Stuckism International Gallery
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The Stuckism International Gallery was the gallery of the Stuckist art movement. It was open from 2002 to 2005 in Shoreditch, and run by Charles Thomson, the co-founder of Stuckism. It was launched by a procession carrying a coffin marked "The death of conceptual art" to the neighbouring White Cube gallery.
The gallery staged group and solo shows of Stuckist paintings, and displayed a preserved shark as a challenge to Damien Hirst and Charles Saatchi. The premises were taken over by La Viande gallery, which shut in 2008.
Charles Thomson had originally intended to buy a Shoreditch warehouse building with his then-wife, Stella Vine, but, after the arrangements had been made, she withdrew from the project. He subsequently made the purchase on his own.
The Stuckism International Gallery opened July 2002 at 3 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, in a four-story Victorian warehouse, 70 yards (64 m) away from the White Cube gallery, which represents Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, conceptual art which the Stuckists oppose. Thomson lived on the premises, using the ground floor and basement for a studio. He said:
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