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On Wednesday 28 January 2015, we opened our doors to Digital Oxford, a hub bringing together technologically creative minds. Throughout the evening, we had over 300 guests mingling, learning, and most importantly, connecting. Ed Vaizey, MP for Didcot and Wantage, had an extra special message for our audience and Digital Oxford have kindly allowed us… Continue reading Ed Vaizey & Digital Oxford

A night of discussion on myths and myth making from the roots of medieval tales to our collective capacity for fiction and how myths are made.

Read about the gallery’s approach to working with artists in this interview with Paul Hobson, published today by a.n as part of the Paying Artists Campaign. a.n is a UK national network for visual artists. http://www.payingartists.org.uk/modern-art-oxford/

Artist Jeremy Deller, Eric Shiner (Director of the Andy Warhol Museum), Anna Mason (Manager at the William Morris Gallery) and others discuss the preparation of Modern Art Oxford’s exhibition Love is Enough, curated by Jeremy Deller. A short film produced and directed by Jared Schiller.

A new archival research publication by our associate curator Hilary Floe looks at the themes of play and participation in 1960s and 1970s exhibition practice. The main case study is the extraordinary 1971 Popa at Moma, which featured works by David Medalla, Lygia Clark, Helio Oiticica, Li Yuan-Chia and others, and which, Floe depicts in… Continue reading ‘Everything Was Getting Smashed’: Three Case Studies of Play and Participation, 1965–71

Read an excerpt of a conversation between Jeremy Deller, curator of Love is Enough, Eric Shiner, Director of the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, and Anna Mason, Manager of the William Morris Gallery, London. The conversation took place at the University of Oxford Union, in front of an invited audience in July 2014. LiE edited catalogue essay_web

British artist Stuart Brisley talks about his exhibition at Modern Art Oxford. State of Denmark reveals aspects of Brisley’s broader artistic practice and includes early and rarely seen works alongside more recent paintings, video and a new sculpture.