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  • The National Portrait Gallery acquires work by Hew Locke

    The National Portrait Gallery acquires work by Hew Locke

    March 24, 2025
    Hew Locke’s 2024 work Souvenir 17 (Albert Edward, Prince of Wales) has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery made through its new contemporary art...
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  • Portrait of Hew Locke and The Watchers, 2024. Courtesy Hew Locke © Richard Cannon

    Hew Locke and Ekow Eshun | RIBA and Grimshaw Foundation Annual Art Lecture

    December 3, 2024
    Hew Locke will deliver the 2024 annual RIBA and Grimshaw Art Lecture, followed by a conversation and questions with writer and curator, Ekow Eshun. The...
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  • Hew Locke, Ambassador 4, 2022

    The Yale Center for British Art acquires work by Hew Locke

    November 21, 2024
    Hew Locke’s 2022 work, Ambassador 4, has been acquired by the Yale Center for British Art. The work will be included in a forthcoming exhibition...
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  • Hew Locke | Spirit in the Land | Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

    Hew Locke | Spirit in the Land | Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

    November 9, 2024
    Hew Locke is currently included in Spirit in the Land at Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, through 9 February 2025. Spirit in the Land...
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  • Cover of Hew Locke, what have we here?. Courtesy the British Museum.

    Hew Locke: what have we here? | Publication

    October 20, 2024
    Hales is delighted to announce the publication of the accompanying book to the major British Museum exhibition Hew Locke: what have we here?. Hew Locke...
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  • Hew Locke, Souvenir 16 (Queen Victoria), 2023

    The Baltimore Museum of Art acquires work by Hew Locke

    September 10, 2024
    Hales is thrilled to announce that the Baltimore Museum of Art has acquired Hew Locke's 2023 work Souvenir 16 (Queen Victoria) . Locke explores the...
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  • Hew Locke: what have we here? | The British Museum

    Hew Locke: what have we here? | The British Museum

    September 3, 2024
    Hales is excited to announce that Hew Locke: what have we here? will open at the British Museum on 17 October. In this groundbreaking new...
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  • Installation view of Hew Locke, The Procession, 2022, Duveen Hall, Tate

    Hew Locke | The Procession | ICA Watershed

    May 23, 2024
    Hales is delighted to announce that Hew Locke's The Procession is now on view at the ICA Watershed, Boston, MA, USA. Formerly shown at Tate...
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  • Hew Locke, Black Queen, 2004

    Hew Locke | Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940 | Modern Art Museum Fort Worth

    May 10, 2024
    Hales is excited to announce Hew Locke's inclusion Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940 at the Modern Art Museum Fort Worth,...
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  • Hew Locke, Armada, 2019

    Hew Locke | Entangled Pasts, 1768–now | Royal Academy of Arts

    February 3, 2024
    Hew Locke's 2019 work, Armada is included in Entangled Pasts, 1768-now at Royal Academy of Arts, opening 3 February 2024. Bringing together over 100 major...
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  • Installation view of These Mad Hybrids/ John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture, RWA Bristol, 2 February – 12 May 2024. Photo by Tim Bowditch. 100

    John Hoyland and Hew Locke | These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture | Royal West of England Academy

    February 3, 2024
    John Hoyland and Hew Locke in These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture at The Royal West of England Academy, through 12th May 2024....
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  • Hew Locke, Ambassador 2, 2021

    Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) acquires work by Hew Locke

    August 29, 2023
    Hales is delighted to announce that the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Australia, has acquired Ambassador 2 by Hew Locke. Locke...
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  • Hew Locke photographed by John McKenzie © 2023 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

    Hew Locke receives OBE

    June 17, 2023
    Hales congratulates Hew Locke on being awarded an OBE for Services to Art in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list. OBE (Most Excellent Order of...
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  • Detail of Basil Beattie, Out of the Blue, 2023

    Basil Beattie and Hew Locke | Summer Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts

    June 13, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Basil Beattie RA and Hew Locke RA in the Summer Exhibition 2023 at the Royal Academy of...
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  • Installation View of The Procession, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, 18 February - 11 June 2023. Photo by John McKenzie

    Hew Locke | In Conversation: Hew Locke and Larry Achiampong | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts

    June 1, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce that Hew Locke will be in conversation with artist, Larry Achiampong at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts. The artists...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Vita, Veritas, Victoria, 2007

    Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Hew Locke and Anwar Jalal Shemza | Tate Britain Collection

    May 23, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Hew Locke and Anwar Jalal Shemza in the recent Tate Britain rehang. Tate Britain has...
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  • Installation view of Hew Locke: The Ambassadors, The Lowry, 28 April - 25 June 2023. Photo by Jules Lister. 9

