The ideas and collections of D’Arcy Thompson, the University’s first Professor of Biology, have profoundly influenced many artists and writers who re-interpret natural history. The University of Dundee Museums’ latest exhibition featuring a unique artistic response to D’Arcy’s collection by New York-based artist Ellen K Levy. Levy is a multimedia artist and writer whose work explores…Continue Reading Ellen K Levy: Seeing Through
Last week saw the launch of a two year Royal Society of Edinburgh project ‘Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A Case Study For Open-Source Approaches To Artists’ Archives’. Led by Dr Judit Bodor (DJCAD) and Dr Roddy Hunter (The Glasgow School of Art) the project has established an international research network to develop an open-source…Continue Reading Curating the Digital Attic Archive
As human beings we are all dependent on the land and the resources it provides. Yet we are increasingly becoming disconnected from the natural world around us and our overexploitation of the land is causing an environmental crisis. The latest exhibition in the Lamb Gallery at the University of Dundee looks at ways in which…Continue Reading Un-Earthed
The latest exhibition in the Lamb Gallery at the University of Dundee takes visitors on a trip back in time to the 1950s, an era of exciting new developments in art, design, science and medicine. The exhibition, entitled Back to the Future, draws on a wide range of objects and artworks from the University of…Continue Reading Back to the Future
Relive the University’s recent successful Culture Day, part of its Festival of the Future. Here we give you a summary of the great presentations. Films of some of them will be available soon. Jan Merchant, Senior Archivist, started the day with an overview of the University Archives and the role they play in caring for…Continue Reading Caring and Culture
We were grateful to acquire some of Grace Atkinson’s textile samples for our collection after the 2023 Degree Show. Grace’s degree show work focussed on creating textiles that were inspired by the various nature spaces found in the city centre. These spaces where we can connect with nature are incredibly important in the urban landscape….Continue Reading Scent and Texture – Grace Atkinson
Matthew Jarron, Museum Curator, describes a new exhibition in Orkney showing some of the University collections. Back in 2011 we were fortunate to become one of just six museums in the UK awarded substantial funding as part of the Art Fund’s RENEW scheme to build collections on a specific theme. We were keen to explore…Continue Reading Taking D’Arcy to Orkney – a new exhibition at the Pier Arts Centre
This blog post was written by Medical Students, Kirsten Healey and Hannah Dalioui as part of their Selected Student Component working with the collections at the Tayside Medical History Museum. SSCs are an important part of medical training aiming to establish a foundation for lifelong learning and explore new ways of communicating information in non-clinical…Continue Reading Maws & Bairns – Discovering the Stories behind Drugs and Diagnostics
This blog post was written by Medical Students, Kirsten Healey and Hannah Dalioui as part of their Selected Student Component working with the collections at the Tayside Medical History Museum. SSCs are an important part of medical training aiming to establish a foundation for lifelong learning and explore new ways of communicating information in non-clinical…Continue Reading Maws & Bairns –Interview with Ellena Salariya
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design once again put on a fantastic dazzling display of artwork in their 2023 show. We at UoD Museums had the privilege of picking several pieces from the Degree Show to add to our ever growing collection of artwork. Fine Art and Art and Philosophy put on an…Continue Reading DJCAD Degree Show Highlights 2023
Matthew Jarron, Museum Curator, introduces the latest exhibition in the Tower Foyer Gallery at the University which invites you to enter the dream-like world of painter Robert Leishman SSA RSW. Although nationally renowned in his lifetime, this is the first significant exhibition of his work in over 30 years. It features a range of oils,…Continue Reading Robert Leishman – The Poet’s Dreams
In our museum collections is a small leather wallet with what first appears to be a piece of clear framed glass inside. It doesn’t look like much, but this is actually a diffraction grid – used to separate light into it’s component wavelengths – think something along the lines of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of…Continue Reading Through the Lens (Part 1.5) – The Instagram Filter that you can hold