6 Dec 2025 - 29 Nov 2026  Gallery 7 Admission is FREE Coinage remains one of the best represented and most recognisable elements of Roman material culture. This 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 […]

Song of Myself, 1995, Tom Phillips RA (1937–2022), wire, 360 x 180 cm. Credit: Estate of Tom Phillips CBE RA Tom 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 […]

FREE EXHIBITION Opens 11 Apr 2026 Gallery 29 Admission is FREE This 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). A member of the East India Company, Impey arrived in India in 1851 and took […]

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. Following the 'Seven Wonders' of birds – nest, egg, beak, song, feather, flight, migration – this exhibition pairs […]

Lost edens, hoped for utopias. The idea that a better place exists haunts the human imagination. Paradise 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 […]

Step into the world of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and desire – later worshipped by the Romans as Venus. Today she is thought of as a symbol of passion and beauty, but her story is far older and more complex. This major exhibition will explore Aphrodite’s beginnings on the island of Cyprus, […]

Overview Join us in Oxford for a hands-on cooking fun where you’ll whip up delicious dishes with new friends! Oxford Cooking Experience Get 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. […]

Discover some of the South’s most exciting emerging artists as part of The Platform Graduate Award 2026. This year’s exhibition brings together new work by recent graduates Leah Olaleye (University […]

A new vision of the future, built from the dreams of the past. After 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 […]

Following his acclaimed 2004 exhibition, internationally renowned British artist Mike Nelson returns to Modern Art Oxford with a major new commission. Known 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 […]

Join us for an After Hours Studio session inspired by Mike Nelson’s major new exhibition in our Upper Galleries. What To Expect Experiment 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. Tickets include […]