‘Intimate and eye-opening’: Bruegel to Rubens at the Ashmolean- Review
"It was a pleasure to return to Oxford during the vacation to visit the Ashmolean’s new exhibition, which showcases some of the best drawings of the great Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries."
Ashmolean recommends Indian Artefact repatriation
The governing board of the Ashmolean Museum, the Board of Visitors, has formally recommended to the Oxford University Council that a 16th-century Indian statue...
Light Ahead – Ashmolean celebrates communities and faiths of Oxfordshire
"One World, a five-month virtual festival hosted by the Ashmolean and celebrating the diversity of faiths and communities in Oxfordshire, concluded on 11th April, with a series of videos streamed online entitled ‘Light Ahead’."
‘Young Rembrandt’: The Making of a Master
The name ‘Rembrandt’ is one entrenched in tradition, status, and artistic study. A true Old Master at the heart of the Dutch Golden Age,...
#IsolationCreations: How the Ashmolean is encouraging creativity in isolation
Prompted by an object from the collection, anyone may share a creative response
Ancient statues reveal their true colours
Imagine for a moment that you’re standing in Ancient Greece. Theatres, temples, and statues, which survive to us only as ruins, stand intact all around you, white marble gleaming in the Mediterranean sun.
Cai Quo-Qiang: Gunpowder Art
It’s hard not to get fomo when watching the videos of the viewers jumping back from the vivid bursts of fire, smoke and colour as Cai joyfully watches on like a child with a big box of fireworks. However, one piece in particular made me rethink how displaying Cai’s practice in an exhibition space offers what the explosive performance can’t.
From Istanbul to Oxford
The exhibition highlights coffee’s sociable origins embedded within a culture of meeting to talk and read. Although sadly underplayed, the most insightful element of the display is the recognition of the culture clash.
A.R. Penck: I think in Pictures
I Think in Pictures is a veritable treasure chest of hidden colour and symbolism, displaying an oeuvre that defied East-Germany’s standards of Socialist Realism
Matsubara: Lifelines
Mia Simovic on the dynamic and versatile woodcuts of Japanese artist Naoko Matsubara
Last Supper in Pompeii
The enticing title doesn’t do justice, however, to the breadth of the collection: 400 objects from around the Roman world and beyond, covering centuries, showcasing the Romans’ relationship to food and drink.
Oxford donor suspends giving amid opioid legal scandal
Accused of "deceptive practices", the Sackler family has been a donor since 1991.
Jeff Koons to exhibit 17 works at Ashmolean
The exhibition will include 14 works on display for the first time in the UK
“Delightfully creepy”: “Spellbound” at the Ashmolean review
[The exhibition] is delightfully creepy, especially the sections where the artefacts are resting on the glass above you in chimney-like structures, forcing you to walk into dark little alcoves and crane your neck up to see them.
