Events for the Edgar Wind Society

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This year the Edgar Wind Society for Art History will be hosting a diverse range of events aimed at students and academics from all subject areas. We will also publish the latest issue of the Oculus Journal from which we will invite submissions in Michaelmas Term.

This year’s events will include Curator guided exhibition tours of theAshmolean Museum, Director guided exhibition tours of Modern Art Oxford, guest speaker events and wine receptions at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Ashmolean Museum and art handling at the Ashmolean museum to name but a few. During Michaelmas Term we will also launch an Art History Prize.

We are proud to announce that members of the Edgar Wind Society will have exclusive access to an amazing line up of art world speakers in Oxford this academic year.

The world’s most expensive living artist, the world renowned American contemporary artist Jeff Koons,will receive an Honorary Membership of the Edgar Wind Society and address the Society.

The co-editor of Frieze Magazine, the leading contemporary art magazine, Dan Fox will address the society.

John Myatt, the celebrated art forger who committed the biggest art fraud of the 20th Century will paint a forgery live and address the Society.

David Lloyd, the artist behind the iconic comics and graphic novel ‘V for Vendetta’ will address the Societyand join us for a wine reception.

Further events will be announced shortly. To receive details of these events and how you can become a member of the Edgar Wind Society for Art History please visit our website (http://edgarwindsociety.co.uk/) and join our mailing list. Also, like us of Facebook to

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We hope you will join Oxford University’s first and only Art and Art History Society for an incredible year of events and activities and look forward to meeting you soon.


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