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SUMMARY:With these Hands: Crafting a Shared Humanity
DESCRIPTION:With these Hands is a co-produced gallery trail created by a multicultural team of volunteers who share an interest in the hand-crafted.\n  \nThrough the objects chosen and the stories told\, you are invited to learn more about the way we craft and make in different cultures. Objects and storytelling enabling us to engage in shared experiences\, emotions and ideas. \n  \n\nObjects tell human stories\nThey speak of hardship and dignity\, of celebration\, and resistance \n  \nThe trail has nine stops around the Museum galleries\, with five of the nine stops on the ground floor\, three on the first floor and one on the second floor. We encourage visitors to use the trail map\, starting on the first floor\, moving up to the second floor and then finishing on the ground floor. \nThis trail was created as part of Multaka-Oxford. Our co-curators went on a journey together working closely with the museum collections and teams of experts. They have all thought deeply about the stories their chosen objects inspired.
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LOCATION:Pitt Rivers Museum\, S Parks Rd\, Oxford
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251206
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SUMMARY:ROMAN OXFORDSHIRE COINS DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:6 Dec 2025 – 29 Nov 2026  \nGallery 7 \nAdmission is FREE \n\nCoinage remains one of the best represented and most recognisable elements of Roman material culture. \nThis display will showcase a selection of Roman coins in the Ashmolean collection that were found in Oxfordshire and tell the story of the region from the Roman conquest in 43 CE to the end of Roman Britain\, around 410 CE. \nSome of the coins reflect everyday life through trade\, soldiers’ pay\, or the collection of taxes. Others tell us about Britain’s position in the empire or served as offerings people made to the gods. \nDiscover a group of Iron Age gold staters buried in a flint nodule around the time of the Roman invasion\, known as the Henley Hoard\, and various Roman coins from Claudius I to the end of Roman Britain. These historic finds were discovered in local towns and villages\, such as Cowley\, Dorchester\, Asthall\, Horton\, Shiplake and Childrey\, and add to the evidence for coin use and circulation in Roman Oxfordshire. \n \nMap (detail) accompanying the Roman Oxfordshire coins display in the Money Gallery \n\n  \nRoman coins were an important means of communication. They were carried across the empire in purses\, spreading images and messages central to Roman society: religion\, politics\, the Imperial family\, or the empire’s prosperity. As with modern money\, most Roman coins also had more straightforward messages\, showing exactly who held power. \nThese coins are not always beautiful objects\, but each is a small\, powerful voice connecting us to the people of Roman Oxfordshire and their place in the wider Roman world. \nHeader image: Obverse and reverse detail of silver coin of Carausius © Ashmolean Museum \n\nFound anything locally? \nSince 1997\, the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has recorded more than 360\,000 Roman coins from England and Wales\, including nearly 15\,000 from Oxfordshire. \nIf you think you may have found a Roman coin\, it’s important to have it properly recorded. Contact your local Finds Liaison Officer at the PAS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSELECTED OBJECTS ON DISPLAY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSilver coin of Carausius\n\n\n\n\nSilver coin of Roman Emperor Carausius\, found at Shiplake\, with a wolf and the twins Romulus and Remus on the reverse\, 286–293 CE © Ashmolean Museum \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCopper coin of Nero\n\n\n\n\nCopper coin depicting Nero\, found at Dorchester on Thames\, 65 CE © Ashmolean Museum \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHenley Hoard \n \n\n\n\n\nHenley Hoard \n\nHenley Hoard\n\n\n\n\nComplete local Iron Age coin hoard of 32 gold staters buried in a flintstone nodule\, found in Henley-on-Thames\, 55–45 BCE © Ashmolean Museum \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSilver coin of Arcadius\n\n\n\n\nSilver coin of Roman Emperor Arcadius\, found at Horton\, 392–394 CE © Ashmolean Museum \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNext slide\nPrevious slide
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LOCATION:Ashmolean Museum\, Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 2PH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Song of Myself (Display)
