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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

In 1994, Madeleine Bessborough moved the New Art Centre , the sculpture gallery she established in London in 1958, to Roche Court in Wiltshire, built for Lord Nelson in 1804. But Hauser & Wirth is not alone in realising that a commercial gallery can take on a whole new character, audience and purpose in a rural location.

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Three works by artist and sexual abuser Eric Gill withdrawn from UK exhibition after consultation with survivors group

The Art Newspaper

Each had been lined up for inclusion in the exhibition It Takes A Village at the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft (until 1 February 2026), focused on artists who, like Gill, worked in the Sussex village in the early 20th century. It has since been restored and was reinstated in April.