Celebrating the art of wood engraving over the last 100 years, this exhibition curated by Anne Desmet RA, displayed the most outstanding wood engravings in the Ashmolean, complemented by loans from private collections.
Explore the results of recent research from the University of Oxford which used laser technology to determine the chemical ‘fingerprint’ of over 600 coins.
Learn about the significance behind the materials Cai Guo-Qiang chooses to work with, as well as the ways he adapts them to explore his own central themes of creation, destruction and chance.
Discover how coffee made its way to England through an exploration of both Ottoman coffee-related objects and English adaptations, which illustrate the fascinating and complex relationship between the two powers at the time.
FEED THE WORLD: FOOD AND MONEY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
This display explored the complex relationship between food and money by taking a closer look at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s ‘Food for All’ programme.
The first show of the work of internationally acclaimed German artist A. R. Penck (1939–2017) in Oxford and his first solo museum display in the UK in over 25 years.
