Gina Koutsika
@koutsikag.bsky.social
❤️ Culture & People | Ashmolean Museum | StEdmundHall | JewishMuseumLDN | StSophiaLondon | Ex V&A Kew Gardens IWM Tate NHM
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🎉 1 million visitors!
We are absolutely thrilled to have welcomed over 1 million visitors through our doors this year.
We are absolutely thrilled to have welcomed over 1 million visitors through our doors this year.
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🎉 1 million visitors!
We are absolutely thrilled to have welcomed over 1 million visitors through our doors this year.
We are absolutely thrilled to have welcomed over 1 million visitors through our doors this year.
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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New on the Hall blog: Research shows families want clarity, hands-on fun and inspiration — and the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social is stepping up to deliver by @koutsikag.bsky.social.
www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/inspiring-families-at-the-ashmolean-what-makes-a-museum-visit-work-for-children
www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/inspiring-families-at-the-ashmolean-what-makes-a-museum-visit-work-for-children
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New on the Hall blog: Research shows families want clarity, hands-on fun and inspiration — and the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social is stepping up to deliver by @koutsikag.bsky.social.
www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/inspiring-families-at-the-ashmolean-what-makes-a-museum-visit-work-for-children
www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/inspiring-families-at-the-ashmolean-what-makes-a-museum-visit-work-for-children
🌱 kewgardens.bluesky.social know how to party: live performance 👯, beautiful & thought provoking installations & good friends in the Temperate House, opening of #MaterialWorld, where art, fashion & plants weave a sustainable future.🌿
September 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🌱 kewgardens.bluesky.social know how to party: live performance 👯, beautiful & thought provoking installations & good friends in the Temperate House, opening of #MaterialWorld, where art, fashion & plants weave a sustainable future.🌿
A journey through the universe begins with glittering stars, shimmering galaxies, fiery suns & silver moon @RMGreenwich.bsky.social, which unveiled the cosmos at the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year private view. #photography
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A journey through the universe begins with glittering stars, shimmering galaxies, fiery suns & silver moon @RMGreenwich.bsky.social, which unveiled the cosmos at the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year private view. #photography
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📣 Don't miss chance to take part in One World Festival 2026!
Join us in creating a lively celebration that highlights the diverse talents within our local community and forges connection with family audiences.
Applications close 9am on Monday 15 September: ashmolean.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/20...
Join us in creating a lively celebration that highlights the diverse talents within our local community and forges connection with family audiences.
Applications close 9am on Monday 15 September: ashmolean.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/20...
September 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📣 Don't miss chance to take part in One World Festival 2026!
Join us in creating a lively celebration that highlights the diverse talents within our local community and forges connection with family audiences.
Applications close 9am on Monday 15 September: ashmolean.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/20...
Join us in creating a lively celebration that highlights the diverse talents within our local community and forges connection with family audiences.
Applications close 9am on Monday 15 September: ashmolean.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/20...
Edward Burra’s vibrant watercolours @tate.bsky.social capture the pulse of the 20th century, from nightlife and popular culture to the shadow of two wars. Fortunate t experience his first London retrospective with a dear colleague 😊. @visitlondon.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Edward Burra’s vibrant watercolours @tate.bsky.social capture the pulse of the 20th century, from nightlife and popular culture to the shadow of two wars. Fortunate t experience his first London retrospective with a dear colleague 😊. @visitlondon.bsky.social
Celebrating the Feast of the Holy Cross in Orthodox Churches across the world, first exalted in Jerusalem in 335 after the consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the True Cross has since been a symbol of victory, hope & salvation
#FeastOfTheCross
#FeastOfTheCross
September 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Celebrating the Feast of the Holy Cross in Orthodox Churches across the world, first exalted in Jerusalem in 335 after the consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the True Cross has since been a symbol of victory, hope & salvation
#FeastOfTheCross
#FeastOfTheCross
From yesterday 's visit to #NationalPortraitGallery , where 46 captivating portraits from around the world are displayed for the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award. ❤️
September 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
From yesterday 's visit to #NationalPortraitGallery , where 46 captivating portraits from around the world are displayed for the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award. ❤️
Encountered today @tate.bsky.social the art of Emily Kam Kngwarray, who translated her Anmatyerr knowledge of Country into powerful masterpieces. @visitlondon.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Encountered today @tate.bsky.social the art of Emily Kam Kngwarray, who translated her Anmatyerr knowledge of Country into powerful masterpieces. @visitlondon.bsky.social
Returning to #Kythera after 26 years #summerfun
August 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Returning to #Kythera after 26 years #summerfun
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This Sunday on BBC 6 Music, Mary Anne Hobbs will be talking to @thomyorke.wastehq.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social about the new exhibition, This Is What You Get.
