We were so excited to be invited to give the annual John Addington Symonds lecture for OutStories Bristol and the Institute of Greece, Rome, and …
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Museum Bums explore the inspirations for John Addington Symonds – OutStories and the IGRCT
Posted on 10th November, 2023
July’s Bum of the Month – “Dance” Bacchus Vase, by Jaroslav Horejc
Posted on 25th August, 2023
In July, your favourite Museum Bum that we posted was this succinctly captioned “Glarse”. We’re very proud of that. The information that we had at …
June’s Bum of the Month – Bronze from the Palazzao Massimo
Posted on 25th August, 2023
The bronzed booty on this bronze beauty comes courtesy of The Palazzo Massimo. The Palazzo Massimo is a historic building in Rome, once part of …
May’s Museum Bum of the Month – The Gold State Coach (1762, William Chambers and Samuel Butler
Posted on 3rd June, 2023
One of the biggest events of the 21st century happened in early May (no, unfortunately we weren’t able to find anything MuseumBum-y about Eurovision…), so …
April’s Museum Bum of the Month – “Naiad” by Antonio Canova, at the National Gallery of Art
Posted on 8th May, 2023
In April our most popular bum on twitter was Antonio Canova’s “Naiad”, created between 1815 and 1823. This derriere-y demi-god was bought from Canova’s studio …
The BootyFull Body Tour at the V&A
Posted on 4th April, 2023
On Friday 31 March 2023, the V&A hosted a Friday Late to celebrate their exhibition, Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance, and they asked the Museum Bums …
March’s Museum Bum of the Month – “The Flagellation of Christ” (1475) by Luca Signorelli
Posted on 4th April, 2023
A close-up of “The Flagellation of Christ” (1475) by Luca Signorelli “The Flagellation of Christ” was painted by Luca Signorelli to adorn the walls of …
February’s Bum of the Month – “Portrait of a young man standing”
Posted on 27th February, 2023
“Portrait of a young man standing” is Leonard McComb’s shiny gold statue at Manchester Art Gallery (Photo by Lucy Brouwer) According to the Tate website, …
Beyond the book – Our Other Museum Bums Products
Posted on 27th February, 2023
You’ve already seen our book (if you haven’t already seen our book, how did you get this far? Also, have a look here). Did you …