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Victorian polymath & colossus John Ruskin was born in 1819. Ruskin was a superb draughtsman with an intense eye on the natural world. We highly recommend 'An Instinct to Draw' by Prof Stephen Wildman celebrating Ruskin's drawings at the for

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2023-02-08

Today is the 204th birthday of John Ruskin, who founded the Guild & whose ideas & ideals inspire our work today. Our logo, taken from Ruskin's copy of Carpaccio's St George, symbolises the challenge then & now: how might we tame the dragon of unfettered industrial capitalism?

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2023-02-08

Come to the Ashmolean next Thursday (or sign up for Zoom) and hear about Ruskin's own beautiful watercolours, and the contradictions between his love for Turner and his role as self-appointed champion of the Pre-Raphaelites

https://t.co/HxqUDGHrHt

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2022-07-29

NEW DROP

Is it a landscape or flesh?

The Blaze
15/20 @ 2 Tz
With flesh tints, this landscape resonates with a hint of John Ruskin's feather drawing...

https://t.co/QtPduSY4tm

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2022-02-08

3 weeks tonight! Join us on Dec 10th for the first of our four free reading events online, VOICES FROM VENICE, showcasing some of John Ruskin's writing about Venice. Reserve places here: https://t.co/qtoBdQodRg

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2021-11-19

We are delighted to launch a special season of 4 monthly readings online, free & open to all, entitled VOICES FROM VENICE. Beginning in December, they will focus on John Ruskin's writings on Venice, and culminate in a 1 day online conference on Venice in April 2022. Read more 1/6

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2021-11-03

And I'm heading for Beverley Arts Society to talk about Ruskin & Turner. So glad that we can share Ruskin's ideas & drawings. It's good to be back in the lecture hall! https://t.co/ZtWDlBW2Zz

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2021-09-15

"Theatre of War: The Cloud" by me. Thinking abt military interoperability in the age of The Cloud. Also thinking abt 19thC John Ruskin's thoughts on 'plague clouds'/'plague winds'. Conceived painting as an excavation, like a geog slice or maybe it's a map? https://t.co/3jrEYEyYRU

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2021-09-12

The Big Draw was launched in 2000 by the Guild of St George to commemorate John Ruskin. An independent visual literacy charity since 2006, The Big Draw still upholds Ruskin's belief that drawing helps us to understand and see the world more clearly.

https://t.co/9U0nWxVcJK

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2021-03-25

💫Beautiful signed limited edition prints by The Big Draw Patron 🤗

Inspired by book-'King of The Golden River' about life, greed, nature & our environment

EXCLUSIVE TO

👉https://t.co/VhUWRO3JuZ

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2020-11-17

The shot on the left is just astonishing. And in its spareness, with just the kingfisher and branch, it also reminds me of Ruskin's lovely sketch in the Ashmolean.

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2020-08-11

‘Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud’ is longlisted for the Berger Prize for British Art History 2020. Published for & ed. Richard Johns & , writers - including The Ruskin's Sandra Kemp - explore Ruskin’s relevance for his time and our own.

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2020-06-12

Delving into John Ruskin's travels, love of Turner and his fated relationship with Effie Gray, our lecture with is now live!

To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters
Watch now: https://t.co/THSC21Z222

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2020-05-07

Ruskin: Museum of the Future ends soon 28 Feb
Open weekdays 10-4pm Free
I have work included in this beautiful show alongside works of John Ruskin + other contemporary artists
It explores relevance of Ruskin's thinking today.
https://t.co/5fSjyWnykK

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2020-02-17

Wishing everyone a very happy & festive Christmas time. At the end of this year, as we reflect on our divided politics & competing visions of economic, ecological & cultural good health, let us remember Ruskin's necessary & timely words: 'There is no wealth but life'.

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2019-12-20

As opens its "Museum of the Near Future" exhibition, director Sandra Kemp, and I talked about legacy and importance today, for https://t.co/DgSZpUDdl8

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2019-09-30

In this week's Museum Crush digest we explore one of the biggest Iron Age hoards, commemorate John Ruskin's 200th birthday, come face to face with the Tudor crew of the Mary Rose and celebrate Check it out: https://t.co/2BwFy8lF9x

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2019-03-15

Exciting conversations with Scuola di San Rocco last week to create a joint celebration of 500th anniversary of Tintoretto's birth and Ruskin's bicentenary in 2019, involving drawing, film and people in Venice and Sheffield

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2018-08-01

By her look and manner she might have been a countess.
father on

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2018-05-23

Day trip to to see some favourite Pre-Raphaelites - and admire Ruskin's eye and hand. (Ruskin, 'Kingfisher' & Charles Allston Collins, 'Convent Thoughts ',1851)

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2018-04-11