Highlights of the Annual Report - The Ashmolean Museum

14 / The Ashmolean 2002-03
Donations
The Department warmly thanks an anonymous benefactor for funding
support for two Research Fellows in Indian art, for a planned renovation of
the Indian sculpture storage and for the purchase of objects. Deep gratitude
also to an anonymous benefactor for enabling the Museum to buy several
important Japanese works of art.
Lectures and Events
The 2nd Ashmolean Chinese Painting Colloquy was held on 16 October.
The May Beattie Memorial Lecture this year took the form of a two-day
conference, entitled ‘Carpets and textiles in the Iranian World 1400-1700’.
The conference was supported by the Iran Heritage Foundation and the
British Academy, and will form the basis for a publication of the proceedings.
THE CAST GALLERY
The exhibition Gluttons and Gladiators was extended until Summer 2003
while receiving favourable comments from visitors. The exhibition was
accompanied by a leaflet for visitors and a touch screen computer which gives
access to the database of Greek and Roman sculpture. The Gallery hosted a
storytelling event as part of the summer evening opening programme
supported by the Casenove Management Fund. Both adults and children
enjoyed stories by Marguerite Osborne, whose theme was Gifts of the Gods.
Pascale Jaquot left the Gallery after 17 years as secretary.
The ‘Louvre Fisherman’ was
included in the Gluttons and
Gladiators exhibition. Although
some 20 versions of the figure
from the Roman period are
known, this one is based on the
original in the Musée du Louvre.