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Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

Sainsbury Centre
Sainsbury Centre
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeArt gallery and museum
Architectural styleStructural Expressionism
LocationUEA, Norwich,
England, UK
Construction started1974
Completed1978
Design and construction
Architect(s)Foster + Partners
Website
sainsburycentre.ac.uk
References
[1]
'Hug a Henry Moore'; the centre's radical approach allows visitors to engage with art in intimate ways beyond the traditional conventions of a museum.

The Sainsbury Centre is an art museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. As part of its 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. 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".

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]

  1. ^ a b Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. "About us – The building". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  2. ^ "'Modern Classic' Sainsbury Centre Grade II* listed". Gov.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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