Spellbound • LiveFriday After Hours • Free Displays One World Festival • Talks Courses • Family Fun Gallery Activities • Music OCT 2018–JAN 2019

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OPENING TIMES MONDAY OPENINGS The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum Tue–Sun, 10am–5pm From Monday 4 February 2019 the Ashmolean will be of art and archaeology, opened in 1683. It is the Open until 8pm last Friday of the month. open to the public on Mondays from 10am to 5pm so oldest public museum in the world and has incredibly Please note that we will be closed on the 24, 25, 26 you can enjoy our collections every day of the week. rich and diverse collections from around the globe, & 31 December and 1 January for Christmas and New Year. ranging from Egyptian mummies and classical FRONT DOOR CLOSURE sculpture to Pre-Raphaelite paintings and modern art. The front door of the Ashmolean will be undergoing BOOKING works from Monday 19 November 2018 to Friday Event information is correct at time of printing, 1 February 2019. Over this period, access to the but may be subject to change. We encourage all Museum will be through the St. Giles entrance visitors to check ashmolean.org for the most located around the corner from the front entrance. up-to-date information. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. CONTENTS

In person Buy tickets to our exhibitions, talks, events and activities at the Museum Information Desk, in advance ACCESSIBILITY There is level access throughout the Museum except SPECIAL EXHIBITION 4 or on the day during Museum opening hours. for the lower-ground floor of the Cast Gallery which is regrettably only accessible by stairs due to the layout FREE EXHIBITIONS & DISPLAYS 6 Online of the historic building. There are ramps into the ashmolean.org/tickets building and lifts to all other floors. Wheelchairs are TALKS 8 Secure 24-hour online booking. available on request. We can arrange free touch tours Booking fee per transaction: £1 and audio description tours for blind and partially LIVE FRIDAY 12 sighted visitors and those who need an accompanied Telephone & Email visit. For more information, call 01865 278015. FAMILY FUN 14 01865 278112 Mon–Sun, 11am–3pm FESTIVALS & LATES 15 Please leave a voicemail, or email [email protected] SOCIAL COURSES & WORKSHOPS 16 Discover more inspiration, news and exclusive images We aim to respond within 24 hours. on our social channels. Booking fee per transaction: £2 GALLERY ACTIVITIES 17 /AshmoleanMuseum TOURS 18 Booking fees AshmoleanMuseum There is no booking fee when tickets are purchased in person from the Information Desk. Booking fees @AshmoleanMuseum MUSIC 19 correct at the time of printing.

Beaumont Street Oxford OX1 2PH Telephone: 01865 278 000 BECOME A MEMBER TODAY www.ashmolean.org Enjoy closer access to our collection of art and archaeology through unlimited entry Cover Image: to all exhibitions, an exclusive programme Witchcraft on the Brocken Mountain, 1742. See it on display in Spellbound: Magic, Witchcraft & Ritual of events, reduced event prices and many other benefits. Designed by Emily Jarrett. ashmolean.org/become-member 3 SPECIAL EXHIBITION

MAGIC, RITUAL & WITCHCRAFT SPELLBOUND Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft Until 6 January 2019

Explore the history of magic over eight centuries in this immersive and thought-provoking exhibition. The intriguing objects on display show how our ancestors used magical thinking to cope with the unpredictable world around them. They range from the fantastical and macabre (a unicorn’s horn, a human heart encased in lead), the beautiful and mysterious (exquisitely engraved rings Rock crystal ball bound in a silver-gilt to bind a lover and medieval books of ritual magic), to the deeply mount, c.1650. Geoffrey Munn Collection. moving confessions of women accused of witchcraft.

The exhibition asks us to examine our own beliefs and rituals, and aims to show how, even in this sceptical age, we still use magical thinking and why we might need a bit of magic in our lives.

“Promises to be one To illuminate the links between past and present, specially commissioned works by contemporary artists provide dramatic responses to the themes of the Ashmolean’s of the show, conjuring demons, flames and the scuttling of malignant most intriguing and spirits.

unusual exhibitions” This exhibition is generously supported by: Philip Pullman EXHIBITION The Bagri Foundation The Patrons of the Ashmolean EVENTS EVENT The Wellcome Trust The Spellbound Magic Circle University of East Anglia Philip & Jude Pullman Dasha Shenkman OBE, HonRCM And others who wish to remain anonymous Exhibition Tours Wednesdays, 3.30–4.15pm FREE with the price of exhibition TICKETS ticket. No booking required. Standard: £12.25, £13.50 with Gift Aid MEMBERS Late Opening Hours Concessions: £11.25, £12.50 with Gift Aid GET IN Fri 26 Oct until 10.30pm 50% discount for under 25s, children aged Fri 30 Nov until 8pm 12–17, and students FREE Sat 5 Jan until 8pm FREE for Ashmolean Members, Supported by: University of Oxford students and under-12s For more exhibition events see pages 8, 9, 12, 14 & 16. Some content may be unsuitable for younger children.

