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May 2008. Photograph: David Sillitoe

  

Nottingham Contemporary is under construction.

 


We are building one of the largest contemporary arts spaces in the UK.

 

When we have finished we will be an international arts centre with a strong local sense of purpose.

 

Welcome to our website, which is under construction, too.

 

While we wait for our building to be completed, we will be inviting you  to a series of exhibitions, events and activities that examine Nottingham’s layered history, held in its cultural landmarks.

 

Please join us by emailing info@ccan.org.uk.

 

We will keep you in touch with our progress.

 

Goshka Macuga Study for a Portrait of Lord Byron

Goshka Macuga: Study for a Portrait of Lord Byron, 2006, Courtesy Saatchi Gallery

 

That beautiful pale face is my fate

(For Lord Byron)


  26th July - 7th September 2008

 

International artists are taking part in an amorous seance, trying to establish contact with Lord Bryon, both as he was in his lifetime, and as he might be today. Artists include:Goshka Macuga, nominated for the Turner Prize, 2008, David Noonan, Alexis Marguerite Teplin, Pablo Bronstein, Marcia Farquhar, Blue Firth, Ulla Von Brandenburg and Linder.

 

Their work is set in the intimate surroundings of Byron's ancestral home, placed amongst his own possessions and portraits.

  

Byron was the adored celebrity of his day, loved by both men and women. Magnetic, scandalous, ambiguous, mysterious, rebellious, brave, beautiful, brilliant and destructive. Our exhibition will haunt his home...

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