Horse Hospital
| The Horse Hospital | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Address | Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 51°31′22″N 0°07′28″W / 51.5228°N 0.1244°W |
| Construction started | 1794 |
| Completed | 1797 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | James Burton |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Horse Hospital is a Grade II listednot for profit, independent arts venue in central London, England, with a curatorial focus on counter-cultural histories, sub-cultures and outsider as well as emerging artists delivered through frequent events, underground film and artist’s moving image screenings, and exhibitions. Founded in 1992 by Roger K. Burton, the venue opened with Vive Le Punk! a retrospective of Vivienne Westwood's punk designs in 1993.
Initially programmed by Burton and Ian White, the venue's reputation grew both in London and abroad. James B. L. Hollands later replaced White as curator. The artist, Tai Shani has been the programmer since 2006.
In 1998, the Horse Hospital hosted the debut British exhibition by outsider artist / painter Joe Coleman which attracted a new audience. Subsequently the venue played host to a variety of performers, musicians, artists, film makers and writers, including Dame Darcy, Anita Pallenberg, Iain Aitch, Jack Sargeant, Valie Export, Chris Carter, David Tibet, Helen Chadwick, Dennis Cooper, Morton Bartlett, Lydia Lunch, Bruce Bickford, Gee Vaucher and Crass, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Stewart Home, Jeremy Reed and others.
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