THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING
The Museum of Everything is the world's only travelling museum for undiscovered, unintentional and untrained artists from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Since 2009 over half a million people have visited our installations in London, Turin, Paris and Moscow, including Tate Modern, the Agnelli Museum, Selfridges and Garage Center for Contemporary Culture.
The Museum of Everything works with the world's foremost artists, curators and thinkers, has published a series of award-winning books, produced films and created its own successful retail brand.
The Museum of Everything actively promotes the artists it represents, both as an exhibitor and an archive. Recent shows featuring museum artists include Judith Scott at Reina Sophia (Madrid), New Museum (New York) and Serpentine Gallery (London) as well as Morton Bartlett and George Widener at Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin).
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IL PALAZZO DI EVERYTHING // SERRA DEI GIARDINI (VENICE) // 2013
This year The Museum of Everything was proud to announce its inclusion as an Official Collateral Event at the 55th Venice Biennale with Il Palazzo di Everything – a towering installation in the historic Serra dei Giardini, right next to the main Giardini.
Il Palazzo di Everything featured the mythic paintings of Italian self-taught artist, Carlo Zinelli, plus The Salon of Everything, an informal philo- sophical forum for artists, curators, writers and thinkers.
Il Palazzo di Everything: The Venice Movie of Everything
The Museum of Everything(c) 2012
For more information about Il Palazzo di Everything click here.
To view some talks from the Salon of Everything click here.
To place an order for the Carlo Zinelli catalogue click here.
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EXHIBITION #5 // GARAGE CENTER (MOSCOW) // 2012/13
During the summer of 2012, The Museum of Everything trekked across Russia searching for artists for Exhibition #5, the country's first and largest survey of contemporary, self-taught, non-traditional art.
Our journey started in Yekaterinburg and continued to Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, St Petersburg and Moscow, where our quest for untrained, undiscovered and unintentional artists continued. In every city we visited, we met artists and curated a local show featuring their artworks.
The final show opened on April 26th 2013 at Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Gorky Park, Moscow, and features many of our discoveries, plus an outstanding group of historic self-taught Russian artists.
Exhibition #5: The Moscow Movie of Everything
The Museum of Everything (c) 2012
To see movies of Exhibition #5 in action on the road click here or go to www.musevery.ru.
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EXHIBITION #1.1 // CHALET SOCIETY (PARIS) // 2012/13
In 2012 The Museum of Everything arrived in Paris with Exhibition #1.1, an epic journey of more than 500 self-taught artworks and objects, curated within the winding corridors and silent classrooms of a 1,000m2 former Catholic seminary, smack dab in the middle of St Germain.
Highlights included the only surviving sequential works of Chicago janitor Henry Darger, the towering mediumistic spirit scrolls of Chinese factory worker Guo Fengyi, the faith mission sermons of New Orleans lay-preacher Sister Gertude Morgan and the miniature architecture of French autodidact ACM.
In addition, Exhibition #1.1 incorporated essays by global enthusiasts like David Byrne, Ed Ruscha, Marlene Dumas, Carsten Höller, Maurizio Cattelan, Annette Messager, John Baldessari and Paula Rego.
Exhibition #1.1 was the inaugural presentation of Marc Olivier-Waller’s Chalet Society and welcomed over 65,000 visitors. For more information, click here.
Exhibition #1.1: The Movie of Everything
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Disbelief and awe!
Huffington post
Radical!
Art daily
Poetic et rafiné
Time Out Paris
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EXHIBITION #4 // SELFRIDGES (LONDON) // 2011
In 2011 The Museum of Everything alighted at Selfridges, Europe's premier department store, for Exhibition #4 - the first global survey of studios for self-taught artists with learning disabilities.
Occupying all the windows on Oxford Street and much of the store itself, Exhibition #4 featured hundreds of artworks in a 4,000m2 installation, Britain's first retrospective of self-taught artist, Judith Scott, contributions from artists Cindy Sherman, Antony Gormley and David Byrne and an all-singing all-dancing incarnation of The Shop of Everything.
Exhibition #4 welcomed 100,000 visitors and was nominated for four prestigious IDCA awards, beating out lightweights like MoMA, the Guggenheim and the British Museum to scoop Best Retail Design 2012.
To find out more about Exhibition #4 click here.
To see some films about some of our lovely artists,visit our movie page for the show simply by clicking here.
To buy the offical book of Exhibition #4, featuring many of the 500 artworks featured in the show, click here.
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EXHIBITION #3 // THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING (LONDON) // 2010
Legendary artist Sir Peter Blake co-curated The Museum of Everything's third show with self-taught, folk and circus art from his own private collection, which went on to form the largest installation ever created by the octogenarian Godfather of Pop.
