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About Blenheim Art Foundation

Blenheim Art Foundation is a non-profit organisation that showcases major contemporary art exhibitions held within the historic setting of the Palace and its celebrated grounds, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Foundation launched on the 1st October 2014 with the opening of the inaugural exhibition 'Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace'. Following Ai Weiwei, the Palace has subsequently hosted solo exhibitions by Lawrence Weiner in 2015, Michelangelo Pistoletto in 2016, Jenny Holzer in 2017, Yves Klein in 2018, Maurizio Cattelan in 2019, Cecily Brown in 2020 and Tino Sehgal in 2021. Blenheim Art Foundation aims to challenge convention, breaking away from the “white cube” aesthetic that has become synonymous with the presentation of contemporary art. The Foundation seeks to show artists most relevant to our time and looks to those who question conventional thinking in contemporary art. The fundamental ambition of the Blenheim Art Foundation is to challenge, engage, and excite the visitors at Blenheim, where the programme is continually evolving. The Foundation was established by Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill; brother of the 12th Duke of Marlborough. A dedicated collector of contemporary art, Lord Edward has long-held the ambition to launch a contemporary art programme at Blenheim. Handed down through successive generations, the Palace today continues to be resided in by the Spencer-Churchill family and is the official seat of the current and 12th Duke of Marlborough, Jamie Spencer-Churchill. Steeped in British history, the Palace is also famous as the birthplace of the distinguished wartime Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, who was himself a member of the family and descendant of the 1st Duke.

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