October Gallery
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  Location within Central London | |
| Established | 1979 |
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| Location | Bloomsbury, London, WC1 |
| Coordinates | 51°31′14″N 0°07′19″W / 51.520654°N 0.121843°W |
| Public transit access | Holborn |
| Website | www.octobergallery.co.uk |
The October Gallery is an art gallery based in central London.[1]
The October Gallery has shown international artists including El Anatsui,[2] Rachid Koraïchi, Romuald Hazoumè,[3] Nnenna Okore, Laila Shawa and Kenji Yoshida. The Gallery promotes the Transvangarde movement, as well as maintaining a cultural hub in central London for poets, writers, intellectuals and artists, hosting talks, performances and seminars.
Institutions to have collected works from October Gallery include the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany; Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany; Setagagya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.[citation needed]
History
Founded in 1979, October Gallery is a charitable trust that is supported by sales of art, rental of the Gallery's facilities, grants from various funding bodies and the active support of dedicated artists, musicians, writers and others.[citation needed].
From its beginnings, the October Gallery has promoted the art and artists of the Transvangarde or trans-cultural avant-garde. Since then, the October Gallery has exhibited the work of artists from more than 65 different countries, and from regions that include Africa,[4] Asia, Australia, the Americas,[5] Europe, the Middle East, India and Oceania.[1]
Recent shows have featured work by such artists as El Anatsui,[6] James Barnor,[7] Sokari Douglas Camp,[8] Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga,[9][10] Naomi Gakunga[11] and Alexis Peskine.[12]
References
- ^ a b October Gallery, About Us. Accessed 22 December 2007.
- ^ Ladun Ogidan, "El Anatsui at October Gallery", Omenka, 11 February 2015.
- ^ Emily Bootle, "Romuald Hazoumè: Cargoland, October Gallery, London", The Telegraph, 2 July 2012.
- ^ El Anatsui installation in New York City, Accessed 22 December 2007
- ^ BBC, "Three’s a crowd". Accessed 22 December 2007.
- ^ Chelsea Garner-Ferris, "El Anatsui review: From Nigeria to London, celebrated artist brings complex creations to October Gallery", Culture24, 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Daniele Tamagni and James Barnor: 8 – 30 September 2016", October Gallery.
- ^ "Nigeria Meets Western Classicism in Steel Sculptures by Sokari Douglas Camp", Artsy, 9 May 2016.
- ^ "Culture clash: Congolese artist Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga at the October Gallery", Art Radar, 16 July 2016.
- ^ Erin C. J. Robertson, "London’s October Gallery Presents Congolese Visual Artist Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga’s First UK Solo Exhibition", OkayAfrica, 7 January 2016.
- ^ "October Gallery presents Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga: Tushauriane– Let’s Talk About It", Alt Africa, 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Coming Up: October Gallery is Showing Alexis Peskine: Power Figures", The GlowingColours, 4 September 2017.