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Tag Archives: China
Painting and Calligraphy by Wucius Wong on display at the Ashmolean Museum
Gallery 10 & 38 | Admission Free The Ashmolean Museum is currently displaying in two galleries a selection of works by the Hong Kong artist Wucius Wong. This display based on the Museum’s collection is linked to the Lui Shou-kwan … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Paintings Collection, Curator Blog Post, Temporary display, Uncategorized
Tagged Ashmolean, Calligraphy, China, Chinese, Chinese collection, Chinese paintings, Christensen Fellow in Chinese Art, Dr Paul Bevan, Eastern Art, Exhibition, Expression in Calligraphy, Hong Kong, Lui Shou-kwan, Michael Sullivan, Oxford, Pat Hui, Poetry, Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo, Valley of the Heart, Wucius Wong
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Women and Martial Arts
The theme of the third and final blog post in the series complementing the exhibition “A Century of Women in Chinese Art”, on show at the Ashmolean Museum until the 14th of October 2018 is women and martial arts. First … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Paintings Collection, Collection research, Curator Blog Post, Exhibitions, Temporary display
Tagged Ashmolean, ceramics, China, Chinese collection, Chinese paintings, Chinese paintings gallery, Cultural Revolution, Dr Paul Bevan, Eastern Art, Exhibition, Farewell my Concubine, Honglou meng, Immortals, Martial Arts, Oxford, Tai chi, Taijiquan, The Water Margin, Women in China
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Women in the Cultural Revolution
In this blog we will be looking at a small number of the exhibits in the current exhibition “A Century of Women in Chinese Art” now on show at the Ashmolean Museum until the 14th of October 2018, with reference … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Paintings Collection, Collection research, Curator Blog Post, Temporary display, Uncategorized
Tagged Ashmolean, Ballet, Chairman Mao, China, Chinese paintings, Chinese paintings gallery, Chinese prints, Cultural Revolution, Dr Paul Bevan, Eastern Art, Model Opera, Oxford, Paul Bevan, Women, Women in China
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Chinese New Year Prints – Good Fortune all year long!
Last month the Ashmolean Museum celebrated Chinese New Year with a range of colourful activities. The Eastern Art Department showed a selection from the reserve collection of Chinese New Prints at the Jameel Centre. This included prints from the late … Continue reading
The Emily Georgiana Kemp Collection
Every intelligent person that I have met whose good fairy has led him to the Celestial Empire has fallen under the spell of that marvellous people and marvellous land. I am fired with the ambition to cast that spell even on those who … Continue reading