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MK Gallery
Established	1999; 25 years ago
Location	900 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3PX
Coordinates	52°02′42″N 0°44′56″W / 52.045°N 0.749°W
Type	Art gallery
Public transit access	Milton Keynes Central
Website	mkgallery.org

MK Gallery (also 'Milton Keynes Gallery' or 'MK G'^[1]) is the municipal art gallery of Milton Keynes,^[2]^[3] a city in Buckinghamshire about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of London. The gallery was extended and remodelled in 2018/19 and includes an art-house cinema.^[4]^[5] It does not have a permanent collection.

History

The gallery was founded in 1999 under the management of the Milton Keynes Theatre and Gallery Company.^[2]

The Gallery partially closed from 2015 to 2019 for a substantial expansion and renovation.^[4]^[6] The building now has five exhibition galleries, an auditorium/cinema and a studio.^[7]

Exhibitions

The more notable exhibitions presented by the gallery include:^[8]

1990s

Gilbert & George: The Rudimentary Pictures (1999-2000)

2000s

Mark Francis: Elements (2000)
Richard Hamilton: New Technology and Printmaking (2000)
Printers inc.: Recent British Prints from the Arts Council and British Council Collections (2000)
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2000 (2000)
Alison Turnbull: Houses into Flats (2000)
Layla Curtis (2000)
Richard Wright (2000)
Conversation: An Exhibition of Figurative Sculpture (2000)
Richard Ross: Gathering Light (2000–01)
Jan Dibbets: Ten Cupolas (2000–01)
John Riddy: Recent Work (2000–01)
FaceOn (2001)
Mark Wallinger: Cave (2001)
Marta Marcé: New Work (2001)
Abigail Lane: Tomorrow’s World, Yesterday’s Fever (Mental Guests Incorporated) (2001)
Andy Warhol: Cars (2001)
The Silbury Group: 10th Anniversary Exhibition (2001–02)
Art Crazy Nation Show, Curated by Matthew Collings (2002)
Dalziel + Scullion: Home (2002)
Tim Noble & Sue Webster: Ghastly Arrangements (2002)
Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music (2002)
Jiri Georg Dokoupil: Every Cloud is a Way (2002)
Boyd Webb: Horse & Dog (2002)
Georgie Hopton: Laughed – I Could Have Cried (2003)
Sarah Lucas, Colin Lowe & Roddy Thomson: Temple of Bacchus (2003)
Boyd & Evans: Landmarks (2004)

2010s

The Lie of the Land (2019)
Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance (
George Stubbs: 'all done from nature' (2019–20)

2020s

MK Calling 2020 (2020)
Memphis: Plastic Field (2020–21)
Laura Knight: A Panoramic View (2021–22)
Ingrid Pollard: Carbon Slowly Turning (2022)
Vivian Maier: Anthology (2022)
Larry Achiampong: Wayfinder (2022–23)
Trickster Figures: Sculpture and the Body (2023)
Boyd & Evans: High Time (2023)
Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now (2023–24)
Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World (2024)^[9]
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour (2024-25)^[10]

Current and former directors

Cinema

The top floor of the gallery has a multi-purpose auditorium overlooking Campbell Park. In its cinema configuration, the auditorium shows international films curated by Curzon Cinemas, as well as live-streamed National Theatre and Royal Opera House performances.^[12]

References

^ "MKG - Milton Keynes Gallery". clutch.open.ac.uk.
^ ^a ^b "About". MK Gallery. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "Milton Keynes Gallery". Destination MK. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Fran (11 March 2019). "MK Gallery by 6a architects to open doors this weekend". The Architects'Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ Brown, Paige (1 March 2019). "New cinema set to open in Milton Keynes this month". Milton Keynes Citizen. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ "New art gallery built by B&K in Milton Keynes opens to public".
^ "Reopened £12m MK Gallery captures 'spirit' of new town". BBC News. 16 March 2019.
^ "Exhibitions". MK Gallery. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ O’Hagan, Sean (4 February 2024). "'An enigma, an artist who walked to his own beat': the everyday sublime of photographer Saul Leiter". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
^ Buchan, Kit (5 October 2024). "'A great work of feminist art': how the Bloomsbury group's Famous Women Dinner Service got a place at the table". The Observer. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
^ Brown, Mark (25 September 2012). "Michael Stanley, rising star in art firmament, dies aged 37". The Guardian.
^ "Cinema". MK Gallery. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[1] "MKG - Milton Keynes Gallery". clutch.open.ac.uk.

[About-2] "About". MK Gallery. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[3] "Milton Keynes Gallery". Destination MK. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[6a-4] Williams, Fran (11 March 2019). "MK Gallery by 6a architects to open doors this weekend". The Architects'Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[curzon-5] Brown, Paige (1 March 2019). "New cinema set to open in Milton Keynes this month". Milton Keynes Citizen. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[6] "New art gallery built by B&K in Milton Keynes opens to public".

[7] "Reopened £12m MK Gallery captures 'spirit' of new town". BBC News. 16 March 2019.

[8] "Exhibitions". MK Gallery. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[9] O’Hagan, Sean (4 February 2024). "'An enigma, an artist who walked to his own beat': the everyday sublime of photographer Saul Leiter". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[10] Buchan, Kit (5 October 2024). "'A great work of feminist art': how the Bloomsbury group's Famous Women Dinner Service got a place at the table". The Observer. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[11] Brown, Mark (25 September 2012). "Michael Stanley, rising star in art firmament, dies aged 37". The Guardian.

[12] "Cinema". MK Gallery. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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