Serpentine Gallery

Serpentine Gallery

The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London, which focuses on modern and contemporary art.

Serpentine Gallery is one of London’s best-loved galleries for modern and contemporary art. Its exhibition, architecture, education and public programmes attract approximately 750,000 visitors a year and admission is free.

Established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion, it takes its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake.

Notable artists who have been exhibited there include Man Ray, Henry Moore, Andy Warhol, Bridget Riley, Allan McCollum and Damien Hirst.

On the ground at the gallery's entrance is a permanent work by Ian Hamilton Finlay in collaboration with Peter Coates, dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales, the Serpentine's former patron.

In 2006 Serpentine Gallery premiered a major exhibition of contemporary Chinese Art. Titled "China Power Station: Part One", the exhibition was housed in Battersea Power Station in South London, offering a rare glimpse for the public of the inteiror of a well known landmark.

The gallery was set up by the Arts Council of Great Britain and for its first years was only open on a limited basis during the summer months. In 1991, Julia Peyton Jones OBE was appointed as Director and under her the gallery was extensively refurbished. In 2006 the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist was appointed as Co-Director Exhibitions and Programmes, and Director International Projects.

Pavilion

Since 2000 each summer the gallery has commissioned a temporary pavilion by leading architects including:
* 2000: Zaha Hadid
* 2001: Daniel Libeskind
* 2002: Toyo Ito ( [http://www.0lll.com/lud/pages/architecture/archgallery/ito_serpentine/index.htm 0lll] ) ( [http://www.danda.be/reviews/54/] )
* 2003: Oscar Niemeyer ( [http://www.0lll.com/lud/pages/architecture/archgallery/niemeyer_serpentine/index.htm 0lll] )
* 2005: Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura ( [http://www.0lll.com/archgallery2/siza_serpentine/index.htm 0lll] )
* 2006: Rem Koolhaas ( [http://www.0lll.com/archgallery2/koolhaas_serpentine/index.htm 0lll] )
*2007 pre-pavilion: Zaha Hadid ( [http://www.0lll.com/archgallery2/hadid_sgp-2_2007/ 0lll] )
*2007: Olafur Eliasson and Cecil Balmond ( [http://www.0lll.com/archgallery2/thorsen-eliasson_serpentine-07/ 0lll] )
* 2008: Frank Gehry ( [http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2008/03/forthcoming_summer_2008serpent.html 0lll] )

External links

* [http://www.serpentinegallery.org/ Official website of the Serpentine Gallery]
* [http://artabase.net/gallery/151-serpentine-gallery Serpentine Gallery Artabase page]


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