Ashmolean Museum
Colonial Views of India: Photographs by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey
Until Dec 13
FreePhotography
Rare, previously unseen photographs of 19th-century colonial India
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford 🇬🇧
The world's first university museum, the Ashmolean was founded in 1683 and holds the University of Oxford's collections of art and archaeology. The encyclopedic collection spans Egyptian antiquities, Greek and Roman sculpture, Asian art, Islamic ceramics, and European painting from the medieval period to the 20th century.
Showing 5 exhibitions on now and coming soon at Ashmolean Museum.
Ashmolean Museum
Sisters, Brothers, Others: Nationality and 20th-Century Chinese Art
Until Mar 7, 2027
FreeDrawing & Works on PaperPrintsPainting
How Chinese artists have pictured nationality, ethnicity, self and other
Ashmolean Museum
The Guardian
APHRODITE: THE MAKING OF A GODDESS
Until Apr 11, 2027
Mixed MediaSculpture
A 3,000-year journey of Aphrodite's evolving image and power.
3/5 from 1 rating
"Instead, it sees Venus as a cheap Roman substitute for the original Greek love goddess Aphrodite, who in turn is exposed as a ripoff of a matriarchal deity once worshipped on Cyprus. The result is a mixture of world-class loans and an archaeological hobbyhorse."
Coming SoonAshmolean Museum
Ashmolean NOW: Garry Fabian Miller
Starting Nov 26
FreePhotographyDrawing & Works on PaperContemporary Art
Cameraless light works meet Samuel Palmer's Romantic landscapes
Coming SoonAshmolean Museum
Renaissance Worlds: Art and the Senses
Starting Jun 4, 2027
TextilesPaintingSculptureRenaissance
How art of 1450 to 1650 delighted the senses in a globally connected world
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EndedAshmolean Museum
ASHMOLEAN NOW: SOMA SUROVI JANNAT
Ended Nov 1
Drawing & Works on PaperInstallationPaintingContemporary Art
Soma Surovi Jannat maps climate crisis through new Ashmolean works.
EndedAshmolean MuseumThe Guardian
IN BLOOM: How Plants Changed Our World
Ended Aug 16
CeramicsDrawing & Works on PaperPrintsPainting
Global stories behind beloved blooms, from exploration to trade.
3.5/5 from 2 ratings
"There are some lovely works of art here but I couldn\’t escape the thought that all of art and science are helpless before the mystery and beauty of a single living daisy."
EndedAshmolean Museum
PAT SUET-BIK HUI & THE THREE PERFECTIONS
Ended Jun 28
Drawing & Works on PaperPainting
Ink, calligraphy, and poetry unite in Hui's Three Perfections dialogue.
EndedAshmolean Museum
This Is What You Get
Ended Jan 18
Digital ArtDrawing & Works on PaperPrintsPaintingContemporary Art
30 years of Radiohead artwork by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke