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Behind the rebrand: Sainsbury Museum and Art Centre
The Sainsbury Centre has become Sainsbury Museum and Art Centre – its original name as specified on the museum’s founding documents in 1973. The new name affirms the institution as…
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‘Art is a way of communicating your inner thoughts’: Kalliopi Lemos on art, finding protection and the meaning of life
Sainsbury Centre PR and Media Manager Kate Wolstenholme joined Kalliopi Lemos in her studio to talk about her work and the importance of art to talk about life's biggest topics.
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‘You experience sculpture with your body’: LUNATRAKTORS respond to Dame Elisabeth Frink
As part of SoundEscapes, LUNATRAKTORS create a sound piece in response to Dame Elisabeth Frink's Mirage I and II.
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Catkins Forever: Plant Stories Launch
Artist Ruth Ewan and contributors celebrate the launch of the project, Catkins Forever: Plant Stories.
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Explained: The History of Chess
In this video, curator Samuele Tacconi explains the complex history of the well-loved game, and its interconnection with war since ancient times.
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‘It’s gone home for a family dinner’: Vivienne Koorland on the shifting contexts of her paintings
Vivienne Koorland's large-scale works are on display in Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval. We joined Koorland in conversation with long-standing friend Tamar Garb, reflecting on the works and…
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Pavel Büchler on the work of artists
Pavel Büchler turns to art's potential to highlight the obvious and shed new light on it to reveal its inherent strangeness.
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14 books exploring nature, connection and care
Tree of Life, on show at the Sainsbury Centre, is an immersive installation and universal symbol of the interconnectedness of all life. Artist Seyi Adelekun’s reading list explores the symbolism…
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Explained: The history of Monopoly
Listen to our short history of the Monopoly game, as we learn that the game originated long before the board we know today, with The Landlord’s Game, the long-forgotten precursor…
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Worship, learning and hospitality: Norwich Cathedral and the Benedictine Rule in the 21st century
For its first 450 years, Norwich Cathedral was run by monks who followed the Rule of St. Benedict, before the monastic community was officially dissolved in 1538, during the Reformation.…
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In the studio with Ryan Gander
In this video we visit Ryan Gander's studio, nestled in an idyllic Suffolk town, to discover the artist's unique and experimental process.
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Monastic Complaints: Visitations of the diocese of Norwich
What happened when medieval monks failed to follow the Rule of St Benedict?
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Explained: Tarot reading and Ancient Egypt
Tarot cards began as a game for Renaissance elites in northern Italy, but what do they have to do with Ancient Egypt?
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‘Culture of peace and humanity’: Abbot President on living by the Benedictine Rule
Abbot Christopher talks of what might surprise people about life in the subculture of monasteries at the time, the power it gave women, and how his Big Question to pose…
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Shh… Pass the salt: The unique sign language of medieval monks
This film re-enacts some of the signs that the monks at Bury St Edmunds used in the refectory - including salt, apple, condiments, bread and more - whilst they were…
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Sainsbury Museum and Art Centre receives major donation to revitalise our very special building
This marks one of the largest ever donations made to a UK museum and will enhance the Sainsbury Centre, a grade II* listed architectural icon in Norwich, as it approaches…
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Seeds of Hate and Hope Curators Interview
Seeds of Hate and Hope presents personal artistic responses to global mass atrocities, such as genocides, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Watch the full interview now with…
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A reading list inspired by the Sainsbury Centre collection
National Centre for Writing’s book picks, inspired by selected works in our permanent collection.
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Denzil Forrester on his drawing The Rose, social injustice, and creating work from your heart
CONTENT WARNING – this article contains discussions of police brutality, which some readers may find distressing.
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‘I remember washing my hands obsessively’: Gideon Rubin on redacting Mein Kampf
“Artists should position themselves slightly to the side and look where others don’t.”
