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.
30 Apr – 1 Sep 2013 TALES IN THE ROUND: MANJU NETSUKE FROM THE ASHMOLEAN This exhibition highlighted the Ashmolean's collection of a particular type of netsuke, the manju, which is named after a round, sweet-bean paste bun.
9 Feb – 21 Jul 2013 CHINESE LANDSCAPE FROM THE ASHMOLEAN COLLECTION A display of traditional Chinese landscape paintings from the Ashmolean collection, including rarely shown works by masters of the 17th century.
16 Oct 2012 – 14 Apr 2013 LADY IMPEY'S INDIAN BIRD PAINTINGS Remarkable studies of Indian and exotic birds commissioned by Lady Impey around 1780.
27 Jul 2012 – 27 Jan 2013 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART FROM THE SULLIVAN COLLECTION The works in this exhibition were mostly by living artists and were acquired in the last ten years.
10 Jul – 7 Oct 2012 UNFOLDING NATURE: IMAGES OF SUMMER ON CHINESE AND JAPANESE FANS Enjoy the summery scenes on fan paintings from the Chinese and Japanese reserve collection.
8 Mar – 1 Jul 2012 AL-QUR'AN AL-KARIM: SACRED VERSES, BEAUTIFUL PAGES Discover the Qur’an as a source of artistic inspiration and expression in this selection of works on paper.
21 Jan – 5 Jul 2012 BEAUTIES AND HEROES: LEGENDS AND STORIES IN CHINESE ART Legends and stories have been represented in houses, temples and tombs for more than 2000 years in China.
29 Nov 2011 – 4 Mar 2012 YAKUSHA-E: KABUKI PRINTS, A CONTINIUNG TRADITION Discover the brightly coloured woodblock prints of actors from Japanese popular theatre.
