As well as displays and exhibitions at the Ashmolean, we organise a number of touring exhibitions, all curated from our prestigious collections of art and archaeology.
ASHMOLEAN EXHIBITIONS CURRENTLY ON TOUR
Skyscape: Dürer, Rembrandt, Palmer, Ruskin, Nash
Skyscape focuses on aerial rather than terrestrial landscapes in art, and celebrates five hundred years of artists’ fascination with the sky.
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
29 Jan–26 Mar 2022
Painting Faces: The Art of Flattery
Exploring the fascinating history of ‘making-up’ this exhibition focuses on eighteenth and nineteenth-century attitudes towards painting faces, and uncovers long-standing links between portraiture and cosmetics.
Time & Tide Museum
7 Feb–19 Jun 2022
Making an Impression: Prints by Manet, Pissarro and their Contemporaries
Showcasing works by Impressionist artists and their contemporaries this exhibition explores their blurring of the boundaries between prints and drawings.
Kirkby Gallery
10 Oct–17 Dec 2022
Scene through Wood: A Century of Wood Engraving
Celebrating the art of wood engraving over the last 100 years this special exhibition charts the history and global spread of this widely loved art form.
Dorset Museum
9 Feb–2 May 2022
Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner
10 Sep–11 Dec 2022
St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery Lymington
25 Feb–23 April 2023
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours
Including sketches and studies for famous paintings, portraits of each other and direct studies of their contemporary world, this exhibition offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of these famous artists.
Watts Gallery Artists’ Village, Surrey
8 Mar–12 Jun 2022
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
4 Sep–20 Nov 2022