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Shathy Bano on The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour
The Sainsbury Centre Learning Team, in collaboration with artist Shathy Bano, led a month-long community project with women from migrant backgrounds at St Matthew’s Church and Costessey Library. The project…
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Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony at Roots of Resilience: Tesfaye Urgessa
As part of the opening week of Can We Stop Killing Each Other? at the Sainsbury Centre, and to celebrate the launch of Roots of Resilience, Ethiopian artist Tesfaye Urgessa…
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Can We Stop Killing Each Other? season: Shadow puppets of South Asia
We speak to the curators of the South Asia Collection, whilst shadow puppets from the collection are on loan to the Sainsbury Centre's 'Eyewitness' exhibition.
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Yuki Kihara: Online Talanoa
Participants from Yuki Kihara's online Talanoa sessions share their reflections.
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Curatorial team, National Holocaust Museum, on ‘Can We Stop Killing Each Other?’
Curators from the National Holocaust Museum joined us in our Seeds of Hate and Hope exhibition, part of the Can We Stop Killing Each other? season of exhibitions at the…
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Connecting with coastal communities
With the Sainsbury Centre learning team and Sheringham Museum
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Director Jago Cooper introduces ‘Can We Stop Killing Each Other?’ season
The autumn season at the Sainsbury Centre wrestles with one of the darkest and deadliest aspects of humanity, asking: Can We Stop Killing Each Other? Hear from the Centre's director…
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Art & Nature: a Sainsbury Centre learning project
ART & NATURE is a partnership between the Sainsbury Centre learning team and West Earlham Infant and Nursery School exploring the power of our relationship with the natural world, and…
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Welcoming ‘Tiaki Ora ∞ Protecting Life: Anton Forde’ to the Sainsbury Centre
Anton Forde’s (b.1973), Invercargill, Aotearoa (New Zealand) monumental installation of 81 over-life-size figures, Papare Eighty.one (2024) with Shiree Reihana, is shown in the UK for the first time in a…
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Tesfaye Urgessa on Roots of Resilience exhibition
Internationally renowned Ethiopian artist, Tesfaye Urges, reflects on his residency at the Sainsbury Centre ahead of his upcoming exhibition, Roots of Resilience, part of our Can We Stop Killing Each…
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‘The question of why’: Our human love for crime fiction
Ahead of the launch of the Sainsbury Centre's 2025 season, Can We Stop Killing Each Other?, PR and media officer Kate Wolstenholme, sat down with Tom Benn and Dr Nathan Ashman,…
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‘This is a work for humanity’: Anton Forde on his monumental installation
Anton Forde’s (b.1973), Invercargill, Aotearoa (New Zealand) monumental installation of 81 over-life-size figures, Papare Eighty.one (2024) with Shiree Reihana, is shown in the UK for the first time in a…
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‘Museums are like gyms for the mind’: Ryan Gander on being human
The Sainsbury Centre has unveiled a newly commissioned artwork by celebrated artist Ryan Gander OBE RA. We sat down to interview him about the exciting new work.
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Day Release Episode 2: Henry Moore, ‘Mother and Child’, 1932
What happens when art steps out from behind the glass and into the world? In Day Release, 'Mother and Child' by Henry Moore escapes the walls of the Sainsbury Centre…
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Introducing ‘Sea Inside’ by Pandora Syperek & Sarah Wade
Sea Inside turns our oceanic gaze towards the sea’s more intimate spaces - whether physical, psychological or imaginary - and dives into shared watery origins, Indigenous ways of life and…
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Eight rare maps and celestial atlas’: In conversation with The Sunderland Collection
The Sunderland Collection, a private collection of rare antique cartography, has loaned eight atlases and maps to the Sainsbury Centre as part of A World of Water.
