Described as ‘the most beautiful room in London’, the Kasmin Gallery played a key role in the art scene in 1960s London, championing the burgeoning relationship between British and American art. It was Britain’s first architect-designed commercial gallery, showing large-scale paintings and sculpture in a single, uninterrupted, white-walled space. This display brings together artworks shown in this new environment with related extracts from Artists’ Lives, an oral history project run by National Life Stories at the British Library, revealing some of the people and relationships that shaped this exciting period. Works by British artists such as Anthony Caro and Richard Smith and American artists Kenneth Noland and Frank Stella will be described.
This tour is led by Anna Murray and takes place seated in the gallery. Sighted companions and guide dogs are welcome. Please meet in the Manton Studio from 10.30 tea and cake.