Graves Art Gallery
Graves Art Gallery is in the centre of Sheffield above the Central Library and close to the Millennium Galleries. It shows permanent displays from the city’s collections of 19th and 20th century British and European art as well as a programme of temporary exhibitions.
The collection encapsulates the story of the development of Modern Art. The main trends and movements are traced through works by many well-known artists, from Pablo Picasso and Pierre Bonnard to Sir Stanley Spencer and Helen Chadwick. It is currently administered by Museums Sheffield.
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[edit] History
The Graves Art Gallery opened in 1934 thanks to the financial support of local business man John George Graves, who made his fortune out of one of the country’s first mail order businesses. Graves also presented his art collection to the city. This went on display in the gallery.
The Graves Art Gallery has always shown temporary exhibitions alongside the permanent displays, a policy established by the first Director John Rothenstein, who later went on to become Director of the Tate Gallery. The painter George Hamilton Constantine was the next Director, from 1938 until the 1950s.
In 2001 the Graves Art Gallery was refurbished and the galleries restored to their original condition.
[edit] Exhibitions
[edit] 2010
17 April – 3 July 2010
'Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to J K Rowling' from the National Portrait Gallery Collection[1]
[edit] 2009
19 December 2009 – 27 March 2010
'Robert Mapplethorpe' - as part of ARTIST ROOMS on Tour with The Art Fund[2]
21 November 2009 – 20 March 2010
'Comedians: 1940 to Now' - Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery Collection[3]
16 September – 5 December 2009
'A Picture of Us?'[4]
4 April – 7 November 2009
'Hogarth: Industry and Idleness'
4 April – 7 November 2009
'Graves Gallery 75th Anniversary'
20 May – 29 August 2009
'Moore, Hepworth, Nicholson: A Nest of Gentle Artists'[5]
18 February – 2 May 2009
'A Picture of You?'[6]
10 January – 21 March 2009
'Family Album'[7]
[edit] 2008
10 November 2008 - 14 March 2009
'Tate Visual Dialogues'[8]
12 April 2008 - 31 January 2009
'The Grice Ivories'[9]
6 March - 31 May 2008
'The Diary Room: Characters from the 17th Century'[10]
19 January - 29 March 2008
'Hidden Narratives'[11]
[edit] 2007
21 September 2007 - 6 January 2008
'Where Are We?: Questions of Landscape'[12]
7 July 2007 - 18 October 2008
'Breaking with Tradition'[13]
16 June - 8 September 2007
'Pre-Raphaelite Drawings'[14]
31 March - 16 June 2007
'We the Moderns'[15]
10 March - 3 June 2007
'Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: an Extraordinary 18th Century Woman'[16]
[edit] 2006
1 December 2006 - 10 March 2007
'Angus McBean'[17]
24 November 2006 - 25 February 2007
'Richard Long'[18]
[edit] References
- ^ Writers of Influence - National Portrait Gallery partnership exhibitions Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ ARTIST ROOMS on Tour with The Art Fund Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Listing on View Sheffield Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Listing on Art Sheffield Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Listing on Dig Yorkshire Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ A Picture of You? on Culture24 Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Family Album - National Portrait Gallery partnership exhibitions Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Visual Dialogues Blog Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Renaissance Yorkshire PDF on China in Yorkshire Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ The Diary Room - National Portrait Gallery partnership exhibitions Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Listing on re-title.com Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Where Are We?: Questions of Landscape on Visit Sheffield Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Listing on Remotegoat.co.uk Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Review by Sophie Allen for BBC South Yorkshire Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ We The Moderns on Culture24 Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - National Portrait Gallery partnership exhibitions Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Angus McBean - National Portrait Gallery touring exhibitions Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Review by Alfred Hickling for the Guardian Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
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Coordinates: 53°22′48″N 1°28′00″W / 53.380069°N 1.466739°W
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