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Frances Morris, Former Director of Tate Modern and Chair of Gallery Climate Coalition
Frances Morris, former Director of Tate Modern, joins us for our symposium, Shared Seas: Coastal Encounters
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In conversation with de Onkruidenier, artists in residence
De Onkruidenier have been the Sainsbury Centre's artists in residence as part of the 'Can the Seas Survive Us?' season, collaborating with Norfolk coastal communities to facilitate meaningful exchange and…
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Artist Kirstine Roepstorff in conversation with Bea Prutton, Digital Communications & Creative Curator
Bea Prutton speaks to Kirstine Roepstorff to mark the arrival of her work 'Lightning Rod' at the Sainsbury Centre’s Sculpture Park.
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Young artists create soundscapes in response to ecological crisis
Listen to our young artist’s soundscapes
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Artist Helaine Blumenfeld in conversation with Rosy Gray, Head of Living Art
Rosy Gray speaks to Helaine Blumenfeld to mark the Sainsbury Centre’s acquisition of the artist’s work ‘Shadow Figures’.
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Gabriella Hirst discusses her work, ‘Ambergris (Baleen)’ in our exhibition, Sea Inside
Gabriella Hirst examines the exploitation of whale bodies in nineteenth-century society as a reversal of tales of men swallowed by whales. Hirst's work, Ambergris (Baleen), 2025, was commissioned for Sea…
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A body of work bound by water: In conversation with Julian Charrière
“Water, for me, isn’t just a theme – it’s a way of thinking. It carries memory, dissolves boundaries, and reshapes how we perceive time and space. Whether it’s a melting…
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‘It’s a game about loving humanity’: Sainsbury Centre collection reimagined in gaming project
Art and artifacts spanning hundreds of years have been bought to life within new video games, with the help of dozens of students.
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‘Real crises are solved by collective action’: Josh Kline on science fiction in art
“The ice is going to melt and the seas are going to rise. It’s physics. The question we face now is how bad will we allow it to get?”
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Artworks go out on Day Release in Sainsbury Centre film project
What happens when art steps out from behind the glass and into the world? In Day Release, a masterpiece by Francis Bacon escapes the walls of the Sainsbury Centre and…
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Maggi Hambling speaks of her lifelong love affair with the North Sea
“My love affair with the North Sea began when I was a toddler…as my 80th year arrives, I listen”
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Curator’s introduction to ‘Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara’ at the Sainsbury Centre
Did Darwin deceive us? 'Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara' highlights research suggesting key findings on non-heteronormative species and same-sex attraction were tweaked to conform to 19th century morality. Hear…
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Introducing ‘A World of Water’ by John Kenneth Paranada, Curator of Art and Climate Change at the Sainsbury Centre
A day at the seaside or rain at Wimbledon. So much of our shared experience of the British summer involves water. But what would the world be like without water,…
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‘Art can…expand our capacity for feeling empathy for others’: In conversation with Olafur Eliasson
“When I was growing up, I actually took the permanence of nature for granted.”
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Dialogue: Collection Response
Between November 2024 and February 2025, a group of Year 2 Fine Art students at Norwich University of the Arts worked in response to the Sainsbury Centre Living Area to…
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‘The idea of ‘paradise’ is often understood as being heteronormative’: In conversation with Yuki Kihara
The Sainsbury Centre presents Darwin in Paradise Camp, a new exhibition by Yuki Kihara. The exhibition features the UK premiere of Paradise Camp (2022), alongside original works by Paul Gaugin…
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Are we ready to swim in a watery world? Learning from our North Sea Neighbours
Ahead of the Sainsbury Centre’s ‘A World of Water‘ show, we travelled to the Netherlands in partnership with the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions, to learn from our North…
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Sainsbury Centre announces new board members
Leading figures from TV, big tech, animation, and brewing bring their diverse skills & experience to our radical museum.
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Reflections: A Young Associates pop-up exhibition
Reflections provided an exciting opportunity for the public to experience an alternative insight into our BIG question, Why Do We Take Drugs? offering new perspectives from local young artists.
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A sneak peek from our Why Do We Take Drugs? book
Why do we take drugs? Our emotional and intellectual response to this question will be informed by what we consider to be a drug.
