One of London's most popular arts attractions is crumbling and needs a $200 million fix

London's Southbank Centre is an 11-acre cultural complex on the south side of the River Thames, including concert halls, an art gallery and skate park. LONDON — From Michelle Obama to Anish Kapoor and Tracey Emin to Nina Simone, London's Southbank Centre has featured them all, and it is one of theBut to secure its future, the arts complex needs £165 million to repair ageing buildings — which include performance venues, a gallery and public spaces across 11 acres on the south side of the River Thames — as it approaches its 75And according to Mark Ball, the Southbank Centre's artistic director, money for those repairs will involve..

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very shocking, but it makes it more important, I think, to understand that culture does have a real role in putting yourself in someone else's shoes," he said."That's what artists do all the time. They create stories about other people that allow you to have empathy," he said.

The Southbank Centre announced its forthcoming season on Thursday, including a large-scale retrospective from artists Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore, better known as Gilbert and George.Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic posing with artists at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, on Oct. 4, 2023.

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