What's On

Edmund de Waal: Fragments, Music and Poetry

Presented by the Ashmolean Museum and Cultural Programme at Oxford University

Book Tickets

Wednesday 4 June

Performance

Opening Times

6-8pm

Randolph Sculpture Gallery and throughout the Museum

Venue

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH

Tickets

Tickets are £35 for this onsite event

Booking is required – book tickets here.

Accessibility

Wheelchair Access

Join Edmund de Waal for an evening exploring transformation through fragments, institutions, poetry, and music, featuring local performers.

Experience a captivating evening with acclaimed artist Edmund de Waal as he explores the theme of “Create and Transform” through fragments and brokenness. Bookended by musical performance, de Waal will deliver an inspiring 40-minute talk, reflecting on the creative power of pot shards, poetry, and the beauty of incompleteness in his work. He will examine how broken fragments spark transformation, shaping museum spaces and personal meaning. The event concludes with performances that respond to the theme, filling the museum with soundscapes of creation, transformation, and cultural resonance.

Edmund de Waal is author of the bestselling memoir, ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance,’ and his most recent book ‘Letters to Camondo’.

Edmund de Waal is a Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College with the Cultural Programme at Oxford University. Find out more

Plan your visit

Address

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH

Core Visitor Information

Entry is FREE, but pre-booking is recommended to guarantee entry.

Opening Times

The Museum is open every day, 10am–5pm.

Accessibility

There are nine designated Blue Badge parking spaces within easy reach of the Museum: three spaces directly outside the Museum, three more opposite the Museum close to the Randolph Hotel, two spaces on St Giles’ and one space on St John’s Street. These are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

There is a level access route from the pavement outside the Museum to the front door.

There are lifts to all floors and level access to all public spaces, including galleries, shop, café, restaurant and to most of the study rooms.

Full information is available here: https://www.ashmolean.org/access