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UK ART MAP How to use this map This is a selection of galleries in a number of cities, listed on the right. Simply click on the city for which you would like more information. For a more comprehensive list, contact local council arts officers or check local arts listings or art magazines such as Art Monthly. Ring ahead or check galleries' websites for information about admission charges (if any), disability access and opening times, which may vary from show to show. Galleries often close between shows to allow for installation. This website contains links to other websites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by Channel 4 Television. Channel 4 Television is not responsible for the content of these sites and does not necessarily endorse the material on them. |
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| back to top | SCOTLAND ABERDEEN Peacock Visual Arts (arts organisation with gallery space) Tel: 01224 639 539 Website: www.peacockvisualarts.co.uk Multimedia centre catering for all the visual arts, with a programme of exhibitions, residencies and events. DUNDEE Cooper Gallery (university gallery) Tel: 01382 345330 Gallery exhibiting UK and international contemporary artists. Dundee Contemporary Arts (arts centre) Tel: 01382 606252 Website: www.dca.org.uk Centre for contemporary art and cinema with five floors of galleries, cinemas, artists' facilities and education resources. |
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| back to top | EDINBURGH Collective Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 0131 220 1260 Website: www.collectivegallery.org Artist-led gallery dedicated to the promotion of emerging artists. Fruitmarket Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 0131 225 2383 Website: www.fruitmarket.co.uk Exhibitions of Scottish, other British and international contemporary art, showing six exhibitions annually. Ingleby Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 0131 556 4441 Website: www.inglebygallery.com Shows a changing programme of contemporary art by established international artists. Talbot Rice Gallery (university gallery) Tel: 0131 650 2211 Website: www.trg.ed.ac.uk Promotes Scottish and international contemporary art both in group projects and solo exhibitions. |
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| back to top | GLASGOW CCA - Centre for Contemporary Arts (arts centre) Tel: 0141 332 7521 Website: www.cca-glasgow.com Well established international exhibition space, with an emphasis on current visual arts, film and performance work. Gallery of Modern Art (public gallery) Tel: 0141 229 1996 Temporary exhibitions of works by living artists from around the world. Tramway (independent gallery) Tel: 0141 422 2023 Website: www.tramway.org British and international visual and performing arts. Encourages collaboration between artists and local communities. Transmission (independent gallery) Tel: 0141 552 4813 Website: www.transmissiongallery.org Artist-run gallery showing new contemporary work by Scottish and international artists. Galleries on two floors. |
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| back to top | NORTHERN IRELAND BELFAST Ormeau Baths Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 028 9032 1402 Website: www.ormeaubathsgallery.co.uk Four main galleries showing work by both UK and internationally acclaimed artists. DERRY Orchard Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 02871 269675 Contemporary art gallery showing work by local and international artists |
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| back to top | WALES ABERYSTWYTH Aberystwyth Arts Centre (arts centre / university gallery) Tel: 01970 622882 Website: www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre Contemporary galleries, presenting over 40 shows annually, many of which go on to tour the UK. CARDIFF Chapter (arts centre) Tel: 029 2031 1050 Website: www.chapter.org Vibrant arts centre with gallery showing Welsh and International contemporary art and crafts. G39: Contemporary Temporary Artspace (organisation with gallery) Tel: 02920 255541 Website: www.g39.org Artist-run gallery showing video, installation and photography from practitioners from Wales and throughout Europe. SWANSEA Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (public gallery) Tel: 01792 655006 Website: www.swansea.gov.uk/glynnvivian Purpose-built civic art gallery with contemporary art programme shown in the modern wing. |
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| back to top | ENGLAND BIRMINGHAM Custard Factory (arts centre/commercial development) Tel: 0121 693 7777 Website: www.thecustardfactory.com Two dance studios, a large theatre and art galleries showing new and established artists. Ikon (independent gallery) Tel: 0121 248 0708 Website: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk Well established contemporary art gallery with regular high-profile exhibitions. MAC - Midland Arts Centre Tel: 0121 440 3838 Website: www.mac-birmingham.org.uk Over 30 exhibitions annually in two galleries, covering contemporary as well as historical and modern art and craft. |
