by Jacob Warn As the darkening sky pretends to put a curtaining end to the day, so do the lights keep burning – on and on – at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. It was the final Friday of January, and at the termination of the William Blake festival that has raged around Oxford for the […]
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9:58am – Friday 8th Week – The Ashmolean Museum I am assured, reader, that you have heard of those hallowed, torturously simple lines: Tyger Tyger burning bright […]
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One knows by now that entering a student art exhibition in Oxford is a move made at one’s own peril, as there is always the risk of leaving with a lingering awe-ache inspired by the talent it hosts. Tuesday night was no deviation from the norm. Collaborating to provide us with a tasteful mix of artistic […]
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Our woman in Paris delves into the Musée d’Orsay’s exploration of the dark, sexual underworld of one of the West’s most perverted thinkers – and comes out disappointed, unsatisfied, and bored. ‘Sex Sells’ – that’s what we’re always told, and that’s clearly something that the Musée d’Orsay are eagerly aware of. The provocative promotional video […]
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The Poor Print 