Press Release Date: 10 October 2019 Contact: James Smyllie, [email protected] / 0207 921 0752 Images: downloadable here

Southbank Centre announces 2020 visual art programme highlights for Hayward Gallery, Hayward Gallery Touring and Arts Council Collection

(L-R: Shi Guowei, Pine, 2016, © Mr. Xi Tao ; Reena Kallat, Chorus , 2017, © Reena Kallat Studio, Photography by Dheeraj Thakur)

Hayward Gallery presents an ambitious programme of major group shows including Among the Trees and Reverb: Sound into Art . Among the Trees (4 March – 17 May 2020) brings together artworks that reflect on our multifaceted relationships with trees and forests and celebrates the tree’s enduring resonance as a source of inspiration for some of the most significant contemporary artists of our time, including Robert Adams , Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Tacita Dean , Peter Doig , Anya Gallaccio , Giuseppe Penone , Robert Smithson , and Pascale Marthine Tayou . Featuring the work of 15 international artists, Reverb: Sound into Art (24 June – 6 September 2020) i nvites visitors to experience sound in an immersive multi-sensory way with a number of newly commissioned installations that respond to Hayward Gallery's uniquely volumetric architecture.

Ralph Rugoff, Director, Hayward Gallery said: “Hayward Gallery will expand on its rich history of presenting adventurous and thought-provoking group shows this year with two major group exhibitions that feature some of the most influential and inventive artists of this moment. Timed to coincide with the 50th

anniversary of Earth Day, A mong the Trees b rings together artworks from the past half-century that invite us to re-imagine how we relate to and think about trees and forests. Reverb: Sound into Art, which takes place 20 years after the Hayward’s pioneering S onic Boom exhibition, will be a crucial update on the growing importance of contemporary artists who explore how sound can involve and affect us.”

Hayward Gallery Touring l aunches N ot Without My Ghosts ( 27 March – 14 June 2020), an exhibition of works inspired by spiritualist methodologies, and heralds the return of its major quinquennial survey exhibition with B ritish Art Show 9, w hich opens in Manchester in September 2020.

Arts Council Collection presents B reaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945, a group exhibition celebrating post-war British sculpture made by women.

Hayward Gallery highlights include:

Among the Trees 4 March – 17 May 2020

Among the Trees brings together artworks that explore our multifaceted relationships with trees and forests. Drawing on the beauty and visually arresting character of trees – including their complex spatial and architectural forms – the works in this exhibition invite us to consider trees as symbols and living organisms that have helped to shape human civilisation. Beginning with influential works from the late 1960s – a decade that saw the emergence of the modern environmental movement in Europe and the United States – Among the Trees surveys a remarkably expansive terrain, encompassing a wide range of artistic approaches from the past 50 years whilst reflecting on myriad aspects of this rich subject. T he exhibition includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and video installations that range in scale from the monumental to the intimate. By turns poetic, adventurous and thought-provoking, the exhibition celebrates the tree’s enduring resonance as a source of inspiration for some of the most significant contemporary artists of our time, among them R obert Adams, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, T acita Dean, Peter Doig, Anya Gallaccio, Giuseppe Penone, R obert Smithson and P ascale Marthine Tayou. The exhibition is curated by Hayward Gallery Director Ralph Rugoff.

A supporting programme of public talks taking place throughout the exhibition will be announced on 4 November.

Reverb: Sound into Art 24 June – 6 September 2020

Reverb: Sound into Art i nvites visitors to experience sound in an immersive multi-sensory way. Bringing together 15 international artists who work with sound as their primary medium, this ambitious group show redefines how we interact with an artist's work. R everb c onsiders the many different ways sound can make us feel – both physically and emotionally – and relate to the spaces around us. Featuring monumental sculptures that surround you with

noise, as well as contrasting moments of silence, the exhibition includes newly commissioned installations that respond to Hayward Gallery’s brutalist architecture, as well as sound-based artworks situated across the wider Southbank Centre site. Artists in the show include T arek Atoui, J anet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, C hristine Sun Kim and O liver Beer. The exhibition is curated by Hayward Gallery Senior Curator Zoé Whitley.

Further Hayward Gallery and HENI Project Space programming will be announced throughout 2020.