    Hew Locke | The Ambassadors | The Lowry

    April 28, 2023
    Hales is delighted to announce that Hew Locke's solo exhibition, The Ambassadors , is now open at The Lowry, Salford, through 25 June 2023. Locke...
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  • Hew Locke, Sovereign 90, 2016

    The University of Edinburgh acquires works by Hew Locke

    February 28, 2023
    Hales is delighted to announce the University of Edinburgh Art Collection, Centre for Research Collections have acquired three works by Hew Locke. Hew Locke RA...
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  • Installation view of Hew Locke, The Procession at Baltic, Gateshead. Photo: John McKenzie © 2023 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

    Hew Locke | The Procession | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

    February 22, 2023
    Hales is delighted to announce that Hew Locke's The Procession is now on view at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle. Formerly shown at...
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  • Hew Locke, Mosquito Hall, 2013

    Hew Locke | Spirit in the Land | Nasher Museum of Art

    February 16, 2023
    Hales is excited to announce the participation of Hew Locke in Spirit in the Land at The Nasher Museum of Art, through 9 July 2023....
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Saturn, 2007

    Hew Locke | In the Black Fantastic | Kunsthal Rotterdam

    November 19, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in In the Black Fantastic and the Kunstahl Rotterdam, through 9 April 2023. Myth, science...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Mosquito Hall, 2013

    The Nasher Museum of Art acquires work by Hew Locke

    November 18, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University has acquired Hew Locke's 2013 work, Mosquito Hall. Mosquito Hall will be...
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  • Hew Locke, Where Lies the Land 2, 2019

    Hew Locke | A Gateway to Possible Worlds: Art & Science Fiction | Centre Pompidou Metz

    November 5, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce Hew Locke is currently included in A Gateway to Possible Worlds: Art & Science Fiction at Centre Pompidou Metz, through...
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  • Hew Locke, Société de Transit de Grand-Lahou 1, 2014

    Hew Locke | Tiny Traces: Black and Asian Children at London’s Foundling Hospital | Foundling Museum

    September 28, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in Tiny Traces: Black and Asian Children at London's Foundling Hospital , through 19 February...
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  • Hew Locke, Trophy 4, 2022

    Hew Locke | Gilt | Metropolitan Museum of Art

    September 8, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce the unveiling of Hew Locke's facade commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The acclaimed Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke has...
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  • Portrait of Hew Locke, Image courtesy of Tate Photography. Photo by Matt Greenwood

    Hew Locke in Conversation with Ekow Eshun | Southbank Centre

    July 11, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce that Hew Locke will be in Conversation with Ekow Eshun, curator of In the Black Fantastic , on Friday 15...
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  • Portrait of Hew Locke in front of Foreign Exchange, 2022, Victoria Square, Birmingham

    Hew Locke and Dr Gus Casely-Hayford | Artist Talk | Birmingham Cathedral

    July 8, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce Hew Locke will be in conversation with Dr Gus Casely-Hayford on Thursday 14th July to discuss his new public artwork,...
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  • Hew Locke, Albion, 2007 – 2014

    Hew Locke | In the Black Fantastic | Hayward Gallery

    June 17, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in In the Black Fantastic and the Hayward Gallery until 18 September 2022. Myth, science...
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  • Hew Locke, Foreign Exchange, 2022

    Hew Locke | Foreign Exchange | Birmingham 2022 Festival

    June 15, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce the unveiling of Hew Locke's first temporary public sculpture, Foreign Exchange , as part of Birmingham 2022 Festival. The new...
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  • Portrait of Hew Locke, © Tate Photography (Matt Greenwood)

    Hew Locke elected as Royal Academy member

    May 5, 2022
    Hales congratulates Hew Locke on being elected a member of the Royal Academy of Art. Hew Locke (b. Edinburgh, UK, 1959) spent his formative years...
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  • Portrait of Hew Locke, 2020, Photo by Danny Cozens

    Hew Locke | Commission for Met Museum Facade 2022

    April 7, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce that Hew Locke has been selected for the Met Museum Facade Commission, creating four sculptures that reference historical works in...
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  • Installation images of Hew Locke’s The Procession, Duveen Commission, Tate Britain, March 2022 – January 2023

    Hew Locke | The Procession | Tate Britain

    March 23, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce Tate Britain has unveiled The Procession , a major commission by artist Hew Locke. This new work is the latest...
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  • Hew Locke, Hinterland, 2013

    Hew Locke | Reimagining the Queen Victoria Statue | Birmingham City Centre

    March 10, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce Hew Locke will transform a sculpture of Queen Victoria in the centre of Birmingham in conjunction with the Birmingham 2022...
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  • Installation view, Hew Locke, Armarda, 2019

