Museumaker 

Unlocking the creative potential of museum collections.

Museumaker is an ambitious partnership programme for museums, makers and audiences supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), Renaissance in the Regions and Arts Council England. Museumaker brings together makers and the heritage sector, creating inspiring new commissions by outstanding contemporary makers, leading to compelling visitor experiences and economic opportunities. 

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Commission: A Dark Day in Paradise by Clare Twomey, in situ 8 June 2010 – early January 2011

Artist Clare Twomey has been commissioned to install 3,000 black ceramic butterflies in the Banqueting Room, Great Kitchen and Entrance Hall of the Royal Pavilion, with others escaping throughout other ground floor rooms. The butterflies will cluster on the banqueting table, across window panes, in roof lights, on mantelpieces and other surfaces. Their sombre beauty will be a reflection on the excesses and frivolity of the past life of the Royal Pavilion.

Clare Twomey is a British ceramicist/artist who works with clay in large-scale installations, sculpture and site-specific works. Over the past 10 years she has exhibited at Tate, Victoria & Albert Museum, Crafts Council, and the Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan.

Normal Royal Pavilion admission charges apply

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