MK Gallery (also 'Milton Keynes Gallery' or 'MK G') is the municipal art gallery of

Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ...

, a city in

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about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of London. The gallery was extended and remodelled in 2018/19 and includes an art-house cinema. It does not have a permanent collection.

History

The gallery was founded in 1999 under the management of the

Milton Keynes Theatre Milton Keynes Theatre is a large theatre in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It opened on 4 October 1999, 25 years after the campaign for a new theatre first started. Designed by architects Blonski-Heard with Kut Nadiadi and Robert Doe, the thea ...

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

Exhibitions

The more notable exhibitions presented by the gallery include: 1990s *

Gilbert & George Gilbert Prousch, sometimes referred to as Gilbert Proesch (born 17 September 1943), and George Passmore (born 8 January 1942) are artists who work together as the collaborative art duo Gilbert & George. They are known for their formal appearance ...

: The Rudimentary Pictures (1999-2000) 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 Andy Warhol (;''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''"Warhol" born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, 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 * The Lie of the Land (2019) *

Paula Rego Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego (: 26 January 1935 – 8 June 2022) was a Portuguese visual artist, widely considered the pre-eminent woman artist of the late 20th and early 21st century, known particularly for her paintings and prints based o ...

: Obedience and Defiance ( *

George Stubbs George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Joshua Reynolds and Thoma ...

: 'all done from nature' (2019–20) 2020s * MK Calling 2020 (2020) * Memphis: Plastic Field (2020–21) *

Laura Knight Dame Laura Knight ( Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressi ...

: 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 Saul Leiter (December 3, 1923 – November 26, 2013) was an American photographer and painter whose early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognized as the New York school of photography.Jane Liv ...

: An Unfinished World (2024) *

Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 30 May 1879 – 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen). Early life and education Vanessa Stephen was the eld ...

: A World of Form and Colour (2024-25)

Current and former directors

Stephen Snoddy Stephen Snoddy (born 1959) is a British artist and gallery director. Career Snoddy trained as a painter at Belfast College of Art where he graduated in 1983 with an MA in fine art. Snoddy moved to Manchester in 1986 and graduated with a Post ...

Michael Stanley Michael Stanley (born Michael Stanley Gee; March 25, 1948 – March 5, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and radio and television personality. As a solo artist and with the Michael Stanley Band (MSB), and Michael Stanley and t ...

* Anthony Spira

Cinema

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 Curzon Cinemas Limited () is a chain of movie theater, cinemas based in the United Kingdom, mostly in London, specialising in Art films, art house films. They also have a video on demand service, Curzon Home Cinema. History Curzon Cinemas were ...

, as well as live-streamed National Theatre and

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orch ...

performances.

References

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