Graves Art Gallery
Graves Art Gallery is an art gallery in
The collection encapsulates the story of the development of art. The main trends and movements are traced through works by many artists, from
History
The Graves Art Gallery was built with the support of businessman
The Central Library and Graves Gallery (on its 3rd floor) was opened in July 1934 dedicated to ‘the service of knowledge and art’. It was a state of the art facility fitted with ‘heating…by invisible panel system’, ‘artificial ventilation’, ‘synchronised electric clocks’ and five lifts.
The gallery's first director was
During the late 1980s acquisitions all but ceased due to financial constraints. Museums Sheffield revived acquisitions in 1999 with the support of the
In 2009 the gallery was refurbished and re-hung based around key themes. Significant recent temporary exhibitions include The Blk Art Group and Andy Warhol: Late Self-Portraits.
Exhibitions
2012
11 April – 1 December 2012
Andy Warhol-Late Self-Portraits
2011
27 August 2011 – 24 March 2012
31 March – 13 August 2011
2010
21 July 2010 – 19 March 2011
17 April – 3 July 2010
'Writers of Influence:
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]
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]
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]
2006
1 December 2006 – 10 March 2007
'Angus McBean'[17]
24 November 2006 – 25 February 2007
'Richard Long'[18]
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 2018-01-10.
- ^ The Diary Room – National Portrait Gallery partnership exhibitions Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Listing on re-title.com Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Where Are We?: Questions of Landscape on Visit Sheffield Retrieved on 2010-11-25.
- ^ Listing on Remotegoat.co.uk Archived 30 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine 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.