Perfect festive gift ideas: One-of-a-kind luxury presents

Visit the Modern Art Oxford shop this festive period to grab the perfect gift for loved ones. The Shop is filled with unique gifts, jewellery by local designers and makers, gift cards by independent illustrators, enchanting children’s books, exclusive exhibition merchandise and more.

This week, we’ve selected our favourite one-of-a-kind gifts for the person in your life who deserves a bit of luxury.

Bespoke merchandise

Modern Art Oxford creates bespoke merchandise for many of our exhibitions – and as you can’t buy it anywhere else, these really are one-of-a-kind gifts! Shop merchandise or browse our best buys below.

Anish Kapoor Silk Scarf

Currently on offer, this stunning silk scarf was made on the occasion of Anish Kapoor: Painting, on at the gallery from 2nd October 2021 to 13 February 2022. Made of pure silk, this exclusive design of 100 scarves featuring Anish Kapoor’s work Orpheus Looks Back (2020) is the perfect gift for someone special.

Johanna Unzueta Waist Bag

These waist bags were produced exclusively for Johanna Unzueta’s solo exhibition Tools for Life. They have been made in collaboration with The New Denim Project, a sustainable textile initiative recycling denim in Guatemala to benefit communities there. Produced in a limited edition of 50, they are made using off-cuts from Unzueta’s ‘Garment for a day’ clothes, and the 100% natural up-cycled fabric was specially commissioned by the artist.

Marina Abramović: Gates and Portals

Visited our current exhibition? Want to give someone in your life a taste of what it’s all about? Then why not treat them to a Marina Abramović-themed gift. Check out our collection below:

Abramović Method Pillow and Puzzle

Photo of Marina Abramovic with her palm held up facing outwards.
Marina Abramovic: Gates and Portals (2022)

Licensed by the Marina Abramović Institute, these gifts are part of a new range of art objects designed to bring The Abramović Method, a continuous project centred on connecting individuals through communal experience, into your day-to-day life. Partake in the experience of long durational performance art with her silk pillowcase and 1000 piece puzzle.

Exclusive Limited Editions

Modern Art Oxford has a selection of exclusive artist editions, which are generously donated by the artists. All proceeds from the sale of these works directly support our artistic programme. If you’re looking for that touch of luxury this fest period, why not browse our full selection of editions, or look through our highlighted selection below.

David Goldblatt

Internationally acclaimed for his photography which explores public and private life in South Africa, David Goldblatt’s (b. 1930 – 2018) edition for Modern Art Oxford was originally produced to accompany his 2003 exhibition Fifty-One Years, which documented the social, personal and political upheavals in the history of South Africa, from the 1950s to the present day, through photography and film.

R.B. Kitaj

Ronald Brooks Kitaj (1932–2007) was an American artist known for his expressive, figurative works that merge the collage techniques of Pop Art with the emotive gestural style of Abstract Expressionism. This edition by Kitaj is a portrait of an unknown sitter called Mary Ann and was generously created by the artist to support the Museum of Modern Art Oxford’s Building Appeal in the early 1980s.

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