    Hew Locke, Armada on view at Tate Liverpool

    February 15, 2022
    Hales is delighted to announce that the recent aquasition of Hew Locke's Armada is now on view at Tate Liverpool. Armada, 2019 is an immersive...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Mummy's Little Soldier, 2013

    Hew Locke | A State of Matter: Modern and Contemporary Glass Sculpture | Henry Moore Institute

    February 3, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in A State of Matter: Modern and Contemporary Glass Sculpture at the Henry Moore Institute....
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  • Hew Locke, Ghost, 2015

    Hew Locke: The Ghostly Tourists | The Chrysler Museum of Art

    January 29, 2022
    Hales is excited to announce The Chrysler Museum of Art have acquired Hew Locke's Ghost, 2015 and will be on view alongside The Tourists ,...
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  • Installation view, Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham UK, 2019, courtesy the artist and Ikon. Photo by Tom Bird.

    Tate acquires work by Hew Locke

    November 26, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce Tate’s acquisition of Hew Locke’s major installation Armada , 2019, with support from Art Fund. Armada is a mixed media...
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  • Hew Locke, Souvenir 2 Edward VII, 2019

    Hew Locke | Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now | Tate Britain

    November 20, 2021
    Hales is excited to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now at Tate Britain. This exhibition explores...
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  • Detail of Basil Beattie, Apart From No.2 (Series), 2020

    Hales Artists | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

    September 9, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of works by Basil Beattie, Hew Locke and Mary Webb in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition...
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  • Hew Locke photographed by by Danny Cozens, 2020

    Hew Locke | Tate Britain Duveen Galleries Commission | March 2022

    July 27, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce that Hew Locke will undertake the annual Tate Britain Commission in March 2022, creating a new work for the spectacular...
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  • Detail of Basil Beattie, Cause & Effect, 1980

    Basil Beattie & Hew Locke | A Fine Day for Seeing | Southwark Park Galleries

    July 21, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce Basil Beattie and Hew Locke are both featured in the group exhibition A Fine Day for Seeing. This exhibition takes...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Souvenir 9 Queen Victoria, 2019

    Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery acquires work by Hew Locke

    June 21, 2021
    Hales is excited to announce that Birmingham Museums has acquired a sculpture by Hew Locke for the city’s collection. Made in 2019, Souvenir 9 (Queen...
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  • Hew Locke, Where Lies the Land? 1, 2019

    Hew Locke and Tim Barringer in Conversation | East Indian West Indian | London, Asia, Art, Worlds

    June 3, 2021
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Hew Lock in the upcoming panel discussion hosted by London, Asia, Art, Worlds, a multi-part programme of...
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  • Hew Locke, Burke (RESTORATION series), 2006 (detail)

    Hew Locke | Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture | BBC Four

    May 20, 2021
    Hales is pleased to announce the feature of Hew Lock in the upcoming programme Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture airing on BBC Four...
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  • Hew Locke, Souvenir 1 (Queen Victoria)

    Colby College Museum of Art acquires work by Hew Locke

    January 29, 2021
    Hales and P.P.O.W are delighted to announce that Colby College Museum of Art have acquired Souvenir 1 (Queen Victoria) (2018) by Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke....
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  • Hew Locke, Where Lies the Land 4, 2019

    Hew Locke announced as New Contemporaries 2021 Selector

    January 13, 2021
    Hales is pleased to announce that Hew Lock will be a Selector for the New Contemporaries 2021, alongside internationally-renowned Tai Shani and Michelle Williams Gamaker....
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  • Remix 2020, Installation view, Kunsthalle Bremen, Der Kunstverein in Bremen. Since 6 June 2020. Photo by Marcus Meyer.

    Hew Locke | Remix 2020 | Kunsthalle Bremen

    October 3, 2020
    Hales is pleased to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in the exhibtion Remix 2020, at Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany. The Kunsthalle Bremen presents a radical...
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  • Hew Locke, Souvenir 10 (Princess Alexandra), 2019

    Hew Locke | Mindful Vandalism | Online Viewing Room

    September 17, 2020
    Hales and P·P·O·W are pleased to present Mindful Vandalism – a viewing room of works by Hew Locke that brings together the artist’s painted and...
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  • detail of Hew Locke, Greek Government Refugee Loan 1924 1, 2016

    Hew Locke | DISPLACED: Contemporary Artists Confront the Global Refugee Crisis | SITE Santa Fe

    September 11, 2020
    Hales is pleased to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in the exhibtion DISPLACED: Contemporary Artists Confront the Global Refugee Crisis , at SITE Santa...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Corona Queen 5, 2020, Pencil, acrylic, and watercolour on paper, 35 x 45.5 cm

