Two decades after it opened in a multi-storey in Peckham in London, the space has redrawn the map for how to present art \u2013 with rooftop cocktails and the pink staircase that launched a thousand selfies<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when rooftop bars weren\u2019t really a thing. A time before pop-ups and contemporary outdoor sculpture parks. A time even, if you can bear to think of it, before immersive art. Way back in 2007, there was none of that \u2013 the UK was an experiential art wasteland. And then Bold Tendencies<\/a> showed up, chucked a whole load of sculptures in a multi-storey Peckham car park, painted a staircase bright pink, built a cocktail bar on the roof, and changed everything.<\/p>\n Now going into its 20th summer season, Bold Tendencies is celebrating two decades of sometimes sun-drenched, often windswept and drizzly arts programming. In that time, it has welcomed more than 3 million visitors into its concrete edifice behind Peckhamplex cinema, commissioned dozens of new artworks, hosted countless recitals and performances, built an auditorium and a concert hall, and drawn the roadmap for countless art experiences that have come in its wake.<\/p>\n
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