7 Feb - 9 Jun 2019 JEFF KOONS A major exhibition of the work of Jeff Koons (b. 1955) featuring seventeen important works spanning the artist’s entire career. Exhibition Galleries
31 Aug 2018 - 6 January 2019 SPELLBOUND Do you believe in magic? Even if you don’t, you probably ‘think magically’ sometimes. This is the first exhibition to examine how magical thinking has been practised over the centuries.
23 March – 22 July 2018 AMERICA'S COOL MODERNISM America's Cool Modernism: O'Keeffe to Hopper. From experiments in abstraction to precisionist paintings, this major exhibition explored the cool in early 20th-century American Art.
19 October 2017 – 18 February 2018 IMAGINING THE DIVINE Exploring Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism, this major exhibition was the first to look at the art of the five world religions as they spread across continents in the first millennium AD.
1 Jun – 3 Sep 2017 RAPHAEL: THE DRAWINGS This captivating exhibition brought together 120 stunning works from international collections spanning the brief but brilliant career of the Renaissance genius.
10 Feb – 7 May 2017 DEGAS TO PICASSO In works by Matisse, Manet, Chagall, Renoir, Degas, Léger and Picasso, this ground-breaking exhibition told one of the most compelling stories in the history of art – the rise of modernism.
14–16 June 2019 IDENTITY COMPETITION DISPLAY Browse award-winning designs, from screen-printed accessories to handmade jewellery, and purchase these original, limited-edition artworks in-store or online. Exhibition Shop, Level 4
Until 15 September 2019 THE NAKED FORM IN MODERN CHINESE ART While the nude was not a traditional subject in Chinese art, it became a common theme in the early to mid-twentieth century after being introduced to China by artists who studied internationally. Gallery 29
Until 9 June 2019 DIMENSIONS: THE MATHEMATICS OF SYMMETRY AND SPACE Developed in collaboration with Oxford’s world-renowned Mathematical Institute, this exhibition invites visitors to explore what it means to move in one, two, three and more dimensions. Gallery 8
Until 28 July 2019 LEONARDO DA VINCI AND NATIONAL IDENTITY ON MEDALS AND MONEY 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death and the 350th anniversary of the first commemorative medal in his honour, struck in Louis XIV’s mint. Gallery 7
Until 7 Apr 2019 LUI SHOU-KWAN CENTENARY EXHIBITION Lui Shou-kwan was one of the most significant artists in Hong Kong during the mid-twentieth century. The paintings in this exhibition marking the anniversary of his birth are from the Ashmolean’s own collection. Gallery 11
Until 16 Dec 2018 THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE TEA Celebrate the art of the Japanese tea ceremony through this unique display of contemporary Japanese tea utensils that is part of the AREThé Festival 2018. Gallery 36
Until 17 Mar 2019 PLUM BLOSSOM AND GREEN WILLOW: SURIMONO POETRY PRINTS Some of the finest examples of Japanese printmaking in the early nineteenth century were the exquisitely printed woodblock prints called surimono. These privately published prints combined witty poems with elegant images by leading designers. Gallery 29
Until 24 Feb 2019 ANTINOUS: BOY MADE GOD Antinous was a boy-favourite of the Emperor Hadrian. He drowned in the Nile in A.D. 130, and the emperor founded a city in middle Egypt in his honour called Antinoopolis or ‘Antinous City’. Gallery 8