    Hew Locke | At home: Artists in Conversation | Yale Center for British Art

    August 27, 2020
    Hales Gallery is excited to announce Hew Locke will be in conversation with Martina Droth, Deputy Director of Research, Exhibitions and Publications, and Curator of...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Burke (RESTORATION series), 2006

    Hew Locke | Online Panel Discussion: On the notion of History in the public realm with Valda Jackson, Hew Locke and Richard Drayton chaired by Sarah Staton | RCA School of Arts and Humanities

    July 17, 2020
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Hew Lock in the upcoming panel discussion hosted by RCA School of Arts and Humanities. The discussion...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, The Jurors, 2015

    Hew Locke | Race and Our Public Space | BBC Radio 4

    July 8, 2020
    Hales is pleased to announce Hew Locke's guest appeareance on BBC Radio 4, dicussing race and our pubic spaces with host Samira Ahmed. The statue...
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  • Hew Locke, Ghost, 2015

    The Chrysler Museum of Art acquires work by Hew Locke

    June 26, 2020
    Hales is proud to announce that The Chrysler Museum of Art have acquired Ghost , 2015, by Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke. First exhibited as a...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Corona Queen 3, 2020

    Hew Locke | Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of the Coronavirus | University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum

    June 6, 2020
    Hales is pleased to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in Life During Wartime, a virtual exhibition orgnised by University of South Florida Contemporary Art...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke Castara Estates, 2012, Acrylic and ink on antique paper share certificate, Framed 39.8 x 48.1 x 4.1 cm, 15 3/4 x 19 x 1 5/8 in

    IN FOCUS: HEW LOCKE | 'SHARE' SERIES

    March 24, 2020
    Hew Locke (b. Edinburgh, UK, 1959) spent his formative years (1966–80) in Guyana before returning to the UK to complete an MA in sculpture at...
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  • Hew Locke | Here's the Thing | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

    Hew Locke | Here's the Thing | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

    August 15, 2019
    Hales is pleased to announce that Hew Locke’s solo exhibition, Here's the Thing, will soon tour to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. The most...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Sovereign 3, 2005

    Hew Locke | Pushing Paper: Contemporary Drawing from 1970 to Now | British Museum

    August 14, 2019
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in Pushing Paper: Contemporary Drawing from 1970 to Now, in The Prints and Drawings...
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  • Hew Locke | Ways of Seeing | Walthamstow Library

    Hew Locke | Ways of Seeing | Walthamstow Library

    June 26, 2019
    Hales Gallery is excited to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in Ways of Seeing, at Walthamstow Library. Ways of Seeing is in partnership between...
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  • Hales Gallery Artists | Royal Academy Summer Show 2019

    Hales Gallery Artists | Royal Academy Summer Show 2019

    May 15, 2019
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of works by Andrew Bick, Basil Beattie, Frank Bowling and Hew Locke in the Royal Academy of Arts...
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  • Hew Locke & Anwar Jalal Shemza | Home Is a Foreign Place | The Met Breuer

    Hew Locke & Anwar Jalal Shemza | Home Is a Foreign Place | The Met Breuer

    March 22, 2019
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of works by Anwar Jalal Shemza and Hew Locke in the exhibition Home Is a Foreign Place: Recent...
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  • Hew Locke | Objects of Wonder | PalaisPopulaire

    Hew Locke | Objects of Wonder | PalaisPopulaire

    February 6, 2019
    Hales Gallery is excited to announce the inclusion of works by Hew Locke in the exhibition Objects of Wonder at PalaisPopulaire, Berlin. Comprising around seventy...
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  • Hew Locke | Here's the Thing | Ikon Gallery

    Hew Locke | Here's the Thing | Ikon Gallery

    November 15, 2018
    Hales Gallery is delighted to announce a solo exhibition by Hew Locke, Here's the Thing at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. This will be the most comprehensive...
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  • Hew Locke | Artist Lecture - Identity and Autobiography | Falmouth School of Art

    Hew Locke | Artist Lecture - Identity and Autobiography | Falmouth School of Art

    October 24, 2018
    Hales Gallery is excited to announce an artist talk by Hew Locke who will be returning for his third and final lecture in his tenure...
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  • Hew Locke | The Everyday and Extraordinary | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

    Hew Locke | The Everyday and Extraordinary | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

    May 24, 2018
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of works by Hew Locke in the touring exhibition The Everyday and Extraordinary . This exhibition is conceived...
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  • Hew Locke | Guyana Speaks: Independence and Activism

    Hew Locke | Guyana Speaks: Independence and Activism

    May 12, 2018
    Hales is pleased to announce that Hew Locke will be taking part in Guyana Speaks: Independence and Activism in celebration of the 52nd anniversary of...
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  • Walking Tour with Artist Hew Locke | Fringe Projects Miami

