Brand New!! Closure Of The Courtauld Gallery - To A Greater Extent Than Details

I was really surprised to acquire final week

• the bad tidings - The Courtauld Gallery is due to close
• the goodness tidings - the closure is exclusively for 2 years piece the gallery undergoes a multi-million pound renovation / transformation project.
• the goodness tidings - the fine art is going on tour!

Self Portrait alongside a Bandaged Ear (1889)
by Vincent Van Gogh
stone oil on canvas
Samuel Courtauld bequest / Courtauld Gallery

I wrote to the Gallery abide by out to a greater extent than together with instantly desire to part alongside you

• what I was told past times their PR people.  
• THE FACTS every bit per the website
• a VIDEO close the projection together with what volition happen
• Plus links to where you lot tin abide by out - together with come across - to a greater extent than close what is going to happen.

Here's what I was told

The projection was announced inward May 2016 together with it’s currently inward the evolution phase, simply delight abide by below some information close the projection together with to a greater extent than information close the Courtauld’s plans volition live available early on adjacent year.

Courtauld Connects is a multi-million pound transformation projection which volition come across The Courtauld amend accessibility to its abode at Somerset House together with amend the sense for its visitors, staff together with students. The Gallery is scheduled to acquire nighttime for 2 years from tumble 2018 piece redevelopment operate is underway. The Institute volition stay opened upward together with a thriving centre for the written report of fine art history, conservation together with curating.

The projection volition permit The Courtauld to prepare novel approaches to the interpretation, presentation, exhibition, together with attention of collections. It volition opened upward up The Courtauld’s collections together with expertise alongside the widest populace inside together with beyond London through novel learning facilities, strategic partnerships alongside institutions across the UK, the digitisation of photographic collections, together with events that volition brand fine art historical inquiry accessible such every bit RESFEST inward March 2018.

My sketch of Monet's prototype of Antibes inward the Courtauld Gallery

Courtauld Transformation - The FACTS

It is the biggest evolution programme since The Courtauld Institute of Art moved to Somerset House inward 1989. Supported past times the Heritage Lottery Fund, it volition enable The Courtauld significantly to amend teaching together with inquiry facilities, heighten the Gallery together with widen together with extend our accomplish locally, nationally together with internationally.

So the facts are:

• The Courtauld Gallery is scheduled to unopen inward Autumn 2018 for 2 years - together with thence if you lot desire to see instantly is the fourth dimension to create so! 
• Planning permission was granted in July 2017 for the proposed changes.
• Design together with Access Statement – Part 1
• Design together with Access Statement – Part 2 
• The Courtauld Plans for the Future laid upward out what is intended volition happen
• Courtauld Connects is the cite given to the innovation to the major, multi-million-pound transformation project.  The architects are Stirling Prize-winning architects Witherford Watson Mann. It has two phases
• Phase one: Will focus on improving the building’s accessibility, visitor experience, together with the attention of our internationally-renowned collection 
• Phase two: Will render state-of-the-art teaching, learning together with inquiry facilities.
• You tin persuasion the proposed Floor Plans for the novel Gallery later the Transformation - every bit submitted to Westminster City Council re. planning permission
• An extensive UK Touring Programme is planned - alongside partner Galleries - for the duration of the works.  Current indications are that the places volition convey meaning connections to Samuel Courtauld i.e. collaboration alongside 4 museums through individually tailored programmes of loans, articulation projects, events together with noesis exchange:
  The Ulster Museum, Belfast
  The Herbert Art Gallery together with Museum, Coventry
  The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
  Harris Museum together with Gallery, Preston
• Plus an An international tour of the Impressionist together with Post-Impressionist collection is planned. Further information on the national together with international tours volition live announced in tumble 2017.
• The FAQs page addresses questions close the project

The Montagne Saint-Victoire (c.1887) past times Paul Cezanneoil on canvas
Samuel Courtauld Trust: Courtauld Gift 1932

So a major positive inward the curt term is the agency inward fine art from the absolutely fabulous Courtauld Collection volition live seen past times to a greater extent than people!

This is a video on YouTube of what was said close Courtauld Connects at a Friends Meeting. This explains what the projection is about. The video lasts an hr - together with thence a nifty viewing for a Sunday!

This explains who talks close what together with when inward damage of minutes of video

• Welcome together with Courtauld Connect Vision; Professor Deborah Swallow, Director the Courtauld – (6 min)
• Architect’s Focus on The Gallery; Stephen Witherford, Witherford Watson Isle of Mann – (6-38 min)
• Courtauld Connects beyond The Gallery; Dr Stephanie Hall, Project Director – (38-58 min)
• Developing our Friends’ Benefits; Natalia Fenyoe, Head of Membership together with Alumni Relations – (58-1.05 min)

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There proposed alter has had express coverage inward the press to date.  Here's what I tin find:

• Courtauld Institute sets its sights on £50m revamp­­—and sends fine art on tour | The Art News paper
• Courtauld Gallery to unopen for 2 years for £50m revamp | The Guardian (Guardian Correction Note: This describes described Ernst Vegelin every bit “the Courtauld’s director”. To clarify: Ernst Vegelin is the caput of the Courtauld Gallery, which houses the collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art; the manager of the latter is Deborah Swallow.)

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