Month: November 2019

Powerful women, fantastical animals, medieval imagery and storytelling are celebrated in this reading list inspired by the exhibition Kiki Smith: I am a Wanderer, on view at Modern Art Oxford until 19 January 2020. Immerse yourself in nature, celebrate great women past and present, and consider how artists like Kiki Smith blur the distinction between art and… Continue reading Reading List – Kiki Smith: I am a Wanderer

Mesmerised by the beauty and scale of French medieval tapestries, Kiki Smith entered into her own world of tapestry making using the latest digital techniques. For the preview night of Kiki Smith’s exhibition we invited a group of women medieval scholars from The University of Oxford. Their discussions about the links between Kiki Smith works… Continue reading Weaving Wonders: Medievalist perspectives on Kiki Smith

On 31 October 2019, composer, researcher and performer Jonathan Packham invited gallery visitors to ‘play’  the architecture of the Piper Gallery. In this post, Jonathan tells the story of this ambitious project and reveals what visitors can expect at the second performance taking place on the evening of Thursday 21 November – a must see.… Continue reading Copper House Music : A Sonic Response to the Piper Gallery Space

“Oxford still remains the most beautiful thing in England, and nowhere else are life and art so exquisitely blended, so perfectly made one.” – Oscar Wilde Throughout the ages, the city of Oxford has been given various real life and fictitious personalities, perhaps most noticeably by literary figures. But how have Oxford’s young creatives represented… Continue reading Exploring the contemporary side of Oxford with local schools