    Walking Tour with Artist Hew Locke | Fringe Projects Miami

    November 30, 2017
    Hales Gallery is proud to announce Hew Locke will be taking part in a walking tour of Reversal of Fortune in conjuction with Fringe Projects,...
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  • Hew Locke | EN MAS': Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean | MoAD

    Hew Locke | EN MAS': Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean | MoAD

    October 27, 2017
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of international exhibiton EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean at the Museum of the...
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  • Hew Locke | A Global Table | Frans Hals Museum

    Hew Locke | A Global Table | Frans Hals Museum

    October 27, 2017
    Hales Gallery is proud to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke's Golden Horde #5 in the Frans Hals Museum exhibition A Global Table. This unique...
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  • Hew Locke | Reversal of Fortune

    Hew Locke | Reversal of Fortune

    August 31, 2017
    Hales Gallery is proud to announce Hew Locke's new comission Reversal of Fortune for Fringe Projects Miami . Since the financial crash of 2008 Hew...
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  • Hew Locke | The Blind Spot : Bremen and Art in the Colonial Era

    Hew Locke | The Blind Spot : Bremen and Art in the Colonial Era

    August 1, 2017
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke's 'Cui Bono' as part of the exhibition The Blind Spot : Bremen and Art...
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  • Hew Locke | Diasporic Dialogues

    Hew Locke | Diasporic Dialogues

    June 24, 2017
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce that Hew Locke will be a keynote speaker in this year's eighth international conference : Caribbean In/Securities & Creativity:...
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  • Hew Locke | For Those in Peril on the Sea

    Hew Locke | For Those in Peril on the Sea

    May 25, 2017
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's upcoming exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. This exhibition presents the second iteration of For Those...
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  • Hew Locke | DIASPORA PAVILION

    Hew Locke | DIASPORA PAVILION

    March 31, 2017
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of works by Hew Locke in this year's Diaspora Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Diaspora Pavilion is...
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  • Hew Locke and Adam Dant | Public View | Bluecoat

    Hew Locke and Adam Dant | Public View | Bluecoat

    January 21, 2017
    Hales is delighted to announce the inclusion of Adam Dant and Hew Locke in the exhibition Public View at Bluecoat, Liverpool's centre for the contemporary...
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  • Hew Locke in Conversation | Tate Modern Switch House | 9 January 2017

    Hew Locke in Conversation | Tate Modern Switch House | 9 January 2017

    January 6, 2017
    Hales London New York is delighted to announce that Hew Locke will be in conversation with Alex Schady as part of Central Saint Martins at...
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  • Hew Locke Nominated for PMSA's Marsh Award 2016

    Hew Locke Nominated for PMSA's Marsh Award 2016

    October 15, 2016
    Hales is delighted to announce that Hew Locke has been nominated for PMSA's (Public Monunments & Sculpture Association) Marsh Award for excellence in public sculpture....
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  • Hew Locke | The Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art

    Hew Locke | The Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art

    September 14, 2016
    Hales, London New York is delighted to announce the inclusion of works by Hew Locke in the Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art. The Triennial is...
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  • Hew Locke | #LondonIsOpen

    Hew Locke | #LondonIsOpen

    August 9, 2016
    Hales and Hew Locke are delighted to be supporting the Mayor of London's #LondonIsOpen campaign. Leading figures from the arts, business, sport and politics joined...
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  • Hew Locke's 'Hemmed in Two' on view at Pérez Art Museum Miami

    Hew Locke's 'Hemmed in Two' on view at Pérez Art Museum Miami

    July 29, 2016
    Hales Gallery is pleased to annonce that Hew Locke's work Hemmed in Two (2000) is currently on show in the Overview Galleries of the Pé...
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  • Hew Locke in 'Un | Fixed Homeland' at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art

    Hew Locke in 'Un | Fixed Homeland' at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art

    July 1, 2016
    Hales Gallery is delighted to announce Hew Locke's inclusion in the upcoming exhibition 'Un | Fixed Homeland' at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art. Organized...
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  • Hew Locke | Art on the Underground

    Hew Locke | Art on the Underground

    June 15, 2016
    Hales Gallery is delighted to announce a special commision of Hew Locke's work for the London Underground pocket tube map. His Tube map cover, entitled...
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  • Hew Locke | A Hole in the Sea | Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart

    Hew Locke | A Hole in the Sea | Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart

    May 12, 2016
    Hales Gallery is delighted to announce Hew Locke's participation in the exhibition 'A Hole in the Sea' at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart. The exhibition runs...
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  • Hew Locke | Artists Talk: War in Three Dimensions | 26 April 2016

