Grazia Toderi, Orbite Rosse, 2009, installation at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Presented by the Art Fund under Art Fund International for joint ownership by The New Art Gallery Walsall and Birmingham Museums Trust, 2010.
Thursday 20th February 2020
6-9pm
All welcome
On 20 February 2020 we celebrate our 20th birthday. Join us at the opening of two exhibitions 20:20 – Twenty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art and 20 for 2020, both bringing together works of contemporary art collected over the last 20 years, many from artists who have featured in our exhibitions programme.
7pm, Speeches by:
Director, Stephen Snoddy
Stephen Deuchar, Director, Art Fund
Caroline Douglas, Director, Contemporary Art Society
Followed by a DJ set from Bob and Roberta Smith
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Participating artists:
Richard Billingham, Mohamed Bourouissa, Lee Bul, Claudette Chambers*, Graham Chorlton, Ruth Claxton, Chris Clinton, Martin Creed, Adam Dant, Sonia Delaunay, Rita Donagh, Sir Jacob Epstein, Richard Forster, Lucian Freud, Cameron Galt, The Garman Ryan Collection, Andrew Gifford, Rachel Goodyear, Brian Griffin, Michele Harris, Romuald Hazoumè, David Hockney, Mahtab Hussain, Andrew Jackson, Chantal Joffe, Juneau Projects, kennardphillipps, Laura Lancaster, Christopher Le Brun, Hew Locke, Hannah Maybank, Ming de Nasty, Jack Nelson, Laura Oldfield Ford, Olly & Suzi, Martin Parr, Mark Power, David Rowan, Arpita Shah, Yinka Shonibare, David Shrigley, Frank Sidney Smith, Dayanita Singh, The Singh Twins, Clare Smart, Bob and Roberta Smith, Soheila Sokhanvari, Sarah Taylor Silverwood, Andrew Tift, Grazia Toderi, Estelle Thompson, Gavin Turk, Maryam Wahid, Stuart Whipps, Jane and Louise Wilson, Nilupa Yasmin.
Saturday 22 February
11am – 4pm
Get your party hats on. Fun for all the family including music, workshops, games and of course birthday cake!
Free, all welcome.
Throughout the building:
Twenty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art
21 February – 14 June 2020
25 January – 5 July 2020
Kathleen and Sally series
Until 7 June 2020
Throughout 2020
Arpita Shah, Maryam Wahid, Nilupa Yasmin
Until 19 April 2020
Artist-in-residence
Until 23 February 2020
*from 7 April, Window Box