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{{Short description|Art gallery in Milton Keynes, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
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|location    = 900 Midsummer Boulevard, [[Central Milton Keynes]], MK9 3PX
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'''MK Gallery''' (also 'Milton Keynes Gallery' or 'MK G'<ref>{{cite web | url=https://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/shepherdswell00/entertainment/mkg.html | title=MKG - Milton Keynes Gallery  |website=clutch.open.ac.uk}}</ref>) is the [[municipal art gallery]] of [[Milton Keynes]],<ref name="About">{{cite web | url=https://mkgallery.org/about/ | title=About  |publisher=MK Gallery |access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/MK-Gallery |title=Milton Keynes Gallery |publisher =Destination MK |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>  a city in  [[Buckinghamshire]] about 50 miles (80&nbsp;km) northwest of London. The gallery was extended and remodelled in 2018/19 and includes an [[art-house]] cinema.<ref name="6a">{{cite web |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/mk-gallery-by-6a-architects-to-open-doors-this-weekend/10040683.article |title= MK Gallery by 6a architects to open doors this weekend | date=11 March 2019 | work= The Architects'Journal | first=Fran | last=Williams | access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=curzon>{{cite web |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/our-region/milton-keynes/new-cinema-set-to-open-in-milton-keynes-this-month-1-8830087 |title= New cinema set to open in Milton Keynes this month | date=1 March 2019 | work=  Milton Keynes Citizen | first=Paige | last=Brown | access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref name="About" />
The Gallery partially closed from 2015 to 2019 for a substantial expansion and renovation.<ref name="6a" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/new-art-gallery-built-by-bandk-in-milton-keynes-opens-to-public/5098392.article | title=New art gallery built by B&K in Milton Keynes opens to public }}</ref> The building now has five exhibition galleries, an auditorium/cinema and a studio.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47569963 | title=Reopened £12m MK Gallery captures 'spirit' of new town | work=BBC News | date=16 March 2019 }}</ref>
== Exhibitions ==
The more notable exhibitions presented by the gallery include:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mkgallery.org/about/exhibitions/ |title=Exhibitions |publisher=MK Gallery|access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref>
'''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)<ref>{{cite news |last1=O’Hagan |first1=Sean |title=‘An enigma, an artist who walked to his own beat’: the everyday sublime of photographer Saul Leiter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/04/photographer-saul-leiter-an-unfinished-world-mk-gallery-milton-keynes-retrospective-the-everyday-new-york-sublime |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 February 2024}}</ref>
* [[Vanessa Bell]]: A World of Form and Colour (2024-25)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buchan |first1=Kit |title=‘A great work of feminist art’: how the Bloomsbury group’s Famous Women Dinner Service got a place at the table |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/05/vanessa-bell-duncan-grant-the-famous-women-dinner-service |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=[[The Observer]] |date=5 October 2024}}</ref>
== Current and former directors ==
* [[Stephen Snoddy]]
* [[Michael Stanley (disambiguation)|Michael Stanley]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/sep/25/michael-stanley-art-dies-37 | title=Michael Stanley, rising star in art firmament, dies aged 37 | newspaper=The Guardian | date=25 September 2012 | last1=Brown | first1=Mark }}</ref>
* [[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 [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] and [[Royal Opera House]] performances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cinema |publisher=MK Gallery |access-date=22 April 2024 |url=https://mkgallery.org/whats-on/?event-category=cinema}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Contemporary art galleries in England]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Milton Keynes]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Buckinghamshire]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in England]]