s even a small picture of it next to the room number. And yet it’s wrong. Despite the number of hours, late night shifts and spreadsheet compilations, that went into finding the perfect location for the object within the museum, standing in front of that glass case still feels out-of-place.
More than Pixels
The internet has changed the way we experience art
The Sackler Family’s Dishonest Donations
It can be extremely difficult to separate art from its context. To inherit benefits from a patron essentially endorses the methods which they have...
Oxford Museums and the Artefacts of Colonialism
Lydia Stephens considers Oxford museums in light of the repatriation debate
Cabinets of Curiosities
Cherwell Fashion takes to a unique venue to explore vintage fashion in practice.
Who’s in the artistic power seat?
Ella Hill discusses Tristram Hunt’s appointment at the V&A and the continuation of gender inequality in the UK’s major museums