Making a Masterpiece: Reza Aramesh’s Action 125
I’m often asked how pieces of sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum were made, and so here’s an exclusive, step-by-step guide as to how Action 125: Tikrit city, Iraq. Monday, April 14, 2003 came into being. I’ve chosen to focus on this visually stunning piece of polychrome wood sculpture because we’ve just purchased unique version 3/3, the last of the three…
An interview with street artist RUN
Italian-born street artist Giacomo Bufarini, known as RUN, has created two bold and colourful wall murals for The Human Touch exhibition. One of the murals can be found in the Fitzwilliam Museum while the other is situated at Parkside Pool in Cambridge. Find out more about RUN and his inspiration behind his murals, and how he explores the theme of touch….
Conserving Medusa
Plaster casts aren’t just small objects which sit in tidy museum storage drawers. Oh no. Here at Museum of Classical Archaeology (MOCA), we have some pretty big plaster casts – and some of them are hung up really quite high on the walls. So what happens when we need to access them for essential conservation work? Read on to find…
