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On Sunday 13 July, the Tempo Half Marathon will begin and end at Compton Verney.

Please note that we are still open to visitors on this day, however there will be a rolling road block in the morning, and the site may be busier than usual due to this event so please allow yourself more time to travel.

The Artist’s Studio

26 September 2009 – 13 December 2009

This exhibition, the scope of which was a first for UK audiences, took you ‘behind the scenes’ to offer a fascinating insight into the world of the artist’s studio in Britain.

About the
exhibition

Through paintings, photographs, drawings, film, etchings, books and studio furniture, this exhibition explored the changing function and depiction of the artist’s studio from the 1700s to the present day.

Artists in the exhibition included: J. M. W. Turner, Eric Ravilious, Gwen John, Paula Rego, Lisa Milroy and Jeremy Deller.

It also explored, through photographs, the studios of some of the most prominent artists of the 20th Century, including David Hockney, Antony Gormley, Rachel Whiteread, Damien Hirst and Lucian Freud.

To coincide with the exhibition, was a newly commissioned film documenting artists in their studios.