Listen live this Sunday 17th August at 6pm BST waste.lnk.to/bbc.ashmolea...
📸 Iona Wolff
Listen live this Sunday 17th August at 6pm BST waste.lnk.to/bbc.ashmolea...
📸 Iona Wolff
August 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This Sunday on BBC 6 Music, Mary Anne Hobbs will be talking to @thomyorke.wastehq.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social about the new exhibition, This Is What You Get.
Listen live this Sunday 17th August at 6pm BST waste.lnk.to/bbc.ashmolea...
📸 Iona Wolff
Listen live this Sunday 17th August at 6pm BST waste.lnk.to/bbc.ashmolea...
📸 Iona Wolff
#MorethanHuman @designmuseum.bsky.social explores how design can serve the entire living world 🌏. 140+ works spanning art, architecture & tech, including 🐙 octopus-friendly sculptures & 🌊seaweed installations. A bold rethinking of design in the age of climate crisis.
August 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#MorethanHuman @designmuseum.bsky.social explores how design can serve the entire living world 🌏. 140+ works spanning art, architecture & tech, including 🐙 octopus-friendly sculptures & 🌊seaweed installations. A bold rethinking of design in the age of climate crisis.
#Millet: Life on the Land
@nationalgallery.bsky.social provided glimpses of 19C rural France through the eyes of Jean-François Millet, the painter who inspired Van Gogh, Degas & Pissarro, and who could empathise with the people who spent their life working on the land.
@nationalgallery.bsky.social provided glimpses of 19C rural France through the eyes of Jean-François Millet, the painter who inspired Van Gogh, Degas & Pissarro, and who could empathise with the people who spent their life working on the land.
August 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#Millet: Life on the Land
@nationalgallery.bsky.social provided glimpses of 19C rural France through the eyes of Jean-François Millet, the painter who inspired Van Gogh, Degas & Pissarro, and who could empathise with the people who spent their life working on the land.
@nationalgallery.bsky.social provided glimpses of 19C rural France through the eyes of Jean-François Millet, the painter who inspired Van Gogh, Degas & Pissarro, and who could empathise with the people who spent their life working on the land.
A great summer party at the lovely @UniofOxford.bsky.social Botanic Gardens with colleagues from @morethanadodo.bsky.social @pitrivers.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @bodleianlibs.bsky.social @HSMOxford.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A great summer party at the lovely @UniofOxford.bsky.social Botanic Gardens with colleagues from @morethanadodo.bsky.social @pitrivers.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @bodleianlibs.bsky.social @HSMOxford.bsky.social
Some reflections from my stay at the Monastery in Essex www.linkedin.com/posts/ginako...
Truth & Life - unexpected lessons | Gina Koutsika FMA FRSA
Truth & Life - unexpected lessons
“Stand at the brink of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little, and have a cup of tea.” St Sophrony Sakharov
I recently return...
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August 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Some reflections from my stay at the Monastery in Essex www.linkedin.com/posts/ginako...
#AbstractErotic @thecourtauld.bsky.social
Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse & Alice Adams explode sculpture with surreal forms, raw materials & feminist power. A captivating selection of Bourgeois’s 1960s drawings reveals how her dreamlike, abstract forms shaped & mirrored her practice.
Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse & Alice Adams explode sculpture with surreal forms, raw materials & feminist power. A captivating selection of Bourgeois’s 1960s drawings reveals how her dreamlike, abstract forms shaped & mirrored her practice.
July 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#AbstractErotic @thecourtauld.bsky.social
Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse & Alice Adams explode sculpture with surreal forms, raw materials & feminist power. A captivating selection of Bourgeois’s 1960s drawings reveals how her dreamlike, abstract forms shaped & mirrored her practice.
Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse & Alice Adams explode sculpture with surreal forms, raw materials & feminist power. A captivating selection of Bourgeois’s 1960s drawings reveals how her dreamlike, abstract forms shaped & mirrored her practice.
A treat #HaywardGallery #YoshitomoNara delves into rebellion, solitude, freedom and spirit, through 150+ drawings, sculptures & paintings. Each reflects deep emotions, alongside influences from home, nature, solitude & punk.
July 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A treat #HaywardGallery #YoshitomoNara delves into rebellion, solitude, freedom and spirit, through 150+ drawings, sculptures & paintings. Each reflects deep emotions, alongside influences from home, nature, solitude & punk.
#dresscodes kensingtonpalace.bsky.social explores how royal fashion shapes power, identity & change. Enjoy outfits from Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess Margaret, Vivienne Westwood alongside, new designs by young producers.
#RoyalStyle #FashionHistory
#RoyalStyle #FashionHistory
July 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#dresscodes kensingtonpalace.bsky.social explores how royal fashion shapes power, identity & change. Enjoy outfits from Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess Margaret, Vivienne Westwood alongside, new designs by young producers.
#RoyalStyle #FashionHistory
#RoyalStyle #FashionHistory
It was such a wonderful day - many thanks to our teams for making it happen 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Step into the world of ancient Rome with our Festival of Archaeology.
This FREE event explores being Really Roman and features tours, talks, demonstrations, and activities for all the family.
📍 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
📆 Sat 19 July, 11am – 4pm
🔍 Full details: www.ashmolean.org/event/festiv...
This FREE event explores being Really Roman and features tours, talks, demonstrations, and activities for all the family.
📍 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
📆 Sat 19 July, 11am – 4pm
🔍 Full details: www.ashmolean.org/event/festiv...
July 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It was such a wonderful day - many thanks to our teams for making it happen 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
What a couple of days 🧠💗 grateful too faculty & participants for the deep dive into regulation, risk & innovation at the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social UK Socrates Seminar. Inspiring sessions, creative outputs & hopeful discussions @blavatnicschool.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social #AspenUK
July 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
What a couple of days 🧠💗 grateful too faculty & participants for the deep dive into regulation, risk & innovation at the @aspeninstitute.bsky.social UK Socrates Seminar. Inspiring sessions, creative outputs & hopeful discussions @blavatnicschool.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social #AspenUK
#Keifer "was not overly interested in the emotional aspect of #VanGogh’s work or in
his unhappy life. What impressed [him] was the
rational structure, the confident construction
of his paintings.’ Enjoy both artists @royalacademy.bsky.social
his unhappy life. What impressed [him] was the
rational structure, the confident construction
of his paintings.’ Enjoy both artists @royalacademy.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#Keifer "was not overly interested in the emotional aspect of #VanGogh’s work or in
his unhappy life. What impressed [him] was the
rational structure, the confident construction
of his paintings.’ Enjoy both artists @royalacademy.bsky.social
his unhappy life. What impressed [him] was the
rational structure, the confident construction
of his paintings.’ Enjoy both artists @royalacademy.bsky.social
First visit to #AlbionBarn&Fields as part of our annual @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Board away day ;a great location to think collectively about our identity & our future 😊
July 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
First visit to #AlbionBarn&Fields as part of our annual @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Board away day ;a great location to think collectively about our identity & our future 😊
#DesignandDisability #V&A is a radical rethinking of who shapes culture and celebrates the powerful impact of Disabled, Deaf & neurodivergent creatives on design, from the 1940s to today. #DesignJustice #DisabilityCulture
July 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#DesignandDisability #V&A is a radical rethinking of who shapes culture and celebrates the powerful impact of Disabled, Deaf & neurodivergent creatives on design, from the 1940s to today. #DesignJustice #DisabilityCulture
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July 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Third short work visit to #Glasgow, and once again, without a doubt I am leaving the city with the fondest of impressions; everyone I encountered in the streets, the train, the museums, the hotel was very welcoming, very friendly & very inclusive @visitscotland.bsky.social 🏴
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Third short work visit to #Glasgow, and once again, without a doubt I am leaving the city with the fondest of impressions; everyone I encountered in the streets, the train, the museums, the hotel was very welcoming, very friendly & very inclusive @visitscotland.bsky.social 🏴