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| back to top | BRIGHTON Gardener Arts Centre (arts centre) Tel: 01273 685447 Website: www.gardnerarts.co.uk Shows predominantly three-dimensional contemporary art as part of a mixed visual-arts programme. Phoenix (arts organisation with gallery) Tel: 01273 603700 Contemporary visual arts in all media by artists based in Brighton, the rest of the UK and abroad. University of Brighton Gallery (university gallery) Tel: 01273 643010 Website: www.brighton.ac.uk/gallery-theatre/index.html Art gallery (with theatre) featuring international and local contemporary artists and designers. |
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| back to top | BRISTOL Arnolfini (arts centre) Tel: 0117 929 9191 Website: www.arnolfini.demon.co.uk Leading regional space, presenting international and emerging trends in visual art through solo and group exhibitions. Spike Island (arts organisation / commercial centre) Tel: 0117 929 2266 Artist-run studio complex and gallery, hosting temporary exhibitions of contemporary art and Arts Council residencies. |
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| back to top | EXETER Spacex Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 01392 431786 Website: www.spacex.co.uk Contemporary visual art venue, presenting a changing programme of new work. LEEDS/HALIFAX Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery & Studio Theatre Tel: 0113 283 3140 Website: www.lmu.ac.uk/arts/gallery.html Contemporary art space hosting commissioned/site-specific and touring national and international shows. Leeds City Art Gallery (public gallery) Tel: 0113 2477241 Website: www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery Shows contemporary work alongside a permanent collection and the adjacent Henry Moore Institute (sculpture library and galleries). Halifax: Dean Clough Galleries (arts centre / commercial development) Tel: 01422 250250 Website: www.deanclough.com Several large contemporary exhibition galleries, a permanent collection, and artist residencies. Plus other arts, business and studio units. |
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| back to top | LEICESTER The City Art Gallery (public gallery) Seven contemporary exhibitions per year along with galleries for contemporary crafts. Tel: 0116 254 0595 LIVERPOOL Tate Liverpool (public gallery) Tel:0151 702 7400 Website: www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/default.htm Themed shows, major retrospectives, and work of lesser known artists alongside a permanent collection. Bluecoat (arts centre) Tel: 0151 709 5297 Website: www.bluecoatartscentre.com A range of exhibitions, live performances including touring exhibitions of contemporary artists. Collect (independent gallery) Tel: 0151 7268756 Website: www.collectgallery.co.uk Artist-run gallery, focusing on exhibiting the work of up-and-coming artists in the north of England. |
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| back to top | MANCHESTER Castlefield Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 0161 8328034 Website: www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk Artist-run gallery, showing established and emerging artists in five exhibitions annually, with events and workshops. Cornerhouse (arts centre) Tel: 0161 228 7621 Website: www.cornerhouse.org/exhibitions.asp Centre for contemporary visual arts and film, exhibiting young and established British and international artists. The International 3 (independent gallery) Tel: 0161 2373336 Artist-run gallery showing commissioned work by UK and international contemporary artists. |
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| back to top | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (public gallery) Tel: 0191 478 1810 Website: www.balticmill.com The largest contemporary art venue in the UK outside London. A new centre with an emphasis on temporary exhibitions/commissions. Waygood Gallery (studios with gallery) Tel: 0191 221 1712 Artist-run organisation with a gallery space promoting new and experimental work. NOTTINGHAM Angel Row Gallery (public gallery) Tel: 01159 152869 Website: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk Hosts temporary exhibitions of contemporary work by national, regional and local artists. |
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| back to top | NORWICH Norwich Gallery (university gallery) Tel: 01603 610561 Website: www.norwichgallery.co.uk Contemporary art space in art-and-design faculty. Hosts the annual EAST national contemporary art competition. PORTSMOUTH Aspex Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 0239 2812121 Website: www.aspex.org.uk Shows local national and international up-and-coming contemporary artists in a gallery and an experimental project space. |
