Contemporary Art Lectures at the Ruskin

Join us for a series of talks open to the University community and the public, intended to ignite and open up conversations around contemporary art today.

Onyeka Igwe wins Jarman Award 2025

Ruskin Associate Professor Onyeka Igwe shares the prestigious annual prize with Morgan Quaintance.

Ian Kiaer presents new solo exhibition in Los Angeles

Many congratulations to Ian Kiaer, Ruskin Professor of Fine Art, who has opened a new solo exhibition at Chris Sharp Gallery in Los Angeles!

Onyeka Igwe at Tate Britain

Ruskin's Onyeka Igwe is showing new work at Tate Britain as part of the Art Now series.

Platform Graduate Award

The Platform Graduate Award 2025 exhibition at Modern Art Oxford is now open!

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2026

The Ruskin School of Art invites expressions of interest in applying for a 3-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to be held at the Ruskin School of Art from autumn 2026.

Arturo Soto publishes new photobook

Arturo Soto has recently published Border Documents which draws on the work he did for his DPhil at the Ruskin.

Study at the Ruskin

The Ruskin School of Art is the Fine Art Department of the University of Oxford. It provides an exceptional teaching and research environment that enables contemporary artists, art historians and…

Research at the Ruskin

The Ruskin School of Art provides an exceptional environment in which research through art making is entwined with research about contemporary art, each mode of enquiry enriching the other within the larger context of a world-leading, research-intensive university.

MFA Programme

The Ruskin MFA degree is an intensive one-year (three terms) studio-based programme in the practice of contemporary art. You will be part of a small group of no more than…

DPhil Programme

The Ruskin School of Art provides an exceptional research environment that enables artists, art historians and art theorists to work closely together in a world-leading, research-intensive university.