DESCRIPTION:Song of Myself\, 1995\, Tom Phillips RA (1937–2022)\, wire\, 360 x 180 cm.\nCredit: Estate of Tom Phillips CBE RA \nTom Phillips described Song of Myself as “an attempt to list the various identities that go to make a single artistic life”. The work borrows its title from a poem in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Its beginning is based on the confessional Anglo-Saxon poem\, The Seafarer\, which Phillips first came across as an undergraduate at St Catherine’s College\, Oxford. \nWithin the work\, the alert reader will find further references\, direct or cryptic\, to Homer\, Plato\, Dante\, Cervantes\, Shakespeare\, Marvell\, Conrad\, R. L. Stevenson; to the music of Wagner and Robert Schumann; and to the films of Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles. The text is littered with echoes of Phillips’s own artistic preoccupations: as a painter\, calligrapher\, user of stencils and maker of books. \nPhillips first made a pencil drawing of the text\, then worked with the fabricator Leo Verryt to realise the work in wire\, as a hanging poem. Other versions of the text exist\, one in a series of paintings called Curriculum Vitae (No XX\, 1992)\, and another in Self Portrait in Silver (2004). Phillips writes: “The unity of the piece in which letters are tortured into cooperation hopes to reflect an overall homogeneity in the spirit of its maker”. \nThe Bodleian Libraries also has the Tom Phillips archive in our collection.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/song-of-myself-display/
LOCATION:Weston Library\, Broad Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 3BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:SOMA SUROVI JANNAT
DESCRIPTION:CLIMATE CULTURE CARE\n\n\n\n\nFREE EXHIBITION –  opens 28 Mar 2026\nGallery 8 \n\nThis is the fifth in the Ashmolean NOW exhibition series\, where contemporary artists are invited to create new work inspired by the Ashmolean’s historical collections. \n\nThis exhibition showcases the work of Bangladeshi artist Soma Surovi Jannat\, who draws inspiration from the Sundarbans\, the largest mangrove forest in the world\, and the Ashmolean collections to address the climate crisis. \nHer art reflects on environmental issues and the interconnectedness of nature and humanity\, especially in Bangladesh\, where the Sundarbans\, faces threats from climate change. In her paintings and drawings\, capturing urgent global and environmental issues\, Surovi critiques the link between natural disasters and social inequalities. \n \nDetail from Between the Sea and the Sky\, Who Holds the Ground? 30ft-scroll by Soma Surovi Jannat and the exhibition poster image \n\n  \nAs the first Bangladeshi artist-in-residence at the Ashmolean\, this exhibition marks Surovi’s debut solo show in the UK and also the first solo exhibition of a Bangladesh-based artist in a museum in the UK. \nThis exhibition will focus on Surovi’s new works and include Ashmolean objects that inspired some of her imagined landscapes. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBetween the Sea and the Sky\, Who Holds the Ground? (sections)\, 30-ft scroll\, Soma Surovi Jannat\, 2024-25\, archival ink pen on paper\, acrylic colour\, gold & silver leaf \n\nAbout 40 objects will be on display\, including various works on paper\, a 30-foot-long scroll\, and an ephemeral drawing which she will be completing on the gallery’s wall. \n \nWhere every leaf holds a tale (2 of 8 paintings)\, Soma Surovi Jannat\, 2023\, archival ink pen on paper\, acrylic colour\, gold & silver leaf \n\n  \nHeader image details are taken from: ‘Where every leaf holds a tale’\, and ‘Between the Sea and the Sky\, Who Holds the Ground?’ artworks. All header image details and works by the artist are © Soma Surovi Jannat
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/soma-surovi-jannat/
LOCATION:Ashmolean Museum\, Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 2PH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Oxford Cooking Experience
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nJoin us in Oxford for a hands-on cooking fun where you’ll whip up delicious dishes with new friends!\n\n\n\nOxford Cooking Experience\nGet ready for a hands-on culinary adventure right in the heart of Oxford! Join us in person to explore new recipes\, sharpen your cooking skills\, and have a blast with fellow food lovers. Whether you’re a kitchen newbie or a seasoned chef\, this experience is packed with fun\, flavor\, and plenty of laughs. Don’t miss out on a tasty day filled with great food and good vibes!