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The Spellbound Magic Circle | The Patrons of the Ashmolean 4 SPECIAL EXHIBITION SPECIAL EXHIBITION 5 Lui Shou-kwan Centenary Exhibition: Abstraction, Ink and Enlightenment 27 Oct 2018–7 Apr 2019 FREE EXHIBITIONS & DISPLAYS Gallery 11 Temporary displays from our vast collection, plus highlights from recent research. Lui Shou-kwan was one of the most significant artists in Hong Kong during the mid-twentieth century. The paintings in this exhibition marking No Offence: Exploring LGBTQ+ Histories the anniversary of his birth are from the Ashmolean’s own collection. Until 2 Dec 2018 Two themes in particular, landscapes and spirituality, dominate his output Gallery 8 but it is his Chan (Japanese: “Zen”) paintings for which he became most famous. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, this touring exhibition explores the ways same-sex desire, love and gender diversity have varied throughout history and across Curator’s Tour cultures. Explore the often overlooked or underrepresented LGBTQ+ Wed 23 Jan, 2.30–3.30pm, Gallery 11 histories, experiences and lives by examining objects from around the Join Christensen Fellow in Chinese Painting Dr Paul Bevan for a world. guided tour of the Lui Shou-kwan exhibition. FREE, booking required. Nineteenth-century copy of an Etruscan painting of two men from fifth- century BC, Tarquina, Italy © Trustees of the British Museum

Antinous: boy made god Chan Painting by Lui Shou-kwan, 1969. Barker Bequest © The Artist’s Estate Until 24 Feb 2019 Gallery 8 Plum Blossom and Green Willow: Surimono Poetry Prints 2 Oct 2018–17 Mar 2019 Antinous was a court favourite of the Emperor Hadrian. He drowned in Gallery 29 the Nile in AD 130, and the emperor founded a city in middle Egypt in his honour called Antinoopolis or ‘Antinous City’. A striking portrait of Some of the finest examples of Japanese printmaking in the early the boy was created by a great court sculptor, and this image was widely nineteenth century were the exquisitely printed woodblock prints called reproduced around the empire. This exhibition explores the spread of surimono (‘printed objects’). These privately published prints combined Antinous’ image and his empire-wide cult as a hero and god. witty poems with elegant images by leading designers. This exhibition highlights rarely shown surimono from the Ashmolean’s collections, Bust of Antinous, AD 130–138, discovered in Balanea, Syria. Private Collection- including a number of new acquisitions, offering a rare insight into Japanese literati culture and customs of the early nineteenth century. Talking...Antinous & No Offence Poet and calligrapher Ono no Tōfu, Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850), 1822 Gallery 8. FREE, no booking required. Join us for a series of short research-inspired gallery talks linked to the Antinous and No Offence The Art of Contemporary Japanese Tea exhibitions led by Oxford University DPhil Candidates and Early Career Researchers. FREE, no booking 23 Oct–16 Dec 2018 required. Visit ashmolean.org/event/no-offence for details. Gallery 36

Celebrate the art of the Japanese tea ceremony through this unique Tricks of Trade: Magic and Money in Context display of contemporary Japanese tea utensils that is part of the Until 16 Dec 2018 AREThé Festival 2018. Find out more about related AREThé Festival tea Gallery 7 ceremonies on page 17.

Money can be ‘magical’ in more ways than one – it multiplies, it grows, Teabowl by Tanoue Shinya, 2017, MIZEN Fine Art Gallery it can buy happiness and bring forth plenitude. This display explores how money and magic come together, showcasing coins used as magical objects and exploring how money has worked magic over centuries. FANCY A CUPPA? Relax and recharge with tea, , MEMBERS cake and sandwiches in the Ashmolean Gold of Charles I pierced to form a touch piece, 1631–1632 Café, or enjoy the pre-theatre menu in GET 10% our Rooftop Restaurant. OFF ashmolean.org/eating 6 FREE EXHIBITIONS & DISPLAYS From Aether to Air All that Glitters: De Morgan’s Pursuit of With Ackroyd & Harvey, Artists, and Dr EXHIBITION Perfection in Lustre EVENT Sophie Page, Historian and Co-Curator of With Sarah Hardy, Curator and Manager at the TALKS Spellbound De Morgan Foundation Join us for one of our talks on art and archaeology delivered by experts in their field. Wed 14 Nov, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Thu 6 Dec, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Artists Ackroyd & Harvey discuss the medieval William De Morgan is best remembered for his inspirations for their sculptural artwork in Spellbound designs featuring mystical and fantastical beasts and Philip Pullman in Conversation which evokes the medieval cosmos where humans his Arts and Crafts tiles, but this lecture focuses on Thu 8 Nov, 6–7pm, Randolph Sculpture Gallery EXHIBITION navigated the competing forces of good and evil his work in lustreware which was so revered during EVENT TICKETS: £8/£7/£6 Full, Concessions, Members. spirits. The work draws on medieval ideas about a his own time that he was widely credited with its Booking essential. cosmological crystalline sphere, transformations in reinvention and perfection. demons and the souls of the blessed. In association with Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft, In the Footsteps of Van Gogh renowned British novelist and best-selling author of the fantasy Three Chapels on the Côte d’Azur With Juliet Heslewood, Art Historian trilogy His Dark Materials Philip Pullman will join Ashmolean With Juliet Heslewood, Art Historian Fri 7 Dec, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Museum Director Xa Sturgis in a thrilling conversation about Fri 16 Nov, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Van Gogh moved from place to place as he pursued everything from Pullman’s latest work to the ways in which magic Matisse considered his decoration of the Dominican several professional activities, from his native permeates our everyday lives. chapel at Vence the culmination of his career. Picasso Holland to Paris, London, Antwerp and Provence. began painting murals for an abandoned chapel where This talk introduces Juliet Heslewood’s new book