    Hew Locke | Artists Talk: War in Three Dimensions | 26 April 2016

    April 7, 2016
    Hales London New York is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in the Artists talk 'War in Three Dimensions' alongside Michael Sangle and Tim Shaw...
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  • Hew Locke in "EN MAS': Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean" at The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands

    Hew Locke in "EN MAS': Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean" at The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands

    January 4, 2016
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of international exhibiton EN MAS': Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean at the National Gallery of...
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  • Hew Locke in "Artist and Empire" at Tate Britain

    Hew Locke in "Artist and Empire" at Tate Britain

    November 19, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's inclusion in Artist and Empire at the Tate Britain, opening 25 November, 2015. Artist and Empire is...
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  • Hew Locke "When Artists Speak Truth" at The 8th Floor Gallery, New York

    Hew Locke "When Artists Speak Truth" at The 8th Floor Gallery, New York

    November 11, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's inclusion in When Artists Speak Truth... a group exhibition at The 8th Floor Gallery, New York, When...
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  • Hew Locke Lecture at Falmouth School of Art

    Hew Locke Lecture at Falmouth School of Art

    September 24, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's upcoming lecture at Falmouth School of Art, Hew Locke returns to Falmouth School of Art where he...
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  • The Artist and the Law: a Conversation with Hew Locke at Brooklyn Law School

    The Artist and the Law: a Conversation with Hew Locke at Brooklyn Law School

    August 21, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce The Artist and the Law , a conversation between Hew Locke and the Dean of Brooklyn Law School, Nicholas....
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  • Sebastiaan Bremer and Hew Locke in "Affinity Atlas" at the Tang Museum, Skidmore College, USA

    Sebastiaan Bremer and Hew Locke in "Affinity Atlas" at the Tang Museum, Skidmore College, USA

    June 17, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Sebastiaan Bremer and Hew Locke's participation in Affinity Atlas , a group show at the Tang Museum. Affinity Atlas...
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  • Hew Locke Marks Global Significance of Magna Carta | In Conversation at the Great Charter Festival

    Hew Locke Marks Global Significance of Magna Carta | In Conversation at the Great Charter Festival

    May 30, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the unveiling of Hew Locke's new public artwork, commissioned by Surrey County Council and the National Trust for Runnymede,...
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  • Hew Locke's The Tourists at HMS Belfast

    Hew Locke's The Tourists at HMS Belfast

    May 27, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's The Tourists , a major new intervention at HMS Belfast , London, organised by the Imperial War...
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  • "Attention to Detail": Talk by Hew Locke on his art in public places

    "Attention to Detail": Talk by Hew Locke on his art in public places

    May 20, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Attention to Detail , a talk by Hew Locke on his art in public places, organised by The Public...
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  • Hew Locke, The Tourists, 2015, Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum for HMS Belfast, London

    IWM Contemporary: In Conversation with Hew Locke

    April 21, 2015
    Hales Gallery is happy to announce Hew Locke in conversation at the IWM London on Saturday 25th of April. The artist will be discussing the...
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  • Hew Locke in "Colonial Afterlives" at Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania

    Hew Locke in "Colonial Afterlives" at Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania

    March 17, 2015
    Hales Gallery is happy to announce Hew Locke's participation in Colonial Afterlives , part of the Tasmanian International Arts Festival, Spring 2015. This exhibition will...
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  • Performance still of Hew Locke, Give and Take, 2014, As part of BMW Tate Live: Up Hill Down Hall-An Indoor Carnival, Tate Modern, London

    Hew Locke in "EN MAS': Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean" at Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans

    March 5, 2015
    Hales Gallery is happy to announce Hew Locke's participation in a group show, EN MAS': Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean , at the...
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  • "IWM Contemporary: Hew Locke" at Imperial War Museum London

    "IWM Contemporary: Hew Locke" at Imperial War Museum London

    January 22, 2015
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce IWM Contemporary: Hew Locke at the IWM London. Exploring and interrogating naval power, the latest show in the IWM...
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    Hew Locke in the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014

    November 20, 2014
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014. Locke will be making a new commission for this biennale in...
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  • Installation view of Hew Locke The Nameless at Hales Gallery London, 2010

    Hew Locke in Prospect.3 Biennial in New Orleans

    October 24, 2014
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in the Prospect.3 Biennial in New Orleans. Hew Locke Prospect.3 Biennial 25 October 2014 - 25...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Congo Man, 2007, Chromogenic print, Framed: 231.5 x 181.6 cm, 91 1/8 x 71 1/2 in, Edition of 3 plus 2 AP

