MK Gallery

MK Gallery (also 'Milton Keynes Gallery' or 'MK G' ) is the municipal art gallery of Milton Keynes, a city in  Buckinghamshire about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of London. The gallery was extended and remodelled in 2018/19 and includes an art-house cinema. It does not have a permanent collection.

History
The gallery was founded in 1999 under the management of the Milton Keynes Theatre and Gallery Company.

The Gallery partially closed from 2015 to 2019 for a substantial expansion and renovation. The building now has five exhibition galleries, an auditorium/cinema and a studio.

Exhibitions
The more notable exhibitions presented by the gallery include:

1990s
 * Gilbert & George: The Rudimentary Pictures (1999-2000)

2000s
 * Mark Francis: Elements (2000)
 * Richard Hamilton: New Technology and Printmaking (2000)
 * Printers inc.: Recent British Prints from the Arts Council and British Council Collections (2000)
 * Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2000 (2000)
 * Alison Turnbull: Houses into Flats (2000)
 * Layla Curtis (2000)
 * Richard Wright (2000)
 * Conversation: An Exhibition of Figurative Sculpture (2000)
 * Richard Ross: Gathering Light (2000–01)
 * Jan Dibbets: Ten Cupolas (2000–01)
 * John Riddy: Recent Work (2000–01)
 * FaceOn (2001)
 * Mark Wallinger: Cave (2001)
 * Marta Marcé: New Work (2001)
 * Abigail Lane: Tomorrow’s World, Yesterday’s Fever (Mental Guests Incorporated) (2001)
 * Andy Warhol: Cars (2001)
 * The Silbury Group: 10th Anniversary Exhibition (2001–02)
 * Art Crazy Nation Show, Curated by Matthew Collings (2002)
 * Dalziel + Scullion: Home (2002)
 * Tim Noble & Sue Webster: Ghastly Arrangements (2002)
 * Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music (2002)
 * Jiri Georg Dokoupil: Every Cloud is a Way (2002)
 * Boyd Webb: Horse & Dog (2002)
 * Georgie Hopton: Laughed – I Could Have Cried (2003)
 * Sarah Lucas, Colin Lowe & Roddy Thomson: Temple of Bacchus (2003)
 * Boyd & Evans: Landmarks (2004)

2010s
 * The Lie of the Land (2019)
 * Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance (
 * George Stubbs: 'all done from nature' (2019–20)

2020s
 * MK Calling 2020 (2020)
 * Memphis: Plastic Field (2020–21)
 * Laura Knight: A Panoramic View (2021–22)
 * Ingrid Pollard: Carbon Slowly Turning (2022)
 * Vivian Maier: Anthology (2022)
 * Larry Achiampong: Wayfinder (2022–23)
 * Trickster Figures: Sculpture and the Body (2023)
 * Boyd & Evans: High Time (2023)
 * Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now (2023–24)
 * Saul Leiter: An Unseen World (2024-)

Current and former directors

 * Stephen Snoddy
 * Michael Stanley
 * Anthony Spira

Cinema
The top floor of the gallery has a multi-purpose auditorium overlooking Campbell Park. In its cinema configuration, the auditorium shows international films curated by Curzon Cinemas, as well as live-streamed National Theatre and Royal Opera House performances.