© Leckie he lived at Vallauris. At Villefranche-sur-Mer, Jean that examines his travels and the development of his Cocteau painted biblical scenes associated with the unique artistic achievements. fishing trade. Were they competing with each other? Fear and Loathing of Witches The Stigma of Extreme States Professor Malcolm Gaskill, University EXHIBITION When East and West Collided: 150th Anniversary With Annie Cattrell, Artist, and Professor EXHIBITION WEEKDAY TALKS EVENT EVENT TICKETS: £8/£7/£6 Full, Concessions, Members. of East Anglia, Associate Curator of of the Meiji Restoration Malcolm Gaskill, Associate Curator of Booking required. Spellbound With Lesley Downer, Historian and Author Spellbound Wed 31 Oct, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Fri 23 Nov, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Wed 12 Dec, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Concealed & Revealed: Enchanting This lecture explores the witch trials of the sixteenth The Meiji Restoration was a revolution that Contemporary artist Annie Cattrell and historian the Home EXHIBITION and seventeenth centuries, considering what made transformed Japan from a feudal to a modern society. Malcolm Gaskill discuss their fruitful collaboration With Dr Ceri Houlbrook and Professor EVENT people believe in witchcraft and act upon such In this talk, explore the causes and consequences of in our current exhibition, Spellbound. In particular, Owen Davies, University of Hertfordshire beliefs. Moving away from clichés about delusion and this shift in a swashbuckling tale of swords, samurai Annie will discuss her installation Verocity and how Wed 3 Oct, 1‒2pm, Lecture Theatre hysteria, Gaskill argues that witchcraft accusations and regime change – including the role of the British. it was inspired by the themes central to Gaskill’s Exploring the myriad objects found hidden away in were rooted in much more familiar human emotions. research into the history of witchcraft accusations. the fabric of buildings, from old shoes up chimney The Natural Origins of Supernatural breasts to mummified cats in walls, this talk will A New Moon Shines Over Bloomsbury Thinking EXHIBITION Antinous: a boy made god in the Roman empire consider the magical thinking that may have led to With Dr Paul Bevan, Ashmolean Museum With Professor Bruce Hood, EVENT With Professor Bert Smith, Lincoln Professor of their concealment in the post-medieval home. Fri 2 Nov, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Bristol University Classical Archaeology and Exhibition Curator Explore the transcultural nature of the paintings and Tue 4 Dec, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Fri 18 Jan, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Impressionist Sculptors poems found on Ling Suhua’s ‘Friendship Scroll’, It is often assumed that people are indoctrinated Antinous was a court favourite of the emperor With Juliet Heslewood, Art Historian followed by a viewing of this unique artwork in the with supernatural beliefs or folklore. However, many Hadrian who died tragically in the Nile in AD 130. Fri 26 Oct, 1‒2pm, Lecture Theatre Eastern Art Study Room. supernatural beliefs can be traced to natural ways Learn about his subsequent veneration as a hero and a While Impressionist artists are known for their of thinking about the world that we all share from a god across the Roman empire through the remarkable paintings of nature, many worked in media other Rodin & Claudel young age. Learn about the science of belief and why busts and statues shown in the Antinous exhibition. than paint. Through looking at the sculptures made With Juliet Heslewood, Art Historian we are so inclined to believe the unbelievable. by these painters, we see how their preference for Fri 9 Nov, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre William Marshal: the Greatest Knight who Ever contemporary themes were translated into some Inspired by Michelangelo, Rodin’s work shows a Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens Lived surprising works of art. preference for modelling and the expression of With David Stuttard, Historian and Author With Nigel Bryant, Translator character and movement. Though a pupil and a Wed 5 Dec, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre Fri 1 Feb, 1–2pm, Lecture Theatre mistress of Rodin’s, Camille Claudel’s artistic genius is Classical Athens’ most dazzling son Alcibiades William Marshal, a central figure in the reigns of thought to have disturbed or even threatened Rodin. died in a hail of assasins’ arrows, and his life was Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, John and Henry III, In this lecture, we examine the work of both artists equally flamboyant. Spectacularly rich, handsome was deemed the greatest of all knights. Discover and their depictions of human emotions. and charismatic, he was a skilled general, ruthless the revelatory biography written just after his death, politician and serial traitor. Learn more about his life based on stories told by Marshal himself. through this talk with biographer David Stuttard. 8 TALKS Book now www.ashmolean.org/tickets TALKS 9 WEEKEND TALKS Parthenon: The First Monument to Civilization AFTERNOON TEA TALKS Booking required. See events for ticket prices. With David Stuttard, Author TICKETS: £12/£11/£10 Full, Concession, Members, Sat 26 Jan, 2–3pm, Lecture Theatre inc. afternoon tea. Booking required. A Living Tradition: Ainu Wood Carving The Parthenon is one of the most iconic buildings With Toru Kaizawa, Ainu Wood Carver of Ancient Greece. Part temple, part treasury, it was Art and Sculptural Ornamentation of Ancient Sun 7 Oct, 2–3.30pm, Education Studio also a statement of political power, the embodiment Roman Gardens Meet Ainu wood carver Toru Kaizawa, a third- in marble of Pericles’ vision for Athens. Drawing on With Linda Farrar, Archaeologist and Lecturer generation sculptor from a family of master craftsmen contemporary literature, David Stuttard presents a Wed 17 Oct, 2–4pm, Lecture Theatre in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, and discover challenging re-evaluation of the Parthenon’s purpose. Ancient Roman sculpture was used in imaginative how his contemporary works integrate the traditional £8/£7/£6 Full, Concessions, Members. ways and was often placed to catch the eye of culture of Japan’s indigenous Ainu people. Funded by Booking required. passersby. Explore various Roman cults that inspired