    Hew Locke Performing in "Up Hill Down Hall – An indoor Carnival" at Tate Modern

    July 26, 2014
    Hales Gallery is happy to announce Hew Locke's participation in Up Hill Down Hall- An indoor Carnival at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall. Up Hill...
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  • Installation view of Hew Locke, For Those in Peril on the Sea at Peréz Museum Miami

    Hew Locke at the Pérez Art Museum Miami - Extended until July 27

    June 19, 2014
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the unveiling of Hew Locke's installation For Those in Peril on the Sea at the Pérez Art Museum Miami,...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Mummy's Little Soldier, 2013, Glass and metal chain, 90 x 60 x 40 cm, 35 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 in, Edition of 3 plus 1 AP

    Hew Locke featured in White Light/White Heat: Contemporary Artists & Glass at the Wallace Collection

    January 4, 2014
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's inclusion in White Light/White Heat: Contemporary Artists & Glass at the Wallace Collection. This display is a...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke Imperial Chinese Government, 2013, Acrylic on antique paper share certificate, 38 x 28 cm, 15 x 11 1/8 in, Framed: 44.3 x 35.2 x 4.1 cm, 17 7/16 x 13 7/8 x 1 9/16 in

    Hew Locke, Trenton Doyle Hancock and Derrick Adams in "The Shadows Took Shape" at Studio Museum Harlem

    November 13, 2013
    Hales gallery is glad to annouce the participation of Hew Locke, Trenton Doyle Hancock and Derrick Adams in Studio Museum Harlem's exhibition The Shadows Took...
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  • Hew Locke, Adrift, 2012/2013, Wood, metal, artificial foliage, fairy-lights, fabric, 662 x 636 x 180 cm, 260 5/8 x 250 3/8 x 70 7/8 in

    "Adrift" by Hew Locke part of The Mayor's Thames Festival

    September 14, 2013
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the showcasing of Hew Locke's installation Adrift (2012) at The Mayor's Thames Festival. Hew Locke's Adrift at The Mayor's...
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  • Hew Locke, Demeter, 2010, Mixed media, 232 x 100 x 42 cm, 91 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 16 1/2 in

    Hew Locke in "A Conspiracy of Detail" exhibition at the Mackintosh Museum (The Glasgow School of Art)

    July 2, 2013
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in A Conspiracy of Detail exhibition at The Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh Museum. The show...
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  • Detail of Hew Locke, Mummy's Little Soldier, 2013, Glass and metal chain, 90 x 60 x 40 cm, 35 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 in, Edition of 3 plus 1 AP

    Hew Locke to participate in "Glasstress: White Light / White Heat" at the 55th Biennale di Venezia

    May 27, 2013
    Hales Gallery is glad to announce Hew Locke's participation in Glasstress: White Light / White Heat , an official collateral event of the 55th international...
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  • Hew Locke, Black Queen, 2004, Plastic, screws, fabric, and plywood, 274 x 190 cm, 107 7/8 x 74 3/4 in

    Hew Locke's "Black Queen" featured in "Ordinary / Extra / Ordinary" at The Public, West Bromwich

    May 14, 2013
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in Ordinary / Extra / Ordinary , an exhibition that focuses on art that resonates with...
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  • Hew Locke, early sketch for Selene

    Hew Locke's first permanent London sculpture "Selene" to be unveiled at the opening of the Nadler Hotel in Soho

    April 6, 2013
    Hales Gallery is delighted to announce the unveiling of Selene , Hew Locke's first permanent work in London that will stand proud on the façade...
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  • Hew Locke, Para Marajo Island Rubber Estates, 2012, Acrylic ink on antique paper share certificate, 46.5 x 36.5 cm, 18 1/4 x 14 3/8 in, Framed: 53 x 42.9 x 4.1 cm, 20 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 9/16 in

    Hew Locke in conversation with Kobena Mercer | 2 March 2013 | University of Miami

    February 6, 2013
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's public conversation with Kobena Mercer (Yale University). The event will take place on 2 March and is...
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  • Hew Locke, Pan, 2012, Acrylic on chromogenic print, 197.8 x 147 cm, 77 7/8 x 57 7/8 in

    Hew Locke in conversation on visual arts at Islington Mill, Manchester | 17 February 2013

    January 29, 2013
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in the first of a series of talks organized by Castlefield Gallery in partnership with Quays...
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  • Hew Locke, Sikandar, 2010, Mixed media, 30 x 60 x 40 cm, 11 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 in

    Hew Locke featured in the 'Fourth Plinth: Contemporary Monument' exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art London

    November 20, 2012
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the inclusion of works by Hew Locke in the Fourth Plinth: Contemporary Monument exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary...
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  • Hew Locke, For Those in Peril on the Sea, 2011, Folkestone [view II], Commissioned by The Creative Foundation for the 2nd Folkestone Triennial

