After I gave a talk at Marlborough College, I came across this: St Peter's in Marlborough, where Thomas Wolsey was ordained. It's hard to imagine him without a cardinal's hat. #ChCh500

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🌟 Vacancy 🌟 Do you have a keen interest in creativity and visual arts? Join us as a Visual Arts Relationship Manager in London 📍 Find out more and apply by 12 May 👇 buff.ly/wYMGYcU

JOB OPENING: Houghton P. Metcalf Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs - RISD risd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/RISD/job…

How should you look at paintings? 👀 This weekend marks the opening of the newly renovated Sainsbury Wing, and the exciting new rehang of our entire collection! In preparation, Ed is giving us his top tips on how to look at paintings. Find out more about 'C C Land: The Wonder

We're delighted that our Porter's Lodge team has been nominated for the Partner of the Year award in the Oxford Lifelong Learning Inspiring Excellence Awards 2025! The awards recognise those who support the mission and values of Oxford Continuing Education. Good luck to our lovely team!

NEXT WEEK: Book launch (online) for 'Printing Colour 1700-1830' on 29th May 2025, 4pm (UK) / 11am (New York). Registration required at the link: sas.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

New job opening! Project Specialist/Associate Project Specialist, Archaeological Heritage We are seeking a conservation professional with experience in the conservation and management of archaeological heritage to fill a position in our Buildings and Sites Department and

Consider this your invitation! ✉️ ✨ Join us Saturday, May 31 to see The Met’s new Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, featuring the Museum’s collections of the arts of Africa, the ancient Americas, and Oceania. Enjoy an afternoon of live music, interactive art making, gallery chats,

Why did Renaissance thinkers retreat into rooms of one’s own—and what did they hope to find there? Book now for our upcoming talk 'The Soul in the Studiolo: On Renaissance Libraries, Solitude, and the Self' warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/the-sou… 16 June 2025, 6- 8pm | 📍 Warburg Institute

Christ Church Picture Gallery's next exhibition begins tomorrow and marks the 500th anniversary of the founding of Christ Church by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in 1525. Christ Church Picture Gallery 🧵(1/3)

Opening today: Imagining Wolsey Christ Church Picture Gallery. This exhibition will present a range of images of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey – from an anonymous Tudor oil portrait to Jonathan Pryce’s representation of him in Wolf Hall. tinyurl.com/imagining-wols…

More than 40 years after the film Privileged launched the careers of Hugh Grant and Rachel Portman, the second-ever feature film made by University of Oxford students premiered this week at Raindance, the UK's leading festival of independent filmmaking. 🧵 (1/3)

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A team of artificial intelligence experts including Christ Church’s Professor Yarin Gal has reported a major advance in open-source AI safety. Learn all about their groundbreaking research ➡️ chch.ox.ac.uk/news/professor… #AI AI Security Institute #OxfordUniversity OATML_Oxford

Next month our 500th Anniversary Lecture series takes us to New York, where we'll hear from Richard Stengel – former Under Secretary of State in the Obama administration and former Managing Editor of TIME. Learn more and book ➡️ bit.ly/ChCh_NY_Lecture #ChCh500 #PublicLecture

General John Guise, the Picture Gallery's founding benefactor, was born on this day in 1682, as our curator, Jacqueline Thalmann, discovered. Happy Birthday, General Guise!

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