Press Releases
Warwick Arts Centre Celebrates 50 Years of Art, Activism, and Community
The University of Warwick’s Warwick Arts Centre is proudly celebrating its 50th anniversary this November, marking five decades of being at the heart of the arts, culture, and community in the West Midlands.
Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles
Hayward Gallery Touring will present Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles at the Warwick Arts Centre, an ambitious group exhibition exploring how contemporary artists are using textiles in surprising and radical ways. Illuminating the diverse roles textiles play in artistic practice, the exhibition brings together artists who take the intimate and domestic quality of textiles and transform them into theatrical, bold, unsettling and humorous artworks that inspire, challenge and offer new ways of thinking.
The Princess Royal officially opens University of Warwick’s new teaching building
The University of Warwick’s new teaching building, the Oculus, has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.