Lena Fritsch is the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Ashmolean, responsible for exhibitions, displays and acquisitions of international art. She teaches at the University of Oxford, V&A and SOAS. Previously, she was a curator at Tate Modern, London and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Recent publications include Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad (Ashmolean, 2023), Ashmolean NOW: Flora Yukhnovich x Daniel Crews-Chubb (Ashmolean, 2022), Tokyo: Art & Photography (Ashmolean, 2021), A.R. Penck: I Think in Pictures (Ashmolean, 2019), Ravens & Red Lipstick: Japanese Photography since 1945 (Thames & Hudson/Seigensha, 2018 and 2024) and Giacometti (Tate Publishing, 2017). She holds a PhD from Bonn University and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo.

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• 17 DIRECTOR’S FOREWORDXa Sturgis19 INTRODUCTIONLena Fritsch23 IN CONVERSATIONBettina von Zwehl and Stephen Grosz41 REMEMBER ME. REMEMBER ME?(AN OPERA, UNWRITTEN)Sophy Rickett54 BETTINA VON ZWEHL’S THE FLOODRETHINKING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARK AND THE TRADESCANTS’ LEGACYCiara Ennis81 NOTES83 CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES84 AN INVENTORY OF THINGS, 2023–2486 ARTIST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS96 IMAGE CREDITS

Lena Fritsch is the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Ashmolean, responsible for exhibitions, displays and acquisitions of international art. She teaches at the University of Oxford, V&A and SOAS. Previously, she was a curator at Tate Modern, London and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Recent publications include Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad (Ashmolean, 2023), Ashmolean NOW: Flora Yukhnovich x Daniel Crews-Chubb (Ashmolean, 2022), Tokyo: Art & Photography (Ashmolean, 2021), A.R. Penck: I Think in Pictures (Ashmolean, 2019), Ravens & Red Lipstick: Japanese Photography since 1945 (Thames & Hudson/Seigensha, 2018 and 2024) and Giacometti (Tate Publishing, 2017). She holds a PhD from Bonn University and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo.

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• 17 DIRECTOR’S FOREWORDXa Sturgis19 INTRODUCTIONLena Fritsch23 IN CONVERSATIONBettina von Zwehl and Stephen Grosz41 REMEMBER ME. REMEMBER ME?(AN OPERA, UNWRITTEN)Sophy Rickett54 BETTINA VON ZWEHL’S THE FLOODRETHINKING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARK AND THE TRADESCANTS’ LEGACYCiara Ennis81 NOTES83 CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES84 AN INVENTORY OF THINGS, 2023–2486 ARTIST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS96 IMAGE CREDITS