A bearded Prince of Wales returned from his summer holidays for a visit to the Saatchi Gallery to see an ongoing exhibition of artwork about homelessness.
Prince William arrived at the gallery early Thursday afternoon, and was pleased to hear that an estimated audience of 25,000 people have seen the Homelessness: Reframed exhibition since it opened in July. The Saatchi Gallery had been anticipating 5,000 people in total.
Homelessness: Reframed is a joint art exhibition sponsored by the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Saatchi Gallery and the Eleven Eleven Foundation. Artists from across the United Kingdom were invited to share their personal stories about their own homelessness experiences through art.
The list of artists involved include: Alexandria Julouis, Dave Martin, David Tovey, Marc Davenant, Marc Quinn, Opake, Philip Colbert, Rankin, Robi Walters, Sam D’Cruze, Simone Brewster, Surfing Sofas, and Tiffany Barham.
William took time to visit each part of the three components of the Homelessness: Reframed exhibition, and spoke with the artists involved.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, artist Robi Walters said: “[Prince William] talked to me about his idea, his vision. How he wanted to educate people about this whole, complex issue. He’s got such a huge public profile and platform and he could choose to focus on anything, but he chooses this. The fact that he has chosen to do this and put his money where his mouth is, well that’s really remarkable.”
On social media, Kensington Palace shared: “A pleasure to meet some of the artists, children and young people behind the incredible @HomewardsUK exhibition at @Saatchi_Gallery.
“Shining a light on the variety of ways homelessness impacts people, those with lived experience are at the heart of this project. It brings to life the complex breadth of homelessness, providing a platform for those directly affected by homelessness to share their stories through art.”
