Museum of Modern Art (01865 722733, infoline 01865 813830): Tues-Sun 11-6, Thurs 11- 9, until Jan 7, 2001, Matt Mullican. Thursday viewpoint talks at 6.15pm: Nov 23, Rachel Withers; Nov 30, Cathy Gale. In the cafe gallery: Isidro Ramirez re:creation, large-scale photographs.

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Ashmolean Museum (01865 278015): Tues-Sat, 10-5, Sun 2-5. Exhibitions: until Nov 19, Edward Ardizzone, RA (1900-1979); until Nov 26, Persian Steel. Nov 21 to Jan 21, Portraits of John Ruskin. Gallery talks : 1.15pm every Friday and Tuesday today, Modern Chinese Paintings and Tuesday, Camille Pissarro; Nov 24, Nubia and the Shrine of Taharqa. Ashmolean Treasures Tour: every Saturday 11am. Special lecture on Sunday 3pm, The Milton Jewel, by David Miles (English Heritage). Lecture : Tues 5pm: Ruskin, Oxford and the Geographical Imagination, by Prof Denis Cosgrove, 5pm. Study Day: Modern Chinese Painting, Wed 10-4. Family drop-in session: Sat Nov 25, 2-4pm, Money, Money, Money. To book a place on gallery talks, etc, tel 01865 278015. ____________________

Oxford University Museum of Natural History (01865 272950): open daily noon-5pm. Until December, Ruskin and the Museum. Until Feb 3, 2001, A Passion for Plankton photographs by Peter Parks.

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Christ Church Picture Gallery (01865 276172): Mon-Sat 10.30-1, 2-4.30, Sun 2-4.30. Nov 18 to Dec 17, Neil Drury new paintings and drawings; Catherine Binnie figurative work from English and French limestone; also The Life of Christ Old Master drawings.

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Oxford Gallery, 23 High Street: Mon to Sat 10-5, until Nov 22, work by Malcom Martin and Gaynor Dowling; Tsugumi Ota, Vivienne Foley. ____________________

Oxford Brookes University, Headington Hill: Nov 20 to Dec 3, Cats in Waiting, installation by Derek Morris. Situated amongst the trees on the right on entering the campus. No parking Mon to Fri 9-5. Parking available Sat and Sun.

Phoenix Picture House, Walton Street: during November, work by local artist Mark Bassett.

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Liscious Interiors, 102 Walton Street (01865 552232): Nov 20 to Jan 14, sculpture and prints by Rachel Ducker, Hetty Haxworth, Rachel Owen.

University Club, 6-8 South Parks Road: Mon-Fri 10-5, until to Nov 24, Society of Wood Engravers.

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Wiseman Gallery, South Parade, Summertown: Mon and Wed 10-4, Tues 10-6, Thurs to Sat 10-6, Nov 18 to Dec 30, paintings, ceramics and jewellery. ____________________

Bloomin' Arts, Princes Street: until Nov 24, local arts and disability organisation ITHACA. Work by users and survivors of the mental health system. 01865 714652.

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Natural Health Centre, 3 Church Cowley Road, Iffley (01865 715615): 9-1, 2-5, Mon to Fri, until Dec 22, etchings by Morna Rhys.

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Verandah Gallery, North Parade: Mon to Sat 10-5, ongoing, silk hats, bags and head wraps by Trish Bower.

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Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock (01993 811456): until Sun, Jewellery and Silver Society of Oxford. Nov 18, 10.30 and 2.30, A Treasured Inheritance 600 Years of Silver in Oxford, a lecture by Helen Clifford (V&A), tickets 5. Nov 24 to Dec 23, Oxfordshire Craft Guild. ____________________

The Theatre, Chipping Norton: 10-1, Mon to Thurs and during performances until Sun, Oxford Printmakers Co-operative.

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Oxfordshire Craft Guild Shop, Chipping Norton (01608 641525): 10-5 Mon, Tues and Thurs to Sat. Until Nov 30, John Poole silversmith.

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Electric Showroom, 33 West St Helen Street, Abingdon: until Nov 25, 10-4 Mon to Sat, A New Art Group's Christmas Show. Includes work by Laurence Burrell, Linda Bareham-Stanley, Lisa Cattle, David Phipps.

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Abingdon Museum basement: Nov 17-23, 11-4 daily ( until 8pm on Wed), Abingdon Artists. ____________________

Masonic Hall, Wantage: Mon to Thurs and Sat 10-5, Fri 10-9, Sun 2-5, until Nov 26, Lord Wantage Victoria Cross Paintings. 01235 763459.

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Borlase Gallery, Blewbury (01235 850274): 10-12.30, 2.30-7, until Nov 26, The Free Spirits seven painters and a potter. Closed Mon and Tues.

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Modern Artists Gallery, Whitchurch on Thames: until Nov 19, Joanna Bailey, Kathryn Williams. New paintings. 10-5.30pm Tues to Sat.

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River and Rowing Museum, Henley (01491 415600): weekdays 10-5, Sat and Sun 10.30-5, until Jan 7, 2001, Frink: Plaster into Bronze. Works shops by Camilla Shelley. 01491 415615.

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Bampton Town Hall: Tues to Sun 10.30-12.30, 2-4, until Nov 26, Ann and Dennis.

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Bohun Gallery, Henley (01491 576228): until Nov 25, Michael Rothenstein woodcuts.

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Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum: ( Mon to Sat 10-5.20, Nov 18 to Jan 13, Glamorous Glittering Glass The Art of Andrew Logan.