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The October Gallery is an art gallery based in central London, showing contemporary work from all cultures around the world.〔(October Gallery ), (About Us ). Accessed on 22 December 2007.〕 October Gallery has been instrumental in bringing to worldwide attention many of the world’s leading international artists, including El Anatsui, Rachid Koraïchi, Romuald Hazoumè, Nnenna Okore, Laila Shawa and Kenji Yoshida. The Gallery promotes the Transvangarde, the very best in contemporary art from around the planet, as well as maintaining a cultural hub in central London for poets, writers, intellectuals and artists, and hosts talks, performances and seminars, see www.octobergallery.co.uk/events The rich diversity of art presented is an inspiration to collectors and enthusiasts. Institutions such as the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany; Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany; Setagagya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, have all collected works from October Gallery. ==History== Founded in 1979, October Gallery is a charitable trust which is supported by sales of art, rental of the Gallery's facilities, grants from various funding bodies and the active support of dedicated artists, musicians, writers and others. From its beginnings, the October Gallery has promoted the art and artists of the ''Transvangarde'' or trans-cultural avant-garde. Since then, the October Gallery has exhibited the work of artists from over 65 different countries, and from regions that include Africa,〔(El Anatsui installation in New York City ), Accessed on 22 December 2007〕 Asia, Australia, the Americas,〔BBC, ("Three’s a crowd" ). Accessed on 22 December 2007.〕 Europe, the Middle East, India and Oceania.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「October Gallery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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