The Serpentine Gallery, is a contemporary art gallery in London, at Kensington Gardens in Hyde Park, in the city center.
It takes its name from the Serpentine lake it overlooks. It is known all over the world for the temporary exhibitions of a high international level that are set up there and which attract up to 1.2 million visitors a year.
The Serpentine Gallery was founded in 1970 and is housed in a former tea pavilion, built in 1933-34 by architect James Gray West.
The list of artists on display is long, including: Man Ray, Henry Moore, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Paula Rego, Sondra Perry, Bridget Riley, Allan McCollum, Anish Kapoor, Christian Boltanski, Philippe Parreno, Richard Prince, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gerhard Richter, Gustav Metzger, Damien Hirst, Maria Lassnig, Jeff Koons and Marina Abramović.
At the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery, there is a permanent work created by Ian Hamilton Finlay in collaboration with Peter Coates in honor of the late Princess Diana, patron of the Gallery. The Serpentine Gallery, from 2000 to today, is also the promoter of events related to architecture: every year it has commissioned a temporary summer pavilion to an important architect, it is the "Serpentine Pavilion" project. In this way, single professionals or real teams who have never carried out a project in England, have the opportunity to make themselves known. Each pavilion, which must be completed within six months, is installed on the Galleria's lawn for three months for the public to visit. Cecil Balmond was the main promoter of the project.
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