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/oxford-cooking-experience/
LOCATION:England
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SUMMARY:COLONIAL VIEWS OF INDIA
DESCRIPTION:FREE EXHIBITION\n\n\n\n\nOpens 11 Apr 2026 \nGallery 29 \nAdmission is FREE \n\nThis is the first exhibtion to focus on photographs and negatives in the Ashmolean\, and as such features previously unseen photographs of India by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830–1904). \nA member of the East India Company\, Impey arrived in India in 1851 and took part in military actions during the Indian Uprising of 1857. After the British Crown took control in 1858 following the Uprising\, he worked as a political agent until returning to Britain in 1878. \n  \n \nStereoscopic image of a tiger with tripod shadow\, Colonel Eugene Impey\, 1858-1865\, albumen photographic print on paper © Ashmolean Museum \n\n  \nImpey’s photographs reflect British imperial interests\, showcasing portraits of colonial officers and Indians\, as well as staged scenes of daily life\, clothing\, religious sites\, animals\, and landscapes. \nThese images often reinforced stereotypes with the aim to justify colonial efforts. Photography\, which gained popularity after its debut in 1839\, was used to highlight cultural differences. From the mid-1800s British officials documented various social groups in India\, often categorising people by ethnicity. \nThe Impey collection includes 247 glass negatives preserved at the Ashmolean. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS ON DISPLAY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeated girl\n\n\n\n\n 1858-1865 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nQutub tower\n\n\n\n\n 1858-1865 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaharaja Takhat Singh of Jodphur\n\n\n\n\n1858-1865 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFour Rajputs with jezails and swords\n\n\n\n\n 1858-1865 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSnake charmer\n\n\n\n\n 1858-1865 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSmall temple and rope bridge in hilly landscape\n\n\n\n\n 1858-1865 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNext slide\nPrevious slide
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/colonial-views-of-india/
LOCATION:Ashmolean Museum\, Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 2PH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270104
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SUMMARY:Wonder of Birds
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by The Book of Birds by Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane\, Wonder of Birds celebrates the splendour of the birds around us at the same time as recognising the steep decline in bird populations across our skies in recent decades. \nFollowing the ‘Seven Wonders’ of birds – nest\, egg\, beak\, song\, feather\, flight\, migration – this exhibition pairs the words and art from The Book of Birds with Oxford ornithological research and Bodleian collections to explore the beauty and mystery of these extraordinary creatures. \nHighlights include John Gould’s Birds of Great Britain\, John James Audubon’s Birds of America\, and never-before-displayed glass-plate negatives from naturalist Emma Louisa Turner. \nThe exhibition will also include a sound environment created by sound artist and nature beatboxer Jason Singh\, as well as a collaboration with the artist Daniel & Clara. \nCelebrate the wondrous creativity birds have always inspired in us from small acts of observation to soaring images of flight. \nImage: White-Tailed Eagle\, 2020 © Jackie Morris \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCuratorial acknowledgements\n“Wonder of Birds” with Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane\, curated by Antonia Harrison. Based on The Book of Birds by Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane. In association with Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/wonder-of-birds/
LOCATION:Weston Library\, Broad Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 3BG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260926T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261122T170000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
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SUMMARY:The Shape of What Remains
DESCRIPTION:Discover some of the South’s most exciting emerging artists as part of The Platform Graduate Award 2026.\nThis year’s exhibition brings together new work by recent graduates Leah Olaleye (University of Reading)\, Naiya Ellis-Woodward (Ruskin School of Art\, University of Oxford) and Thomas Sebastino (Oxford Brookes University). \nThe Shape of What Remains brings together three distinct practices that draw attention to overlooked histories\, marginal landscapes and the traces of human activity. Spanning textiles\, installation and animation\, the exhibition considers how objects and materials can hold memories and shape our understanding of everyday life. \nPlatform supports artists during the first year after graduation – a critical period when the loss of university support and financial pressures can test an artist’s commitment to their practice. \nThe exhibition is organised and curated in partnership with associate curator Sarah Mossop.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/the-shape-of-what-remains/
LOCATION:Modern Art Oxford\, 30 Pembroke St\, Oxford\, OX1 1BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261001T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T170000
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SUMMARY:Marco Brambilla: After Utopia
