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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Raven Row: east London's newest gallery takes flight

Raven Row Gallery
The exterior of Raven Row art gallery as it stands today. Photograph: David Grandorge/Ray Johnson Images
Raven Row Gallery
The Raven Row shopfront on Artillery Lane in east London as it once looked. Photograph: London Metropolitan Archive
Raven Row Gallery
The Raven Row shopfront. Photograph: London Metropolitan Archive
Raven Row Gallery
The interior of the gallery has been designed to 'oscillate between past and present'. Photograph: David Grandorge/Ray Johnson Images
Raven Row Gallery
The architecture of the interior of the building. Photograph: David Grandorge/Ray Johnson Images
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One of the gallery rooms. Photograph: Marcus J Leith
Raven Row Gallery
One of the gallery rooms. Photograph: Marcus J Leith
Raven Row Gallery
Part of the Ray Johnson exhibition, Please Add to and Return. Photograph: Marcus J Leith
Raven Row Gallery
The Ray Johnson exhibition, Please Add to and Return. Photograph: Marcus J Leith
Raven Row Gallery
The Ray Johnson exhibition, Please Add to and Return. Photograph: Marcus J Leith
Raven Row Gallery
The Ray Johnson exhibition, Please Add to and Return. Photograph: Marcus J Leith
Raven Row Gallery
Untitled (Artforum: Urn with Paul Cézanne Harlequin), by Ray Johnson. Photograph: Public Domain
Raven Row Gallery: Raven Row Gallery
History of Video Art, 1978, by Ray Johnson. Photograph: PR
Raven Row Gallery: Raven Row Gallery
Twin Hoops, 1963, by Ray Johnson. Photograph: PR
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Untitled (Long-Dance Diagram with Ray Johnson), 1992, by Ray Johnson. Photograph: Public Domain
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Elvis #2, 1956-57, by Ray Johnson. Photograph: PR
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