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‘This allowed them to escape’: Children react in awe as world-class art visits their classroom
Around 60 children were able to interact with the work and explore activities, as part of Art UK’s project, The Superpower of Looking, in partnership with the Sainsbury Centre’s learning…
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Mike Jay on ‘Why Do We Take Drugs?’
Author, historian, curator and expert on the cultural history of science and medicine, Mike Jay talks to us amidst our current season exploring 'Why Do We Take Drugs?'.
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Divine Southgate-Smith on Power Plants
"I really feel as though this space gives you that childlike curiosity, where you feel that you [...] physically feel the presence of these objects.That's what I really like about…
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SoundEscapes: New music bringing our collection to life
A new project connecting art and music aims to help bring our world-class art museum’s collection to life.
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Dr Christopher Timmerman: Ayahuasca and the Brain on DMT
Dr Christopher Timmerman, Head of DMT Research at Imperial College London, talks to us about ayahuasca and its effects on the brain.
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Graham MacIndoe & Lindokuhle Sobekwa on Heroin Falls
Incredible photographers, Graham MacIndoe and Lindokuhle Sobekwa, reveal the realities of drug dependency in our show, Heroin Falls.
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Ivan Morison on his residency Towards the Weird Heart of Things
Ivan Morison introduces his new four-meter-high, site-specific sculptures, constructed from abundant East Anglian agricultural organic materials including hemp, present nature as a vital drug for human health and well-being.
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Zoila Maynas Soto & Delicia Milka Franco Ahuanari/Metza Kabi: Muralistas
Artists Zoila Maynas Soto & Delicia Milka Franco Ahuanari/Metza Kabi of the Colectivo Shipibas Muralistas (Shipibas Muralists Collective) discuss the process of creating their stunning mural in our exhibition, Ayahuasca…
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Artist Talk: Yuki Kihara and Karen Jacobs
Artist Yuki Kihara was recently in conversation with Karen Jacobs, Associate Professor in the Sainsbury Research Unit. Their talk covered Paradise Camp and its ongoing development, exploring the artist’s intersectional…
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Photographer Daniel Castro Garcia speaks on his I Peri N’Tera project
Photographer Daniel Castro Garcia speaks on his I Peri N’Tera the project, which features in The Camera Never Lies: Challenging images through the Incite Project
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Fabio Rambelli performs the Shō
Prof Fabio Rambelli joins us in the Living Area with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) for a performance of ancient Japanese music.
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The Camera Never Lies: A Conversation on Truth & Photography with Harriet Logan and Tristan Lund
Part of the Sainsbury Centre’s What Is Truth? season, The Camera Never Lies: Challenging images through The Incite Project, is curated by Harriet Logan and Tristan Lund. We hear from…
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Can photographs tell the truth? We asked four photojournalists
The Camera Never Lies: Challenging images through the Incite Project (part of the What Is Truth? season at the Sainsbury Centre), explores whether an image captured by an individual photographer,…
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Truth Beyond the Frame: Stuart Franklin shares the story behind The Tank Man photo
Can a single photo capture truth? One image which has been the main source of information for a historic event is Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin’s image of The Tank Man.…
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ORIGEM: Fykyá and Bia Pankararu discuss queer identities in Brazil and their role in Liquid Gender
Afro-indigenous photographer Laryssa Machada and Indigenous creative Antônio Vital Neto Pankararu document queer Indigenous identities in the Brazilian Northeast in ORIGEM (2020). The result of a research project at the…
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Sainsbury Centre Masterpiece at Sotheby’s ‘London: An Artistic Crossroads’ Exhibition
We are thrilled to be part of a unique collaboration with Sotheby's and eleven other UK museums. Our contribution is the Frank Auerbach's iconic "Head of Gerda Boehm
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10 years since the Avengers assembled for filming in Norwich
It is ten years this June since Chris Evans, Robert Downey Junior, and Chris Hemsworth, gathered at an art museum in Norwich for the filming of Avengers.