DESCRIPTION:A new vision of the future\, built from the dreams of the past.\nAfter Utopia reimagines more than a century of World’s Fairs — from the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889 to Expo 2025 in Osaka — transforming their most iconic architectures into a vast\, algorithmically generated vision of a future that never quite arrived. \nWorld’s Fairs were once places where humanity gathered to imagine tomorrow. They brought together architecture\, technology\, art\, politics and culture\, turning visions of progress into physical environments that millions of people could enter and experience. \nFor Marco Brambilla\, that promise of the future began with a childhood encounter with Expo 67 in Montreal. \nArriving from Milan\, he encountered the remnants of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome\, futuristic pavilions and monorail — a city that seemed to have arrived from another time. That experience remained with him\, and over the years he visited former Expo sites in Brussels\, Osaka\, Seville\, Shanghai and New York. \nThese places were once stages for humanity’s most optimistic ideas about what the future could become. Their extraordinary structures — from the Eiffel Tower to the Atomium — embodied a belief that technology could transform society and deliver better living through technology. \nFor After Utopia\, Brambilla treats these structures as time capsules. \nEighteen World Expositions\, spanning 136 years\, have been reconstructed through generative AI. From each Expo\, Brambilla identified an emblematic pavilion and transformed it into a living\, shifting architectural form. \nThe result is neither reconstruction nor nostalgia. It is a new digital landscape in which the architectures of different eras coexist. \nParis\, Montreal\, Brussels\, Osaka\, Seville and Shanghai collapse into a single temporal space. Geography and chronology disappear. Architecture becomes fluid\, unstable and constantly transforming. \nThe installation takes the form of an ascent. \nThree ultra-high-resolution vertical screens create the entrance to After Utopia’s electronic city. The central channel carries viewers through a continuous ascent across all eighteen Expositions\, while the two side channels reveal intimate details of the transforming pavilions — structures seemingly altered by gravity\, time and the logic of the digital world. \nThe city is inhabited by algorithmically generated human figures moving across a vast grid. Their numbers are not arbitrary: their density corresponds to the historical attendance of each Expo. Beneath the synthetic imagery is real human data — a record of the millions of people who once entered these visions of the future. \nThe work draws inspiration from the radical architectural visions of the 1970s\, particularly Archigram and Superstudio. \nArchigram’s Plug-In City imagined a city composed of interchangeable modules into which life could continually plug itself. Superstudio’s Continuous Monument proposed a limitless global grid that could extend across architecture and landscape. \nAfter Utopia brings these ideas into the present: the grid becomes the world\, while the pavilion becomes a constantly reconfigurable unit within it. \nWhat once seemed like speculative architecture now feels strangely familiar. Invisible systems increasingly shape the spaces we inhabit\, the images we see and the choices available to us. \nIn this sense\, After Utopia asks whether utopia itself has migrated from physical space into the digital realm. \nThe World’s Fairs promised a future that technology would help us build. Today\, technology is increasingly capable of imagining\, constructing and even autonomously generating the environments around us. \nIf the nineteenth and twentieth centuries promised better living through technology\, the twenty-first century confronts us with a more uncertain question: \nWho gets to decide what that future looks like? \nAnd\, as artificial intelligence becomes an architect of experience itself\, what happens to our own capacity to imagine? \nAfter Utopia looks backwards in order to look forwards. It resurrects the futures once imagined by previous generations and places them inside the technologies of our own moment. \nThe result is a world suspended between memory and prediction — a digital utopia assembled from the fragments of futures that came before. \nPerhaps the question is no longer whether the future will arrive. \nPerhaps it is whether we will still be the ones imagining it. \n  \nPart of Utopia Now!\, a season exploring the role of the arts in making a better future possible. \n  \nUtopian art and literature has always striven to build forms in which an unseen future comes into contact with the present\, and with the past. The ‘Now’ in ‘Utopia Now’ names the threshold between the worlds that we have lived in\, and an unkown world to come. The architectures in Marco Brambilla’s After Utopia occupy that threshold\, giving an evanescent future fleeting\, shifting shape. In refashioning the history of our utopian architectural projects in fragmentary digital forms\, After Utopia captures the spirit of utopian seeing in our own digitally rendered time. \nProfessor Peter Boxall\, Goldsmiths’ Professor of English Literature\, Oxford University
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/marco-brambilla-after-utopia/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207
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SUMMARY:On Paradise Between Hope and Memory
DESCRIPTION:Lost edens\, hoped for utopias. The idea that a better place exists haunts the human imagination.\nParadise takes form in the mind: an expression of longing\, a vision that sustains\, light in the darkness. Oxford-based artist\, Saad Qureshi\, invites people to describe what paradise represents or looks like to them\, and translates their hopes and dreams into sculptural mindscapes. On Paradise features recent and newly-commissioned works by Qureshi\, including pieces inspired by the paradisial imaginings of communities and Humanities scholars in Oxford. Curated by anthropologist Paul Basu\, Qureshi’s remarkable works are animated sonically through a collaboration with the sound artist Tim Cowie. In addition to the main exhibition in the Schwarzman Centre’s White Box\, Qureshi has made a series of smaller works installed in each of the University’s museums. \nPart of Utopia Now!\, a season exploring the role of the arts in making a better future possible. \n \nTrailer
