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Serpentine Galleries
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Serpentine Galleries is located in Central London
Serpentine Galleries
Location within Central London
Established 1970
Location Kensington Gardens, London W2, England, United Kingdom
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Visitors 734,353 (2009)[1]
Director Julia Peyton Jones
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Website www.serpentinegalleries.org

The Serpentine Galleries are two contemporary art galleries in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Central London. Comprising the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, they are within five minutes' walk of each other, linked by the bridge over the Serpentine Lake from which the galleries get their names. Their exhibitions, architecture, education and public programmes attract up to 1.2 million visitors a year. Admission to both galleries is free.

Serpentine Gallery

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Serpentine Gallery

The Serpentine Gallery was established in 1970 and is housed in a Grade II listed former tea pavilion built in 1933–34 by the architect J. Grey West.[2] Notable artists whose works have been exhibited there include Man Ray, Henry Moore, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Paula Rego, Bridget Riley, Allan McCollum, Anish Kapoor, Christian Boltanski, Philippe Parreno, Richard Prince, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gerhard Richter, Gustav Metzger, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Marina Abramović. On the ground at the gallery's entrance is a permanent work made by Ian Hamilton Finlay in collaboration with Peter Coates, and dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales, the gallery's former patron.

Serpentine Sackler Gallery

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Serpentine Sackler Gallery

In 2013 the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, with an extension designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, was opened to the public, giving new life to The Magazine, a Grade II* listed former gunpowder store built in 1805.[3] Located five minutes' walk from the Serpentine Gallery across the Serpentine Bridge, it comprises 900 square metres of gallery space, restaurant, shop and social space. The Magazine Restaurant adjoins the gallery space.

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Marina Abramović on "512 Hours" project (2014)

Pavilions

Every year since 2000 the Serpentine Gallery has commissioned a temporary summer pavilion by a leading architect. The series presents the work of an international architect or design team who has not completed a building in England at the time of the Gallery’s invitation. Each Pavilion is completed within six months and is situated on the Gallery’s lawn for three months for the public to explore.

Gallery

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    The Serpentine Gallery with the 2008 Pavilion.

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    The 2002 temporary pavilion by Toyo Ito

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    The 2005 temporary pavilion by Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura

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    The 2006 temporary pavilion by Rem Koolhaas with Cecil Balmond.

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    The 2007 temporary pavilion by Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen.

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    The 2008 temporary pavilion by Frank Gehry

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    The 2009 temporary pavilion by SANAA

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    The 2010 temporary pavilion by Jean Nouvel

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    The 2011 temporary pavilion by Peter Zumthor, with a garden by Piet Oudolf

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    The 2012 temporary pavilion by Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron

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    The 2013 temporary pavilion by Sou Fujimoto

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    The 2014 temporary pavilion by Smiljan Radic

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    The 2015 pavilion by SelgasCano

See also

References

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  10. ↑ The Guardian: Serpentine Pavilion 2008: Frank Gehry, 22 July 2008
  11. ↑ Jonathan Glancey: Sanaa unveils enchanting Serpentine pavilion in The Guardian, 2 April 2009
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  13. ↑ Jonathan Glancey: Swiss-made Serpentine pavilion presents garden of tranquility in The Guardian, 27 June 2011
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  15. ↑ "Serpentine Gallery 2013 by Sou Fujimoto" 1 June - 20 October 2013
  16. ↑ Wainwright, Oliver: "Chilean architect Smiljan Radic to design 2014 Serpentine pavilion" in The Guardian, 12 March 2014
  17. ↑ Wainwright, Oliver: "Magic mushroom maze: this summer's Serpentine pavilion will be a psychedelic trip" in The Guardian, 25 March 2015

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