Sainsbury Centre

🎉 We are delighted to have been nominated for the European Museum of the Year Awards 2025 from European Museum Forum! The European Museum of the Year Award has been given out every year since 1977, and recognises museums which contribute "to our understanding of the world as well as to the development of new paradigms and professional standards in museums." Nominees have been selected on the basis of developing "creative and imaginative approaches to the production of knowledge, to interpretation, presentation and social responsibility." Discover our video 'Dear Art' here: https://lnkd.in/epx9TEU4 #EMYA2025 #SainsburyCentre #LivingArtSharingStories

Our new season, 'Can the Seas Survive Us?' is now open! Discover two innovative exhibitions exploring the future of our oceans now: 🌊 A World of Water 📅 15 March – 3 August 2025 This show brings together works by British and international artists from the last 250 years, and encourages us to understand the complexity of sea and marine life, whilst promoting a collective, global effort to mitigate the impacts of climate change. 🖼️ Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara 📅 15 March – 3 August 2025 With the UK premiere of 'Paradise Camp' by celebrated artist Yuki Kihara, alongside new commission 'Darwin Drag', this exhibition foregrounds how a closer relationship between humanity and the seas can save the communities most at risk of the human-caused impact on the seas. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eWVgFPcc #SainsburyCentre #CanTheSeasSurviveUs #LivingArtSharingStories #YukiKihara

Discover work by Paul Gaugin from the The Barber Institute of Fine Arts collection in our upcoming exhibition, Darwin in Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara The show presents a UK premiere of Paradise Camp, which will be exhibited alongside newly commissioned work titled Darwin Drag. Yuki Kihara looks to reclaim past narratives of third and fourth genders in Sāmoa – both human and marine – through photography and audio-visual work. Paradise Camp reclaims works of French painter Paul Gauguin. Through archival research, Kihara believes Gauguin’s paintings made during his time in Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands were inspired by colonial photographs taken in Sāmoa. Paul Gauguin, Bathers at Tahiti, 1897 will be on display, on loan from the Barber Institute. Find out more about Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara at https://lnkd.in/ezXnDFUk 📅 15 March – 3 August 2025 🎟️ Pay if and what you can Images: Paul Gauguin, Bathers at Tahiti, 1897. Courtesy of Barber Institute, Birmingham Yuki Kihara, Two Fa'afafine on the Beach (after Gauguin), 2020, c-print. Copyright: Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand #SainsburyCentre #CanTheSeasSurviveUs #LivingArtSharingStories #BarberInstitute #YukiKihara

"There was once a time where it was possible to walk across from the Netherlands to Norfolk, but now, this once-dry passage linking the UK to our North Sea neighbours, is the source of an uncertain and strikingly precarious future for our lands." Ahead of our upcoming exhibition, 'A World of Water', our PR and Media Officer, Kate Wolstenholme travelled to the Netherlands with the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions, to learn from our North Sea neighbours and discover the show's themes in reality. Kate introduces us to the powerful work of two of the show's artists, Boris Maas and Anastasia Eggers, plus some incredible pieces such as the Dutch and Walloon Strangers Book from the Norfolk Record Office. Read the full piece now at https://lnkd.in/eFkiD3Rd 📅 Our new exhibition, A World of Water starts on 15 March as part of our 'Can The Seas Survive Us?' season. #SainsburyCentre #CanTheSeasSurviveUs Photos by Kate Wolstenholme

