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Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
World art museum at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sainsbury Centre is a world art museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. As part of its radical relaunch in 2023 under new executive director, Jago Cooper, the Sainsbury Centre became the first museum in the world to formally recognise art as alive. The centre's ethos 'Living Art Sharing Stories' aims to give agency to the objects in the collection, as well as enable people to build relationships with the living works of art.
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Art gallery and museum |
Architectural style | Structural Expressionism |
Location | UEA, Norwich, England, UK |
Construction started | 1974 |
Completed | 1978 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Foster + Partners |
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The centre's approach to programming was also transformed in 2023, moving away from a traditional approach to adopt one which "empowers art to answer life's biggest questions". Recent and upcoming exhibition seasons include: 'Planet for Our Future: How do we adapt to a transforming world?'; 'What is truth?', and 'Why do we take drugs?'.
The building, which contains a collection of world art, was one of the first major public buildings to be designed by the architects Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman, completed in 1978.[1] The building became grade II* listed in December 2012.[2]