Hokkaido University and Project IRIS. choices of garden art and their links to Roman religion FREE, booking required. ANNUAL TALKS and symbolism. The Portraiture of William Dobson FREE, booking essential. Studio Ceramics: Three Decades of the Oxford With Alice Foster, Art Historian Ceramics Fair Nina M. Davies (1881–1965), Copy of wall painting from Sat 3 Nov, 11am–12pm, Lecture Theatre 39th Annual Barlow Lecture With David Whiting, Critic, and Professor Timothy private tomb 101 of Thenro, Thebes. Twentieth Century. Playwright Thomas Rawlins described William Potting & Carving: The Collections of Countess Wilson, Former Keeper of Western Art, Ashmolean Dobson as ‘the very soul of art’, yet he is a largely Wilhelmina von Hallwyl and Sir Victor Sassoon Museum PRINT ROOM TALKS forgotten artist today. Discover the man who captured With Dr Rose Kerr Fri 19 Oct, 2–3.30pm, Lecture Theatre TICKETS: £7/£6/£5 Full, Concession, Members. the excitement and the anxiety of troubled England in Wed 7 Nov, 5–6pm, Lecture Theatre Critic and curator come together in conversation to Booking essential. the seventeenth century. Join Dr Rose Kerr in a discussion about the East Asian discuss recent developments in the world of studio £8/£7/£6 Full, Concession, Members. Ceramics of the Hallwyl Collection and the Sir Victor ceramics, exploring education, galleries, personal Meetings with Remarkable Women Booking required. Sassoon Collection of Chinese carved ivories. influences and more. With Katherine Wodehouse, Western Art Print Room FREE, booking required. To book contact Supervisor Alan Caiger-Smith and the Aldermaston Pottery [email protected] Fifty Years of the Oxford Ceramics Gallery Tue 27 Nov, 3.45–4.45pm, Gallery 21 Book Launch and Signing Sat 10 Nov, 3–5pm, Lecture Theatre Meet a series of remarkable women from the Sat 8 Dec, 2–4pm, Lecture Theatre Annual Beauforest Lecture Meet and converse with potters whose careers took nineteenth century through their portraits in the Print Join authors Jane White, Julian Belmont and Professor David Jones: Artist and Poet in the Shadow of off at the Oxford Ceramics Gallery. Room, including such fascinating figures as renowned Timothy Wilson for the launch of their new book the Great War women’s rights campaigner Josephine Butler and and a talk exploring why Alan Caiger-Smith and the With Paul Hills, Professor Emeritus, The Courtauld The History of the Choral Evensong many more. Aldermaston Pottery occupy a unique place in the Institute of Art With Tim Porter, Historian history of twentieth-century ceramics. Sat 10 Nov, 12–1pm, Lecture Theatre Fri 14 Dec, 2–4pm, Lecture Theatre The Painted World of Ancient Egypt £12/£11/£10 Full, Concession, Members. Long service as a private on the Western Front shaped In college chapels and cathedrals throughout England, With Dana Macmillan, Museum Assistant Booking required. David Jones’s historical imagination and religious growing numbers respond to this winning formula of Thu 17 Jan, 3.45–4.45pm, Gallery 21 beliefs. His epic poem In Parenthesis is recognised as music and meditation. This lecture explores the story Learn about the work of Nina M. Davies (1881–1965), Wood & Ink: A Thousand-Year Legend a classic. Contrasting his role with that of Paul Nash, of the phenomenon from its beginning five centuries Egyptologist, artist and copyist, who recorded the With Master Wei Lizhong, Woodblock printer from this lecture will explain the unexpected ways in which ago to the present day. tomb paintings of Ancient Egypt, and see some of her the Shizhuzhai Woodblock Printing Studio Jones responded in word and image to the new world beautiful paintings up close. Sat 26 Jan, 11am–12pm, Lecture Theatre of technics ushered in by modern warfare. The Music of the Arts & Crafts Movement Chinese woodblock painting has a thousand-year FREE, booking required. With Tim Porter, Historian history and is an important part of the cultural Fri 25 Jan, 2–4pm, Lecture Theatre heritage of China. Find out about the history, arts Annual Piper New Year Lecture At the dawn of the twentieth century, disciples of and techniques of woodblock painting of Shizhuzhai, William Morris had created a unique Arts & Crafts SHOUT OUT FOR WOMEN Save the Date Our Print Room Talks are part of our Shout revived by Master Wei. Sat 5 Jan, 11am–12pm, Taylorian Lecture Theatre ethos in the creative world. Embracing traditional Out for Women initiative celebrating the £8/£7/£6 Full, Concession, Members. Find out more at ashmolean.org values yet forward-thinking, rural yet modern, this 100th anniversary of the Representation Booking required. FREE, booking required. style also influenced the music of the time. of the People Act 1918. Visit our website to see more events highlighting this significant date. ashmolean.org/shout-out-for-women

