The Platform Graduate Award is an annual award designed to nurture new artistic talent by selecting and exhibiting work from art school graduates from the south east of England, providing support through the critical period between graduation and life as a professional artist. Susannah Canning (Oxford Brookes University) created a new audio walk in response to Modern… Continue reading Platform Graduate Award – Susannah Canning: Modern Art Oxford Amplified
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Student Rep Review – Lynn Hershman Leeson: Origins of the Species (Part 2)
Modern Art Oxford student representative volunteer Cora Salkovskis reviews Lynn Hershman Leeson’s exhibition at Modern Art Oxford. – Unsettling, yet oddly playful: Lynn Hershman Leeson at Modern Art Oxford 30 May – 9 August 2015Cora Salkovskis, (Student Rep Volunteer, July 2015) At times stark and disturbing, at others playful, this major solo exhibition of American multi-disciplinary… Continue reading Student Rep Review – Lynn Hershman Leeson: Origins of the Species (Part 2)
Westgate Public Art Programme
WESTGATE PUBLIC ART PROGRAMME: INVITATION TO ARTISTS TO REGISTER INTEREST The Westgate Oxford Alliance (Land Securities in partnership with The Crown Estate) has commissioned Modus Operandi to produce the Public Art Strategy and curate the Public Art Programme for the new Westgate development in Oxford city centre. The Westgate Oxford Alliance are keen to invite artists… Continue reading Westgate Public Art Programme
From the Café: Frittata Recipe
The Modern Art Oxford Café boasts some delicious food and now you can try making their frittata at home. Or cheat and pop into the café for a ready made one… Makes 6 portions For the roasted veg:- 1 aubergine (slice down the centre and then cut into slices about 1cm thick)3 carrots with the… Continue reading From the Café: Frittata Recipe
Perspectives: Cheating
A short series of talks on cheating, fakes and frauds to accompany the exhibition by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Speakers include: Nigel Warburton: The Ethics of Cheating Warburton discusses how and why we decide to cheat and if it’s ever ok to cheat. Nigel Warburton is a freelance philosopher, podcaster and writer, described by Julian Baggini… Continue reading Perspectives: Cheating
Listen to The Jug Choir!
If you didn’t get a chance to see or hear Serena Korda’s The Hosts: Ectoplasmic Variations at Modern Art Oxford, now is your chance! Click here to listen to the performance held at Modern Art Oxford on Thursday 9 July
Work Experience Blog – My Time at Modern Art Oxford
I spent one week at Modern Art Oxford for work experience to gain further understanding of the different roles involved in the art world. One of the A-levels that I hope to study is History of Art, which covers the Renaissance period, so my aim in working at Modern Art Oxford was to provide a… Continue reading Work Experience Blog – My Time at Modern Art Oxford
Lecture on Lynn Hershman Leeson – Laura Sillars
Watch Laura Sillars, Artistic Director of Site Gallery discuss the practice of American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson, with a particular focus on the artist’s exhibition at Modern Art Oxford Origins of the Species (Part 2).
Director’s Cut: June
This month, Director Paul Hobson discusses ideas that connect two artists, Debora Delmar Corp and Lynn Hershman Leeson. In the 1960s and 1970s, artists began to draw attention to the constructed nature of our identities. Continuing this line of critique, artists of the current generation are frequently representing an idea of identity that is not… Continue reading Director’s Cut: June
Lynn Hershman Leeson in Conversation with Achim Borchardt-Hume
Lynn Hershman Leeson will be joined by Achim Borchardt-Hume, Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern on Friday 29 May to discuss her current exhibition at Modern Art Oxford Origins of the Species (Part 2). The event is free but booking is essential. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. TO BE ADDED TO THE… Continue reading Lynn Hershman Leeson in Conversation with Achim Borchardt-Hume