Art and Museum exhibitions in and around Oxfordshire, November 10 - 17

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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. Gallery talks 1.15pm Friday and Tuesday, today, Classical and Romantic Art. Ashmolean Treasures Tour every Saturday 11am. To book a place on gallery talks, etc, tel 01865 278015.

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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.

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Christ Church (01865 276172): Picture Gallery: Mon-Sat 10.30-1, 2-4.30, Sun 2-4.30. Until Nov 15, Images of Women.

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Christ Church Cathedral: until Nov 12, 8.30-4.30 daily, Children of the Millennium installation by Diana Bell.

Ruskin School of Drawing: 10-4 weekdays, 10-12, Sat, until Nov 16, Russian naive master Pavel Leonov.

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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.

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

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

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Wolfson College, Linton Road (01865 274100): until Nov 17, 10-4, Tess Recordon a retrospective. Telephone before visiting.

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Bloomin' Arts, Princes Street: until Nov 24, local arts and disability organisation ITHACA. Work by users and survivors of the mental health system in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. 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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Ark-T Gallery, Crowell Road, Cowley: until Nov 18, Full Circle. Paintings by Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga.

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Verandah Gallery, North Parade: Mon to Sat 10-5, jewellery by John Fielding and ceramics by Anna Mercedes Wear.

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Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock (01993 811456): until Nov 19, Jewellery and Silver Society of Oxford, with demonstrations 11-1 and 2-4 Sats, 2-4 Suns

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The Theatre, Chipping Norton: 10-1, Mon to Thurs and during performances until Nov 19, 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, Abingdon: until Nov 4, daily 10-5, Oxford Art Society.

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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) Nov 4-26, The Free Spirits seven painters and a potter.

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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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Silver Band Hall,High Street, Kidlington: Sat 9.30-4.30, paintings by Kidlington Art Group.

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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 with workshops by Camilla Shelley. 01491 415615.

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Bampton Town Hall: Tues to Sun 10.30-12.30, 2-4, New work by Ann Manly and Dennis Harrison.

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

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Buckinghamshire County Museum: 10.30-4.30, Mon-Sat, 2-4.30 Sun, until Nov 19, Off-the-Wall art market.

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Sundial Theatre, Cirencester College (01285 654228): Thurs 7.30pm, Byzantium a lecture by Lord Norwich.