Museum of the History of Science

Compass and Rule
Explores geometry and design, uniting drawings, instruments, and books to reveal the world of the architect in England.

From 16 June to 6 September 2009

For more information visit the website of the Museum of the History of Science

Silke Otto-Knapp: Present time exercise

Venue: Modern Art Oxford
Dates: Saturday 4th July 2009 to Sunday 13th September 2009 at Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm, Monday Closed.
Price: Free admission

This is the first major exhibition in the UK of the London-based artist Silke Otto-Knapp. Otto-Knapp works with watercolour and gouache on canvas, repeatedly building up and dissolving the surface to create paintings of subtle effect. Drawing on a photographic archive of visual sources that refer to the spatial staging of the formal garden and the choreography of modern dance, Otto-Knapp’s tautly constructed yet mutable compositions are rendered in layers of diluted pigment and metallic silver monotones. Recent paintings reveal the artist’s evolving investigations into the construction of pictorial space with a renewed approach to the figure and colour through which more complex narratives emerge.

Contact: Modern Art Oxford
01865 722733
www.modernartoxford.org.uk
30 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP

Sculpture in the Garden

Venue: Woodstock Museum Garden
Dates: Tuesday 21st July 2009 to Sunday 20th September 2009 at 10-5 Tue-Sat
Price: Free

The Oxford Sculptors Group Return to the Oxfordshire Museum Garden in Woodstock. They will be showing around 30 pieses of sculpture in a wide variety of styles and materials. The Museum Garden provides a great backdrop for the sculptures and a unique atmosphere and a restfull museum caf to plan the rest of the day in Woodstock. The exhibition has been designed to appeal both to lovers of contemporary work as well as more traditional subjects and styles. Materials used will include stone, metal and ceramics, and every piece unique or a limited edition, is for sale.

Contact: Ian Wells

The Stylish Style - Between Renaissance and Baroque

Venue: Christ Church Picture Gallery. Entrance via Oriel Square Christ Church
Dates: Friday 12th June 2009 to Sunday 4th October 2009 at 1 May - 30 September Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 5pm Sunday 2pm to 5pm 1 October - 30 April Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 1.00pm & 2pm to 4.30pm Sunday 2pm to 4.30pm
Price: Admission: £3/ Concession £2

Christ Church's collection contains a large number of drawings from the mid-sixteenth century. The importance of that period in art was only fully recognised in the twentieth century and with this recognition the treasures of Christ Church became focal points in the study of the era. Jacopo Pontormo's preparatory drawing for his Lamentation in the church of Santa Felicita in Florence is probably the most famous example of this kind. More than thirty drawings will be on display in this exhibition by artists such as Vasari, Salviati, Allori, Pontormo and many more.

Contact: Christ Church Picture Gallery
01865 276 172
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/gallery
Entrance via Oriel Square
Christ Church
Oxford
Oxfordshire, OX1 1DP