JAIN ART IN INDIA TALK

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This talk takes place in-person in the Headley Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom.

With Professor Dr Julia A B Hegewald, University of Bonn.

Tickets £3–£15. Booking is essential. 


Join Professor Dr Julia Hegewald for an introduction to our free exhibition Jain Art in India: Sacred Cosmography, Heavens and Hells and to hear about Jain beliefs and values.

The free exhibition, open in Gallery 29 from 16 Jan to 12 Sep 2027, showcases a collection of objects related to Jainism, an ancient Indian religion founded more than 2,500 years ago. The display will feature sculptures and paintings never been shown to the public before.
 

Brass sculpture inlaid with silver and copper

The Tirthankara Kuntunatha Vasantagarh, 1476, brass inlaid with silver & copper © Ashmolean Museum

 
This event is part of our Love & Legacy season of events.


BOOKING

This talk takes place in-person in the Headley Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom.

Booking opens soon.
  

Ticket prices
£15 Supporter price If you are able to contribute more to support the Ashmolean and its public programme.
£10 Standard price  
£3 Access price Choose this price if the standard ticket price would mean you were unable to attend.

 

If you have any questions, please email us at publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk