I attended a private view of the Jeff Koons Exhibition at the Ashmolean last Friday. After coffee and croissants, Xa Sturgis, the museum's director, told us the story of how the Exhibition came to be: An Oxford University student society named after Edgar Wind, first Professor of Art at Oxford (see https://edgarwindsociety.co.uk/) decided to inaugurate a prize and present it to Jeff Koons. Koons was evidently thrilled and flew straight over from the States to receive his prize. He was slightly surprised to be greeted by 35 students in the basement of the Ashmolean, but was sufficiently impressed by the museum to subsequently agree to work with them to stage this exhibition. If you like steel representations of balloon animals and blue meditation balls in unusual settings, then this is definitely the exhibition for you.
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10/20/2020 06:19:14 pm
Wonderful! Those statues amuse everyone. I would like to read more about this university. This will help me not only enchance my general knowledge but refresh me also. Thanks for sharing.
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11/16/2020 05:21:16 pm
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1/2/2021 08:54:35 am
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1/2/2021 08:56:45 am
I feel really love for your post, thanks for this great sharing here. The Jeff Koons Exhibition can be of interest to anyone who loves art and statues.
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1/12/2021 10:38:27 am
This is a new concept for me. this exhibition is organized by oxford university. it was amazing for me to visit this unique place. All the presented artworks were amazing and mind-blowing. I was stunned after watching this exhibition.
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