10 TALKS Book now www.ashmolean.org/tickets TALKS 11 JAMES IVORY IN OXFORD On 6 and 7 November, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter James Ivory will be in Oxford SPELLBOUND as the TORCH Visiting Professor with a series of special events including film screenings at the Curzon Cinema, student workshops at The Queen’s College and an In-Conversation at the Sheldonian Theatre. You can also see a copy of the screenplay of his acclaimed film Maurice on display in Gallery 8 as part of our No Offence: Exploring LGBTQ+ Histories exhibition until 2 Dec 2018.

Tue 6 & Wed 7 Nov 2018, Sheldonian Theatre, Curzon Cinema & The Queen’s College.

For more information about these events and to book, visit: ashmolean.org/event/no-offence

Delight your guests by hosting your party in the iconic surroundings of CHRISTMAS the Ashmolean Museum. Fri 26 Oct 2018 Make it a truly memorable occasion this year – wine and dine in the 7.00–10.30pm galleries or party the night away PARTIES in the Rooftop Restaurant! DO YOU THINK MAGICALLY?

At this LiveFriday we conjure up an evening of witchcraft, wizardry and wonderment. Explore the exhibition and encounter magicians and illusionists in the galleries, listen to talks on magic & medicine, and experiment with face distortion. Watch out for the Witchsmeller! Supported by BOOK NOW FREE, booking essential: 01865 610406 ashmolean.org/livefriday12 TALKS ashmolean.org/venue-hire TALKS 13 FAMILY FUN FESTIVALS & LATES Fun, friendly and creative; a vibrant programme of family activities. Join us for the Christmas Light night, One World festival, and Ashmolean After Hours.

LITTLE ASHMOLES NEW BABY ASHMOLES SPELLBOUND EXHIBITION CHRISTMAS LIGHT FESTIVAL: SING! Explore, play and learn with a Singing and sensory play for EVENT Fri 16 Nov, 5–8pm different theme each month. babies with a different object story STORIES Join us for an evening of festive song and celebration as part of All welcome, particularly suitable for adults each week. This session Sat 20 Oct, 2 & 3pm, the Ashmolean’s One World weekend and Oxford’s tenth annual for 3–5 year olds. 10.30‒11.15am. is for parents/caregivers of babies Education Studio Christmas Light Festival. Our Shop and Café will also be open for Meet in the gallery. under 1 who are not yet walking. All gather round for storyteller shopping, eating & drinking. FREE, no booking required. 10.30–11.30am, meet in the Olivia Armstong’s tales of the Mini Beast Feast gallery. Booking advised. To book, extraordinary life and times of © John Cairns Thu 4, 11 & 18 Oct, Gallery 48 email: [email protected] seventeenth-century witch Anne Diwali Bodenham. Most suitable for Thu 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Nov, Gallery Exploring Mughal India ages 7+. Fri 5, 12, 19 Oct, Gallery 33 ONE WORLD FESTIVAL: SING! 28 Sat 17 & Sun 18 Nov, 12–4pm, Atrium & Galleries Angels Exploring European Art A special weekend of faith, folk and song celebrating the communities

Thu 6, 13 & 20 Dec, Gallery 43 Fri 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 Nov, CHRISTMAS TRAIL of Oxford. Come and join us for a dazzling weekend of activities, Pick up our Christmas trail for an Money, Money, Money Gallery 44 music, storytelling, talks and craft for all ages. With thanks to The adventure around the Museum. Oxford Foundation, the Oxford Council of Faiths, the Oxford Civic Thu 10, 17, 24 & 31 Jan, Gallery 7 Available from the Information Exploring Sickert’s Art Society and other supporters. FREE, no booking required. Fri 7, 14, 21 Dec, Gallery 63 Desk.

