COLOUR REVOLUTION CURATOR'S TALK
The onsite event will take place in the Taylorian Lecture Theatre, Taylor Institute, St Giles (next to the Museum's education & staff entrance)
The online event will be held on Zoom
Booking is essential
With Matthew Winterbottom, Assistant Keeper and Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Curator of the Ashmolean's 2023 Colour Revolution exhibition, Matthew Winterbottom, will talk about the groundbreaking exhibition and research project that challenges widely held perceptions that the Victorian age was dark and gloomy.
As well as reviving the rich colours of the ancient and medieval past, of the Middle East, India, China and Japan, artists and designers embraced the new vivid hues which technological and scientific advances made possible.
'Jove Decadent, Despres del ball', Ramon Casas, oil on canvas, 1899. Image © Museu de Montserrat
Vase decorated with a beetle, Christopher Dresser for Minton & Co, porcelain, 1872 © Ashmolean Museum
Lady’s day dress, England, aniline-purple silk, about 1865–70 © Manchester Art Gallery
BOOKING
This event takes place both online, via Zoom, and in-person in the Taylorian Lecture Theatre (Taylor Institute, St Giles).
Tickets are £10 to attend in person and £10 to join us online.
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If you have any questions, please email us at publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
