David Roberts Foundation
In 2008, Roberts launched the first part of the David Roberts Arts Foundation to benefit young curators and artists, situated at 111 Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia. Talking to the Evening Standard, Roberts said he had realised during the construction period that the space would be too small: "There's a piece by Mona Hatoum I would like to have shown but we physically couldn't get it in." He therefore acquired a 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) warehouse in Camden which he is transforming into a second gallery space and head quarters for his new philanthropic Foundation, to benefit curators and artists.
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