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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

Modern Art Oxford is thrilled to present The Family in Disorder: Truth or Dare, the first major UK solo exhibition by Cinthia Marcelle (b. 1974, Belo Horizonte, lives and works in São Paulo). Marcelle has transformed our vast Upper Gallery with a newly commissioned two-part installation, The Family in Disorder (2018), which reacts to the architecture of the… Continue reading Video: The Making of Cinthia Marcelle’s The Family in Disorder (2018)

With the nation currently marking the centenary of some women in the UK gaining the right to vote, this post recounts some of the themes behind Nicolas Party’s exhibition, Speakers, which acknowledges the achievements of pioneering women in the city of Oxford. In November 2017, Stephanie Straine, Curator of Exhibitions & Projects, interviewed Nicolas Party about his… Continue reading Nicolas Party: Curator’s Q&A

Semay Wu is in residence in Nicolas Party’s Speakers from Tuesday 13 to Sunday 18 February 2018. She will create a piece responding to the sculptures of female heads that occupy the space. Below Semay explains what she will achieve over the course of her residency and how visitors can get involved. How do we hold space… Continue reading Semay Wu: In Residence

Visitors to Modern Art Oxford are often amazed at how much our gallery spaces change with each new exhibition. These transformations are all down to our dedicated Production team. You can see them at work in this timelapse video during the making of Nicolas Party’s exhibition, Speakers. Read more about the exhibition here.