Globetrotting Art
Aisha Burtenshaw, Head of Registrars and Exhibitions, takes us on a trip around the world with objects from the Ashmolean Museum. Producer: Lucie Dawkins Presenters: Lucie Dawkins and Aisha Burtensha...
11 Jan 20218min
Upcycling and Glad Rags
Francesca Leoni, the Ashmolean’s Curator of Islamic Art, tells the story of an up-cycled Cretan wedding dress which found its way to the UK as a cushion cover. Cretan Cushion Cover – View it here I...
8 Jan 20219min
Damaged by Light
Textiles Conservator Sue Stanton reveals a green and gold Turkish wedding gown, which she uncovered deep in the storerooms of the Ashmolean. It contains a story of the dangers of too much light. Wedd...
7 Jan 20216min
Broken And Beautiful
Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art, introduces us to a beautifully broken Japanese plate, and Head of Conservation, Daniel Bone, takes us inside the conservation labs and tells us about the art of...
6 Jan 20218min
Requiem for a Pug
Alison Pollard, Lecturer at Oxford University, takes us to meet a very special marble table in the Ashmolean’s Arundel Collection, which was repurposed as a tombstone for a beloved pug dog. Doug the...
5 Jan 20216min
The Camel Who Escaped the Nazis
Podcast host Lucie Dawkins takes us to meet a Tang Dynasty Camel, who came to Oxford in the suitcase of a Jewish refugee Paul Jacobsthal. Tang Dynasty Camel – View it here If you want to take a clos...
4 Jan 202110min
Forms and Music
Lena Fritsch, the Ashmolean Museum’s Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, shares a story about the colourful prints of Peter Hedegaard. In them, she found a hidden connection with her own father, a...
1 Jan 20219min
A Light at the End of the Tunnel
Shailendra Bhandare shares some very special coins with one of the first images of Buddha as a future saviour. He reflects on the way that humans have always been eager to imagine saviour figures, to ...
31 Dec 20209min