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| back to top | SHEFFIELD Mappin Art Gallery (public gallery) Tel: 0114 278 2600 Website: www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk Contemporary galleries set in a fine Victorian building, alongside a permanent collection of 16th-19th century art. Site Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 0114 281 2077 Website: www.sitegallery.org Two galleries for UK and international contemporary art offering regular temporary exhibitions. ST IVES Tate St Ives (public gallery) Tel: 01736 796226 Website: www.tate.org.uk/stives/default.htm Occasional contemporary exhibitions alongside a modern collection set in this historic area for British painting, sculpture and ceramics. |
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| back to top | LONDON Tate Modern (public gallery) Tel: 020 7887 8008 Website: www.tate.org.uk/modern/default.htm Major new gallery of modern and contemporary art on the South Bank. Temporary exhibitions alongside a permanent collection. Anthony Reynolds Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 0207 4392201 West End dealer showing British and international contemporary artists working in a range of practices. Represents Keith Tyson. The Approach (independent gallery) Tel: 020 8983 3878 Website: www.theapproachgallery.co.uk Small but innovative gallery above The Approach pub in east London, showing new and established contemporary artists. Asprey Jaques (independent gallery) Tel: 0207 2877675 West End dealer showing contemporary work, mainly by British artists. Represents Catherine Yass. Chisenhale Gallery (independent gallery / studios) Tel: 020 8981 4518 Website: www.chisenhale.org.uk One of east London's primary spaces for contemporary art, promoting new work of national and international significance. Corvi-Mora (independent gallery) Tel: 020 7383 2419 Website: www.corvi-mora.com West End dealer showing British and international contemporary artists. Represents Liam Gillick. |
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| back to top | Fa Projects (independent gallery) Tel: 020 7928 3228 Website: www.faprojects.com Shows exhibitions by British and international contemporary artists. Situated between Tate Modern and Southwark bridge. Frith Street Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 020 7494 1550 Website: www.frithstreetgallery.com Soho gallery showing work by British and international artists in painting, sculpture, and lens-based media. Represents Fiona Banner. ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art (arts centre) Tel: 020 7930 3647 Website: www.ica.org.uk Two major galleries in The Mall showing national and international artists, and a forum for debate. Lisson Gallery (independent gallery) Tel: 020 7724 2739 Website: www.lisson.co.uk North-west London dealer based in architect-designed white-space gallery specialising in contemporary minimal and conceptual art. Maureen Paley / Interim Art (independent gallery) Tel: 020 7729 4112 Now an important commercial gallery, Interim spearheaded the east London alternative gallery boom of the 1980s and 90s. Modern Art (independent gallery) Tel: 020 7739 2081 Website: www.art-online.org/modernartinc East London gallery showing regular exhibitions of British and international contemporary artists. Serpentine Gallery (public gallery) Tel: 020 7298 1515 Website: www.serpentinegallery.org High-profile venue for exhibitions of modern and contemporary art set in Kensington Gardens. |
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| back to top | Tate Modern / Tate Britain (public galleries) 020 7887 8008 www.tate.org.uk Tate Modern is a major new gallery of modern and contemporary art on the South Bank, with temporary exhibitions alongside a permanent collection. Sister gallery to Tate Britain, in Millbank, on the other side of the river, which hosts the Turner Prize and has a collection of art from all periods. South London Gallery (public art gallery) Tel: 020 7703 6120 Website: www.southlondongallery.org Re-launched Victorian municipal gallery presenting both new and established contemporary artists in group and solo exhibitions. White Cube & White Cube ² (independent galleries) Tel: 020 7930 5373 Website: www.whitecube.com Two galleries, one in the West End and one in Hoxton, north-east London, representing high-profile 'Young British Artists'. Whitechapel Art Gallery (public gallery) Tel: 020 7522 7888 Website: www.whitechapel.org Long-established art gallery hosting exhibitions of high-profile British and international contemporary art. |
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