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Rashaad Newsome in Conversation with Dr Michael T. Stuart (York University)
Artist Rashaad Newsome and Philosopher Dr. Michael T. Stuart recently had a talk at the Sainsbury Centre sharing insight into their practices, reflecting on creative applications for artificial intelligence and…
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Echoes of Reality (2024)
A film created by the Sainsbury Centre Young Associates / a collaboration between artificial intelligence and the Young Associates.
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Sharing Stories: Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA on his work ‘Hybrid Mask (Baule/Yaure)’
In this interview, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA explores cultural identity, colonialism and globalisation through his work, ‘Hybrid Mask (Baule/Yaure)’ from the Sainsbury Centre’s collection.
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Interview: Artist Laryssa Machada on her work ‘Origem’ in ‘Liquid Gender’
In this interview with Laryssa Machada, the artist talks to us about her intentions behind the work, the stories portrayed within the series, and what she hopes visitors will take…
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Sharing Stories: Artist Anj Smith on Leonora Carrington’s ‘Old Maids’
In this interview, Anj delves into Leonora Carrington’s work ‘Old Maids’, and discusses the personal connection she feels to the artist, similarities between their practices, and Carrington’s enduring relevance and…
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Art Talks Back: Director’s Introduction to the Sainsbury Centre’s ‘What Is Truth?’ season
Sainsbury Centre director Jago Cooper gives an introduction to our new season of exhibitions exploring 'What Is Truth?', which commenced in February 2024.
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Julian Stair in Conversation with Amanda Game
Potter, Julian Stair, discusses his life and work with curator, Amanda Game, touching on his influences and sources of inspiration, as well as his 2023 exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre,…
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Interpretations: Episode 06 with Charlotte Debono
In this episode, Charlotte Debono takes the listener on the journey of her own personal responses to the Sainsbury Centre, stopping to reflect on Giorgio Morandi’s Still Life.
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Interpretations: Episode 05 with Freya Calcluth
In this episode, Freya Calcluth uses Antonio Saura’s Self Portrait III to think about truth and integrity and representation of the self.
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New Perspectives: Episode 08 with Morgan Asoyuf
Ts'msyen artist Morgan Asoyuf shares her reflections on three objects from America’s Northwest Coast.
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Interpretations: Episode 04 with Adam Webber
Adam Webber focuses on the head-dress ornament in the form of a fox, bringing together research with lived experience to reflect on themes of migration and belonging.
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Interpretations: Episode 03 with Hayley Wong
Aware that she is unable to do anything to stop the brutality in the painting, Hayley Wong brings together art historical research and her own personal reflections to negotiate feeling…
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Interpretations: Episode 02 with Fig Leary
Through a sequence of close looking, questioning, and interpretation, Fig Leary uses John Davies’s sculptures to share their own experience of balancing social interactions as a trans person, and to…
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Sainsbury Centre launches the first of its new ‘Big Question’ seasons
Planet for our Future: How do we adapt to a Transforming World? We are embarking on a new approach to exhibition programming, empowering art to address fundamental societal challenges.
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Lamentation
Drawing on ideas of lamentation, writer Rose Higham-Stainton reflects on our recent Film Works event about Oceans, featuring films by Alberta Whittle, Ayesha Hameed and Hamedine Kane and a live…
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Sharing Stories: LGBT Rights Activist on Ro Robertson’s ‘Stack (Body Set in Motion)’
In this interview, Sophie, LGBT rights activist and sea swimmer, talks to us about their relationship with gender and the natural world in response to Ro Robertson’s piece, ‘Stack (Body…
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Interpretations: Episode 01 with Eve Attwood
Reflecting on the experience of growing up in a religious family and attending a catholic school, Eve Attwood uses Francis Bacon’s Study (Imaginary Portrait of Pope Pius XII) to provide…
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Collective: Swaffham’s young people explore their local heritage
Young people from Swaffham have come together to respond to their local history and current challenges that face us all. Guided by artist Ian Brownlie, the group have worked together…
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Re-evaluating the Collection: Discoveries from the Gatsby Cataloguing Project
As we share new stories about the collection through our online public catalogue, Collections Curator, Katharine Malcolm, examines what makes these objects rare and exceptional examples of their kind, drawing…
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The Art of the Pacific Northwest Coast at the Sainsbury Centre
Head of Collections, Calvin Winner, explores the art of the Pacific Northwest Coast at the Sainsbury Centre.
