T\ufeffhe UK’s first permanent home for illustration will open in central London in May to “celebrate its traditions” and welcome the “astonishing diversity” of art across the world.<\/p>\n
An 18th Century waterworks in Clerkenwell is being transformed into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, which was previously based in King’s Cross under a different name.<\/p>\n
The \u00a312.5m centre hopes to be the “world’s largest dedicated space for illustration”, with the idea 20 years in the making. <\/p>\n
Sir Quentin said: “I am proud to think the centre has my name on it \u2013 illustration is a wonderful universal and varied language.”<\/p>\n
Sir Quentin set up a charity for illustration in 2002 and the House of Illustration was based in rented space in King’s Cross between 2014 and 2020.<\/p>\n
The new centre aims to open in spring with a solo exhibition in the Grade II listed Engine House by MURUGIAH, whose brightly coloured art is inspired by film, sci-fi, Japanese anime and 2000’s era pop-punk. <\/p>\n
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration’s director Lindsey Glen said: “Every day, people all over the world use illustration to share stories and ideas \u2013 to communicate, express, inform and persuade. <\/p>\n
“Now, there will be a place where everyone can explore this important, yet overlooked art form, filled with imaginative exhibitions, installations, books, play and making.”<\/p>\n
Other attractions will include a free library, learning spaces and art highlighting stories about the site’s 400-year history.<\/p>\n
There will be illustrator residencies in London’s oldest surviving windmill and free public gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T\ufeffhe UK’s first permanent home for illustration will open in central London in May to “celebrate its traditions”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-119170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}