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Gallery opening hours
Irving Gallery opens to visitors during exhibitions. The gallery is typically open to all on Thursdays and Fridays during exhibitions (no need to book), and also on some Saturdays. You can visit at other times by appointment - just contact me to enquire and arrange your visit: vanessa@irvinggallery.com | 07969 673349
Please note that 28 Essex Street is a private address and visitors are personal guests of the proprietors.
Our current exhibition is Material Interest, a group show of six artists, which has been extended and runs until Saturday 16th August 2025 .
Summer opening update:
The gallery will be closed from Saturday 26th July to Friday 1st August inclusive.
The gallery will be open for the rest of the exhibition as follows:
Saturday 2nd August, 11am-5pm
Sunday 3rd August, 11am-5pm
Thursday 7th August, 11am-5pm
Friday 8th August, 11am-5pm
Saturday 16th August, 11am-5pm
Or visit by appointment. Contact: vanessa@irvinggallery.com
For visitors coming by car: East Oxford is a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) with bollards to control the flow of traffic in our area. If you are driving to Irving Gallery, you can only access Essex Street if you approach from the Cowley Road end of the Magdalen Road (once you turn into Magdalen Road, Essex Street is the second street on the left). If you approach from the Iffley Road, you won’t be able to access Essex Street, but you can get very close, and in that case you might like to park on nearby Hertford Street (parallel to Essex Street), Barnet Street, Silver Road, or on Magdalen Road, and walk around the corner. We have residents’ parking restrictions in place, but there are a few 2-hours spaces around.
By train: From the station, you can pick up the no. 5 bus just outside the station, and get off at the Magdalen Road stop on the Cowley Road. Then it will be a short walk of a few minutes to the gallery.
Irving Gallery
28 Essex Street
Oxford
OX4 3AW
Email: vanessa@irvinggallery.com
Tel. 07969 673349