London's latest arts venue
October 18 2011
Picture: Two Temple Place
This is a must visit - a new exhibition space in central London. Two Temple Place was built as the home of Viscount Astor in 1895, and is on the Embankment between The Temple and Somerset House. Now, it has an exciting new role as a venue to display the best publicly owned art from UK regional collections.
The Public Catalogue Foundation has recently highlighted just how rich and varied the UK's 'national collection' of art is. But so much of it is hidden away, either in storage or the attic offices of local authority offices. So this new venue, housing temporary themed exhibitions, will be a great treat for us perpetual gallleryists.
The inaugural exhibition is William Morris: Story, Memory, Myth, with exhibits drawn from the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, and opens on 28th October till 29th January.