ASHVENTURES © Ian Wallman All ages welcome, particularly Exploring Islamic Middle East suitable for ages 4+. Join our Fri 11, 18, 25 Jan, Gallery 31 PICK UP FUN regular Ashventures: stories, Start your museum adventure at gallery hunts, games and crafts. the Information Desk. Activity ASHMOLEAN AFTER HOURS Queer Encounters in the Museum 2‒2.45pm & 3.15–4pm, meet in HALF TERM FUN: packs, explorer kits, family trails & Fri 28 Sep, 30 Nov & 25 Jan, 5–8pm With Professor Jennifer Ingleheart, Durham University Gallery 21. sketching materials are available Fri 30 Nov, 6–7pm, Lecture Theatre

HALLOWEEN all day every day (subject to We will be keeping the Museum open late so you can Explore the queer encounters that are made possible Wed 24 & Thu 25 Oct, 1–4pm, Portrait Detectives availability). £1 donation. explore after normal closing time. Take in a talk, listen by museums in which past and present collide, Education Studio Sat 3 Nov to some live music, see our special exhibition* or relax creating new possibilities. How have viewers Join us for crafts, gallery hunts and Hannukah: Jewish Festival at the bar with friends after work. responded to Sappho surrounded by women, to sexy stories inspired by spooky objects FREE general entry, special events ticketed: £8/£7/£6 statues, or to the hermaphrodite’s form? of Lights from around the world. Sun 2 Dec & Sun 9 Dec Full, Concession, Members. Booking essential. Burns Night Ceilidh NEW! Ancient Greece: Myths and Heritage & Human Rights: The Need for Fri 25 Jan, 5.30–7.30pm, Café Legends EXHIBITION EVENT LGBTQ+ Histories Beat the January Blues and join the Swinging Molly Sat 19 Jan With Richard Parkinson, Professor of Egyptology, Ceilidh Band for a brilliant night of dancing, music, TALES Donations If you can afford Sat 6 Oct & Tue 23 Oct, University of Oxford and fun! An experienced caller will guide you through it, a £1 donation per child helps 2pm & 3pm, Education Studio Fri 28 Sep, 6.15–7.15pm, Lecture Theatre the steps; all dancing abilities welcome. us keep our family programmes TAKE OVER DAY Who will you see in the magic Author of A Little Gay History Richard Parkinson free for everyone.everyone. Sat 24 Nov, 1–4pm, Education mirror? Which charm will keep discusses the need for heritage institutions to display Studio *Please note that our special exhibition Spellbound will you safe from harm? What do the Booking Unless indicated, most and uphold equal human rights, and the personal Join the Ashmolean’s Young stars predict? Discover the secrets impact that even ancient LGBTQ+ histories can have no longer be running on Fri 25 Jan 2018. People’s group – Creatives – for a events don’t require booking. Just behind intriguing magical objects come along. on all of us. range of activities inspired by their and images with storyteller Olivia favourite objects. What are your Armstrong. Most suitable for Reminder Children must be favourites? ages 7+. accompanied by an adult.

14 FAMILY FUN SPECIAL EVENTS 15 COURSES & WORKSHOPS GALLERY ACTIVITIES Find your creative muse with a short course or workshop. Add another dimension to your visit with one of our regular activities.