Hayward Gallery Touring:

● Hayward Gallery Touring’s B ritish Art Show 9 opens in Manchester (September 2020 – January 2021) and then tours to Wolverhampton, Aberdeen and Plymouth ● Not Without My Ghosts i s a collaboration with Drawing Room, London. The exhibition explores the changing historical and aesthetic engagement between visual art and spiritualism from W illiam Blake and Georgiana Houghton to B onnie Camplin and L ouise Despont ( 27 March – 14 June 2020, then touring)

Brian Cass, Senior Curator, Hayward Gallery Touring, said: “A s always, Hayward Gallery Touring presents an immense variety of exhibitions around the UK in 2020; N ot Without My Ghosts will shed light on how tropes of the ghostly and spectral are intertwined in modern life, while the continued tour of S low Painting e xplores the multiple aspects of what slowness might mean in relation to contemporary painting. We are especially delighted to launch B ritish Art Show 9, which is certain to be another exceptional iteration of this long-standing staple of the British art calendar. Curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar, B ritish Art Show is by definition an articulation of the ‘here and now’ and it introduces a new generation of British artists to millions of people across the country.”

Not Without My Ghosts Drawing Room from 27 March – 14 June 2020, then touring

Hayward Gallery Touring presents N ot Without My Ghosts, an exhibition of artists and works inspired by spiritualist methodologies and their deep cultural history, ranging from the 19th century to the current day. Featuring an international range of artists working across drawing, painting, sculpture, film and installation, the exhibition explores the changing historical and aesthetic terms of artistic engagement with spiritualism, from seance works and spiritualist communities, to the mediumistic role of the artist. The exhibition takes as its starting point the visionary work of William Blake and the art of forgotten Victorian-era Spiritualist Georgiana Houghton, and continues up to the present day with artists such as Bonnie Camplin and Louise Despont. N ot Without My Ghosts is a collaboration with Drawing Room, London and is curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Simon Grant and Marco Pasi. It will open at Drawing Room in March 2020, before touring to Museums Sheffield and the Glynn Vivian Swansea.

British Art Show 9

Castlefield Gallery, HOME, Manchester Art Gallery and The Whitworth, September 2020 – January 2021, then touring

British Art Show is a landmark touring exhibition of contemporary art that takes place every five years in four different cities across the UK. Acknowledged as the most important recurrent exhibition of contemporary British art, it is unrivaled in its ambition, scope and national reach. The exhibition introduces a wide public to a new generation of British artists, or artists practising in Britain, and provides a vital overview of the most exciting art produced in the country during the last five years. B ritish Art Show 9 is curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar, and opens in Manchester in 2020, before touring to Wolverhampton, Aberdeen and Plymouth. More information in the B ritish Art Show p ress release with further details to be announced.

Find full Hayward Gallery Touring listings h ere.

Arts Council Collection:

● Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 c elebrates p ost-war British sculpture by artists identifying as women. The survey exhibition represents the work of over 45 sculptors including B arbara Hepworth, K im Lim, R achel Whiteread a nd Anthea Hamilton. The exhibition opens at Longside Gallery at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (4 April – 16 June 2020, then touring) ● Firstsite, Sunderland Culture, and T he Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange present exhibitions as part of the Arts Council Collection’s N ational Partners Programme

Jill Constantine, Director, Arts Council Collection, said: “2020 is an important year for the Arts Council Collection. We look forward to a variety of exciting exhibitions from our group of new National Partners (S underland Culture, Firstsite, and T he Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance). Furthermore, we are proud to open our new touring exhibition, B reaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 . The first of its kind, the exhibition will provide a timely reminder of the significant contribution women have made to this particular art form.”

Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 Longside Gallery at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 4 April – 16 June 2020, then touring

This major Arts Council Collection survey exhibition seeks to redefine post-war British sculpture by presenting a diverse range of work by artists identifying as women. The group show celebrates the strengths of sculpture made by women but also seeks to guard against the threat of this work slipping out of view. Through this deliberately restorative act, the exhibition seeks to inspire future generations, supporting the maxim ‘if she can see it she can be it’. B reaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 represents the work of over 45 sculptors including B arbara Hepworth, Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim, C ornelia Parker, Rachel Whiteread a nd A nthea Hamilton. After its first presentation at Longside

Gallery, B reaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 w ill tour to New Art Gallery Walsall, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham Lakeside Arts and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.

Find full Arts Council Collection listings h ere.

