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| Image: Clare Henry in the Mackintosh Library at The Glasgow School of Art (courtesy of The Herald) |
The
Clare Henry Archive has been donated to The Glasgow School of Art it was revealed
today, Friday 10 January 2014. Former art critic for The Glasgow Herald now
based in New York where she writes for the FT and a range of US and UK magazines,
Clare Henry has been a key voice in visual art criticism for more than 35
years. Her archive consists of over 10,000 pieces of critical writing, annotated
catalogues and exhibition publicity material. The Archives and Collections
department at the GSA is currently cataloguing the documents and the catalogue
will be available online from the summer of 2014.
Clare Henry Archive has been donated to The Glasgow School of Art it was revealed
today, Friday 10 January 2014. Former art critic for The Glasgow Herald now
based in New York where she writes for the FT and a range of US and UK magazines,
Clare Henry has been a key voice in visual art criticism for more than 35
years. Her archive consists of over 10,000 pieces of critical writing, annotated
catalogues and exhibition publicity material. The Archives and Collections
department at the GSA is currently cataloguing the documents and the catalogue
will be available online from the summer of 2014.
“We are delighted to have been given
this rich collection,”
says Susannah Waters, Archivist at the GSA. “Clare
Henry’s time with The Glasgow Herald coincided with a growing recognition of
the role of visual arts in the city during the 1980s and 1990s. We already have
a wide range of Glasgow School of Art documents relating to this period. Clare’s
writings provide a complementary perspective, a critical appreciation of work
being created and shown. It will be an excellent resource for researchers
looking at the visual arts in Glasgow and beyond in the latter part of the 20th
and early part of the 21st century.”
this rich collection,”
says Susannah Waters, Archivist at the GSA. “Clare
Henry’s time with The Glasgow Herald coincided with a growing recognition of
the role of visual arts in the city during the 1980s and 1990s. We already have
a wide range of Glasgow School of Art documents relating to this period. Clare’s
writings provide a complementary perspective, a critical appreciation of work
being created and shown. It will be an excellent resource for researchers
looking at the visual arts in Glasgow and beyond in the latter part of the 20th
and early part of the 21st century.”
“Although
other places and institutions in UK & USA were interested, (today the
internet makes distance no object), Glasgow seemed fitting,”
says Clare Henry. “Although much of my
writing was and is international my mother, my son and I are all art school
trained and I felt that GSA would be a very good place for my archive. I hope
my gift, will be helpful to both to GSA Archives and to Glasgow.”
other places and institutions in UK & USA were interested, (today the
internet makes distance no object), Glasgow seemed fitting,”
says Clare Henry. “Although much of my
writing was and is international my mother, my son and I are all art school
trained and I felt that GSA would be a very good place for my archive. I hope
my gift, will be helpful to both to GSA Archives and to Glasgow.”
“
Since Glasgow City of Culture 1990, the arts have put Glasgow on the international
map,” adds Henry. “I hope The Clare Henry Archive will help it stay there.”
Since Glasgow City of Culture 1990, the arts have put Glasgow on the international
map,” adds Henry. “I hope The Clare Henry Archive will help it stay there.”
As
well as offering access to the catalogue online from the summer of 2014, a
range of the documents from the Clare Henry Archive will also be digitised and
accessible online. Access to the whole archive will be available by appointment
with the GSA.
well as offering access to the catalogue online from the summer of 2014, a
range of the documents from the Clare Henry Archive will also be digitised and
accessible online. Access to the whole archive will be available by appointment
with the GSA.
Ends
Notes for Editors
Clare Henry was the Herald art critic
in Scotland for 20 years, from 1980-2000. In 2000 She moved to New York as art critic
for the Financial Times and I writes for a range of magazines in UK and USA. Trained
as a printmaker & art historian, Henry is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Arts.
in Scotland for 20 years, from 1980-2000. In 2000 She moved to New York as art critic
for the Financial Times and I writes for a range of magazines in UK and USA. Trained
as a printmaker & art historian, Henry is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Arts.
In the 1980s & 90s
Henry curated many exhibitions including ‘New Scottish Prints’ for Britain
Salutes New York, London’s Serpentine Summer Show; Artists at Work, Edinburgh
Festival 1986; The Vigorous Imagination at the Scottish National Gallery for
Edinburgh Festival 1987; Critic’s Choice London 1987-1992; Scots in Los
Angeles; Critic’s Choice, RSA Edinburgh; New Millennium Chicago and Washington
DC 1999.
Henry curated many exhibitions including ‘New Scottish Prints’ for Britain
Salutes New York, London’s Serpentine Summer Show; Artists at Work, Edinburgh
Festival 1986; The Vigorous Imagination at the Scottish National Gallery for
Edinburgh Festival 1987; Critic’s Choice London 1987-1992; Scots in Los
Angeles; Critic’s Choice, RSA Edinburgh; New Millennium Chicago and Washington
DC 1999.
In 1990 she was
commissioner for Scotland at the Venice Biennale, the only time in the 20th
century that Scottish artists were part of the official Venice Biennale.
commissioner for Scotland at the Venice Biennale, the only time in the 20th
century that Scottish artists were part of the official Venice Biennale.
The Glasgow School of Art Archives
and Special Collections
includes a number of key contemporary collections including the Glasgow 1999,
Year of Architecture and Design Archive; the Gillespie, Kidd & Coia (1956 –
1987) Archive and the George and Cordelia Oliver Archive.
and Special Collections
includes a number of key contemporary collections including the Glasgow 1999,
Year of Architecture and Design Archive; the Gillespie, Kidd & Coia (1956 –
1987) Archive and the George and Cordelia Oliver Archive.