Royal Drawing School at the Ashmolean iPad for Artists Hands-On Coins AREThé Festival Tea Demonstration Every Sun, 7 Oct–2 Dec (excl. 21 Oct), 2–4pm With Martin Beek, Artist Every Saturday, 11.30am–3.30pm, Gallery 7 Fri 19 Oct, 11am, 1pm & 3pm, Gallery 36 A course from The Royal Drawing School for young Fri 9, 16, 23 & 30 Nov, 10.30am–1pm, Handle historical coins from different times and A special demonstration of chanoyu, the Japanese tea artists aged 15–18. Expand your fine art practice by Education Studio places with the help of our volunteer team. Everyone ceremony, with tea master Ms Yoshimura Soyo of the drawing from observation in the Museum, from life A four-day course in drawing, painting and image- welcome, but more suitable for ages 7+. Omotesenke tea school. models and the local area. making using popular drawing apps on an iPad. FREE, no booking required. £7/£6/£5 Full, Concession, Members. £150. Booking: royaldrawingschool.org £130/£125/£120 Full, Concession, Members Booking required. T: 020 7613 8568 Archaeological Object Marking the Moment: Music and Mark Making and Coin Identification Service Japanese Tea Ceremony The Making of Magical Objects With Oxford Improvisers, Musicians and Artists Wed 3 Oct, 7 Nov, 5 Dec, 12–2pm, Gallery 1 Thu 15 Nov & Thu 6 Dec, 1–2pm & 3–4pm, With Dr Sophie Page, Curator, and EXHIBITION Sun 25 Nov, repeated Sat 26 Jan, 10.30am–4pm, A monthly identification service for archaeological Gallery 36 EVENT Katharine Dowson, Sculptor Education Studio & Galleries objects and coins, run jointly with the Portable Learn about the art of tea in Japan, enjoy a bowl Sat 27 Oct, 10.30am–4pm, Education Studio Explore the wonders of the Ashmolean through Antiquities Scheme. Bring along your finds. of green tea and watch a demonstration in the For many centuries, people have used the ritual improvisational music and mark making. All welcome. FREE, no booking required. Ashmolean’s authentic Japanese Tea House. concealment of objects to protect their homes from £50/£45/£40 Full, Concession, Members £7/£6/£5 Full, Concession, Members. physical and supernatural harm. Explore this practice, Sketching in the Cast Gallery Booking required. and then make an object to reflect your own ideas Dynamic Watercolours: Moving Forward Wed 3 Oct, 7 Nov, 5 Dec, 2–4pm, Gallery 14 about magic. With Jane Betteridge, Artist During these afternoon sessions, the Cast Gallery’s Poetry in the Galleries £90/£85/£80 Full, Concession, Members Tue 27 Nov & Wed 28 Nov, 10.30am–4pm, lower-ground floor study collection is open for you Sat 24 Nov & Sat 19 Jan, 2–3pm, Meet in Gallery 21 Education Studio to do independent sketching. Please bring your own Oxfordshire poets share new work written in Pastel Workshop: Autumn Trees and Take your work to another level on this two-day materials. FREE, no booking required, limited to 10 response to the Ashmolean’s collections. Textures course and enhance the unique properties of people. Access: regrettably, due to the layout of the FREE, no booking required. With Sandra Orme, Artist watercolour by adding various media, manipulating historic building, the lower-ground floor of the Cast Fri 2 & Sat 3 Nov, 10.30am–4pm, Education Studio the paint and preparing textured surfaces to work on. Gallery is only accessible by stairs. Experiment with pastels and use layers to create £170/£165/£160 Full, Concession, Members autumnal images including trees, landscapes, textures National Poetry Day and more on this two-day course. Painting the Costumed Figure New Light, Old Texts: Gilgamesh Retold £150/£140/£130 Full, Concession, Members With Amanda Beck, Artist With Jenny Lewis, Poet Sat 19 Jan, 10.30am–4pm, Education Studio Thu 4 Oct, 2–3pm, Gallery 19 Drawing the Costumed Figure Seamlessly transition from drawing to painting in this Poet Jenny Lewis talks about her award-winning With Amanda Beck, Artist workshop, which guides participants through the doctoral research into the Epic of Gilgamesh and Sun 4 Nov, 10.30am–4.30pm, Education Studio step-by-step process of creating an underpainting, shows how new ways of interpreting old texts can Drawing from an eighteenth-century costumed selecting brushes and colours and applying acrylic help us to experience them afresh and open them up model, complete a series of drawing exercises paint. to new audiences. JOIN THE ASHMOLEAN CREATIVES! learning to portray gesture, shape and form. £85/£80/£75 Full, Concession, Members FREE, no booking required. At our monthly Saturday morning Materials provided. meetings, go behind the scenes, give £85/£80/£75 Full, Concessions, Members Chinese Woodblock Printing Workshop Meet Me at the Museum feedback about the Museum and develop With Master Wei Lizhong, Shizhuzhai Wed 10 Oct, 14 Nov, 19 Dec,16 Jan & 13 Feb new skills. Meet new people and work Tile Making Tue 22–Fri 25 Jan, 10.30am–4pm, Education Studio 10.30am–12.30pm, Education Studio as a team to plan and run young people’s With Andrew Hazelden, Potter Learn the ancient art of Chinese woodblock printing A social workshop for older people and those living events at the Museum. Ages 16–18 only. Thu 8 Nov & Thu 6 Dec, 10.30am–1pm, in this four-day course from the Master of the with dementia. Explore the museum collection Education Studio Shizhuzhai from Ten Bamboo Studio. through object handling, gallery tours and talks. Visit ashmolean.org/young-people Learn to make tiles inspired by our Syrian and Iznik £450/ £425/£400 Full, Concession, Members Refreshments available. collections, explore different designs and learn the FREE, booking advised. To book a place or find out techniques of tin-glaze and under-glaze painting. more, email [email protected] £80/£75/£70 Full, Concessions, Members 16 COURSES & WORKSHOPS Book now www.ashmolean.org/tickets GALLERY ACTIVITIES 17 TOURS MUSIC Discover more about the treasures of the Ashmolean with one of our free tours. Catch a casual daytime performance or experience an evening concert in the galleries.

