Samson Kambalu and MAO’s Emma Ridgway host a series of seminars on John Ruskin

As John Ruskin's 150th Anniversary approaches, Associate Professor of Fine Art Samson Kambalu, along with Modern Art Oxford's Chief Curator Emma Ridgway host a series of seminars on our radical…

Primordial Soup

Primordial Soup: An exciting blend of artworks, freshly procured from the Ruskin’s BFA first years.

Philip Morsberger (1933-2021)

The Ruskin School of Art is very sad to announce that Philip Morsberger passed away on Sunday 3 January 2021, aged 87. Philip was the Ruskin Master of Drawing between…

10 years into Fukushima an ongoing cultural intervention

The Ruskin is thrilled to share news of the publishing of DPhil's Jason Waite, co-edited book 'Don't Follow the Wind', on arts capacity to intervene in environmental catastrophe

DPhil Programme

The Ruskin DPhil programme includes two strands: the practice-led DPhil (which includes a substantial written component) and the contemporary art history and theory DPhil (by written thesis only).

Anti-Racist Practice II

The Visiting Speakers series for Trinity Term (Weeks 1-5) is again devoted specifically to this School’s antiracist agenda. We continue to question how can an understanding of anti-racist practice inform…

The Ruskin tops the Complete University Guide league table for Art & Design 2020

The Ruskin, as the department of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, has once again topped the UK for the study of art and design.

Introducing Telepresence Teaching at the Ruskin

With the use of our telepresence robot we are exploring a remote way of connecting with our students.

Turner Bursaries Awarded to Ruskin’s Shawanda Corbett and Oreet Ashery

The Ruskin is thrilled to celebrate the successes of the Ruskin’s Fine Art Associate Professor Oreet Ashery and DPhil candidate Shawanda Corbett, both of whom have received a prestigious Turner Bursary this year.

Ruskin Statement on Racism: Education for Change

The Ruskin School of Art deplores racism. Both staff and students try to live systematically by this principle. But we know that we can do more, and we will do…

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s huge retrospective of works at the Tate Britain.

The Ruskin is delighted at the success of our recent studio tutor Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, and her huge retrospective of works at the Tate Britain.