Ashmolean Museum
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Donwood reveals the thinking behind the band’s album covers over the past 30 years—and why he gave up trying to paint a portrait of the band
The Oxford museum took action after the UK government placed an export bar on the work earlier this year
Other recipients in King Charles III’s birthday honours include the philanthropist Hannah Rothschild and sculptor Andrew Logan
Connoisseurs and app makers agree on one thing: artificial intelligence-driven apps may supplement but do not replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship
Heirs claim they were loaned and want them back; the museum says decision not yet made
The university will remove name from the Ashmolean Museum and the Bodleian Libraries
Ashmolean Museum show will reveal how the excavations of its former keeper 100 years ago helped popularise a Minoan world of mythological minotaurs and labyrinths
Benefactors of his gifts include London's National Gallery, Tate Britain, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and the Royal Opera House
Museum directors in London and the regions are cutting jobs and slashing budgets, raising concerns for the post-pandemic future of the sector
A recent examination of the wood panel reveals that it is from the same Baltic oak tree as the panel of an authenticated work by the Dutch artist
Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services
Independent scholar uncovers questionable provenance for the sculpture that the Oxford institution bought from Sotheby's in 1967
The exhibition in Oxford, which contains loans that have never before left Italy, includes a (possible) Roman version of a chamber pot
The US artist has laid off the majority of his painting assistants to focus on experimenting with sculpture
“Miniature retrospective” at the Ashmolean will focus on recent works, such as the US artist’s Gazing Ball series
Around 180 objects at the Ashmolean Museum reveal how humans have embraced the occult over the past eight centuries
Debate over attribution has marked modern scholarship on this great master, bringing nuance to the Oxford show
The UK Spoliation Advisory Panel concluded that the piece was the subject of a forced sale in the 1930s
This show compares the two artists, revealing that the painter even asked the sculptor for lessons
This is the first solo show of the British artist in a UK public gallery
Oxford’s greatest treasure trove
Ashmolean bridges the cultural divide
The Victoria and Albert Museum is now likely to drop the £70 million project
Centenary of collector, C.D.E. Fortnum, celebrated with exhibition and lectures at Society of Antiquaries
Rothschild retired as the first chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund at the end of March 1998. In a rare interview, he described its relationship with government
Greek vases were incredibly cheap at the time, despite taking pride of place in our museums