The Tetley, Leeds
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| Established | 2013 |
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| Location | Leeds |
| Coordinates | 53°47′32″N 1°32′23″W / 53.792093°N 1.5397462°W |
| Visitors | 484,491 (2018) |
| Founder | Pippa Hale and Kerry Harker (Project Space Leeds) |
| Director | Bryony Bond (Creative Director) |
| Website | http://www.thetetley.org |
The Tetley is a contemporary art gallery in Leeds, England, located in the art deco headquarters of the former Tetley's Brewery. The gallery was opened on Friday 28 November 2013.[1]
Background
The gallery's opening was part of a multimillion-pound redevelopment of the former Tetley Brewery site. The owners,
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This building was retained to provide commercial office space and, in 2013, space to rehouse an existing contemporary artist-led space and registered charity, Project Space Leeds. Upon its move, the charity began operating as 'The Tetley'. The charity took on the specific brief of operating as a Leeds-equivalent to the Cornerhouse in Manchester and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.[1]
The refurbishment of the building for the arts centre was overseen by the co-directors of Project Space Leeds, Pippa Hale and Kerry Harker, and Chris Walker of Esh Construction, with partial funding from the Arts Council England.[2]
In January 2016 Bryony Bond, a former curator at the
The Tetley art space had a lease on the building until 2023.[4]
Aire Park, a 24-acre mixed-use development which includes an 8-acre public park, is now being planned for the site surrounding the Tetley as part of the regeneration of the South Bank of Leeds.[5]
In March 2024, Aire Park announced Kirkstall Brewery would be taking on the building.[6]
Programme
The gallery is one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations.[7]
Exhibitions
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2013-2016
The Tetley's opening exhibitions involved a number of artists responding to the history and space of the new building under the general title 'A New Reality' (29 November 2013 to 1 July 2014). This included James Clarkson, Emma Rushton, Derek Tyman, Simon Lewandowski, Sam Belinfante and Rehana Zaman.[8] 'Painting in Time' (2015), presented contemporary painting and its relationship to other media, including work by artists such as Yoko Ono, Natasha Kidd, Claire Ashley, Jessica Warboys and Polly Appleborn.[9]
An exhibition staged at the Tetley in 2016 recreated a controversial exhibition by the
Also in 2016, the Tetley staged a solo exhibition of work by the London-based sculptor Jonathan Trayte, comprising vegetables and fruits made of ceramic and other sculptural materials, entitled 'Polyculture'.[11]
References
- ^ a b Bond, Chris (29 November 2013). "New gallery breathes life into the city's 'South Bank'". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ 'Company serves up Tetley following £1m revamp for the arts' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 23 November 2013
- ^ Yvette Huddleston, 'Art in the City' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 26 February 2016
- ^ Mark Brown, 'Tetley brewery in Leeds reopens as modern art gallery' in The Guardian (UK newspaper), 28 November 2013
- Leeds Live. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Kirkstall Brewery to take on The Tetley – Aire Park". 18 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Arts Council England (30 March 2011). "Arts Council England announces funding decisions and new National portfolio of arts organisations". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ 'New gallery breathes life into the city’s ‘South Bank' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 29 November 2013
- ^ 'Arts preview: Painting in Time at The Tetley, Leeds' in The Yorkshire Evening Post (UK newspaper), 22 April 2015
- ^ 'Art that led to obscenity trial back in city after 50 years' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 12 July 2016
- ^ 'Artistic Appetite at the Tetley in Leeds' in The Yorkshire Evening Post (UK newspaper), 10 August 2016