Press Release

Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens, February 2020

For your photos or interviews: When: Monday 2 March 2020, 10am – 2pm Where: , Gallery and Gardens Parking: Visitor car park On arrival: Head to office, first floor of stables Contact on the day: Jo Parker 01904 472027 / 472017 (direct) / 07879 685717 [email protected]

Photography or filming opportunity: take your own images including the historic ground floor, room shots of any of the new artwork in the Saloon Galleries and/or people hands-on in a workshop (until 1pm only). Ideally book a time slot to ensure availability.

For a selection of jpegs of some of the artworks permitted for use to promote this exhibition only, until 1 November 2020: https://nationaltrustonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/MediaAssets/EqdY9E9sRYxBlikugfv4eWsBoiiRuQ2 PFdftVILpsNTnMw?e=Ne2qA8 Full caption and credit lines as per document in the folder must be used and no cropping or overlaying without prior permission from the Arts Council Collection via Jo Parker. Further room shots showing the exhibition in situ will be supplied in due course if you are unable to attend.

Interview opportunity: talk to the curator for more of an insight into the new exhibition.

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Beningbrough Hall re-opens with a brand-new exhibition from the Arts Council Collection After a winter of conservation at the National Trust hall, visitors can uncover new country house stories on the ground floor, a new changing programme of adult workshops on the top floor and explore how art can improve wellbeing in the Saloon Galleries with the new exhibition - In the moment: the art of wellbeing.

In the moment: the art of wellbeing opens this spring at Beningbrough Hall exploring how art can help relaxation and provide a break from life’s daily worries. Inspired by research that visiting an art gallery is good for your health, the exhibition which is created in partnership with the Arts Council Collection, features the works of high profile artists such as L.S. Lowry, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Henry Moore and Marc Chagall. The use of sculpture, colour or intricate sketching alongside interactive techniques will allow visitors to explore their own personal responses to the art.

Clare Alton-Fletcher, Programming and Exhibitions Manager said “Our aim in curating the exhibition is to give people time to pause, reflect and absorb art and consider its wellbeing benefits. Take a moment in a comfy seat and have your view filled with colour with the abstract work in the

amazing surroundings of the 18th century Saloon, listen to poetry at a listening station or be motivated to get active after watching the film created by Melanie Manchot of dance groups taking part in a silent disco through the streets of ”.

The impressive Great Hall and Saloon Galleries will become home to fourteen engaging and different works. From the translucent and colour-shifting Doryphoros sculpture by Matthew Darbyshire standing tall in the Great Hall, to the optical illusion of colour from Bridget Riley in the Saloon and the engaging and immersive detail of Doing, Thinking, Speaking by Lisa Milroy. The artworks are curated to encourage visitors to explore the ‘five ways to wellbeing’ - to connect, be active, give, keep learning and take notice.

Clare went on to say “One of my favourite pieces in the exhibition is the layered polycarbonate sculpture in blues, greens and turquoises which is a modern take on a classical sculpture of the spear bearer, Doryphoros. It changes and becomes more translucent or more colourful with the changing light of the day or the angle you’re viewing from”.

All floors in 300-year-old hall have had a refresh with a new orientation across the ground floor sharing the stories of the country house and Beningbrough’s families who have shaped the evolution of the hall.

The top floor will provide the place for a brand new participatory programme for 2020 aimed primarily at adults. Create and connect offers over 90 opportunities to have a go with activities ranging from felting to creative writing, drop in art sessions, a book club and a selection of pre- bookable specialist workshops led by artists; each activity connecting the visitor to the history, art and gardens of Beningbrough.

The new season at Beningbrough provides further opportunities for visitors to explore the wider parkland and formal gardens which are in themselves experiencing a renaissance. Families can let off steam in the wilderness play area or on open lawns and the walled garden restaurant and brew house can help keep visitors fuelled throughout their day.

Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens opens for the main season from Tuesday 3 March until Sunday 1 November 2020, Tuesdays to Sundays plus Mondays in June – August and bank holidays. Visit the website to plan your visit or follow NTBeningbrough on social media.

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Notes to editors:

For more information contact: Jo Parker 01904 472017 (direct) / 472027 (office) / 07879 685717 (mobile) [email protected]

In the moment: the art of wellbeing list of artworks

LOCATION: ARTIST: TITLE: DATE: MEDIUM: DIMENSIONS (cm):

GREAT HALL Darbyshire, Matthew CAPTCHA No. 21 - Doryphoros 2015 Multi-wall polycarbonate 224 x 75 x 75

SALOON Joseph, Peter Untitled 1967 Acrylic on canvas 152.4 x 268 Riley, Bridget Ecclesia 1985 Oil on canvas 161.5 x 140

Beattie, Basil Orange No.1 1969 Acrylic on canvas 213.4 x 304.8 NORTH EAST GALLERY Nimki, Jacques Florilegium 1999 Graphite on paper 193 x 150.5 Lowry, L.S. Seascape 1965 Oil on panel 26.7 x 77.8

Hirst, Damien Untitled (from London Portfolio) 1992 Screenprint 86 x 62.4

EAST GALLERY Carles-Tolra, Alejandra Untitled, from the series Where We 2017 Photograph. Studio lustre C- 180 x 120 Belong type Milroy, Lisa Doing, Thinking, Speaking 2000 Oil and acrylic on canvas 193 x 305 Chagall, Marc Clair de lune 1949 Lithograph Framed, 80.5 x 58

Hiller, Susan Sentimental Representations: In Mixed media - petals, acrylic, 72 parts, total 113.7 x 80.2 Memory of my Grandmothers (Part I - ink and photocopies on board for Rose Ehrich) Moore, Henry Women Winding Wool 1948 Watercolour, pencil and chalk 54.2 x 56.3 on paper

Emin, Tracey Birds 2012 Lithograph on 300gsm 76 x 60 Somerset Soft White Velvet paper. Produced by Paupers Press, London. NORTH GALLERY Manchot, Melanie Dance (All Night, London) 2017 Film and audio visual n/a Running time 30 mins

About Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens

Built in 1716, Beningbrough Hall is a grand red brick mansion located in the countryside, within easy reach of and . Today, the hall is home to changing contemporary and historic exhibitions in the Saloon Galleries and stories of the past 300 years throughout the country house. The eight-acre garden is undergoing something of a renaissance with developments by award winning designer Andy Sturgeon enhancing the already impressive grand borders, walled kitchen garden and extensive wilderness play area. Surrounded by 380 acres of parkland, the wider estate extends to offer walks through hidden woods and along river side paths.

For more details and to see what’s coming up visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/beningbrough Like: facebook.com/NTBeningbrough | Tweet: @NTBeningbrough | Insta: @NTBeningbrough

About Arts Council Collection

The Arts Council Collection is a national loan collection of British art from 1946 to the present day. With over 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 Barbara Hepworth, Tracey Emin and Henry Moore to Mona Hatoum, Anish Kapoor and Grayson Perry. 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, Sculpture Park. artscouncilcollection.org.uk

About the National Trust The National Trust is a conservation charity founded in 1895 by three people who saw the importance of our nation’s heritage and open spaces and wanted to preserve them for everyone to enjoy. More than 120 years later, these values are still at the heart of everything the charity does. Entirely independent of Government, the National Trust looks after more than 250,000 hectares of countryside, 780 miles of coastline and hundreds of special places across , Wales and Northern Ireland. More than 26 million people visit every year, and together with 5.2 million members and over 61,000 volunteers, they help to support the charity in its work to care for special places for ever, for everyone. For more information and ideas for great seasonal days out go to: www.nationaltrust.org.uk