Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
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About
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration (formerly House of Illustration) is the only public arts organisation in the UK dedicated to illustration. It was founded by Quentin Blake in 2002 and is based in London, England. From 2014 to 2020, it was located at 2 Granary Square in the London Borough of Camden and called House of Illustration.
In July 2020 it was announced that the House of Illustration at Granary Square would relocate to a building in the London Borough of Islington and be renamed to become the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
Previous House of Illustration exhibitions have shown a diverse range of illustration, including advertisements, animation, comic books and manga, children's literature, propaganda, political cartoons, scientific illustration and fashion design. Subjects have included Cuban graphic design, feminist comics and retrospectives of artists including Enid Marx, Tom of Finland, and Jacqueline Ayer.
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