Dulwich Picture Gallery, the oldest purpose-built public art gallery in the world, is unveiling a £5m redevelopment including an ArtPlay Pavilion and expanded Sculpture Garden. The ArtPlay Pavilion, designed to engage children under eight, will feature interactive elements allowing them to immerse in artworks. Additional green space has been developed, ensuring accessibility to art. The redevelopment also introduces the Lovington Sculpture Meadow with new interactive sculptures. To celebrate its transformation, the gallery will host ArtPlay Festival, featuring workshops and events on September 6 and 7.
The new ArtPlay Pavilion has been designed by architects at Carmody Groarke and with help from artist duo Sarah Marsh and Stephanie Jefferies, will 'immerse under eight-year-olds in a sensory-rich play space'. Its design will allow kids to jump into paintings housed inside the gallery, running along Canaletto's Venetian bridges and swinging among Nicolas Poussin's romantic clouds.
Dulwich Picture Gallery has extended across three acres of extra green space and now has a new permanent ArtPlay Pavilion, a families cafe and an even bigger free-to-access Sculpture Garden. The £5m project is the biggest redevelopment at the gallery in 20 years.
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