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Exploring memory and vision: ‘In Memory Of’ and ‘The Image Pool’ coming to DePaul Art Museum
Two new exhibitions at DePaul Art Museum will challenge the established norms of art and join a transformative journey exploring memory, intimacy and the transitory nature of existence. “In Memory Of” by artist Selva Aparicio addresses themes of domestic violence, while works from self-taught and outsider artists Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Mr. Imagination, Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly, June Wayne, Derek Webster and Joseph Yoakum compose “The Image Pool.”
“The upcoming exhibitions at DePaul Art Museum bring to the fore those artists and conversations that are too often kept behind closed doors and not given enough attention, not seen as ‘mainstream’ enough,” says Laura-Caroline de Lara, director of DePaul Art Museum. “While very different in execution, these exhibitions point out the fact that none of us live in a void. We are all effected by issues of representation, of being (un)seen and understood. Our goal is to reframe how we experience our relationships with one another — how does what I do or experience effect you and vice versa? This is how empathy is formed and how space is made for other people.”
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
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brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
Read More: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/major-modern-contemporary-art-museum-173439427.html
