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KALEIDOSCOPE Transition #2
Until 10 June, Free entry
As 2016 is a special year for us, we decided to try something a little different. Instead of closing when artwork is being installed, the galleries are open all year round so you can glimpse behind the scenes to see the exhibitions being made!
Visit the gallery to experience A Moment of Grace transforming into Mystics and Rationalists and use the link below to find out when each work is leaving, and when new work is arriving...
ARCHIVE DISPLAY
David King: Designs for Oxford (1979-1985)
Until 10 June, Free entry
The British graphic designer, photographer and collector David King (1943-2016) was responsible for some of the most arresting and iconic examples in Modern Art Oxford’s 50 year history. Instantly recognisable, King’s posters and catalogues served to link Oxford’s chain of celebrated Soviet exhibitions while also cultivating connections with contemporary political activism.
What's Important: Art & Community with Alistair Hudson
Thursday 26 May, 7pm
Free entry
Alistair Hudson, Director of Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), discusses the relationship between the art institution and the communities it serves and asks how it might be possible to construct a new model for working together.
1998 / Mona Hatoum
Thursday 2 June, 7pm
Free entry
Bridget Crone, independent writer and curator and Lecturer in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, discusses the work of the influential Palestinian artist who exhibited at Modern Art Oxford in 1998.
KALEIDOSCOPE Mystics and Rationalists
Preview Friday 10 June, 6.30 - 9pm
Join us at the gallery for the opening night of Mystics and Rationalists, including a speech from the Director, Paul Hobson.
Modern Art Oxford Recommends..
Common People Oxford
28 & 29 May
Tickets from £10 - £130
South Park, Oxford
The Common People team have been burning the midnight oil planning Oxford’s debut installment of a two-day metropolitan adventure, set in the stunning surrounds of South Park. The bank holiday bonanza features UK rock 'n' roll legends, hip-hop royalty, sound system pioneers, and more, all topped off with a lavish helping of the Bestival team’s renowned magic, mayhem and merriment. Don’t miss out on the festival season’s stunning opener this May.
Modern Art Oxford Recommends...
Furious Folly created by Mark Anderson
17 & 18 June, 10pm
Free, booking required
School Field, Magdalen College School
Mark Anderson’s Furious Folly rails against the futility of the Great War and challenges the inhumanity and senselessness of conflicts past and present, immersing the audience within an open-air collage of sound, light, music, pyrotechnics and performance.
Part of 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary. Co-promoted by OCM, Oxford Playhouse and Oxford Festival of the Arts.
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Oxford OX1 1PB
www.modernartoxford.org.uk
01865 722 733
info@modernartoxford.org.uk
Admission is free
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Tues - Sat: 11am - 6pm
Sun: 12 - 5pm
Mon: Closed
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Images:
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, “The Beautiful Ones” Series #2, 2013.
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London. © Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Photo by Edmund Blok.
KALEIDOSCOPE Visual Identity designed by Fraser Muggeridge Studio for Modern Art Oxford, 2016.