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2024 for a private event.
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Why Do We Take Drugs?
Through a six-month season of interlinked exhibitions and programmes, the Sainsbury Centre explores the question Why Do We Take Drugs? From alcohol and caffeine to ayahuasca and heroin, this season uses art to take visitors on a journey of investigation, inviting audiences to explore the world of global drug cultures from illegal to familiar across one mind-blowing museum landscape.
14 September- 27 April 2025
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Ayahuasca & Art of the Amazon
This exhibition considers the impact of the mind-altering, psychotropic vine – ayahuasca – within Western Amazonian social life. It explores how the ritual consumption of ayahuasca is linked to their artistic production.
14 September- 2 February 2025
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SoundEscapes
Meet art like never before. SoundEscapes is a new project connecting art and music and is set to help bring our collection to life.
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Lindsey Mendick: Hot Mess
Celebrated artist Lindsey Mendick has created new ceramic works for the Sainsbury Centre to explore her thoughts on Why Do We Take Drugs?.
23 November- 27 April 2025
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Graham MacIndoe & Lindokuhle Sobekwa on Heroin Falls
Incredible photographers, Graham MacIndoe and Lindokuhle Sobekwa, reveal the realities of drug dependency in our show, Heroin Falls.
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Zoila Maynas Soto & Delicia Milka Franco Ahuanari/Metza Kabi: Muralistas
Artists Zoila Maynas Soto & Delicia Milka Franco Ahuanari/Metza Kabi of the Colectivo Shipibas Muralistas (Shipibas Muralists Collective) discuss the process of creating their stunning mural in our exhibition, Ayahuasca & Art of the Amazon, part of our Why Do We Take Drugs? season.
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Ivan Morison on his residency Towards the Weird Heart of Things
Ivan Morison introduces his new four-meter-high, site-specific sculptures, constructed from abundant East Anglian agricultural organic materials including hemp, present nature as a vital drug for human health and well-being.
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Artist Talk: Yuki Kihara and Karen Jacobs
Artist Yuki Kihara was recently in conversation with Karen Jacobs, Associate Professor in the Sainsbury Research Unit. Their talk covered Paradise Camp and its ongoing development, exploring the artist’s intersectional themes such as gender, museum collections, climate change and colonisation.
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