Weekends Spring 2026

OXFORD LIFE

The Drawing Project The North Wall Gallery 12 February – 7 March

Dancing with Jane Austen Blackwell Hall, Weston Library Until 12th April 2026

The Drawing Project is a collaborative work involving sixteen artists and two paintings from the Ashmolean Museum: The Forest Fire by Piero di Cosimo and The Exposition of Moses by Nicholas Poussin. The aim was to produce drawings that worked collectively as well as individually.

Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Dancing with Austen explores how important dance was to Austen’s gentry society and its crucial role in her creativity. This display brings together items from the Bodleian's collections and from Jane Austen’s House. See a reconstruction of Austen’s writing space at Chawton Cottage, Hampshire and details from a ball imagined through music, word, and dress.

Free entry

Free entry

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