Reading Prison (or Reading Gaol as it was known then) is one of the prisons where Oscar Wilde served his … More
Tag: Reading
Still Water
From the cells on the top floor of one wing, inmates could glimpse the Thames from their windows. ArtAngel used … More
Prison art
When ArtAngel takes over a venue as a gallery, they seek to combine existing and specially commissioned pieces in the … More
Prison life
Between the closure of the Young Offenders Institution at Reading Prison and the opening of the ArtAngel exhibition, nothing was … More
Empty cells
When I was in Philadelphia I visited the Eastern State Penitentiary. The prison in Reading (Berkshire) was built around similar … More
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