Artnet

Ashmolean Museum Saves J.M.W. Turner Painting

Thanks to an outpouring of public donations, the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University has successfully raised the last £60,000 ($90,000) needed to buy J.M.W. Turner’s 1810 painting titled, The High ...
Artnet

Lord Archer Donates Satan Statue to Ashmolean Museum for Considerable Tax Break

In a shrewd move designed to minimize his tax bill, Lord Jeffrey Archer, “a millionaire author, former MP and convicted perjurer,” according to the description in the Financial Times, has donated a 31 ...
Licensing.biz

The Ashmolean Museum taps Start Licensing as it looks to build its UK licensing programme

The Ashmolean Museum has tapped the award-winning licensing agency, Start Licensing, to represent the brand across all categories as it looks to build out an extensive licensing programme. Based on ...
Nature

Further Extension of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A FUBTHEB extension of the Ashmolean Museum in the University of Oxford was opened by Lord Crawford and Balcarres on April 25, towards the cost of which the Worshipful Company of Drapers has ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Money Is Art in an Exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum

Art and money are inextricably intertwined. Now, an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is investigating the complicated relationship between these two forces. Titled “Money Talks: Art, ...