Visual Arts Archives - The Oxford Blue

A photo of Gwen John's The Convalescent

‘Moments drawn out fine’: Sitting With Gwen John’s ‘The Convalescent’ and Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage

by Esme Gutch December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

Photo of Bigger Trees Near Warter canvas in gallery

Bigger Trees Near Warter (2007)

by Katie Percival November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Light and Labour at The Ashmolean

by Gabriela Austin November 2, 2025November 3, 2025

A picture of the bust of Antinous in The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

The Mystery of Antinous: Roman Beauty at its Finest

by Luke Erly October 31, 2025October 30, 2025

Students in formal attire, some of them holding flute glasses, watch an artist paint on a big sheet of paper attached to a stone wall.

The Tate Bod-ern (or Exhibition 004: Reviewed)

by Mia Harrison May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design’ at The Ashmolean Museum: an Alternate View

by Ella Myers January 21, 2024January 21, 2024

Kaye Donachie’s Song for the Last Act Exhibition: A Retrospective

by Ella Myers December 20, 2023December 19, 2023

Artist Spotlight: John Everett Millais

by Jennifer Robinson November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

“Look! I made something!”: Crafting with No Expectations

by Kengyu Lai October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

Discovering Luna Luna

by Loveday Pride September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Growing Up: The Beginning of an Oxford Experience

Nancy Pierre Dec 9, 2025 6 min read

picture of the Radcliffe Camera and surrounding buildings at night

“It is not a loss to forget some of my old routines and habits, but a privilege to learn new ones, and to share my…

Investigating the Kidlington Waste Pile

Ewan Messenger Dec 7, 2025 5 min read

Investigating the Kidlington Waste Pile

On 21 November 2025, between the river Cherwell and the A34, the Environmental Agency declared the presence of a 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft)…

The society trap: when finding yourself becomes losing yourself

Matthew Donnelly Dec 7, 2025 3 min read

Source: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At this year’s Freshers’ Fair, I signed up for tennis and touch rugby with the unmistakable arrogance of someone who has never experienced the workload…

Rare aesthetic: being humbled by study influencers

Téa Sand Dec 6, 2025 5 min read

An image of the Radcliffe Camera against a blue sky

“Whilst I was spending hours in the library on one essay, they were sauntering through assignments in infuriatingly short time-stamped minutes.” Téa Sand talks about…