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	Podcast:		Museum Secrets
	Episode:		On Time and Asparagus
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:06:54
	Publish Date:		2020-12-28 01:00:00
	Description:		The Director of the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, Xa Sturgis, takes a walk around the museum's Still Life Gallery, pondering over time and asparagus. Still Life of Fruit and Flowers, Clara Peeters – View the painting Still Life of Asparagus, Adriaen S. Coorte – View the painting If you want to take a closer look at the paintings he discusses in this episode, you can view them at the links above, or visit the podcast page on the Ashmolean website: ashmolean.org/museum-secrets Producer: Lucie Dawkins Presenters: Lucie Dawkins and Xa Sturgis About Museum Secrets: The curators at the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology have been recording bite-sized tales of the wonderful, and sometimes unexpected, life of a museum. We can’t wait to share them with you! Join us every weekday for 3 weeks, from 28 December onwards, for a daily dose of cheer.
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