Exhibition #3 included contributions from artist Damien Hirst, musician Jarvis Cocker and Joby Carter of the world famous Carters Steam Fair. Highlights included Walter Potter's The Museum of Curiosity and the miniature fairgrounds of farmer Arthur Windley. The show was visited by 50,000 people and voted Best of 2010 by The Spectator.
To peek through the circus tent of Exhibition #3, please click here.
To watch a cracking little movie of Sir Peter Blake and Exhibition #3, click here or play below to see our Arthur Windley finale:
Exhibition #3: The BBC Arthur Windley Movie of Everything
The Museum of Everything(c) 2012
To slip into the über-chic campaign created by legendary Italian outfitters Missoni inside Exhibition #3, please click here.
To own a personal copy of Everything #3, a delightful compendium of found objects and discovered artworks narrated by Sir Peter Blake alongside Damien Hirst and Jarvis Cocker, please click here.
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EXHIBITION #2 // TATE MODERN (LONDON) // 2010
The Museum of Everything's second show was presented at Tate Modern, London's most prestigious contemporary art museum, as part of No Soul for Sale, a festival of independent curation organised by artist Maurizio Cattelan and curators Massimiliano Gioni and Cecilia Alemani.
Exhibition #2 featured over 200 works by newly discovered artists from across Britain, selected by leading artists and curators, including designer Ron Arad, museum director Iwona Blazwick OBE, curators Michael Morris and James Lingwood of Artangel and artist Charles Avery.
To find out more about the Exhibition #2 artists, please click here.
To see the Exhibition #2 groovy Ethio-movie, please click here or press play below:
Exhibition #2: The Movie of Everything
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EXHIBITION #1 // PRIMOSE HILL (LONDON) // 2009
The Museum of Everything opened in London in 2009, with 500 works by self-taught artists like Henry Darger, Nek Chand, James Castle and Guo Fengyi curated by contemporary artists like Grayson Perry, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Christian Boltanski and Nick Cave.
With over 35,000 visitors, Exhibition #1 was critically acclaimed throughout the press and voted Best of 2009 in Time Out and ArtForum.
In 2010 Exhibition #1 travelled to the Agnelli Museum in Italy, where it was co-curated by Paolo Colombo, featured contributions by Maurizio Cattelan, Francesco Vezzoli and Paula Rego and welcomed 25,000 visitors.
To find out what all the hoo-ha is about, visit Exhibition #1 here.
To watch the rock 'n' roll movie of Exhibition #1, please click here or press play below:
Exhibition #1: The Movie of Everything
The Museum of Everything (c)2012
To buy your very own copy of Everything #1, a much-imitated and limited-edition hardback with all the art in glorious colour, please click here.
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THE SHOP OF EVERYTHING
In 2009, the museum opened its very first The Shop of Everything as a space for all things creatively connected to The Museum of Everything.
Originally conceived to sell our limited edition books and catalogues, featuring the artists we curate and contributions from the likes of Cindy Sherman, Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha and many more, the aim was to raise funds to help support the museum's global activities.
Since then, The Shop of Everything has grown to become one of the most celebrated museum shops in Europe, collaborating with designers like Missoni and Clements Ribeiro ... and thereby scooping Best Retail Design at the prestigious IDCA Museum Awards 2012.
At The Shop of Everything you can find bespoke homeware, digital pigment prints, creative stationery and womenswear by Clements Ribeiro, featuring the webtastic designer pants beloved of R+B superstar Beyonce, plus our classic limited edition books and catalogues and much more.
To visit The Shop of Everything, click here or go to www.shopevery.com.
THE WORKSHOPS OF EVERYTHING
The Workshops of Everything is a unique charity initiative for studios, workshops and ateliers for self-taught artists with disabilities.
At The Workshops of Everything, you can discover artists and buy art directly from their studios. Any workshop in the world can join for free and reach a global network of collectors, galleries and museums.
To find out more, visit www.workevery.com or click here for artists, here for workshops and here to find out about works for sale.
THE CHARITY OF EVERYTHING
We are, as you may have heard, Britain's only dedicated home for all manner of non-traditional art. We are also a registered charity - #1138368 - and ask you to consider making a donation to support the work we do.
The Museum of Everything has received over half a million visitors to its exhibitions in Paris, Moscow, and will soon be travelling to the 2013 Venice Biennale and Hayward Gallery, London.
The Museum of Everything believes in creating an alternative history of art. Our artists make art for themselves not for the museums, markets or masses. Many do not know what art is; but they make because they must.
A museum should be a democratic space - free & open to all. We currently take no funding from the government, so we look to you, our visitors & supporters, to give what you can. To donate, click here.
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