Thursday 26 March 2015

Now Open: Love Bites and Great British Drawings at the Ashmolean




Exhibition Now Open: Great British Drawings
"A treasure chest of gorgeous surprises" – The Times. Book your ticket now to see the very best of British drawings and watercolours exhibited together for the first time. Great British Drawings showcases more than one hundred works by some of Britain's greatest artists. Entry is free for members. Find out more and join online today.
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Exhibition Now Open: Love Bites
"A timely look at Unions and Coalitions from the master-satirist James Gillray" – Ian Hislop. To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of British caricaturist James Gillray (1756–1815), the Ashmolean presents more than 50 of his finest caricatures from the outstanding collection of New College, Oxford. Entry is free for members. Find out more and join online today.
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Special Event, 2 April 4.45pm
In response to the Ashmolean Museum's Love Bitesexhibition, Dr Naomi Wolf will be discussing how censorship and homophobia in early Victorian society had an impact on literature and art.
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Special Event, 2 May 11am
Join Great British Drawings exhibition curator Colin Harrison and explore the development of Pre-Raphaelite drawings from the technical supremacy of Millais in the 1840s to the bold portraits of Rossetti in the 1870s.
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April 2015
Join us this April to discover James Gillray, hear music in the galleries, and explore British art.
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Ashmolean Dining Room
Enjoy a new Great British Drawings menu at the Ashmolean Dining Room this summer.
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Join Online Today
Ashmolean Members get in FREE to all exhibitions and enjoy a range of benefits and behind-the-scenes activities. Why not join online today?
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Free activities this Easter
Join us for free events and drop-ins this Easter to make your own museum monsters and springtime garden pictures. Entry to our exhibitions is FREE for under-12s.
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Visit Online
Visit our Exhibition Shop to see a new range of gifts, jewellery, books, games and more.
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Fabulous Flowers
The Great British Drawings Bouquet is now available from Oxfordshire florists Fabulous Flowers.
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Buy Online
Plotting the fascinating history of British art over the course of three and a half centuries, and featuring a selection of 120 of the Ashmolean's most beautiful and important works on paper by British artists, the lavishly illustrated Great British Drawings catalogue is the perfect exhibition companion.
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Visionary from Chicago, 1968–2004
Our current free exhibition in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation features a selection of provocative and surreal paintings by Chicago Imagist Ed Paschke. The works explore the underbelly of urban life and a dark side of Pop Art.
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55th Anniversary Concert, 2 May
To celebrate the 55th Anniversary of the choir, Schola Cantorum will be joined by the Alumni Chorus and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a programme of Roderick Williams, Brahms and Mozart on 2nd May at the Sheldonian Theatre.
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Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
A dazzling journey through the decorative arts: from the hand-crafted luxuries of the Renaissance to the first stirrings of mass commerce. Each of the 300 beautiful and engaging objects on display was once a treasured possession. Until 6 September.
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The Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH
Free Admission
+44 (0) 1865 278 000 www.ashmolean.org
Open: Tues-Sat & Bank Holiday Mondays 10am-5pm
Closed: Mondays, 24, 25 & 26 December
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