Theatres · South Wales
Arnolfini
Arnolfini in Wales South, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Arnolfini is a cinema or movie theatre in Wales South, United Kingdom, dating from 1961. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
Arnolfini is an international arts centre and gallery in Bristol, England. It has a programme of contemporary art exhibitions, artist's performance, music and dance events, poetry and book readings, talks, lectures and cinema. There is also a specialist art bookshop and a café bar. Educational activities are undertaken and experimental digital media work supported by online resources. Festivals are hosted by the gallery. The gallery was founded in 1961 by Jeremy Rees, and was located in Clifton. In the 1970s it moved to Queen Square, before moving to its present location, Bush House on Bristol's waterfront, in 1975. The name of the gallery is taken from Jan van Eyck's 15th-century painting The Arnolfini Portrait. Arnolfini was refurbished and redeveloped in 1989 and 2005. Artists whose work has been exhibited include Paul McCartney, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Long and Jack Yeats. Performers have included Goat Island Performance Group, the Philip Glass Ensemble, and Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. The gallery reached a new audience in April 2010, when it was chosen to host one of the three 2010 general election debates.
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Background
History
, Howard Hodgkin, Nigel Greenwood and Barry Barker (who later became director)]] Jeremy Rees started Arnolfini with the assistance of his wife Annabel, and the painter John Orsborn in 1961. The location was above a bookshop in the Triangle in Clifton, Bristol. In 1968, Rees was able to give up his teaching job and with the aid of private funding and Arts Council funding relocated the gallery to Queen Square, then to W Shed, later the home of the Watershed Media Centre. In 1975, Arnolfini moved to its present home in Bush House, occupying two floors of a 19th-century Grade II* listed tea warehouse situated on the side of the Floating Harbour in Bristol City Centre. The first two simultaneous…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4492, -2.5972
- Address
- Bristol, England
- Established
- 1961
- Opening
- Fr,Sa 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- arnolfini.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4795363 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Arnolfini, Bristol (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Arnolfini?
- Arnolfini is in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Arnolfini built?
- Built or established in 1961.
- How busy is Arnolfini?
- Arnolfini draws around 500,000 visitors a year.