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A selection of artists featured in A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings were brought together for the first time to discuss their individual works in the exhibition, as well as their wider practice. This revealing panel discussion featured exhibiting artists Kate Davis, Ian Kiaer, David Musgrave and Massinissa Selmani and was chaired by curators… Continue reading Video – A Slice through the World: artists’ panel discussion

Watch as one Modern Art Oxford exhibition transforms into another. Watch our Production Team dismantle Cinthia Marcelle’s immersive installation, The Family in Disorder: Truth or Dare and set up the galleries for our current exhibition, A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings.  A Slice through the World is presented in partnership with Drawing Room,… Continue reading Video – The Making of A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings

Created to accompany the exhibition, A Slice through the World, this video offers special insights into the works, and includes interviews with exhibiting artists including Kate Davis, Karl Haendel, David Haines, David Musgrave, Kathy Prendergast and Barbara Walker. A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings is an exhibition presented in joint partnership with Drawing Room, London. See… Continue reading Video: Insights into A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings

Over the summer we will be installing a new state-of-the-art lift at Modern Art Oxford that will offer our visitors greater and easier access to the galleries and the basement. This essential maintenance work began in the summer and is expected to last for a period of approximately 10 – 12 weeks. We regret that… Continue reading Accessibility Notice

Emma Ridgway is Head of Programme, Chief Curator at Modern Art Oxford. Here she discusses the gallery’s recent City as Studio project, our new art photography book. City as Studio: Photographs of Oxford by Young Artists is available to buy in our shop now. – This summer at Modern Art Oxford, we release our new publication… Continue reading City as Studio: Photographs of Oxford by Young Artists

To coincide with the exhibition, A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings, we’ve put together a reading list which explores themes within the exhibition, and provides an insight into some of the most exciting contemporary drawing from across the international art world. A selection of these titles will be available to buy in the Modern… Continue reading Reading List – A Slice through the World

‘Our message is that the right to vote is hard won and that it gives all of us some power, if we use it.’  Nicola Donovan, lead PROCESSIONS artist at Modern Art Oxford Modern Art Oxford is thrilled to be involved in PROCESSIONS, a nationwide art project celebrating the centenary of the UK Government passing legislation granting… Continue reading PROCESSIONS by Nicola Donovan

To coincide with the current exhibition The Family in Disorder: Truth or Dare by Cinthia Marcelle, on Saturday 28 April Modern Art Oxford will screen the acclaimed documentary video When Faith Moves Mountains by Francis Alÿs (b. 1959, Antwerp, Belgium. Lives and works Mexico City). In this post Modern Art Oxford’s Assistant Curator, Jonathan Weston introduces Francis Alÿs’ socio-political practice, describing key works and… Continue reading Introducing: Francis Alÿs

ed by the Creative Learning team, Modern Art Oxford’s hugely popular Make Play sessions offer early years visitors a colourful and sensory encounter with art. Designed for children aged 6 months to 5 years with their parent or carer, each season takes inspiration from the main exhibition, facilitating discovery, exchange and creativity in a safe and welcoming… Continue reading Early Years: The Importance of Play

To accompany the exhibition, The Family in Disorder: Truth or Dare, by Brazilian artist Cinthia Marcelle, we’ve put together a reading list exploring Brazil’s contemporary art and culture, and expanding on the themes of the exhibition, such as participation, collective action and materiality. A selection of the titles will be available to buy in the Modern Art Oxford shop… Continue reading Cinthia Marcelle – A Reading list