Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
England
Website
Telephone
01603 593199
Fax
01603 591053
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is an inspirational public art museum where you can see outstanding world art for free. The Centre, which opened in 1978 to house the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, is a world-class building designed by Norman Foster, at the University of East Anglia (UEA), a short distance from Norwich city centre.
Venue Type:
Museum, Gallery
Additional info
The galleries are fully accessible to wheelchair users. Manual and electric wheelchairs are available - please call in advance to book. A hearing loop is installed in the building.
The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection is primarily found in a gallery known as the Living Area, where modern European art is interspersed with works from around the globe. The objects you'll find here span 5,000 years of human creativity.
Objects from the UEA Collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art, Architecture and Design are also displayed. The collection reflects the curators' interest in 1960s kinetic art and multiples, and non-objective and constructive movements of the 20th century.
Collection details
Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, World Cultures
Key artists and exhibits
- Henry Moore
- Alberto Giacometti
- Francis Bacon
- Pablo Picasso
- Edgar Degas
- Amedeo Modigliani
Sense and Sensuality: Art Nouveau 1890-1914
- 14 February — 14 December 2014 *on now
This exhibition embraces the sensuality of Art Nouveau, and features a wide range of works from sculpture, graphics, and books to ceramics, glass and furniture.
Examples include Felix Vallotton’s original poster L’Art Nouveau, the first public presentation of the name when it appeared outside Siegfried Bing’s Maison de l’Art Nouveau in 1895, and Aubrey Vincent Beardsley’s magnificent Salome prints. Masterpieces by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), Maurice Bouval, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, François-Raoul Larche, Paul François Berthoud, Jean-Joseph Carriès, and many others, make this a delicious display of art and design.
Admission
£5, £4 concessions
Advanced tickets can be bought by ringing 01603 593199
Website
MONUMENT
- 29 March — 27 July 2014 *on now
MONUMENT is a collaboration between four English and French institutions dedicated to the commemorations on either side of the Channel of the 100th anniversary of the First World War, as well as to the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
Exhibitions, performances, events, talks, publications and conferences are planned. The project involves more than 30 contemporary artists all of whom make work about the idea of the Monument.
The Monument exhibitions will be in four locations:
- Musee de Beaux Arts, Calais, France
- FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK
- Undercroft, City Hall, Norwich, UK
Suitable for
- Any age
Moore in Focus: A friendship in Letters
- 26 April — 20 July 2014
The most remarkable things get recorded in a letter. A short note to a friend can say little but mean everything. This exhibition invites you into the friendship which in so many ways shaped the inspiring collection and iconic building that comprises the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, that of Sir Robert Sainsbury and Lisa, Lady Sainsbury and the great Modernist artist Henry Moore.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Website
http://www.afriendshipinletters.wordpress.com
John Virtue: The Sea
- 26 April — 24 August 2014
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is delighted to present John Virtue: The Sea, an exhibition featuring a spectacular new body of work by this renowned British painter. The nine canvases, 25 drawings and 70 sketchbooks, all executed in the last three years, will be displayed in two galleries.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
£5, £4 concessions
Family tickets available. Advance tickets can by bought by ringing 01603 593199
Website
First Sunday
http://www.scva.org.uk/whatson/childrensevents/?id=453
Art and craft activities for families each month, with a changing theme, usually on a drop-in all day basis, but check the website for varying times and prices.
How to obtain
Booking sometimes required. See the website for exact details and prices. Sessions often offered first come, first served.
Mini-studio
http://www.scva.org.uk/whatson/childrensevents/?id=648
Creative play for pre-school children and their parents/carers in the galleries and education studio. Activities change each week and are led by practising artists. Come along between 10.00-11.30.
How to obtain
Booking is essential. Each session costs £3 per child and £2 per additional child, while attending adults are free.
Saturday Art Club
http://www.scva.org.uk/whatson/childrensevents/?id=507
Learn how to make art using a variety of mediumns, with practising artists in friendly art workshops for 8-14 year olds. Sessions will be based on and relate to collections and exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre.
How to obtain
Booking is essential for this club and is £4.50 per week (£3 conc) - have a look at the website for more details.
- About
- | Collections
- | Exhibitions
- | Resources
- | Map
