UK Now
In April 2012 Gotts was invited to be a guest speaker in a series of 'Smart Talks' for UK Now in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
UK Now is the biggest ever festival of British arts and creative industries held in China. Hundreds of world-class events will run across 15 Chinese cities between April and November 2012, including exhibitions and concerts, and representing all the art forms.
The British Prime Minister Rt Hon David Cameron MP, during his visit to Beijing, announced today that there will be a major festival, UK Now, in China in 2012.
The festival, potentially the biggest ever celebration of British arts held in China, will highlight the best of UK creativity and will include exhibitions, concerts and performances across the country.
The programme will be managed by the British Council in partnership with HSBC and Brunswick. Highlights will include British Design 1948-2012 – a V&A exhibition that will showcase 60 years of British creative talent including fashion, furniture, ceramics, photography and architecture; and a major exhibition, History of Porcelain, jointly organised by the British Museum, V&A and the National Museum of China.
UK Now will highlight the connection between China and the UK by virtue of being consecutive hosts for the Olympic Games. Organisers intend the event to showcase the UK’s excellence in the arts and the creative industries as well as strengthening the cultural links made during the China Now festival in the UK in 2008 and building on the success of the UK’s participation at Shanghai Expo during which the British Council programmed entertainment 7 days a week over 6 months in 2010 offering over 2,000 performances with more than 600 performers to the millions of visitors to the Expo Park.
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