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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

#CulturedPeachy #LondonPeachy @NationalGallery GAUGUIN FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE FROM 15 OCTOBER

SPECIAL EXHIBITION EVENT

GAUGUIN FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE FROM 15 OCTOBER

Released 15 October / Running time 90 minutes / BBFC Cert to be confirmed

Gauguin from the National Gallery, London, will be released in cinemas nationwide from Tuesday 15 October 2019 by leading Event Cinema distributor More2Screen.

A highlight of the autumn Event Cinema calendar, this landmark cinema release will be introduced by the Director of the National Gallery, Gabriele Finaldi. It opens with a brand-new 60-minute documentary about the life and work of Paul Gauguin narrated by actor Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair, Les Misérables, Colette). This will be followed by a 30-minute private view filmed exclusively for cinemas of the forthcoming National Gallery exhibition The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin Portraits, just after it opens in London.

Filmed on location in Tahiti, France, the Marquesas Islands and the UK by award-winning producer-director Patricia Wheatley (Pompeii Live, Hokusai from the British Museum), the documentary will explore Gauguin’s extraordinary – and often problematic – artistic achievement, with commentary from his descendants, contemporary artists and world experts. The film examines Gauguin’s legacy not only through the lens of art history, but also those of gender and post-colonial politics, reassessing the artist’s treatment of young indigenous women and his role in 19th century French colonialism.

Pacific art historian and film contributor Caroline Vercoe comments: ‘Gauguin’s work expresses a colonial male fantasy projected into our part of the world, and many of these assumptions and stereotypes remain today.’

Filmed exclusively for cinemas in high definition with stunning close-ups, the exhibition private view will give art enthusiasts around the UK the opportunity to see this first ever exhibition of Gauguin’s portraits on the big screen the week after it opens at the National Gallery in London. Hosted by art historian and broadcaster Kate Bryan who will welcome the cinema audience, the engaging and insightful guided tour is led by the exhibition co-curator Christopher Riopelle, with illuminating commentary from expert contributors including painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling, and artist and writer Billy Childish.

Exhibition co-curator Christopher Riopelle comments: ‘I think of Gauguin as a very great artist for his formal inventiveness, for the richness of content in his art, which we have not yet plumbed, which we probably never will. At the same time, one of the evidences of his greatness is that he has become a focus for contemporary issues. We can’t help but think about the treatment of women and girls. We can’t help but think of some of his other bad behaviour, in contemporary terms. It means that he’s very much alive for us.’

The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin Portraits (7 October 2019 – 26 January 2020) at the National Gallery will be the first-ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of Paul Gauguin (1848–1903). This landmark exhibition of major loans from museums and private collections throughout the world will show how Gauguin revolutionised the portrait through an extraordinary range of media from sculptures in ceramics and wood to paintings and drawings.

Cinema tickets on sale now at participating Picturehouse, Curzon, Vue, Cineworld, Odeon, Showcase and Empire cinemas, plus independent venues nationwide at GauguinCinema.com

Watch the trailer HERE

Documentary Contributors (* indicates those available for interview)

*Mette Gauguin, Gauguin's great grand-daughter (British, from the Danish line)

*Christopher Riopelle, Curator, National Gallery, London

*Caroline Boyle-Turner, Art Historian, Gauguin expert, lives in Brittany

*Tai Shan Schierenberg, Artist

Cornelia Homburg, Art Historian and co-curator of the Gauguin Portraits exhibition

Celine Gauguin, Gauguin's great grand-niece

Marcel Gauguin, Gauguin's grandson

*Caroline Vercoe, University of Auckland (art historian, cultural commentator)

Tyla Vaeau Ta'ufo'ou, Artist, Auckland

Andreas Dettloff, Artist, German, living in Tahiti

Kehinde Wiley, Artist, painted Barack Obama

Debora Kimitete, Marquesan Activist

About The National Gallery

The National Gallery is one of the greatest art galleries in the world. Founded by Parliament in 1824, the Gallery houses the nation’s collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the late 13th to the early 20th century. The collection includes works by Bellini, Cézanne, Degas, Leonardo da Vinci, Monet, Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir, Rubens, Titian, Turner, Van Dyck, Van Gogh and Velázquez. The Gallery’s key objectives are to enhance the collection, care for the collection and provide the best possible access to visitors. More at nationalgallery.org.uk

About More2Screen

More2Screen is a leading distributor of Event Cinema with an unparalleled reputation among its blue-chip partners for professionalism, responsiveness and the delivery of great cinema events to audiences around the world for a maximum commercial return. Founded in 2006 by CEO Christine Costello, it has been a global pioneer in the harnessing of digital technology to bring the very best in live music, performance arts and cultural entertainment to local cinema audiences. In collaboration with its stellar list of long-standing content partners, More2Screen has acted as consultants, producers and worldwide distributors in bringing over 150 ‘special event’ productions to its network of more than 7,000 cinemas in 65+ international territories. Its extensive catalogue of world-class productions from across the cultural spectrum is second to none and includes many sector ‘firsts’. More2Screen is proud to have been named Global Box Office Award winner in 2014, 2015 and 2018, and winner of the inaugural Best European Distributor award in 2015 (Event Cinema Association). A Screen International Screen Awards finalist in 2015, 2016 and 2017, More2Screen won the Screen Award ‘Event Cinema Campaign of the Year’ category in 2018 for the live broadcast of the musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. www.more2screen.com

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