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The Tetley
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Established2013
Dissolved2023
LocationLeeds
Coordinates53°47′32″N 1°32′23″W / 53.792093°N 1.5397462°W / 53.792093; -1.5397462
Visitors484,491 (2018)
FounderPippa Hale and Kerry Harker (Project Space Leeds)
DirectorBryony Bond (Creative Director)
Websiteyorkshirecontemporary.org

The Tetley was a contemporary art gallery in Leeds, England, located in the art deco headquarters of the former Tetley's Brewery. The gallery was opened on Friday 28 November 2013[1] and closed on 17 December 2023.[2] The charity running it, named Project Space Leeds (from a project which ran from 2006 to 2012) has now rebranded as Yorkshire Contemporary.[3][4]

Background

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Welcome to the Tetley
Interior showing Art Deco style
The company board room, still preserved

The gallery's opening was part of a multimillion-pound redevelopment of the former Tetley Brewery site. The owners, Carlsberg-Tetley ended ale and beer production at the site in 2011, demolishing all but the headquarters.

Blue plaque, the Tetley, Leeds (19 July 2014)

This building was retained to provide commercial office space and, in 2013, space to rehouse an existing contemporary artist-led space and registered charity, Project Space Leeds. Upon its move, the charity began operating as 'The Tetley'. The charity took on the specific brief of operating as a Leeds-equivalent to the Cornerhouse in Manchester and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.[1]

The refurbishment of the building for the arts centre was overseen by the co-directors of Project Space Leeds, Pippa Hale and Kerry Harker, and Chris Walker of Esh Construction, with partial funding from the Arts Council England.[5]

In January 2016 Bryony Bond, a former curator at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester was appointed the new Creative Director of The Tetley.[6]

The Tetley art space had a lease on the building until 2023.[7]

Aire Park, a 24-acre mixed-use development which includes an 8-acre public park, is now being planned for the site surrounding the Tetley as part of the regeneration of the South Bank of Leeds.[8]

In March 2024, Aire Park announced Kirkstall Brewery would be taking on the building.[9] Kirkstall Brewery plan to focus on renewing the site's status as "a landmark of Yorkshire beer culture."[10]

No longer leasing the Tetley building, the arts charity rebranded as Yorkshire Contemporary in May 2024, focusing on work in different locations across the region while seeking a new permanent home.[11]

Programme

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The gallery was one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations.[12]

Exhibitions

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2013-2016

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The Tetley's opening exhibitions involved a number of artists responding to the history and space of the new building under the general title 'A New Reality' (29 November 2013 to 1 July 2014). This included James Clarkson, Emma Rushton, Derek Tyman, Simon Lewandowski, Sam Belinfante and Rehana Zaman.[13] 'Painting in Time' (2015), presented contemporary painting and its relationship to other media, including work by artists such as Yoko Ono, Natasha Kidd, Claire Ashley, Jessica Warboys and Polly Appleborn.[14]

An exhibition staged at the Tetley in 2016 recreated a controversial exhibition by the Cypriot artist Stass Paraskos, originally held in Leeds in 1966. Entitled 'Lovers and Romances' the original show at the Leeds Institute Gallery was closed down by the police and the artist charged with displaying obscene and corrupting images under the Vagrancy Acts of 1824 and 1838. The exhibition at the Tetley marked the fiftieth anniversary of the original Paraskos Trial.[15]

Also in 2016, the Tetley staged a solo exhibition of work by the London-based sculptor Jonathan Trayte, comprising vegetables and fruits made of ceramic and other sculptural materials, entitled 'Polyculture'.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bond, Chris (29 November 2013). "New gallery breathes life into the city's 'South Bank'". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ "The Tetley: Bosses at Leeds gallery say end of lease means move needed". BBC News. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Our new name: Yorkshire Contemporary". Yorkshire Contemporary. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Project Space Leeds - Charity 1148716". prd-ds-register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Charity Commission. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  5. ^ 'Company serves up Tetley following £1m revamp for the arts' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 23 November 2013
  6. ^ Yvette Huddleston, 'Art in the City' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 26 February 2016
  7. ^ Mark Brown, 'Tetley brewery in Leeds reopens as modern art gallery' in The Guardian (UK newspaper), 28 November 2013
  8. ^ Dzinzi, Mellissa (4 August 2020). "Leeds to get a huge new bridge over River Aire and UK's biggest city centre park". Leeds Live. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Kirkstall Brewery to take on The Tetley – Aire Park". 18 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  10. ^ Brewery, Kirkstall. "KIRKSTALL BREWERY TAKES ON THE TETLEY | News". Kirkstall Brewery. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Our new name: Yorkshire Contemporary | News". Yorkshire Contemporary. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  12. ^ Arts Council England (30 March 2011). "Arts Council England announces funding decisions and new National portfolio of arts organisations". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  13. ^ 'New gallery breathes life into the city’s ‘South Bank' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 29 November 2013
  14. ^ 'Arts preview: Painting in Time at The Tetley, Leeds' in The Yorkshire Evening Post (UK newspaper), 22 April 2015
  15. ^ 'Art that led to obscenity trial back in city after 50 years' in The Yorkshire Post (UK newspaper), 12 July 2016
  16. ^ 'Artistic Appetite at the Tetley in Leeds' in The Yorkshire Evening Post (UK newspaper), 10 August 2016
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