Beverley Art Gallery, in partnership with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and the Natural History Museum in London, are proud to showcase one hundred awe-inspiring images from all over the world in a major exhibition that will raise the profile of the Gallery as a must-visit venue for locals and visitors.
The world-class photography captures many aspects of wildlife and the natural world, from fascinating animal behaviour to breathtaking wild landscapes and ocean images.
The international touring exhibition is a prestigious event and Beverley Art Gallery Curator Dr Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker and her team have worked hard over many months to accommodate the astonishing and thought-provoking collection of images in the recently refurbished Gallery.
She said:
“This is our first venture on a national scale and the Natural History Museum has been hugely supportive. I’m so excited that these photographs have come to Beverley as part of the City of Culture experience. The exhibition is visually stunning, with so many beautifully framed and composed photographs.”
The exhibition embraces many aspects of wildlife and nature from the inquisitive urban red fox to killer whales, feasting wildebeests, swarming mayflies and jellyfish forming a “tentacle tornado.” There are also stunning and majestic landscape and environmental photographs. The winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 Tim Laman has pride of place, a photograph showing an Orang-utan high up in the rainforest canopy in search of figs.
Martin Green, CEO and Director of Hull 2017 said:
‘These photographs show Mother Nature in all its glory, captured by some of the most talented photographers in the world. What I particularly love about them is the mix of beautiful and amazing creatures with the environmental and conservation aspects. Arts and culture can do great things. This contributes towards giving Hull and the East Riding a voice; a higher profile.”
The exhibition is free and will be of interest to children as well as adults. It opens on Saturday 11th February through to Saturday 22nd April 2017. (Closed on Sundays.)
HU17 Arts and Culture Editor
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