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Established1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Location900 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3PX
Coordinates52°02′42″N 0°44′56″W / 52.045°N 0.749°W / 52.045; -0.749
TypeArt gallery
Public transit accessMilton Keynes Central
Websitemkgallery.org

MK Gallery (also 'Milton Keynes Gallery' or 'MK G'[1]) is the municipal art gallery of Milton Keynes,[2][3] a city in Buckinghamshire about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of London. The gallery was extended and remodelled in 2018/19 and includes an art-house cinema.[4][5] It does not have a permanent collection.

History

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The gallery was founded in 1999 under the management of the Milton Keynes Theatre and Gallery Company.[2]

The Gallery partially closed from 2015 to 2019 for a substantial expansion and renovation.[4][6] The building now has five exhibition galleries, an auditorium/cinema and a studio.[7]

Exhibitions

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The more notable exhibitions presented by the gallery include:[8]

1990s

2000s

  • Mark Francis: Elements (2000)
  • Richard Hamilton: New Technology and Printmaking (2000)
  • Printers inc.: Recent British Prints from the Arts Council and British Council Collections (2000)
  • Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2000 (2000)
  • Alison Turnbull: Houses into Flats (2000)
  • Layla Curtis (2000)
  • Richard Wright (2000)
  • Conversation: An Exhibition of Figurative Sculpture (2000)
  • Richard Ross: Gathering Light (2000–01)
  • Jan Dibbets: Ten Cupolas (2000–01)
  • John Riddy: Recent Work (2000–01)
  • FaceOn (2001)
  • Mark Wallinger: Cave (2001)
  • Marta Marcé: New Work (2001)
  • Abigail Lane: Tomorrow’s World, Yesterday’s Fever (Mental Guests Incorporated) (2001)
  • Andy Warhol: Cars (2001)
  • The Silbury Group: 10th Anniversary Exhibition (2001–02)
  • Art Crazy Nation Show, Curated by Matthew Collings (2002)
  • Dalziel + Scullion: Home (2002)
  • Tim Noble & Sue Webster: Ghastly Arrangements (2002)
  • Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music (2002)
  • Jiri Georg Dokoupil: Every Cloud is a Way (2002)
  • Boyd Webb: Horse & Dog (2002)
  • Georgie Hopton: Laughed – I Could Have Cried (2003)
  • Sarah Lucas, Colin Lowe & Roddy Thomson: Temple of Bacchus (2003)
  • Boyd & Evans: Landmarks (2004)

2010s

2020s

  • MK Calling 2020 (2020)
  • Memphis: Plastic Field (2020–21)
  • Laura Knight: A Panoramic View (2021–22)
  • Ingrid Pollard: Carbon Slowly Turning (2022)
  • Vivian Maier: Anthology (2022)
  • Larry Achiampong: Wayfinder (2022–23)
  • Trickster Figures: Sculpture and the Body (2023)
  • Boyd & Evans: High Time (2023)
  • Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now (2023–24)
  • Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World (2024)[9]
  • Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour (2024-25)[10]

Current and former directors

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Cinema

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The top floor of the gallery has a multi-purpose auditorium overlooking Campbell Park. In its cinema configuration, the auditorium shows international films curated by Curzon Cinemas, as well as live-streamed National Theatre and Royal Opera House performances.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "MKG - Milton Keynes Gallery". clutch.open.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b "About". MK Gallery. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Milton Keynes Gallery". Destination MK. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b Williams, Fran (11 March 2019). "MK Gallery by 6a architects to open doors this weekend". The Architects'Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ Brown, Paige (1 March 2019). "New cinema set to open in Milton Keynes this month". Milton Keynes Citizen. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ "New art gallery built by B&K in Milton Keynes opens to public".
  7. ^ "Reopened £12m MK Gallery captures 'spirit' of new town". BBC News. 16 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Exhibitions". MK Gallery. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  9. ^ O’Hagan, Sean (4 February 2024). "'An enigma, an artist who walked to his own beat': the everyday sublime of photographer Saul Leiter". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  10. ^ Buchan, Kit (5 October 2024). "'A great work of feminist art': how the Bloomsbury group's Famous Women Dinner Service got a place at the table". The Observer. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  11. ^ Brown, Mark (25 September 2012). "Michael Stanley, rising star in art firmament, dies aged 37". The Guardian.
  12. ^ "Cinema". MK Gallery. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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