City Of London Guildhall Art Gallery
Kept in storage at guildhall library and periodically displayed at the heritage gallery the document is widely regarded as one of the finest surviving 13th century copies.
City of london guildhall art gallery. Guildhall artist in residence hannah starkey in 2019 the guildhall art gallery appointed hannah starkey as guildhall artist in residence. Explore this and other stories of the architecture and engineering of the city of london at this family drop in workshop for london festival of architecture held at the city centre london s roman amphitheatre and guildhall art gallery where you can visit the exhibition the architecture of london. Guildhall art gallery see victorian and pre raphaelite masterpieces and enjoy a diverse programme of temporary exhibitions. Home to the city of london corporation s magnificent art collection particularly rich in victorian art and ranging from pre raphaelites to depictions of london s colourful past the gallery offers.
The project was inspired by the success of new galleries supported by local authorities in liverpool manchester and leeds. Because of its delicate nature it is not on permanent display. London s roman amphitheatre hear the roar of 7 000 spectators eager. It is a stone building in a semi gothic style intended to be sympathetic to the historic guildhall which is adjacent and to which it is connected internally.
The exhibition invites us to see the city of london from a wide range of viewpoints including artists windows vast panoramas close ups and street views. From 6 september to 8 december the city of london corporation s london metropolitan archives displayed proposals and artist impressions of buildings and infrastructure that was never built in the london that never was. Watch a short film about the story of magna carta in the city of london. The first guildhall art gallery was built in 1885 to display the city of london corporation s growing art collection.
David hepher s painting albany flats is part of the architecture of london exhibition at guildhall art gallery opening in may 2019. The residency aims to support an artist in the development of new work created in and about the square mile with the inaugural theme being celebrating city women.