🌸 Coming soon: Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara opens 15 March as part of our Can the Seas Survive Us? season We are proud to host the UK premiere of 'Paradise Camp' by Yuki Kihara, an interdisciplinary artist of Sāmoan and Japanese descent. This work will be exhibited alongside the new commission, 'Darwin Drag'. Previously presented in the Aotearoa New Zealand Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2022, Paradise Camp upcycles the works of French painter Paul Gauguin, and recasts past narratives by using Fa’afafine models in colourful, hyperreal photographs reflecting Gauguin’s compositions. The exhibition will feature original works by Gauguin alongside Kihara’s Paradise Camp for the very first time. Following new research by Ross Brooks, Kihara’s project 'Darwin Drag' reveals how Charles Darwin shaped some of his findings and suggested non-heteronormative species and same-sex attraction in animals was rare and unnatural, to conform with the conservative values of the Victorian period. The exhibition foregrounds how a closer relationship between humanity and the seas can save the communities most at risk of the human-caused impact on the seas, as well as the seas themselves. Find out more about the show at https://lnkd.in/ezXnDFUk Image credits: Portrait of Yuki Kihara. Photo: Ralph Brown Darwin Drag, 2025, Yuki Kihara. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand Paul Gauguin, Bathers at Tahiti, 1897. Courtesy of Barber Institute, Birmingham #SainsburyCentre #CanTheSeasSurviveUs #LivingArtSharingStories #YukiKihara 

🌊 Coming soon: Can the Seas Survive Us? season starts 15 March Explore the future of our oceans through our three upcoming exhibitions: 💧 A World of Water: 15 March - 3 August 🌸 Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara: 15 March - 3 August 🪸 Sea Inside: 7 June - 26 October This season considers the seas’ fluidity as a powerful metaphor; ranging from our need to navigate a way through turbulent times, to champion and learn from Indigenous knowledge, to seizing the opportunities presented by the sea as a sustainable energy source. The exhibitions help us to recognise the sea’s relentless, destructive power in ways that are crucially felt and experienced by low-lying small island nations such as the Maldives and Kiribati, along with coastal communities, including several here in Norfolk. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eWVgFPcc 🖼️ Julian Charrière, Midnight Zone, 2024. Copyright the artist, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany Maggi Hambling, Erosion (detail), 2022, oil on canvas. Copyright Maggi Hambling. ‘Darwin drag’ (detail) (2025) by Yuki Kihara. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand. Hiroshi Sugimoto, Devonian Period, 1992. Copyright: Hiroshi Sugimoto, courtesy of Lisson Gallery

We're are so happy to share the exciting news that we have secured an important grant from Department for Culture, Media and Sport & Arts Council England. Our Director, Jago Cooper, said: "The Arts Council’s MEND fund will provide essential support for one of the most iconic museum buildings in the world, itself a work of art. This investment ensures that all artwork in our care is given its best life – whether in the permanent collection or joining us as part of our ambitious season of global exhibitions asking humanity’s Big Questions. It also means that the Sainsbury Centre can continue the important work of making art accessible to all for years to come." Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/d6pBG4Av

We were saddened to hear the recent news of Yrjo Kakkapuro’s death. The renowned Finnish designer’s chairs are a central feature of the Sainsbury Centre’s iconic Living Area, with their comfort and functionality enjoyed by our visitors every day.

📣 We are delighted to announce the appointment of eight new and dynamic board members: Zoe Birchall, Natasha Dickinson, George Dixon, Marc Sands, James Elias, Joseph Galliano-Doig, Robyn Orovwuje-Forbes and Dr Andy Wood. Bringing a broad range of professional and personal insights, award-winning thinking and proven track records of success, we are excited to have leading figures from TV, big tech, animation, and brewing bring their diverse skills and experience to our radical museum. Jago Cooper, Director of the Sainsbury Centre said: “Building on the success of the Living Art relaunch, I am delighted that we have managed to attract a remarkable group of enthusiastic new board members to join our organisation. “Reflecting the museum’s plans in creative agency and media production work, this range of talented individuals from across the creative and broadcast worlds signals an exciting future in store for the museum.” To read more about each of our exciting new appointments, click here: https://lnkd.in/eY6D9tFT

Join Young Associates for a project exploring self-publishing as a means of creativity, community-building and activism. Discover our FREE creative programme open to 16-25-year-olds looking to: ✂️ Learn new skills and approaches to making 🖼️ Reflect on art as a tool for change 🌎 Join a network of new collaborators 🎨 Develop new work to share at the Sainsbury Centre 📅 Starts Tuesday 4 February. For more info, visit https://lnkd.in/eJqSevQ5 📷 Sainsbury Centre Learning team