‘The Party Is Here’: Gilbert & George Have Unveiled Their Swanky New Art Center Which Is, Naturally, All About Them, Vivienne Chow, δημοσίευση στο Artnet News [27/3/2023]

Italian artist Gilbert Prousch (R) and British artist George Passmore, better known as ‘Gilbert and George’, pose together in front of an artwork entitled ‘Magnolia Heads’ 2019, during a photocall at the opening of the Gilbert & George Centre in east London on March 24, 2023. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

When Gilbert & George first revealed that they decided to turn their discontent with the art establishment into a motivation to build their own art gallery to show their art, the idea caused a little storm.

Six years on, the controversy still lingers, but what the London-based artist duo pledged to do is finally realized, and they are keen to welcome visitors to the new permanent home for their art.

“Access. Access to pictures. Access,” George Passmore one half of the artist duo, told Artnet News, during the preview of the space. Gilbert Prousch, the second half, chimed in: “Access to our pictures, because we feel we offer all these ideas that people should be able to see.” The two were dressed in tailored suits, in complimentary brown and dark green.

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‘The Party Is Here’: Gilbert & George Have Unveiled Their Swanky New Art Center Which Is, Naturally, All About Them, Vivienne Chow, δημοσίευση στο Artnet News [27/3/2023]