Nottingham Buildings

The Opening of Nottingham Contemporary 
(Previously -
Centre for Contemporary Art, Nottingham (CCAN) 

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The Nottingham Contemporary was first opened to the public on Saturday 14th November 2009.  However, as the weather on that day was not particularly good, I visited on Sunday 15th and all the photographs below were taken on that date.  Unfortunately, the High Pavement side of the building where the opening activities took place is always in the shade, so pictures taken on that side are never as good as they might be.

The gallery opened with exhibitions of the works of David Hockney and  Frances Stark and attracted quite a reasonable number of visitors whilst I was present.  As visitors queued to get in, they were entertained by troops of dancers, two 'zebra's' and three ten foot high 'butterflies' which were particularly effective and very popular with the small children.

Inside the building are several spaces that will be used for exhibitions and activities together with a souvenir shop and a cafe.  With the walls decorated in white, the interior appears far larger than the outside shell would suggest and there are some particularly good lighting solutions.

Due to copyright issues, photography inside the David Hockney exhibition is prohibited, so none are shown below.  What did I personally think of Hockey & Stark ?   Well lets just say that I prefer the old oil paintings on display in the Nottingham Castle Art Gallery, and leave it at that ! 

Visit and make your own assessment - After all it did cost  £19.39 M of mainly your money so you should at least take a look at what you got for it.

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