Artist Rooms to return

The widely-praised Artist Rooms has announced its 2010 national tour, taking iconic works by contemporary artists to 21 British museums and galleries, from Llandudno to Fort William. Apart from Edinburgh, Liverpool and London, all the locations are new.
Now in its second year, Artist Rooms originated in 2008, when art dealer Anthony d’Offay gifted his imperious collection to the National Galleries of Scotland and the Tate for a fraction of its current value (£26.5 million instead of £125 million). His offer decreed that the works be arranged not by thematic exhibitions, but rather as artist rooms – to provide visitors with a sustained encounter of an individual artist’s work. This, along with the stipulation that the works be accessible to new audiences across the country, resulted in the Artist Rooms 2009 tour.  The exhibitions proved successful, with 372 works reaching approximately eight million people nationally, more than 700,000 of whom were outside of London and Edinburgh. The 2010 tour should prove as popular.

For a full list of locations on the 2010 tour, visit Artist Rooms online