Art curator
Q&A with Helen Hiett, Head of Buying at Enter Gallery
Q1: Art galleries and often art in general is associated with being elitist, inaccessible and even pretentious – how does Enter Gallery break down this stigma?
At Enter Gallery we believe that art is for everyone, so we strive to make anyone who walks through the door feel welcome. Inclusivity is top priority, so everything from the artists that we work with, to how we curate our walls is designed with this in mind. We also love nothing more than chatting about art, so when you visit the gallery, you’ll be warmly greeted by an Art Consultant who will show you around the space, answer any questions, and help you to select the perfect piece for you. To make things as affordable as possible, we stock artworks at a wide range of price points, and should you fall in love with a piece we offer access to the Arts Council’s fantastic Own Art Scheme, which allows you to get the artwork right away, while spreading the cost over ten- or twenty-months interest free.
Q2: As well as allowing for people to purchase affordable art, Enter Gallery also provides a space for people to view art for free – how do you curate the artworks and the space, so people feel comfortable to come in and admire the works?
Read more: https://canarywharf.com/news/qa-with-helen-hiett-head-of-buying-at-enter-gallery/
As we close 2024 and read all the year-end wrap-ups of art, music, books, movies, and films, we wondered what would Denver Art Museum curators include on their lists of top arts and culture moments of the year?
Check out the roundup below from five of our curators (arranged in alphabetical order), which spans art and artists across multiple genres from Denver to Dakar.
Darrin Alfred, Curator of Architecture and Design
1. The Denver Art Museum’s Biophilia: Nature Reimagined and the Denver Botanic Gardens’ River’s Voice: Textiles by Alexandra Kehayoglou – Two significant exhibitions this summer highlighted humanity’s bond with nature. At the DAM, Biophilia: Nature Reimagined invited visitors to reconnect with nature through architecture, art, and design, featuring Alexandra Kehayoglou’s newly acquired Bajío (2024), a hand-tufted wool rug reflecting cultural heritage and memory. Meanwhile, the Denver Botanic Gardens’ River’s Voice presented Kehayoglou’s immersive large-scale textiles, creating a culturally rich moment that bridged themes of ecology, design, and identity.
Read more: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/blog/dam-curators-top-arts-moments-2024
Dame Rosalind Savill, who was the director of one of the UK’s major art collections for nearly 20 years, has died age 73.
The former Wallace Collection director and art historian died on Friday following a short illness, her family confirmed to the PA news agency.
She began her career as an assistant in the ceramics department of London’s Victoria And Albert Museum, before moving to the Wallace Collection.
Dame Rosalind was first appointed as an assistant in 1974 and became an assistant director of the London fine art attraction in 1978.
On Saturday 16 November 2024 a new exhibition opened in the Gregynog Gallery at the National Library of Wales, which combines his substantial collection with items from the National Art Collection at the National Library of Wales for the first time in order to tell this important story.
Peter Lord’s collection of Welsh art and artefacts, many of which are on public display for the first time, looks at the allegation made by Griffith in 1950, and upheld by many others afterwards. His belief is that pictures should be valued not only visually but for what they say about the story of the nation.
The exhibition is a unique opportunity to view and enjoy over 250 works of art of national significance. With a central narrative running throughout, the story starts with the visual world of the gentry, middle classes and common people and moves on to various depictions of Welsh identities. Through this, it reveals the richness of Wales’ visual culture as well as Wales’ social and political history.
Read more: https://www.artdependence.com/articles/there-s-no-welsh-art-a-new-exhibition-challenges-the-myth/
