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Top 9 Art Galleries in Oxford, England
In the "city of dreaming spires," academia takes center stage. Gaze out at Oxford's world-famous university from the top of Carfax Tower before heading into the city's pedestrian-friendly streets. Follow your nose to the Covered Market for the makings of a picnic to enjoy at Headington Hill Park. Mix the historic and modern with visits to the 12th-century village church of Iffley and trendy Cowley's ethnic shops and music venues.
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1. The Glass Tank
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
The Glass Tank gallery space showcases the work, talent and research of Oxford Brookes University's students, staff and alumni. The gallery is a public facing platform and promotes a healthy creative output for Oxford Brookes University culture. Situated in the heart of Oxford Brookes' Headington campus, the gallery is a hub of excitement within the new Abercrombie extension. Major international standing exhibitions have and continue to fill up the Glass Tank's programme. The gallery is situated next to the Abercrombie cafe where visitors can relax and unwind with a hot drink or some food.
2. Christ Church Picture Gallery
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4.5 based on 48 reviews
Art gallery based at Christ Church College, Oxford University, contains an impressive collection of Old Masters paintings and drawing, with an emphasis on Italian art from the 14th to the 18th century.The internationally renowned drawings collection in the Picture Gallery at Christ Church is regarded as one of the most important private collections of Old Master drawings in the country and includes work by the masters; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Raphael and Rubens. For reasons of conservation the entire drawings collection cannot be permanently on show, but a selection of drawings is always on view. These small in-house exhibitions are changed about every three months to enable the public to see a varied selection from this part of the collection. Please refer to website for opening hours.
3. Aidan Meller Gallery
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4.5 based on 16 reviews
Aidan Meller is Oxford's longest established specialist art gallery dealing in Modern, Contemporary and Old Master. Established 1998. Aidan Meller features work from John Constable, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and many others. This diverse collection is supported by Aidan’s 20 years of experience in the art world and gives collectors access to the best examples of original work by the world’s most acclaimed masters of the 20th and 21st centuries. Exhibitions in 2016 have included the Bloomsbury Set, Calder and Miro, School of Paris, Victorian, and Old Master.
4. Antiques on High
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
Founded in 1997 and open 7 days a week we are a traditional award winning antiques centre carrying a diverse range of Antiques and Vintage stock including, costume jewellery, silverware, books, antiquities, lighting, maps, coins furniture, luggage, trunks, glassware, ceramics, vintage tins, postcards, brass and iron, precious stone jewellery, and much more, with something to appeal to just about everyone. Good business relationships with leading logistics companies enable us to ship any item anywhere in the world and we personally deliver all large furniture items free of charge within a 60 mile radius.
5. Whitewall Galleries
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2.0 based on 2 reviews
Whitewall brings the finest artwork from around the world to a discerning audience of art lovers. Placing the emphasis on individuality and quality Whitewall reflects the exhilarating character and infinite variety of the contemporary art scene.
6. Art Jericho
Art Jericho is an art gallery for art lovers tucked away in the heart of Oxford showing a rolling programme of exhibitions of contemporary art by emerging artists - paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings.
7. O3 Gallery
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
8. The North Wall Arts Centre
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3.5 based on 3 reviews
9. Oxford Ceramics Gallery
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