Ashmolean Fra Angelico Triptych Saved For The Nation
The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has raised £4.5 million to save an early Renaissance painting by Fra Angelico…
7 November 2024
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Ashmolean Rembrandt Discovery Contradicts 1982 Copy Attribution
Experts are not always right. A painting, in the style of Rembrandt which has gathered dust for decades in the basement of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, may very well be by the master or in the least his studio. The portrait thought a copy was never displayed publically by the institution.
1 September 2020
Young Rembrandt: Influencer Of His Generation – Edward Lucie-Smith
I’ve always liked the exhibitions at the Ashmolean in Oxford. They offer sensible examples of art historical explanation – something that can’t always be said for official institutions that present equivalent exhibitions in London. The new Young Rembrandt show just opened at the Ashmolean is an excellent example of their approach.
27 February 2020
Jeff Koons Ashmolean Exhibition Announced For February 2019
Jeff Koons (b. 1955) will have a major exhibition to be held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in spring 2019.
26 October 2018
Spellbound: Enchanted By Magical Thinking At The Ashmolean Museum – Paul Black
The Ashmolean Museum’s autumn exhibition Spellbound explores the timeless cross-cultural belief in magic through 180 objects – often strange and chilling – from the ritualistic, to the totemic – including crystal balls and mummified cats
5 September 2018
Cool Modern America: A Dehumanised Modernist Dream – Paul Black
As Duchamp stated in 1915; “America is the country of the art of the future. Look at the skyscrapers!
29 March 2018
Andy Warhol Cultural Icon Celebrity and Provocateur New Ashmolean Exhibition Announced
An important private collection of works by Andy Warhol will be on show at the Ashmolean, Oxford, from February. In collaboration with… Read More
5 January 2016
JMW Turner Painting Saved For The Nation After Ashmolean Fundraising Campaign
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford recently announced the launch of a public campaign to raise the final £60,000 to secure for… Read More
7 July 2015
Ashmolean Acquires Guardi Painting Under Lieu of Inheritance Tax Scheme
The Ashmolean has announced the acquisition of an early view-painting by Francesco Guardi (1712–1793): Venice: the Fondamenta Nuove with the… Read More
22 January 2014
Ashmolean Acquires Most Important Modern Chinese Art Collection In The West
One of the worlds greatest private collections of modern and contemporary Chinese art has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum… Read More
13 December 2013
Francis Bacon And Henry Moore Sadomasochistic Gambler Vs Immortal Bones
Happily married establishment figure and Royal College of Art tutor, versus a self-taught sadomasochistic gambler with a fondness for alcohol… Read More
25 September 2013