Category Archives: Curator Blog Post

New temporary display of works by Xu Bing

Posted on March 2, 2018 by felicitasd

From 2 March Gallery 10 | Admission Free Xu Bing (b.1955, Chongqing, Sichuan) is a leading contemporary artist from China renowned for works of art that explore language. To mark his visit to Oxford in March for the 2018 Oxford … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Tea Ceremony Demonstration

Posted on October 13, 2017 by clarep

Every month, except over Christmas and during the summer holidays, we hold a Japanese tea ceremony demonstration in the traditional Japanese tea house in the Museum’s Japanese galleries. The tea house was designed and built especially for the Ashmolean by … Continue reading →

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Collecting the Past: Scholars’ Taste in Chinese Art

Posted on August 1, 2017 by yanl

Exhibition dates: 21 Mar to 22 Oct 2017 Gallery 11 | Admission Free Collecting the Past, Scholars’ taste in Chinese Art, on view at the Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Gallery 11, March 21st through October 22nd, 2017, explores … Continue reading →

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Collecting the Past: Scholars’ Taste in Chinese Art – part II

Posted on July 31, 2017 by yanl

Exhibition dates: 21 Mar to 22 Oct 2017 Gallery 11 | Admission Free Collecting the Past, Scholars’ taste in Chinese Art, on view at the Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Gallery 11, March 21st through October 22nd, 2017, explores … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Brush—Abstract Ink Painting since 1960

Posted on May 17, 2017 by yanl

Exhibition dates: 4 April  to 28 August 2017 Gallery 29 | Admission Free The New display Beyond the Brush—Abstract Ink Painting since 1960 in gallery 29 explores abstraction in Chinese art. The paintings, selected from the Ashmolean Collection, combine elements … Continue reading →

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