Great British Art Debate Seminar

8 Oct 2012

Event name: Great British Art Debate Seminar

Date and time: Thursday 15th November 2012.

Venue: Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Description: The seminar will look at current practice and future possibilities for art museum partnerships. The Great British Art Debate brought four museums together to stimulate discussion about art, nationhood and British identity through shared exhibitions of their collections. This seminar will reflect on the success of the project’s activities and exhibitions, exploring partnership working and developing ideas for an ongoing British Art partnership.


To book your FREE place, or for further information contact Zoe Allen on 
Tel: 0191 211 2122 or  zoe.allen@twmuseums.org.uk


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Introducing the ‘Pocket Art Gallery’ App

2 Oct 2012

The Great British Art Debate is now in its fourth and final year. To celebrate a fantastic collaboration between all of the GBAD partners, we decided to make a free iPhone app called ‘Pocket Art Gallery’ to showcase artworks from each of the galleries.

Pocket Art Gallery aims to encourage YOU to take artworks out of the gallery and place them in your surroundings whether that’s your kitchen wall or the local park.

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LABEL

21 Sep 2012

Event name: LABEL

Date and time: Saturday 24th November 2012,  13.00pm- 17.00pm

Venue: Tate Britain.

The Great British Art Debate takes over Tate Britain!

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Does London have a distinct Identity?

14 Sep 2012
Dorothy Bohm
Petticoat Lane Market, East End, London 1960s
© Dorothy Bohm Archive

This summer London has been the focus of a lot of international attention and in response The Great British Art Debate has been thinking about the capital and its cultural identity. Does London have a distinct image or identity and, if so, how it can be described?

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A Family Matters Affair at Camp Bestival

20 Aug 2012

(c) Marysa Dowling

After a supremely successful tour of the festival circuit last year, we’re delighted to share with you the details of our long awaited return to Camp Bestival. The Great British Art Debate festival team took the fields of Dorset by storm, where we were blessed with clear blue skies and the joys of team spirit.

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Work in Progress

24 Jul 2012

Here at The Great British Art Debate, we have been quietly working away on a new top secret project. We are only now, allowed to share the first details with you.

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