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/on-paradise-between-hope-and-memory/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261003T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270411T170000
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SUMMARY:Mike Nelson: Double Negative (The Clown)
DESCRIPTION:Following his acclaimed 2004 exhibition\, internationally renowned British artist Mike Nelson returns to Modern Art Oxford with a major new commission.\nKnown for his atmospheric\, large-scale installations\, Nelson transforms galleries using materials and objects gathered from everyday life. His environments draw on literature\, travel\, counterculture and political history\, creating immersive spaces that feel at once familiar and unsettling. \nNelson has used the invitation to revisit Modern Art Oxford’s galleries and explore the idea of collapsing time between his previous and current exhibitions. His new commission reimagines the vision and meaning of his memorable 2004 Triple Bluff Canyon from a contemporary perspective. Double Negative (The Clown) parodies the self-obsession of our current moment and traces the shifting ideas of freedom that have unfolded in his lifetime\, from the countercultural movements of the mid-twentieth century to the rise of libertarianism today. \nCreated onsite\, Double Negative (The Clown) brings together new sculptures with remnants of former works and materials collected by Nelson from a lifetime of making. Some of these objects invoke belief systems that have framed the world through which they have passed\, now encountered as both votive offerings and ideological relics. Belief\, freedom and protest all haunt the memory of the original exhibition while an ideological battle continues: the battle for imagination that may still be won – or lost.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/mike-nelson-double-negative-the-clown/
LOCATION:Modern Art Oxford\, 30 Pembroke St\, Oxford\, OX1 1BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270412
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SUMMARY:APHRODITE THE MAKING OF A GODDESS
DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of Aphrodite\, the Greek goddess of love\, beauty\, and desire – later worshipped by the Romans as Venus. \nToday she is thought of as a symbol of passion and beauty\, but her story is far older and more complex. \nThis major exhibition will explore Aphrodite’s beginnings on the island of Cyprus\, where she was worshipped as an all-powerful goddess over 3\,000 years ago\, and will trace her journey through the Greek and into the Roman world\, where she became Venus. \nThe exhibition will reveal how\, over the centuries\, Aphrodite evolved into an iconic figure symbolising love and beauty as her myths and images flourished – inspiring art\, literature\, and imagination from the Renaissance to the present day\, \nFeaturing more than 200 extraordinary objects – from sculpture and bronzes to gems and terracottas from Cyprus\, Greece\, and Italy\, dating back from around 1400 BCE to the 21st century – this exhibition will uncover the making of a goddess whose legacy still shapes our ideas of love and beauty today.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/aphrodite-the-making-of-a-goddess/
LOCATION:Ashmolean Museum\, Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 2PH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261022T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261119T203000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260919T081033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260919T081033Z
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SUMMARY:After Hours Studio: Drawing with Dust
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an After Hours Studio session inspired by Mike Nelson’s major new exhibition in our Upper Galleries. \nWhat To Expect \nExperiment with charcoal to create bold textures\, depth and large-scale drawings in this hands-on workshop. Make art in the galleries\, meet new people and explore the exhibition from a fresh perspective. \nTickets include all necessary materials\, a guided walk-through of the Upper Galleries\, and a complimentary drink. \nWe’re offering these tickets on a pay-what-you-can basis (17.50\, £22.50 or £27.50)\, with higher-price options helping to support Modern Art Oxford as a charity and keep events like this accessible to more people. \nAccessibility \nWe offer a range of facilities to ensure we are accessible to visitors. Please click here to find out more about visiting Modern Art Oxford. A limited number of bursary places are available for this workshop. If you have any questions about your visit or would like to enquire about a bursary place\, please get in touch at info@modernartoxforg.org.uk. All activities are suitable for wheelchair users or those using mobility aids.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/after-hours-studio-drawing-with-dust/
LOCATION:Modern Art Oxford\, 30 Pembroke St\, Oxford\, OX1 1BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261024
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260223T113531Z
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SUMMARY:Pets & their People
DESCRIPTION:  11 March – 27 September 2026 \n ST Lee Gallery\, Weston Library \n Free admission\, no ticket required \nAbout the exhibition\nWe have been domesticating animals for over ten thousand years. But why do we want tame wolves in our homes or wild cats on our laps? \nThis exhibition explores the relationship between humans and their pets – or pets and their humans. \nPets & their People draws on depictions of pets in stories\, imagery and poetry in the Bodleian’s collection – from one of the earliest recorded depictions of an assistance dog for the blind to a rare copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that has never been displayed in the UK before. The exhibition asks how the special bond between owners and their pets has evolved over time\, and what that evolution tells us about who we really are. \nAre we taming our pets\, or are they bring us back to our wild roots? \nCurators\nCharles Foster\, Fellow of Exeter College and bestselling author of Being a Beast \nAcknowledgements\nPets & their People is made possible with generous support from the John S Cohen Foundation.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/pets-their-people/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Weston Library\, Broad Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 3BG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T170000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260130T155321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T155321Z
