ARTIST ROOMS On Tour 2015 – a year of photographyÌý
Seventh year of the tour sees Mapplethorpe in Clydebank, Aberystwyth and County Durham, McCullin in Shetland, Arbus in Kirkcaldy and Woodman in PowysÌý
Damien Hirst ARTIST ROOMS exhibition goes to OrkneyÌý
The National Galleries of Scotlandand Tate are delighted to announce their schedule for the seventh year of ARTIST ROOMS On Tour. New exhibitions will go on show at 17 venues across theUKin 2015 and a further seven exhibitions already open will continue to run into that year. The Tour will include displays at 12 venues new to ARTIST ROOMS and a Damien Hirst ARTIST ROOMS exhibition will go to The Pier Arts Centre in Orkney, the most northerly part of Britain to host a display of this artist’sÌýwork.
2015 will be an outstanding year for photography. Don McCullin will be seen in Shetland, Diane Arbus in Kirkcaldy, Robert Mapplethorpe inClydebank,CountyDurhamand Aberystwyth and Francesca Woodman in Powys. Mapplethorpe’s work will be shown at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, part of Aberystwyth University, the first University gallery to take part in the project and the first time Mapplethorpe will be shown as part of the tourÌýinWales.Ìý
The 2015 ARTIST ROOMS programme of exhibitions and displays will be seen outside London and Edinburgh in Aberystwyth, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Clydebank, County Durham, Helmsdale, Kirkcaldy, Norwich, Orkney, Penzance, Peterborough, Plymouth, Sleaford, Southampton and StÌýIves.
By the end of 2015, ARTIST ROOMS will have been shown in 78 museums and galleries nationwide and 149 displays and exhibitions will have opened since 2009. ARTIST ROOMS have been seen by over 31 million people to date. The tour is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and through the continued support of the Art Fund and, inScotland, intended support from the National Lottery through CreativeÌýScotland.
The total number of artists now part of the ARTIST ROOMS collection is 39. This year an important group of works by Dan Flavin was added, joining recent acquisitions of the work of Alex Katz, Douglas Gordon and Louise Bourgeois and was recently shownÌýinDumfries.Ìý
Once again, there have been record numbers of visitors, notably to Gilbert & George, the first tour of these artists’ work as part of the scheme, where the Royal Albert Memorial Museumand Art Gallery in Exeterhad 69,805Ìývisits.Ìý
Last year the first ARTIST ROOMS MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) was launched, in collaboration with theUniversity of Edinburghand focusing on Andy Warhol. The total number to register for this, the first art MOOC dedicated to a single artist and the first such course to be developed in the museums and galleries sector, was 27,669. Participants came from across 155 countries. In response to its success, it will run again in 2015 andÌý2016.Ìý
ARTIST ROOMS learning programmes, peer-led youth groups and young ambassadors’ schemes continue to develop. Young people taking part in learning programmes at Associate venues (outsideEdinburghandLondon) during the period of 2009-12 was 88,601. 41% of participants in learning programmes were new to the venue and 52% had not heard of the artist before. The evaluation also revealed that 50% said they had learned new ways of making art, increasing their skills and confidence. In November, Young Ambassadors from Shetland will be travelling to É«¿Ø´«Ã½ to meet Don McCullin to work on an exhibition curated by them, to be opened in Shetland in NovemberÌý2014.Ìý
The full 2015 ARTIST ROOMS On Tour programme is as follows:Ìý
Spring
Southampton City Art Gallery
Louise Bourgeois
16 January - 18 AprilÌý2015
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust, Carlisle
Anselm Kiefer
7 February - 7 June 2015Ìý
Kirkcaldy Galleries
Diane Arbus
14 February - 31 May 2015Ìý
Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery
Robert Mapplethorpe
28 February -Ìý 23 MayÌý2015
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Roy Lichtenstein
14 March 2015 – 10 JanuaryÌý2016
National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford
Vija Celmins
21 March -28 JuneÌý2015
SummerÌý
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Jeff Koons
9 May Â- Ìý6 SeptemberÌý2015
Tate St Ives
Dan Flavin
23 May -27 SeptemberÌý2015Ìý
Timespan, Helmsdale
Joseph Beuys
5 June -6 SeptemberÌý2015
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
Damien Hirst
20 June –12 SeptemberÌý2015
The Exchange, Penzance
Robert Therrien
18 July -10 OctoberÌý2015
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Robert Mapplethorpe
8 August -7 NovemberÌý2015
AutumnÌý
PlymouthÌýCityÌýMuseum and Art Gallery
Gerhard Richter
26 September –16 JanuaryÌý2016
The Wilson, Cheltenham
Bill Viola
3 October 2015 -7 FebruaryÌý2016
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery
Andy Warhol
16 October 2015 -31 JanuaryÌý2016
TheÌýBowesÌýMuseum, CountyÌýDurham
Robert Mapplethorpe
28 November 2015 -26 AprilÌý2016
Exhibitions which opened in 2014 and continue intoÌý2015
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Joseph BeuysÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Until 31 DecemberÌý2015Ìý
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Laurence Weiner
Until 31 DecemberÌý2015
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, LeicesterÌý Ìý
Georg Baselitz
20 September 2014 -15 JanuaryÌý2015Ìý
Burton Art Gallery and Museum, North DevonÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Richard Long
4 October 2014 -10 JanuaryÌý2015
Woodhorn Museum, Northumberland
Lawrence Weiner Ìý ÌýÌý
25 October 2014 -12 AprilÌý2015
Oriel Davies, PowysÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Francesca WoodmanÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý
15 November 2014 -25 FebruaryÌý2015Ìý
Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
Shetland Museum & Archives ÌýÌý
Don McCullin
29 November 2014 -22 FebruaryÌý2015
ARTIST ROOMS is owned jointly by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland and was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund and the Scottish and BritishÌýGovernments.
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