Art Curator @UniofYork @ArtAtYork / PhD candidate @ArtHistoryYork / British, Czech & Japanese art, Continental Art Nouveau, intercultural 1900s. Own views
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ALT A selfie of the excited curator Helena, prof Pen Holland from Biology and Greg James from BBC radio 1. Here is proudly holding the art collection catalogue!
ALT The dream team: Sara de Jong, Mark Thorpe, myself and Ian Herrington behind the camera
ALT Mark’s amazing dedication as he kneels on the floor while installing the new display
ALT Ian Herrington and Mark Thorpe from the estates team doing an amazing job of the installation of the framed artworks .
ALT Ian Herrington and Mark Thorpe from the estates team going the extra mile stretching and twisting during the installation of the framed artworks .
ALT Sara de Jong posing with a label during the planning of the layout of the display.
ALT Prof Sara de Jong, joiner Mark and curator Helena Cox after the completion of the display .
ALT Greg James during the ceremony with the large yellow inflatable duck by the campus lake. The duck was set afloat during the ceremony but then was rescued from the waves and will be preserved for posterity!
ALT A face-off between the inflatable duck and our newest superb sculpture of LongBoi
ALT The inflatable duck at the university’s photo studio waiting to be professionally photographed
ALT The final result - a professional photo of the inflatable duck for our collection catalogue
ALT A selfie of the excited curator Helena, prof Pen Holland from Biology and Greg James from BBC radio 1. Here is proudly holding the art collection catalogue!
ALT Prof Sara de Jong and the fab Ian Harrington from Estates during the installation of the display of photographs at spring lane building on campus at the uni of York
ALT Prof Sara de Jong and Prof Indrajit Roy posing with another set of photographs as part of the Art of Politics trail on campus
ALT Our wonderful technician Mark and Prof Indrajit Roy during the installation of the photographs at Spring lane building
ALT Our wonderful technician Mark with a big smile during the installation of the photographs
ALT View of the Islamic art display in three large tall cases at the gallery at the Borthwick institute for archives and research collections on campus
ALT View inside of the cases showing a colourful painting of a standing male figure and two archival photographs
ALT View inside the case with fragments of calligraphy of the Quor’an
ALT View inside the case with fragments of ceramics painted with floral patterns and a depiction of a horse rider
ALT Photo of a very excited curator giving a speech at the start of the launch. Behind me is a wonderful photo by Paul Shields of Austin Wright’s sculpture on campus.
ALT Paul Shields posing with the poster for his exhibition
ALT Lovely colleagues and visitors chatting at the launch
ALT Michael White from the history of art department giving his wonderful opening speech
ALT Paul Shields posing with his lovely wife Mandy next to the poster of the exhibition
ALT Paul giving a talk at the opening next to a screen showing some of his photographs
ALT View of the crowd gathered for the opening speeches which were delivered by Paul Shields, Michael White and Helena Cox
ALT Michael White from the history of art department giving an opening speech
ALT A screenshot from Instagram showing my photo of Paul and Gary posing in our new art store with a caption from Converse which reads: “ Add a little flair to your fits with there retro favourites. Dare to be different” The caption from Converse goes with their above post but on this screenshot it looks like the caption goes with my photo.
ALT Paul Shields and Gary Brannan posing triumphantly in the new art store
ALT View of a display at the library showing several watercolour paintings on the walls and two display cases with archival materials
ALT View of a display at the library showing several watercolour paintings on the walls and two display cases with archival materials
![Poster for the event showing a black and white photograph of overlaying images of a man’s bust and another artwork showing black letters on white background spelling out a quote, the only part that can be read clearly says “Ended nothing”. The text of the poster reads as follows: Armed with Words: Interpreting the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) An event on the ethics of visual activism and photography in the context of war and forced migration with Photographer Andy Barnham and Professor Sara de Jong [University of York, Dept of Politics and International Relations] When: Thursday 25 April 2024, 3.30-5.30 pm Organised by: Visual Ethics Network CMods Research Strand, University of York Book free ticket here: https://shorturl.at/doFN4](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL2FJcWXIAA2ZgD.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Poster for the event showing a black and white photograph of overlaying images of a man’s bust and another artwork showing black letters on white background spelling out a quote, the only part that can be read clearly says “Ended nothing”. The text of the poster reads as follows: Armed with Words: Interpreting the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) An event on the ethics of visual activism and photography in the context of war and forced migration with Photographer Andy Barnham and Professor Sara de Jong [University of York, Dept of Politics and International Relations] When: Thursday 25 April 2024, 3.30-5.30 pm Organised by: Visual Ethics Network CMods Research Strand, University of York Book free ticket here: https://shorturl.at/doFN4