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SUMMARY:Brokenness and repair exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Venue:\n\nThe Glass Tank\, Oxford Brookes University\n\n\n\nDate(s):\n\nMonday\, 26 January 2026 to Friday\, 6 February 2026\n\n\n\nTiming:\n\n9am – 5pm\n\n\n\nCost:\n\n0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInspired by the sublime beauty of techniques of visual repair across cultures\, these works invite reflection on brokenness and why it matters. \nIn recent years\, the traditional Japanese technique of repairing broken pottery using lacquer\, often embellished with gold or other precious metals\, known as ‘kintsugi’ has fascinated and inspired not only contemporary artists\, but also pscyhologists\, philosophers\, scientists and archaeologists. But the idea of caring for something that is broken and finding beauty in its imperfection resonates much more widely. Whether we are living with the painful yet precious memories of loss\, or trying to reassemble places of belonging from the remnants of abandoned buildings\, brokenness and repair speak to our fundamental ways of being in the world. \nThrough sculpture\, sound\, images\, and pottery\, this exhibition creates a space of dialogue between Japanese aesthetics of brokenness and repair and those of other cultures. Each piece invites visitors to reflect on the complex\, sometimes challenging beauty of brokenness\, and the care and attention involved in repair. \nThe exhibition includes original works from Rob Simpkins\, Katie Taylor\, Johanna Tulloch\, Dan O’Brien\, Natasha Durie\, Juliet Eccles\, and Rachel Barbaresi\, as well as kintsugi pieces by Iku Nishikawa (Oxford Kintsugi). \nAll are invited to join us to meet the artists and organisers over wine and refreshments. \nThis exhibition and reception was made possible through the generous support of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. \n\n\n\n\nFurther Information\n\nContact Details:\n\n\nhttps://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/…\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brokennes… \ndobrien@brookes.ac.uk
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/brokenness-and-repair-exhibition/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Oxford Brookes University\, Oxford Brookes University\, Headington\, Oxfordshire\, OX3 0BP
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T160000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260220T132433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T133234Z
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SUMMARY:Recycled Extravaganza
DESCRIPTION:Venue\, Timing and Cost\n\nVenue:\n\nThame Museum\n\n\n\nDate(s):\n\nSaturday\, 7 February 2026 to Friday\, 20 March 2026\n\n\n\nTiming:\n\nDuring opening hours Wed. Fri. Sat. 10am-4pm; Sun. 1pm-4pm-\n\n\n\nCost:\n\nFree admission\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis exhibition has been created by the talented art students of Lord Williams School Thame. Exhibition Gallery Thame Museum \n\n\n\n\nFurther Information\n\nContact Details:\n\n\nYvonne Maxwell\, publicity@thamemuseum.org. \nThame Museum\, 79 High Street Thame\, OX93AE\nwww.thamemuseum.oirg
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/recycled-extravaganza/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Thame Museum\, 79 High Street Thame\, Oxfordshire\, OX93AE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T170000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260909T121514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T121514Z
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SUMMARY:ASHMOLEAN HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
DESCRIPTION:Every Fri & Sat during Aug–Oct\, 2–3pm\n\n\n\n\nAt the Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet in the Randolph Sculpture Gallery to join this guided tour \nTickets are £15 each. Booking is essential. \nBook tickets below \n\nLed by Ashmolean Gallery Guides \nExplore the Ashmolean’s history and collections on this guided highlights tour. \nBeginning with the story of the Museum itself\, this tour provides an introduction to the people\, objects and ideas that shaped the Ashmolean. \n  \n \nTour group in the Ashmolean’s Story Gallery \n\n  \nUncover stories from a selection of highlights spanning art\, archaeology and coins from across the Museum’s collections\, revealing connections between cultures\, histories and artistic traditions from around the world. \nNote the tour explores several galleries across the Museum and includes periods of standing and walking. If you have any access requirements\, please contact us in advance and we will do our best to support your visit. \nPlease contact us in advance via. publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk \n\nBOOKING \nMeet in the Randolph Sculpture Gallery \nTickets are £15 each. Booking is essential \n  \nFor any queries\, email publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/ashmolean-highlights-tour/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Ashmolean Museum\, Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 2PH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T163000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260220T135527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T135558Z
