Not to miss in November

Before the end of November be sure not to miss three of our highlight exhibitions and displays before they go.

Explore the story of classical art through forty items from the Fitzwilliam, ranging from exquisite miniatures and Renaissance prints, to drawings, paintings and Wedgwood cameos. The star exhibit is a colossal polystyrene statue of Hercules by contemporary artist Matt Darbyshire. Following Hercules is open until Sunday 6 December.

Our display for the Festival of Ideas looks at how Greek colonies changed the life and languages of Italy before and during the time of the Romans. See some of the rich finds from southern Italy in the Fitzwilliam collection, and learn how they can be used to tell the story of power and resistance in the ancient world. Power and Resistance in pre- and early Roman Italy is on display until Sunday 29 November.

Acquired by the Ashmolean in 2012, Édouard Manet’s magnificent Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus, was the most important purchase ever made by the Oxford Museum. You can see the portrait until Sunday 13 December in the Fitzwilliam’s Impressionist Gallery. It is accompanied by René Magritte‘s surrealist masterpiece, Perspective II, Manet’s Balcony (1950), generously on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent.

6 November 2015