“A Museum for today’s global world. To travel through its galleries is to be handed a round-the-world ticket on a tour of history.” The Times, October 2009

Since its reopening in 2009, the Ashmolean’s exhibitions programme has received critical and public acclaim. Local and national companies are keen to be associated with the Museum through exhibition sponsorship and by joining the Ashmolean Corporate Membership scheme – opportunities which bring a host of benefits.

In consultation with clients, the Ashmolean can produce a range of sponsorship packages tailored to work for different organisations and a variety of budgets. We would be delighted to talk to you about how exhibition sponsorship could work for your company.

Recent exhibitions which have provided opportunities for corporate sponsorship and Membership have included Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin. Running until 22 April, this exhibition shows the outstanding private collection of Indian paintings of the artist Howard Hodgkin

Long considered one of the finest collections of its kind in the world, it comprises most of the main types of Indian court painting that flourished during the Mughal period (c. 1550–1850), including the refined naturalistic works of the imperial Mughal court; the poetic and subtly coloured paintings of the Deccani Sultanates; and the boldly drawn and vibrantly coloured styles of the Rajput kingdoms of Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills. Highlights include illustrations of epics and myths; royal portraits; and many scenes of court life or hunting. There is a large and outstanding group of elephant portraits and studies from the Mughal and Kota schools. Some of the works in the collection vividly evoke the urban or daily life of India, a country which has inspired Hodgkin on his frequent visits made over some 50 years.

Above all, this is a personal collection, formed by an artist’s eye, where artistic quality has always mattered most. All Hodgkin’s Indian pictures are of an unusual or exceptional quality. The collection is on show at the Ashmolean for the first time in its entirety, and many works have never been exhibited to the public before.

Visions of Mughal India is supported by CHK Charities Ltd and the accompanying exhibition events programme has been supported by the Nehru Centre. For more information visit www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions
Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin
2nd February 2012 to 22nd April 2012
Galleries 59-60 | £6/£4 (including Gift Aid)

The Ashmolean’s major summer exhibition is The EnglishPrize: The Capture of the Westmorland, An Episode of the Grand Tour. Opening on 17 May, The English Prize tells the extraordinary story of an armed merchant ship travelling from Livorno to London in January 1779, laden with art, books and antiquities collected by British Grand Tourists. Captured by the French and declared a ‘prize of war’, the Westmorland and its precious cargo were acquired by King Carlos III of Spain.

Recent research has pieced together the story, offering a unique insight into the interests and everyday lives of British travellers. The English Prize assembles material from the captured ship, from portraits by Pompeo Batoni, to antique-style sculpture, guide-books, and maps, presenting an exhibition which is a mix of detective work and colourful characters from the 18th century.

The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, an Episode of the Grand Tour
17th May 2012 to 27th August 2012
Galleries 57–61 | £9/£7 (including Gift Aid)

The Ashmolean is now planning ahead for exhibitions in 2013 and 2014 so this is the perfect time to contact us. The forthcoming programme includes a solo exhibition of contemporary Chinese artist, Xu Bing; Francis Bacon and Henry Moore; and the Masters of Modern Art: Cezanne, Manet, Modigliani and Van Gogh.

We look forward to speaking to you. Please contact Theresa Nicolson, Corporate Partnerships Manager and Benedicte Montain, Head of Commercial Events, to arrange a meeting and discuss how Ashmolean you can be.

Theresa Nicolson
Corporate Partnerships Manager
01865 288 019
theresa.nicolson@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Benedicte Montain
Head of Commercial Events
01865 288 364
benedicte.montain@ashmus.ox.ac.uk