Memory Mirror joins Art Everywhere

The Fitzwilliam Museum’s painting Memory Mirror by John Hoyland is part of this year’s Art Everywhere campaign by the Art Fund, which sees artworks flooding the streets of the UK. The campaign called for members of the public to vote for their top 25 paintings on Facebook, from a longlist of over 70 British artworks from 1500s to present day. Following a four week period of voting from June to July the Fitzwilliam Museum’s painting came in at tenth place and from 21st July reproductions have been displayed on some of the tens of thousands of poster sites, bus stops and billboards across the UK. Displays come down on 31 August, but up until this time the Art Fund are giving away weekly prizes for the best photos of posters in the campaign.

The painting itself, which had been on long term loan to Cancer Research UK, is back on display at the Museum for the month of August, and can be seen in the Glaisher Gallery (27).

25 July 2014