Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Olivia Plender's current exhibition in Modern Art Oxford was developed through research with leading Oxford institutions, including the Bodleian Library, Oxford Botanic Garden and John Radcliffe Hospital. She worked closely with Professor Kathryn Murphy on her new solo exhibition titled 'Little Fennel’s Complaint,' to further explore historic inequalities in women’s healthcare, from early modern witchcraft to contemporary debates on reproductive rights and medical authority. Across embroidered textiles, watercolours, drawings, mobiles, and sound works, she examines how women’s healthcare has been recorded, classified, and practised over time.

For more: ox.ac.uk/news/pulse/society-culture/olivia-plender