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Dear Art
Since our relaunch in 2023, visitors can choose from a range of digital, analogue and experiential pathways to build new relationships with art in the museum.
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Sainsbury Centre announces ground-breaking new museum concept to mark its 50th anniversary
2023 marks 50 years since Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury donated their art collection to the University of East Anglia (UEA) and asked a young Norman Foster to create a…
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New Perspectives: Episode 07 with Sara Sallam
Egyptian artist Sara Sallam reflects on her experience of encountering ancient Egyptian objects in the Sainsbury Centre during her residency in late 2022, and considers what happens when these objects are…
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New Perspectives: Episode 06 with Philippa Snow
To coincide with the publication of her book: ‘Which as you know means violence: on self-injury as art and entertainment’, writer Philippa Snow joins us in the gallery to discuss…
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New Perspectives: Episode 05 with Tom Greaves
Dr Tom Greaves is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, his research focuses on philosophical traditions that engage with our lived experience of the natural world.
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New Perspectives: Episode 04 with Karis Upton
Karis Upton is an artist whose work explores concepts of identity, body politics, interpersonal relationships and modern re-readings of mythology.
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New Perspectives: Episode 03 with Carol Jacobi
Carol Jacobi is an art historian and a curator at Tate Britain and has recently published Out of the cage, the art of Isabel Rawsthorne.
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New Perspectives: Episode 02 with Claire Hynes
Claire Hynes is a lecturer in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. She writes fiction, non-fiction, memoir and theatre monologues. Claire has chosen to talk about the…
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Stories from the Sainsbury Centre
Journey through the museum and art gallery alongside writer, comedian and museum enthusiast Josie Long and discover insider intel and untold tales behind the objects on display from a unique…
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Immersive Audio Experience
Sharing Stories empowers you to choose the voice of the artwork you want to listen to. Holding up your camera phone to any artwork on display, the image recognition app…
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Gatsby Cataloguing Project wins 2022 Collections Trust Award
Find out more about the incredible Gatsby Cataloguing Project from our Collections Curator Katharine Malcolm.
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The Art of the Pacific Northwest Coast at the Sainsbury Centre
Head of Collections, Calvin Winner, explores the art of the Pacific Northwest Coast at the Sainsbury Centre.
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New Ceramic Acquisitions
The Sainsbury Centre has recently acquired three exciting works by leading ceramic artists, Alison Britton (b.1948) and Elizabeth Fritsch (b.1940).
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Sainsbury Centre becomes first UK museum to introduce universal ‘Pay if and What You Can’ ticketing
The Sainsbury Centre is the first museum in the UK to introduce a universal ‘Pay if and What You Can’ ticketing system across the whole museum, breaking down the traditional…
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Sara Sallam reconnects objects to their stories
Egyptian multidisciplinary artist, Sara Sallam, developed her practice during a month-long residency at the Sainsbury Centre.
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Maria Martinez
Sainsbury Centre Head of Collections, Calvin Winner, explores the craft of internationally renowned potter, Maria Martinez.
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Hockney and Ancient Egypt
To coincide with our Visions of Ancient Egypt exhibition, Sainsbury Centre Curator, Theo Weiss, explores David Hockney’s engagement with Ancient Egypt.
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In Conversation: Leiko Ikemura and Katy Hessel
International artist Leiko Ikemura joins curator and art historian Katy Hessel in conversation to celebrate Ikemura’s first UK exhibition, Usagi in Wonderland.
