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Art (group exhibitions) The origins of the group or collective exhibition can be traced back to the 18th and 19th century salons - focused almost exclusively on traditional oil on canvas paintings hung densely in ‘academy’ style. Subsequent incarnations have adapted to the type of work exhibited and the broad range of stylistic approaches evident in contemporary art has bred a new flexibility of approach to exhibition making. The criteria for selection of artists may still be dictated by the choice of media but is more commonly determined by thematic links or affinity of concept. Group exhibitions often encompass the entire scope of contemporary practice including film, video, photography, sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, printmaking, sound and performance. Selection process by committee has gradually been replaced by a greater degree of authorship on the part of the curator, historian or artist selector.

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What we do in this area Our group exhibitions such as Echo Room slice through all visual art disciplines to present thematically linked works in a range of media. You have not been honest brings together some of the best contemporary artists’ film and video, questioning the camera’s version of the truth against actual reality. Aftershock is a new exhibition of contemporary British art that will provide audiences in China with their first opportunity to see major works by some of the most significant modern British artists, whilst ArtSchool Palestine is an initiative founded by like minded individuals from the UK and Palestine, and Magic Pencil is our worldwide exhibition on children's book illustration curated by Quentin Blake. Please have a closer look through our current and archived group exhibitions. Common Ground Eight young photographers have been commissioned to produce new bodies of work exploring the range and diversity of British Muslims’ experience of life in the UK.; their approach embraces the full breadth of photography practice – from social documentary, portrait, landscape and conceptual strategies ArtSchool Palestine ArtSchool Palestine is an initiative founded by like-minded individuals from the UK and Palestine, with support from Visiting Arts, Charles Asprey and Sacha Craddock, the Qattan Foundation, the British Council and the Arts Council. Magic Pencil Group exhibition that has been selected by the celebrated children’s author and illustrator, Quentin Blake, the UK’s first Children’s Laureate. This fabulous exhibition features over 300 original artworks by 13 of Britain’s most accomplished and innovative illustrators in print today. Echo Room Echo Room is a new exhibition of contemporary British art, curated for Alcalá 31 by Victoria Combalía in close collaboration with the British Council; but it is also an exhibition that attempts to show some of the prevailing themes that have emerged amongst British artists over the past decade, and to relay them with new emphasis to audiences beyond the shores of the United Kingdom. Multiplication 62 multiples by 46 artists, united only by their lack of uniqueness: their number, medium, subject and value vary, to show us a range of the most fresh and exciting artists’ multiples in Britain today Supernova Bringing together a group of works by contemporary British artists, Supernova examines new tendencies in geometric abstraction.  Artists included in the exhibition are: Haluk Akakce, Philip Allen, Keith Coventry, Liam Gillick, Gary Hume, Sarah Morris, Dan Norton, Toby Paterson, Tony Swain, Jane and Louise Wilson, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Richard Wright and Toby Ziegler Aftershock Aftershock is a new exhibition of contemporary British art, selected specially for China, which will provide audiences there with the first opportunity to see major works by 12 of the most significant artists of the generation which came to prominence during the early-mid 1990s. You have not been honest Ranging in subject matter from intimate domestic portraits to narrative documentary, this exhibition features an innovative generation of British artists mixing influences from cinema, home video and archive to question the truth of the camera against actual reality. Long Distance Information Long Distance Information is part of a larger British Council programme, The New Silk Road, and traces the way in which British sculptors throughout the 20th century have sought new means through which to express themselves and the world around them. History in the Making The first single exhibition to bring together works by all the past recipients of the Turner Prize, which was set up in 1984 to celebrate new developments in contemporary art and is now regarded as one of the most important art awards in the world. Archived Group Exhibitions Black-Box Recorder Exhibition of video works by twelve young artists, united by a thematic approach, exploring conventions used in TV and filmmaking such as narrative structures, humour, vox pop and performance to camera. Search through archived Group Exhibitions

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