Darkness into Light: The Emotional Power of Art at Millennium Gallery

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Darkness into Light: The Emotional Power of Art

Millennium Gallery, City Centre
20 October 2018-13 January 2019

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Darkness into Light: The Emotional Power of Art at Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
Dorothy Johnstone by Cecile Walton, 1918 © Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation
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Bringing together three of the UK’s most significant private art collections on public display, Darkness into Light: The Emotional Power of Art at Millennium Gallery is Sheffield is an immersive exhibition that explores the power of art to make us feel.

Highlights from the Fleming Collection, the Ingram Collection and the Jerwood Collection will take visitors through a spectrum of emotional states, from fear and anxiety to happiness, hope and serenity.

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