Meditations on Morisot
To my mother, who taught me the language of painting. Berthe Morisot (1841-1895): Impressionist painter, woman, mother. While her counterparts, the Impressionists, became known for their radical paintings of landscapes and Parisian nightlife, art history portrayed Morisot as a mother. Over the years
Review: Dissonance
The Holywell Music Room had a very different atmosphere to usual for Hugo Max’s ‘Dissonance’. A film screen covered the organ, pieces of art were dotted around the space, paired balloons floated along the perimeter, people milled around. The air wasn’t as reserved as it usually is before a c
Artist of the Week: Faye James
Faye James is a Musician. Tell us a bit about yourself. Hi! I’m Faye, a second year French student at Hertford. As much as I try and convince myself (and my tutor) otherwise, my interest in writing music has grown more over the last two years than my interest in my degree. While I can [&hellip
Behind the scenes of The Isis’ ‘Outlines’ Exhibition
Ahead of ‘Outlines’, The Isis exhibition, which is on at Kendrew Barn in St John’s College on Wednesday and Thursday of 6th week, Anneka Pink and Wyatt Radzin sat down to interview the Creative team. GROUP 1: Sophia Howard, Faye Song, InChan Yang Which elements of the process of creating a
Artist of the Week: Christopher Churcher
Christopher Churcher is a composer. Tell us a bit about yourself. I’m a first-year music student at LMH, and I write music. At one stage I might have defined myself as a composer and musician – I also play the piano, bassoon and sing – but it has become increasingly difficult to deny that comp
Artist of the Week: Miranda Conn
Miranda Conn is a dancer and the President of Oxford University Contemporary Dance, who have just won Varsity 2023. Tell us a bit about yourself. Hi! I’m Miranda, a 2nd Year Maths & Computer Science student at Somerville. My degree is about as far from artsy as you can get, but I am also c
Artist of the Week: Phoebe Holmes-Simeon
Phoebe Holmes-Simeon, also known as Phoebe Blue, is a singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer. Tell us a bit about yourself. I’m a first-year Classicist studying at Balliol. I mainly sing and play electric bass, but I write and produce music both for myself and other musicians too. I was kee
Tea-time: in conversation with Na Kim
Na Kim is a Korean graphic designer based in Berlin. In the past, she has trained at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and directed for GRAPHIC magazine. Most recently, she worked as the creative lead for the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Hallyu! The Korean Wave exhibition. Do
Review: Cezanne at Tate Modern
It is said, perhaps to the point of cliché, that Paul Cezanne was the “father of modernism”. Amusingly, when Tate was first offered a painting by Cezanne in 1921 (The François Zola Dam, 1877-8), its then director rejected the loan, on the grounds that he was too modern. A century on, however,
