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MK Gallery (also 'Milton Keynes Gallery' or 'MK G') is the municipal art gallery of Milton Keynes, 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. 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.
The Gallery partially closed from 2015 to 2019 for a substantial expansion and renovation. The building now has five exhibition galleries, an auditorium/cinema and a studio.
Exhibitions
The more notable exhibitions presented by the gallery include:
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)
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour (2024-25)
Current and former directors
Stephen Snoddy
Michael Stanley
Anthony Spira
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.