Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.

Nov 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm 40 George St, Oxford OX1 2AQ
SARU practitioner Harriet Butler will talk about the idea behind a new collaborative residency that she is leading in relation to place, mapping, sound, and ecology, and the work that lead her to this point.[...]
Nov 25 @ 11:00 am – 6:15 pm Chakrabarti Lecture Theatre & JHB207
Sunday, 25th November 2018 11am – 6.15pm (Registration starts at 10.30am) Chakrabarti Lecture Theatre & JHB207, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Road, Oxford OX3 0BP “What does it mean to[...]
Nov 30 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Thatcher Business Education Centre
Amanda Jewell will take you on a tour of our exhibition:‘Contrasting Arabia’ A contemporary photographic and film journey through the Zaatari Refugee Camp photographed by Anthony Dawton and Jim McFarlane – filmed by Mais Salman[...]
Dec 7 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Thatcher Business Education Centre
Amanda Jewell will take you on a tour of our exhibition: ‘Contrasting Arabia’ A contemporary photographic and film journey through the Zaatari Refugee Camp photographed by Anthony Dawton and Jim McFarlane – filmed by Mais[...]
Dec 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Old Fire Station
Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin is a master of collage, and has made a treasure trove of films that testify to his profound knowledge and love of cinema, and of re-purposing found footage. Originally commissioned by[...]
Feb 12 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College
Abstract: Although early modern artistic connections between India and Ethiopia are reasonably well documented, there is little or no epigraphic or textual evidence for earlier histories of circulation across the Indian Ocean. Yet, architectural and[...]
Feb 14 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
The challenges of setting up a business in the art world. Philip Hoffman Founder and CEO of The Fine Art Group, will discuss changing attitudes around art as an asset class. He will discuss the[...]
Feb 22 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Ashmolean Museum
Jeff Koons’s recent works explicitly reference appropriate works of art of the ancient or more recent past. This special talk, with Ashmolean Director Dr Xa Sturgis, will explore the work of Jeff Koons throughout his[...]
Feb 23 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
Join us at Teddy Hall next week for a fantastic event on the ‘Neuroscience of Dance’ brought to you by the Centre for the Creative Brain! Science, dance and wine – what more could you[...]
Mar 27 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Cheney School
Chief Arts Correspondent Will Gompertz: “The importance of Art and Museums”
Apr 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us at Blackwell’s to hear writer and campaigner, Caroline Criado-Perez discuss her latest book, Invisible Women. Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug[...]
May 9 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Thatcher Business Education Centre
Saïd Business School is pleased to welcome Freya Stewart, Fine Art Group’s in house lawyer on Art and Law – provenance, title and all various things that come with that. [Originally scheduled for 15th November[...]
May 9 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
Saïd Business School is pleased to welcome Freya Stewart, Fine Art Group’s in house lawyer to talk on Art and Law. About the talk Art-secured financing is not new, but leverage in the art market[...]
May 16 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College
Professor Eudine Barriteau will give a talk on: ‘Coming into our own? Women and Power in the Caribbean’. Professor Eudine Barriteau is a Grenadian born Caribbean feminist, scholar and activist with considerable experience in research,[...]
May 29 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Sheldonian Theatre
The 5th Annual Oxford Business and Poverty Conference will feature a diverse range of speakers addressing the Paradoxes of Prosperity. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual-oxford-business-poverty-conference-tickets-57733957822 Hosted at the Sheldonian Theatre, the conference will feature keynotes by:[...]
May 30 @ 7:30 pm – Jun 1 @ 9:30 pm The North Wall Arts Centre
Coriander Theatre presents a new play ‘My Mother Runs in Zig-Zags’ at the North Wall Arts Centre, 30th May – 1st June 2019, 7:30pm, Saturday Matinee 2:30pm. Sometimes, race and trauma are like leaky old[...]
Jul 8 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
The art market is one of the most visible, yet least understood industries in the world. And it is in the midst of a digital transformation that is redefining what and how art is transacts[...]
Jul 13 @ 11:30 am – 6:30 pm The Jam Factory
For this event, 12 artists from all over the country will be presenting work that they have been making as part of the Sound Diaries open call. The presenting artists are: Richard Bentley, Hannah Dargavel-Leafe,[...]
Sep 25 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm Ashmolean Museum
Sculpt, Mould, Cast: The Art of Cast Making THREE DAY WORKSHOP AT THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM Follow in the footsteps of ancient Greek and Roman sculptors to create your own pint-sized plaster statue. You’ll be given[...]
Oct 8 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Magdalen College Auditorium
The Ashmolean Museum is treasured by local people and visitors alike for its eclectic and fascinating mix of exhibits and special exhibitions, all set within a superb building. Xa Sturgis reflects on five eventful years[...]
Oct 9 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm Thatcher Business Education Centre, Saïd Business School
Globally acclaimed Artist and Social Historian Nicola Green will discuss her role as witness to some of the most seminal events of our times. Green will share her experiences gaining remarkable access to iconic figures[...]
Oct 9 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Pitt Rivers Museum
The poppy as a recurring image in poetry and art, and as a symbol of wartime loss, is powerfully resonant in our culture. Dr Andrew Lack, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology at Oxford Brookes University,[...]
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm Weston Library
Visual Artist Dr Clair Chinnery interprets the ‘shapeshifting’ capabilities of human bodies as they emerge, grow, mature and die, informed by the physical materials left behind when such changes occur. With Digital Developer Gerard Helmich[...]
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Wig and Pen
What happens when you excavate the image archives of the Institute of Archaeology and other departments of the University of Oxford? The answer: you find amazing pictures that tell unexpected stories. Most of the pictures[...]
Oct 23 @ 6:15 pm – 7:45 pm John Lewis and Partners
How people become unrecognisable depends on who’s viewing. Contouring, volumised lashes and a smokey eye change a look, but can it trick facial recognition software? Explore makeup artistry from Charlotte Tilbury and City of Oxford[...]
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to be hosting a celebration in honour of the launch of Matthew Rice’s beautiful new book, Oxford. Oxford is one of the jewels of European architecture, much loved and much visited. The[...]
Nov 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Sarah Weir OBE, Chief Executive, Design Council, will lecture on ‘Designing the Future: Who is doing it?’ She will consider the question of what design is – a mindset and skillset; critical thinking and creativity[...]
Nov 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
The Classical Art Research Centre (CARC) welcome Oxford University’s own Dr Llewelyn Morgan to give the 2019 Gandhara Connections Lecture on ‘Heracles’ Track to the Indus: Ancients and Moderns in the Swat Valley’. Dr Morgan[...]
Nov 22 @ 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm St Cross College Lecture Theatre
Join us for a special lecture with St Cross alumna Lisa Downing, who will discuss the research behind her new book: Selfish Women. This event will be followed by a drinks reception. Lisa Downing is[...]
Dec 4 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
Inaugural event in our new events series focusing on responsible leadership: Driving Diversity and Inclusion Seminar Series. Progress on diversity in the UK civil service and why it matters. How the dial only really shifted[...]