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SUMMARY:New Work 2026 at the West Ox Arts Gallery in Bampton
DESCRIPTION:Venue\, Timing and Cost\n\nVenue:\n\nWest Ox Arts Gallery\, Bampton.\n\n\n\nDate(s):\n\nSaturday\, 14 February 2026 to Saturday\, 14 March 2026\n\n\n\nTiming:\n\nTues to Sat 11.30 – 4.30\, Sun 2 – 4\, Mondays closed\n\n\n\nCost:\n\nfree\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWest Ox Arts is delighted to present New Work 26\, an exhibition celebrating the breadth and diversity of work created by its members. Taking place from 14 February to 14 March 2026\, the exhibition will be held at the WOA Gallery\, a distinctive and well-established venue in the heart of Bampton\, Oxfordshire.\nVisitors are invited to explore an inspiring range of contemporary art and craft\, including painting\, sculpture\, glass\, jewellery\, textiles\, wood\, and wirework. The exhibition reflects the richness of artistic practice within the West Ox Arts community and offers something to engage every visitor.\nHighlights include:\n* Meet the artists – Learn about their inspirations\, creative processes\, and the stories behind the work.\n* Discover new talent – Find emerging and established artists\, uncover unique pieces\, or simply enjoy the pleasure of artistic exploration.\n* Support local creativity – Your visit helps sustain and encourage the region’s vibrant artistic community.\nArtists interested in exhibiting in our member exhibitions are warmly invited to enquire about West Ox Arts membership. For further information\, please contact:
gallery@westoxarts.com\nWe look forward to welcoming you to the gallery. \nVisitor Information\n* Free entry\n* Opening Times:\n* Tuesday–Saturday: 11:30am – 4:30pm\n* Sunday: 2:00pm – 4:00pm\n* Monday: Closed\n* WOA Gallery\,Market Square. Bampton\, Oxfordshire. OX18 2JH \n\n\n\n\nFurther Information\n\nContact Details:\n\n\nEmail: gallery@westoxarts.com\nWebsite: www.westoxarts.com\nInstagram: @westoxarts\nFacebook: WestOxArts \nTelephone: 01993 850137 \n\n 
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/new-work-2026-at-the-west-ox-arts-gallery-in-bampton/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Ox Arts Gallery\, Bampton\, Market Sq\, OX18 2JH
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T133000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260919T081239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260919T081239Z
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SUMMARY:Curator-Led Exhibition Tour: 23 October
DESCRIPTION:Gain behind-the-scenes insights into our new exhibitions with our curator-led tours.\nStep inside our current exhibitions with one of our curators. These focused\, 30-minute tours offer in-depth insights into the ideas\, processes and stories behind the work on display. \nLed by the people who know the exhibitions inside out\, each session offers a chance to look closer\, ask questions and connect more deeply with the art. \n📍 Meeting Point: Social Space – ask a staff member if needed \nPerfect for some lunchtime inspiration! \n\nAccessibility \nWe offer a range of facilities to ensure we are accessible to visitors. Please click here to find out more about visiting Modern Art Oxford. If you have any questions about your visit\, please get in touch at info@modernartoxforg.org.uk.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/curator-led-exhibition-tour-23-october/
LOCATION:Modern Art Oxford\, 30 Pembroke St\, Oxford\, OX1 1BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T153000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260328T133729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T133729Z
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SUMMARY:Venus & Adonis
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Sir Greg Doran \nPuppets designed and created by Lyndie Wright \n  \nFormer Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and renowned Shakespearean\, Greg Doran\, revives his celebrated production of Venus & Adonis\, Shakespeare’s great narrative poem. \n  \nAnimated by a team of world-class puppeteers\, this unique production blends comedy\, tragedy and Shakespeare’s incredible poetry to bring the famous story of Venus and her obsession with the handsome Adonis thrillingly to life in a rich\, immersive theatrical experience. \n  \nDrawing inspiration from the bewitching artistry of Japanese Bunraku puppets and the Jacobean Court Masque\, this spellbinding production tells the story using marionettes\, rod\, shadow and table-top puppets. \n  \nThis is an exclusive and rare opportunity to witness\, close at hand\, this powerful erotically-charged story of unrequited love.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/venus-adonis-2/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Oxford Playhouse\, 11-12 Beaumont St\, Oxford\, OX1 2LW
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T173000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260513T131008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T131008Z
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SUMMARY:Share this event  Chunky Arm Knitting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Fun for all the family and complete beginners \n\n\n\n\nCome and join us for a fun arm knitting workshop and take home your own mega chunky\, snuggly blanket! \nThis class is suitable for total beginners – no knitting or crafting experience is required. Adrienne from ‘Snuggle & Squish’ will be teaching you how to use your arms as knitting needles and you’ll create your whole blanket before the workshop has ended. \nYour finished blanket will measure approximately 150cm x 80cm. The exact size will vary depending on the tension of your yarn and the size of your stitches. This is what makes every blanket so unique. You will learn how to cast on\, create the stitches\, cast off and how to keep your blanket in tip top condition. \nYou’ll receive your own 2kg ball of vegan friendly “Mammoth” acrylic yarn from the masters of extreme knitting\, Woolly Mahoosive. There are lots of different colours to choose from which can be viewed on the workshop photos. Availability depends on demand when you come to the workshop. \nIt’s best to leave your jewellery and watches at home so they don’t get caught in your yarn and we recommend wearing short sleeves – don’t worry about getting cold\, you’ll be toasty and warm as the blanket grows on your lap. \nIncluded in your workshop: \n\nWorkshop will last approx 2 hrs\n2kg ball of mammoth yarn\nChunky knit blanket to take home on the day – Handmade by you.\nRefreshments and cake can be purchased onsite\n\nPlease follow GOOGLE MAPS to ‘BICESTER CANDLES’ for the best instructions to get to us.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/share-this-event-chunky-arm-knitting-workshop-43/
