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Tatton Park, Knutsford, WA16 6QN
Tatton Park Biennial is a new contemporary art event for the UK supported by The Northwest Regional Development Agency; Arts Council England, Northwest; Cheshire County Council; Cheshire's Year of Gardens 08; The National Trust; Manchester Airport; The Tatton Park Trust and Tatton Park. The Biennial is staged from May to September 2008 and presented in association with Cheshire? Year of Gardens 08. Curated by Danielle Arnaud and Jordan Kaplan from commissioning group Parabola, the 2008 Biennial theme is Botanical Collections and Collectors. Over 30 artists, performers and writers have developed new work in response to Tatton Park's gardens, investigating the legacy of collections, collectors and the designed landscape amid current issues of climate change and globalisation. The Biennial supports the work of emerging and established artists through a commissioning process that reveals the history of the Park and is a launch pad for future events that will further understanding of exceptional artistic practice within the laboratory of this National Trust property.
As we drove through the park, past the sheep and the deer, the rain stopped. At the car park, stables and mansion, we were greeted by signs for 'Debbie and Steve's Wedding'. Not a poster, or a banner for the Tatton Park Biennial 2010. Then my wife Read on…
Tatton Park, Cheshire
8 May - 26 September
Reviewed by: David Haley »
We were led straight through the orchard and various decorative gardens of the Tatton Park estate, passing by the numerous and anonymous botanical species and colourful collections of plants and flowers along the way as we headed into the Read on…
Tatton Park, Knutsford
3 May - 28 September 2008
Reviewed by: Kevin Hunt »