The University of Nottingham

A staggering 46,800 people flocked to The University of Nottingham’s Lowry exhibition in just 10 weeks.

A rarely-seen collection of works – loaned from private collectors – made Lowry Lakeside Arts Centre’s most successful exhibition ever, drawing visitors from across the UK. The previous record was 10,000. The exhibition’s popularity led Lakeside to extend its opening hours in the final weeks and peak periods saw visitors queuing to get in to the Djanogly Art Gallery. The free exhibition focused Lowry’s work from the 1920s to the mid 1950s, and featured a number of drawings, many of which had never been exhibited as a collection before, plus a substantial number of works loaned by The Lowry Collection in Salford. It was held in association with the Crane Kalman Gallery, London, and generously supported by Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly and The Lowry Collection in Salford.

Meanwhile Nottingham alumna Jill Gautrey (Management PG Cert 2001) and her husband Brian, were presented with a Lowry catalogue, bottle of prosecco, and Lowry print in recognition of them being the 25,000th visitors to the exhibition.

The Djanogly Art Gallery is now hosting the first major exhibition in 25 years of works by artist Edward Burra. Visit: http://tiny.cc/ImpactCultural.