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The Stuart Hall Library is the special collections library and archive of Iniva (Institute of International Visual Art), in
Having been established in 1994, Iniva's library at Rivington Place was renamed Stuart Hall Library in 2007. It is named in honour of the leading
Stuart Hall Library website
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The Stuart Hall Library is the special collections library and archive of Iniva (Institute of International Visual Art), in Pimlico
Pimlico () is an area of Central London in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture. Pimlico is demarcated to the north by London V ...
, London, independent of, but located on the campus of Chelsea College of Arts.
Library resources
The library has a collection of over 10,000 holdings including a multi-media collection comprising books, monographs, periodicals, slides, DVDs, CDs, film and video, photographs and sound recordings. Pride of place goes to over 4,000 exhibition catalogues from around the world. The focus of the collection is on British, European and American contemporary art by artists predominantly with an African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, South Asian, East Asian, Oceanic and Latin American heritage. The collection also has a specialist focus on contemporary art produced in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania.Access
The library is reference only (books and other resources can be read, but not borrowed). However, the catalogue of the library's holdings is available online and registration, as well as use of the Library itself is free to the general public.History
Having been established in 1994, Iniva's library at Rivington Place was renamed Stuart Hall Library in 2007. It is named in honour of the leading Cultural Studies
Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...
theoretician, Jamaican-British writer Stuart Hall, who was the founding chair of Iniva.
In October 2018, library moved out of Rivington Place, to premises leased from the Chelsea College of Arts
Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation.
It offers further and higher educati ...
in Pimlico.
References
External links
Stuart Hall Library website
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