Exhibition
Katie Paterson- Totality: A new commission by the Arts Council Collection
27 Apr 2016 – 22 May 2016
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free admission
Address
- Strand
- WC2R 1LA
- London
- WC2R 1LA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 77a, 91 and 176, while the River Bus Service can be taken to Embankment and Savoy Piers.
- Temple, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Embankment.
- Charing Cross, Waterloo and Blackfriars.
This special commission presents a mirror ball comprising images of nearly every solar eclipse that’s been documented by humankind.
About
The Arts Council Collection, the UK’s most widely seen collection of modern and contemporary art, is pleased to announce plans for marking its 70th anniversary during 2016. The celebrations will include eight new commissions that will go on display across the UK.
Katie Paterson’s commission on display at Somerset house will be a mirror ball comprising images of nearly every solar eclipse that’s been documented by humankind; through drawings and since photography began, including the oldest solar eclipse drawings from hundreds of years ago, and the earliest 19th century photographs, to images from the most technological advanced telescopes now.
The commission is part of Somerset House’s UTOPIA 2016: A Year of Imagination and Possibility - four seasons of events, exhibitions and new commissions celebrating the idea of Utopia to mark the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s influential text.
