Hatton Gallery
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 The Fine Art Building of Newcastle University, home of the Hatton Gallery. | |
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| Established | 1925 |
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| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Coordinates | 54°58′47″N 1°36′54″W / 54.9796°N 1.6150°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Public transit access | Bus, Metro |
| Website | www |
| Great North Museum | |
The Hatton Gallery is Newcastle University's art gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is based in the university's Fine Art Building and part of North East Museums.
The Hatton Gallery closed in February 2016 for a £3.8 million redevelopment and reopened in 2017.
The Hatton Gallery was founded in 1925, by the King Edward VII School of Art, Armstrong College, Durham University (Newcastle University's Department of Fine Art), in honour of Richard George Hatton, a professor at the School of Art.[1]
Richard Hamilton's seminal Man, Machine and Motion was first exhibited at the Hatton in 1955 before travelling to the ICA,[2] so the Hatton can claim to have been the birthplace of Pop Art.
In 1997, the university authorities voted to close down the gallery, but a widespread public campaign against the closure, leading to a £250,000 donation by Dame Catherine Cookson, ensured the survival of the gallery.[3]
As part of the Great North Museum project, the gallery's future is secure. Unlike the university's other collections, the Hatton Gallery was not transferred into the Hancock, but remained in the Fine Art Building.[4]
The Hatton Gallery closed on 27 February 2016 for a £3.8 million redevelopment and reopened in October 2017 with the exhibition Pioneers of Pop.[5][6]
