Art gallery gets Saatchi support

A major art gallery and museum planned for Ipswich has won the backing of the Saatchi Gallery in London.
The proposed gallery at the former Ipswich Art School in the High Street is set to open in the summer.
The Saatchi Gallery, which shows contemporary art, will lend items for its first exhibition.
The building is at present owned by Suffolk New College. Ipswich Borough Council has started a fundraising campaign to buy it.
‘Place of vision’
A Saatchi spokesman said: "We are happy that the former art school will once again have a strong educational reach.
"We hope that the many schools that visit the Saatchi Gallery in London will be encouraged to visit the new museum in Ipswich to enable even more students to see contemporary art first-hand on a regular basis."
Artist Maggi Hambling, who will exhibit work in the new gallery, said: "My beginnings were at Ipswich Art School.
"Its restoration as a place of vision would refocus attention on to the vital richness of this place and its continuing inspiration for artists."
Ipswich councillor Judy Terry, arts portfolio holder, said: "This unique collaboration will establish the gallery/museum as a cultural and educational facility of great importance."</p
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