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Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration to Showcase ‘Overlooked’ Art Form
The centre opens with three exhibitions, a library of more than 1,800 books and Murugiah’s first solo show.
- On Friday, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opened in a former waterworks in Clerkenwell, London, realizing Sir Quentin Blake's 25-year dream for a permanent home for the art form.
- After outgrowing a previous space in Kings Cross, the Quentin Blake Centre transformed a derelict waterworks into a venue featuring three exhibition spaces, a library with more than 1,800 books, and gardens.
- The inaugural exhibition, titled Performance, showcases theatrical influences and features more than 100 rarely seen drawings by Sir Quentin, alongside the UK's first major exhibition on queer comic-making, Queer as Comics.
- Artistic director Olivia Ahmad curated the selection from more than 50,000 pieces in Sir Quentin's archives, drawn from his almost 80-year career illustrating more than 500 books.
- The centre also hosts illustrator Murugiah's first solo show, Ever Feel Like, as part of a mission to demonstrate that illustration is fundamental to human communication and storytelling.
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Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration to showcase ‘overlooked’ art form
The celebrated illustrator’s vision for a permanent space for illustration has become a reality.
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