LOCATION:Bicester Candles & Crafts\, Station Road\, Bletchingdon\, OX5 3BQ
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T220000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260123T153548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T153548Z
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SUMMARY:Half Man Half Biscuit
DESCRIPTION:Formed in 1984\, Merseyside band Half Man Half Biscuit are known for their satirical\, sardonic\, and sometimes surreal songs.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/half-man-half-biscuit/
LOCATION:O2 Academy Oxford\, 190 Cowley Rd\, Oxford\, Oxon\, OX4 1UE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T203000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260328T133631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T133631Z
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SUMMARY:Venus & Adonis
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Sir Greg Doran \nPuppets designed and created by Lyndie Wright \n  \nFormer Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and renowned Shakespearean\, Greg Doran\, revives his celebrated production of Venus & Adonis\, Shakespeare’s great narrative poem. \n  \nAnimated by a team of world-class puppeteers\, this unique production blends comedy\, tragedy and Shakespeare’s incredible poetry to bring the famous story of Venus and her obsession with the handsome Adonis thrillingly to life in a rich\, immersive theatrical experience. \n  \nDrawing inspiration from the bewitching artistry of Japanese Bunraku puppets and the Jacobean Court Masque\, this spellbinding production tells the story using marionettes\, rod\, shadow and table-top puppets. \n  \nThis is an exclusive and rare opportunity to witness\, close at hand\, this powerful erotically-charged story of unrequited love.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/venus-adonis/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Oxford Playhouse\, 11-12 Beaumont St\, Oxford\, OX1 2LW
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T210000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20261015T162919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T162919Z
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SUMMARY:Mozart: Bliss Beside Us
DESCRIPTION:World-renowned choreographer Andreas Heise brings the songs and piano music of Mozart to life in a stunning fusion of movement\, words and music.\nEminent soprano Juliane Banse trained as a dancer before embarking on her singing career\, making her uniquely able to interact with and complement the dancer István Simon\, who has been a Principal Dancer in Budapest\, Dresden and Dortmund. They are joined by Alexander Krichel\, one of today’s leading pianists and a former ECHO Klassik winner. Costumes are designed by the luxury brand UY Studio. The programme includes some of Mozart’s best-loved songs and a complete performance of his Sonata in F\, K332. This is a welcome return to Oxford International Song Festival for this artistic team whose performance of Schubert’s Winterreise in 2023 was an unforgettable occasion.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/mozart-bliss-beside-us/
LOCATION:The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities\, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road\, Oxford\, OX2 6GG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261023T213000
DTSTAMP:20261023T103358
CREATED:20260228T152004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260228T152307Z
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SUMMARY:The Rhythm of Life
DESCRIPTION:Tickets £19.50*\nInterval\nYes\nVenue\nOxford Playhouse\n\n\n\nTravel from Oz to Seville\, step onto 42nd Street\, tumble down the rabbit hole\, and raise the barricade — all in one exhilarating evening. \nJoin Oxford Operatic Society (OXOPS) this July as they present The Rhythm of Life\, a staged concert with heart\, humour and high-energy performances. This fast-paced production brings together beloved classics and contemporary favourites in a joyful tribute to the stage. \nFrom the timeless wit of Gilbert & Sullivan to the soaring drama of Andrew Lloyd Webber\, the golden age of Rodgers & Hammerstein to modern West End and Broadway hits\, there is something here for every generation of theatre fan. Featuring music from Wicked\, Les Misérables\, Chicago\, Beauty and the Beast\, Company and more\, the programme is packed with iconic songs that have defined musical theatre for decades. \nAnd this year makes it even more special. \nAs OXOPS celebrates its 80th anniversary\, we’re marking eight decades of bringing musical theatre to Oxford. Since 1946\, we’ve been staging ambitious productions\, building a vibrant community of performers\, and sharing the joy of live theatre with audiences across the city. The Rhythm of Life is both a celebration of the genre and a tribute to the company’s extraordinary legacy. \nWhether you’re a lifelong musical theatre devotee or just looking for a genuinely uplifting night out\, join us for an evening packed with music\, movement\, and moments you’ll be humming long after the curtain falls.
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/the-rhythm-of-life/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Oxford Playhouse\, 11-12 Beaumont St\, Oxford\, OX1 2LW
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