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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK

Donald Locke’s work was featured in the exhibition, Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance, at the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. The exhibition aimed to contend with the museum’s history, in which its founder, Richard Fitzwilliam, funded the creation of the museum with a family fortune amassed through the exportation and exploitation of African bodies, the transatlantic slave trade.  As […]

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Life Between Islands

TATE BRITAINLONDON, UK2021-2022Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s-Now Previous Next works Included: Trophies of Empire, 1972-1974 wood cabinet, ceramic and mixed media75 x 8 x 51 in Plantation K/140, 1976 mixed media 12 x 13 x 15 in Dageraad from the Air, 1976-1978 acrylic, metal grill, and tin tacks on canvas 60 x 72 in Read our News & Events post here

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Donald Locke: A Conspiracy of Icons

HIGH MUSEUM OF ARTATLANTA, GA2016Donald Locke: A Conspiracy of Icons Previous Next works included: Plantation Piece, 1973 mixed media ceramics, fur, steel13 x 10.5 x 9.5 in An American Caste, 1990 acrylics and mixed media on canvas 40 x 90 in Plantation K/140, 1976 mixed media 12 x 13 x 15 in Plantation Series: Blairmont, 1972-74 wood, carpeting, ceramic, steel and dried […]

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FOG Art Fair, San Francisco, CA

Donald Locke’s work was showcased at the 2022 FOG Art Fair in San Francisco, CA, and was represented by the Jenkins Johnson Gallery.  The two pieces (right) demonstrate some of Locke’s most innovative styles, including his mixed media ceramics and mixed media collages.  Especially given that Donald’s time in Arizona in the 1970s and 80s had such a huge impact […]

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News & Events

THE WORK OF DONALD LOCKENews & Events The Fitzwilliam Museum University of Cambridge,  Cambridge, UK September 8, 2023 – January 7, 2024 Four artworks by Donald Locke are featured in Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition, Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance. On view September 8, 2023 – January 7, 2024.  Keep reading… Tate Britain London, England Ongoing Donald Locke’s Dageraad from […]

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Tate Britain, London, England

The Tate Britain exhibition, Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s-Now, included Donald Locke’s work as part of its exploration of over four generations of Caribbean-British artists. With art from more than forty artists whose works spanned various media including film, photography, painting, sculpture, and fashion, the exhibit was among the first of its kind to engage the stories of Caribbean-British […]

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Tate Britain Acquired Two of Donald Locke’s Artworks

Dageraad from the Air, 1976-1978; acrylic, metal grill, and tin tacks on canvas; 48″ x 66.5″ Plantation K/140, 1976; mixed media; 12″ x 15″ x 13″ The Tate Britain acquired two of Locke’s works. One was the mixed media painting, Dageraad from the Air, and the other was the mixed media sculpture, Plantation K/140.  Below are shots of Dageraad from […]

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The Work of Donald Locke

LATESTNews & Events Hew Locke, Tate Britain LONDON, ENGLAND March 22, 2022 – January 22, 2023 Hew Locke’s “The Procession,” is on view until January 2023 at Tate Britain. This commissioned work which Hew created specifically for the Tate encourages viewers to “reflect on the cycles of history, and the ebb and flow of culture, people and finance and power” by […]

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Solo Exhibitions

FEATURED SOLO EXHIBITIONA Conspiracy of Icons: The Art of Donald Locke Locke's work in varied media--including sculpture, ceramics, painting, collage, and drawing--plumbs the depths of cultural interchange between European and American modernism and Guyanese, African, and Amerindian practices (excerpt from exhibition commentary, High Museum of Art, Atlanta). Read online listings and reviews about this exhibition featured in Art Daily, Culture Type, and New York Times. [...]
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