The Living Area

ART LIVES HERE

The Sainsbury Museum and Art Centre is a unique experience, where art has the power to help us discover and understand our world.

The Living Area is where our permanent collection lives, and where Living Art interventions invite you to meet this collection in new and exciting ways.

Spend time with artworks from across 6,000 years and don’t be surprised if one spends time with you.

Artists such as Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Francis Bacon, Jacob Epstein, Jean Arp, Henry Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Amedeo Modigliani and Paul Gauguin are displayed alongside major holdings of art from Oceania, Africa, the Americas, and Asia, the ancient Mediterranean, classical cultures of Egypt, Greece and Rome, and Medieval Europe.

We have created a series of digital, text-based and experiential approaches for you to build personal relationships with our artworks and to explore life’s biggest questions in our seasonal exhibitions.

Scan each artwork in the Living Area using the Smartify App to discover more about their life stories.

Join one of our volunteer guides for an introductory tour of the Sainsbury Collection. These run from Tuesday-Sunday at 2pm, subject to availability. Limited to 15 people, places must be booked at the Visitor Services desk.

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