The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, central London, which focuses on modern and contempory art. Kensington Gardens is one of the royal parks in London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...
Established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion, it gets its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Serpentine is a lake in Hyde Park, London. ...
Notable artists who have been exhibited there include Man Ray, Henry Moore, Andy Warhol, Bridget Riley and Damien Hirst. Man Ray photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Man Ray (August 27, 1890 - November 18, 1976) was an American Dadaist and surrealist photographer and film director. ... Reclining Figure (1951) is characteristic of Moores sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. ... Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987) was an American painter, filmmaker, publisher, and a major figure in the pop art movement. ... Bridget Louise Riley (born 1931) is a British painter, one of the foremost proponents of op art, art exploiting the fallibility of the human eye. ... Damien Hirst (born 1965 in Bristol) is a British artist and probably the most famous of the group that has been dubbed Young British Artists (or YBAs). ...
The gallery was set up by the Arts Council of Great Britain and for its first years was only open on a limited basis during the summer months. In 1986 Julia Peyton Jones was appointed as Director and under her the gallery was extensively refurbished. Since 2001 each summer the gallery has commissioned a temporary pavillion by leading architects. The Arts Council of Great Britain was a Quango dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Britain. ...
Despite the $400 price tag for tickets, the gallery's summer party is a sell-out every year, with the guest list reading like a who's who of the art, architecture, business, fashion and media worlds, making it one of the hottest tickets in town.
The SerpentineGallery was formed in 1970 and became an independent charity in 1987.
One of the Serpentine's recent projects was at London's North Westminster Community School, where artists worked with students for four years in the lead up to the closure of the school.
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