‘The Classical Now’

Bush House Arcade London, United Kingdom

2 March - 28 April Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm Free entrance ‘The Classical Now’ is an exhibition at King’s College London that explores antiquity in the modern and contemporary artistic imagination. The exhibition brings together over 50 works - ranging from Greek and Roman antiquities (in bronze, marble, ceramic and mosaic), to modern and contemporary works of […]

The Classics in 20th Century British Sculpture

University of Reading Reading, United Kingdom

A workshop at the Ure Museum to celebrate sculptures by Eric Stanford On the occasion of the installation in the Edith Morley Building of two works (on loan from the University Art Collection) by the celebrated direct stone sculptor, Eric Stanford -Helen (Ure Museum) and Protesilaos (Department of Classics)- the Ure Museum is delighted to […]

Rodin and the art of ancient Greece

British Museum Great Russell Street, London, United Kingdom

26 April – 29 July 2018 In 1881 the French sculptor Auguste Rodin visited London for the first time. On a trip to the British Museum, he saw the Parthenon sculptures and was instantly captivated by the beauty of these ancient Greek masterpieces. Like many archaeological ruins, the Parthenon sculptures had been broken and weathered […]

APGRD 2024 Public Lecture: The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art

Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United Kingdom

Alexa Piqueux (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at Université Paris Nanterre), is author of the acclaimed The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE (OUP, 2022) - the first full-length study on how the body is staged, represented, and perceived in ancient Greek Old and Middle Comedy. Free, all welcome; no booking required. […]