    Hew Locke talk to mark the commission of new work for Miami Art Museum's reopening in December 2013

    November 7, 2012
    Miami Art Museum commissions works from four international artists, including Hew Locke, for New Museum's December 2013 reopening. As part of the commission Hew Locke...
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  • Hew Locke, Adrift, 2012/2013, Wood, metal, artificial foliage, fairy-lights, fabric, 662 x 636 x 180 cm, 260 5/8 x 250 3/8 x 70 7/8 in

    Installation by Hew Locke to be shown at Day of the Dead festival on 31.10.12

    October 12, 2012
    An installation by Hew Locke will be part of the 2012 Day of the Dead festival co-produced by NOMAD and the Embassy of Mexico in...
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  • Hew Locke, Pan Am, 2009, Acrylic and felt pen on antique paper share certificate, 20.6 x 30.7 cm, 8 1/8 x 12 1/8 in

    Hew Locke in conversation at Yale University on 01.11.12

    October 12, 2012
    Hew Locke will be in conversation with Kobena Mercer, Professor of History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University, on November 1st, 2012,...
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  • Hew Locke, Chariots of the Gods, 2009, Cord and bead embroidery on cloth, 480 x 375 cm, 189 x 147 5/8 in

    Hew Locke in group exhibition Affinity Atlas at the Wellin Museum of Art

    October 12, 2012
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce that Hew Locke has been included into Affinity Atlas group exhibition, an inaugural show at the Ruth and Elmer...
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  • Hew Locke, Medusa, 2008, Metal, plastic, and fabric on MDF, 210 x 89 x 20 cm, 82.74 x 35.07 x 7.88 in

    A conversation between Hew Locke and Paul Moorhouse will be held at The National Portrait Gallery, London, on 27.09.12

    August 7, 2012
    As part of the exhibition The Queen: Art and Image a conversation between Hew Locke and Paul Moorhouse will be held at The National Portrait...
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    Hew Locke included in SANCTUARY: Britain's Artists and their Studios

    April 18, 2012
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce the inclusion of Hew Locke in SANCTUARY: Britain's Artists and their Studios. The book documents the working spaces of...
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  • Hew Locke, Medusa, 2008, Metal, plastic, and fabric on MDF, 210 x 89 x 20 cm, 82.74 x 35.07 x 7.88 in

    Hew Locke included in The Queen Art & Image at the National Portrait Gallery, London

    April 11, 2012
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in The Queen Art & Image , National Portrait Gallery, London, on view 17 May -...
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  • Installation view of Hew Locke, For Those in Peril on the Sea at Folkestone

    Hew Locke in the Folkestone Triennial 2011

    June 15, 2011
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in the Folkestone Triennial 2011 19 international artists have been commissioned to create new works for...
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  • Hew Locke, Starchitect, 2011, Wood, plywood, lights, mixed media, installated at Artsway Gallery

    Hew Locke at the 54th Venice Biennale and Launch of new monograph, 'Stranger in Paradise'

    April 27, 2011
    Hales Gallery is pleased to announce Hew Locke's participation in the 54th Venice Biennale in Artsway 's, New Forest Pavilion. Globalisation and 'Britishness' are recurring...
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  • Hew Locke, Sikandar, 2010, Mixed media, 30 x 60 x 40 cm, 11 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 in

    Hew Locke short listed for Fourth Plinth commission

    September 15, 2010
    Hew Locke has been short listed as one of six artists to put forward a proposal for the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. The...
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  • Thomas J Price, Corrance Road, Figure 1, 2008, Bronze Sculpture, 60 x 18 x 17 cm, 23.64 x 7.09 x 6.7 in

    Hew Locke, Thomas J Price and Jane Harris included in the Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition

    May 8, 2010
    Hales Gallery are very pleased to announce to inclusion of works from Gallery artists, Hew Locke, Thomas J Price and Jane Harris. The Royal Academy's...
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  • Hew Locke, Kingdom of the Blind #8, 2008, Plastic, screws, fabric, vinyl, plywood, 213 x 130 x 26 cm, 83 7/8 x 51 1/8 x 10 1/4 in

    Hew Locke at Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Norway

    March 5, 2010
    Hew Locke's, Kingdom of the Blind , to be included in Holy Toy, a group show at Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway. Locke will be...
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  • Hew Locke, Throne of Blood, 2007, Chromogenic print, Framed: 231.5 x 181.6 cm, 91 1/8 x 71 1/2 in, Edition of 3 plus 2 AP

    Hew Locke - New publication | How do you want me?

    September 21, 2009
    Hew Locke - New publication | How do you want me? In How Do You Want Me?, Hew Locke investigates the links between personal and...
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