National Partners Programme

The Arts Council Collection’s N ational Partners Programme w as launched in 2016 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Arts Council Collection by creating a network of regional galleries and museums to present and curate exhibitions drawn from the Collection. Following the success of its first iteration, the second round of National Partners for 2019-22 are F irstsite in Colchester; Sunderland Culture in Tyne and Wear and T he Newlyn Art Gallery a nd The Exchange in Penzance.

Firstsite begin their A rts Council Collection NPP p rogramme with S uper Black (11 Oct – 12 Jan 2020), an exhibition exploring the complex questions of identity and the experiences of black people living in Britain today. Led by people from ’s black community, the exhibition presents artworks from the Arts Council Collection, alongside new work by Southend-based artist, E lsa James, and objects from the V anley Burke A rchive. A ntony Gormley’ s Collection work, F ield for the British Isles ( 15 Nov 2019 – 1 6 Mar 2020) will also be a central part of Firstsite's NPP programming and highlights the work they do with children and young people.

Sunderland Culture p resent R eceived Wisdom ( 1 Feb – 5 May 2020) which takes its title from an A rts Council Collection artwork of the same name by artist A mikam Toren which poses the question – who is deemed ‘creative’? R eceived Wisdom challenges the notion that creativity, boundary breaking and dynamism are the preserve of youth. The exhibition presents a body of work created by artists working in their later years and challenges ideas about what is expected of us at different stages in our lives.

Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange launch their programme with H ippo Campus: Where We Learn (15 Feb – 30 May 2020) an exhibition and a series of events exploring alternative schooling, peer-to-peer learning and self-education. Running alongside this first major NPP exhibition, G o On Being So (15 Feb – 30 May 2020) is co-curated with students from Mounts Bay Academy in Penzance whilst P alace of Culture (6 – 27 June 2020) will continue this community led programme - the palace designed and curated in collaboration with Newlyn School.

Further programmes for 2020 to be announced.

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Notes To Editors

About H ayward Gallery Hayward Gallery, part of Southbank Centre, has a long history of presenting work by the world’s most adventurous and innovative artists including major solo shows by both emerging and established artists and dynamic group exhibitions. They include those by Bridget Riley, Martin Creed, Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Jeremy Deller, Anish Kapoor, René Magritte, Francis Bacon and David Shrigley, as well as influential group exhibitions such as Africa Remix, Light Show, P sycho Buildings a nd S pace Shifters. O pened by Her Majesty The Queen in July 1968, the gallery is one of the few remaining buildings of its style. The Brutalist building was designed by a group of young architects, including Dennis Crompton, Warren Chalk and Ron Herron and is named after Sir Isaac Hayward, a former leader of the London County Council.

About H ayward Gallery Touring Hayward Gallery Touring is the UK’s largest and longest-standing not-for-profit organisation producing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art that tour to galleries, museums and other publicly funded venues throughout Britain. Funded by Arts Council England and based at Southbank Centre, London, Hayward Gallery Touring collaborates with independent curators, artists, writers and galleries to create ambitious exhibitions that are beyond the scope of a single institution. Ranging in scale from the British Art Show – the largest exhibition of contemporary art produced in the UK – to smaller monographic shows, our imaginative exhibitions are seen by up to half a million people in over 40 cities and towns each year.

About A rts Council Collection The Arts Council Collection is a national loan collection of British art from 1946 to the present day. With nearly 8,000 works and more than 1,000 loans made to over 100 venues a year, it is seen by millions of people in public spaces from galleries and museums to hospitals, libraries and universities. Representing one of the most important collections of British modern and contemporary art in the world, it includes work from , Tracey Emin and to Mona Hatoum, Anish Kapoor and . The Collection supports and promotes British artists by acquiring art at an early stage of their careers. The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London and includes the Sculpture Centre located at Longside, Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

About S outhbank Centre Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre and one of the UK's top five visitor attractions, occupying a 17 acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. We exist to present great cultural experiences that bring people together and we achieve this by providing the space for artists to create and present their best work and by creating a place where as many people as possible can come together to experience bold, unusual and eye-opening work. We want to take people out of the everyday, every day.

The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is made up of the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room

and Hayward Gallery as well as being home to the National Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection. It is also home to four Resident Orchestras (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment) and four Associate Orchestras (Aurora Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain).