MEMBERS' EVENTS

Members' lectures tickets are available to purchase online, over the phone on 01865 278 112 or in person at the Museum.

 

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IN-MUSEUM MEMBERS' EVENTS

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ART AND POWER IN 14TH CENTURY SIENA

Tue 14 August, 4.15pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Diana Matthews speaks about the Tuscan city of Siena, as the heart of a rich and powerful city-state whose rulers believed in the power of art and architecture to express the wealth adn status of their community.
Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft

SPELLBOUND MEMBERS' PREVIEW DAY

Wed 29 August, 10am–5pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Explore the history of magic over eight centuries in this immersive and thought-provoking exhibition. Visit the exhibition early at this exclusive Members' Preview Day.
tablescapes

FABULOUS CATHAY - HOW IT ALTERED THE DINING TABLES OF EUROPE

Tue 11 September, 3pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Hear Dinah Reynolds speak about how the arrival of porcelain from China and Japan to Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries radically changed the way 'tablescapes' are displayed on dining tables.
chinese ceramics

CHINESE CERAMICS

Fri 12 October, 3.30pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Prof Shelagh Vainker, Curator of Chinese Art here at the Museum, will speak about her extensive research on Chinese Ceramics.
Ibrahim El-Salahi, Flamenco Dancers

FROM GIACOMETTI TO EL-SALAHI - CURATING MODERN ART

Wed 24 October, 4.30pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Dr Lena Fritsch will provide a 'behind the scenes view' of curating two contrasting exhibitions of modern art - of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti and Ibrahim El-Salahi, whose work is on display at the Ashmolean until September 2. 
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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH AND THE AESTHETIC VISION

Thu 8 November 3.30pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Dr Anthony Buxton explores the work and legacy of famed Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh of the late 19th and early 20th century.
spellbound at the ashmolean museum

SPELLBOUND: MAGICAL THINKING PAST AND PRESENT

Wed 21 November, 4pm

MEMBERS ONLY

Hear curators Prof Marina Wallace and Dr Sophie Page (both of UCL) speak about our upcoming major exhibition Spellbound, which explores the ways in which our ancestors engaged with the supernatural.
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