All of our regular tours are FREE and do not Downstairs in the Cast Gallery Tours require advance booking. Thu & Sat, 2‒2.45pm, meet in Gallery 21 DAYTIME EVENTS EVENING CONCERTS Explore our study collection of Ancient Greek and Oxford Lieder Festival ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S PROMS Highlights Tours Roman casts. Regrettably, due to the layout of the Tue 16 Oct–Thu 18 Oct, 10am–1pm, Café & Lecture With John Lubbock, Conductor Tue, Wed & Sat, 11am–12pm, meet in Gallery 21 historic building, the lower-ground floor of the Cast Theatre £16 chair/£8 rear seats, Gallery 21 Discover the treasures of the Ashmolean with this Gallery is only accessible by stairs. Celebrate a rich tapestry of music, words and Doors open at 6.30pm, music from 7.30pm. great introduction to the Museum. performance in European song at the Ashmolean. Booking essential. Interpreted Tour: Hands-on or Descriptive Try 15-minute Language Labs, take in a talk and Tickets: www.osj.org.uk/07775 904626 Lunchtime Tours Thu 22 Nov, 10.30am–12pm, meet in Gallery 21 listen to live music 11am–12pm each day in Tue–Sat, 1.15–2pm, meet in Gallery 21 A hands-on session for blind and partially sighted the Lecture Theatre. Music from Czechoslovakia A different themed tour each lunchtime. people. Find out more at oxfordlieder.co.uk/events Wed 3 Oct, 6.30–9.30pm

Afternoon Tours Interpreted Tour: BSL Harpsichord Recital Variations Wed & Thu, 3–3.45pm, meet in Gallery 21 Fri 30 Nov, 10.30am–12pm, meet in Gallery 21 Thu 18 Oct, 29 Nov, 24 Jan, 2–3pm, Gallery 44 Wed 14 Nov, 6.30–9.30pm A different themed tour each afternoon. A themed tour with a BSL Interpreter. Hear a selection of music played on the Kirkman Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn, Beethoven Harpsichord by musician Arne Richards. Variations on a theme of Mozart (wind trio), Find out more by visiting the Information Supported by the Charlotte Bonham Carter Charitable Reger Variations on a theme of Mozart. Desk or go to ashmolean.org/tours Trust. FREE, no booking required. Christmas Carols Resonant Images Musical Tour Sun 9 Dec, 6.30–10.30pm With Oxford Improvisers With the OSJ Ashmolean Voices. Sat 3 Nov, 2–3pm, Gallery 21 Join the Oxford Improvisers for a promenade performance through the Museum. Inspired by our SPECIAL EVENTS collections, the improvisors will create musical pieces Out of the Earth on the spot in various galleries. With Irving Finkel and Joseph Tawadros FREE, no booking required. Wed 3 Oct, 4–5pm, Gallery 44 Irving Finkel, British Museum curator, talks about the Music for Autism: Relaxed Concert musical culture of ancient Mesopotamia and the first Wed 14 Nov, 11.30am–12.30pm, Gallery 44 notated music found on cuneiform tablets. The talk Join us for a relaxed concert with musicians from EXHIBITION is enhanced by a performance from the celebratedEVENT the Orchestra of St John’s. Perfect for people on the Oud-player Joseph Tawadros. This event is part of the autism spectrum or who have additional needs or Oxford Chamber Music Festival programme. learning disabilities.Booking advised to guarantee a £10/£5 Members, Concessions, booking essential. place (but fine to come along on the day). To book, visit www.ocmf.net FREE, to book, contact 01865 278015 or [email protected] China National Peking Opera Company Fri 12 Oct, 12–1.30pm, Lecture Theatre West Gallery Carols Workshop Peking Opera is an ancient art form that tells stories With Dave Townsend, Musician through poetry, dance, comedy, acrobatics and music Sun 2 Dec, 1–4.30pm, Lecture Theatre with spectacular makeup and vibrant costumes. Sing songs from the rural parish churches of the Learn about the opera, see the makeup and costume eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and finish the process and watch a short performance. workshop with a 4pm performance in the Atrium. £16/£15/£14 Full, Concession, Members. © Ian Wallman No experience required. Melody or bass instruments Booking advised. welcome. £11/£10/£9 Full, Concession, Members. 18 TOURS MUSIC 19 TAKES YOU BACK

Step into half a million years of art and history This is what maximum security looked like in Ancient Egypt and Sudan. In need of divine protection, King Taharqa had himself carved beneath the eternal gaze of the god (and temple guard) Amun-Re. As you can see, he hasn’t exactly softened with age. Discover Ram of Amun-Re, Sudan, about 680 BC, granite gneiss Gallery20 TOURS 23: Dynastic Egypt and Sudan FREE ENTRY ASHMOLEAN.ORG