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ARTIST ROOMS is a world-class collection of international contemporary art dedicated to fostering creativity amongst young people nationwide.

ARTIST ROOMS: Phyllida Barlow opens in Margate

ARTIST ROOMS: Phyllida Barlow opens on Saturday 27 May at Turner Contemporary, Margate. This exhibition brings together works from the ARTIST ROOMS collection, including untitled:upturnedhouse, 2 (2012) alongside other sculptures and a selection of drawings from throughout her career. One of the art world's most esteemed international artists, the exhibition

ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol - phenomenal visitor numbers

As the ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester draws to a close, we are delighted to announce that an exceptional 165,000 people have been to see the show since it opened at the end of last year! The next Andy Warhol exhibition will be

Bruce Nauman in ARTIST ROOMS Gallery

Bruce Nauman (b.1941) will be the next artist presented in the ARTIST ROOMS Gallery in the Switch House in a free exhibition opening on 24 July 2017. The gallery opened in June 2016 with Louise Bourgeois, one of the highlights of the new Tate Modern displays. The ARTIST ROOMS Gallery

ARTIST ROOMS: Martin Creed opens in Preston

We're very excited that the new exhibition of Martin Creed's work has just opened at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston. In this picture you can see Work No. 1340 (wall painting) and Work No. 960 (cacti) - both gifted generously by the artist.

ARTIST ROOMS on Tour 2016 and 2017

The National Galleries of Scotland and Tate are delighted to announce plans for the eighth year of ARTIST ROOMS on Tour. Autumn 2016 marks the start of a new programme of exhibitions that will run until spring 2019, developed in collaboration with over thirty museum and gallery partners, giving audiences

ARTIST ROOMS - Summer 2016

ARTIST ROOMS is delighted that this summer two key artists from the collection are being shown: Louise Bourgeois in Tate Modern, London, and Joseph Beuys in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Bourgeois was the subject of a major ARTIST ROOMS exhibition, highly acclaimed, at the Scottish National

Last weeks of Andy Warhol exhibition at Firstsite

Don't forget to visit the Firstsite Factory in Colchester, grab yourself a Campbell Soup Can Kit, and see some wonderful works by Andy Warhol! The exhibition runs until 12 June. For more details, click here.

Andy Warhol Firstsite public view party

ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol Public view party - 18 March, 7pm Everyone welcome. We are very excited to bring the King of Pop Art Andy Warhol to Firstsite. To celebrate we are throwing a party Warhol would have been proud of. Expect disco music, expect dancing and expect a few

ARTIST ROOMS in Focus Project on Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer’s Heroic Symbols photographs document a series of art ‘actions’, undertaken in 1969, which involved the artist performing the taboo Sieg Heil salute in private and public spaces in various European locations. Several hundred photographs were taken for this extensive performance project, but only some were developed at the