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Influences on the abstract
The artist Mary Webb has had a long relationship with the Sainsbury Centre and UEA, going back to 1970 when the University acquired its first painting. Mary is one of…
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“Special world”: Leiko Ikemura’s Usagi in Wonderland connects humanity and nature
The Japanese-Swiss artist’s new exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre combines sculptures, paintings and photographs that represent the “circle of life”
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“Heed the call”: Sethembile Msezane explores African knowledge systems past and present
As part of her Sainsbury Centre residency, South African artist Sethembile Msezane took a snuff spoon as inspiration for a fascinating new project
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Stories from the Sainsbury Centre
Journey through the Sainsbury Centre alongside writer, comedian and museum enthusiast Josie Long.
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Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams
Take a look back at our beautiful exhibition Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams through film.
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In Pictures: Fiji Exhibition
A look back at Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific exhibition
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The art that made us: Grayson Perry exhibition inspires top artists to revisit formative works
As the Sainsbury Centre prepares to unveil the first survey of Grayson Perry’s early oeuvre, three artists select a critical piece from the first decades of their career
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“Trump’s the gift that keeps on giving”: Roger Law on the return of Spitting Image
The aftermath of the US presidential handover will fuel the new series of the puppet satire, says creator – and former Sainsbury Centre star – Roger Law
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“His images seep into your consciousness”: Martin Parr on Bill Brandt’s Legacy
To mark the opening of Bill Brandt | Henry Moore, Parr discusses Brandt’s enduring importance to photography and why he especially loves the series A Night in London
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In from the Cold: Five Sainsbury Centre Treasures at the British Museum
Objects from the Centre’s collection offer snapshots of life in the Arctic
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Potted History: Julian Stair and the Sainsbury Centre
From meeting Lisa Sainsbury in 1982, to his latest monumental jars, the artist discusses his history with the Centre
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Redrawing the Collection
Works by Cornelia Parker, Rachel Kneebone, Mona Hatoum and Wangechi Mutu will place women sculptors at the fore
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A Place to be Inspired
The Centre’s grounds are home to art, wildlife and endless opportunities for all who visit
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The Never-ending Influence of Art Nouveau
Following the opening of Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams at the Sainsbury Centre, artist Darren Waterston and interior designer Robert Couturier discuss bringing organic forms and decorative motifs to…
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Equity, aesthetics and the transformative philosophy of the Sainsbury Centre
Curator, cultural historian and broadcaster Gus Casely-Hayford is the Director of V&A East and formerly, the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. He talks…
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Elisabeth Frink’s Universal Truths
Why this artist’s works will be right at home in the Sainsbury collection
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The drama of Kabuki
Two Kabuki idols in the Sainsbury collection once raised eyebrows on the streets of Japan
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The Art of Escape
Art Deco by the Sea tells the story of the popular aesthetic of Britain’s coastal resorts
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In Pictures: An Extraordinary Building
Photographs telling the story of the amazing Sainsbury Centre building, designed by Norman Foster
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In Pictures: Hands Find Form
Hands Find Form was a seven-month collaboration between the Sainsbury Centre and Earlham Nursery School
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In Pictures: The Sainsburys
A selection of photographs of Sir Robert and Lady Lisa Sainsbury and their collection.
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Laurence Edwards: Man of Stones
A film documenting the process to create a site-specific sculpture by Laurence Edwards
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Building the Sainsbury Centre
Norman Foster’s grand hangar is still an example of extraordinary museum design, more than forty years after it was built
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Doris Lessing at 100
Ahead of The Doris Lessing 100 Exhibition, we look at how the writer became a London literary star
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A journey through clay
Nigerian-born, British fashion designer Duro Olowu is internationally renowned for the luxurious womenswear collections he creates, inspired by art and his international travels. He has curated a number of exhibitions…
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