As part of this association, Credit Suisse will sponsor a landmark Sainsbury Wing exhibition at the gallery each year for the next three years. The first such event will be Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910, running from18th June to 7th September, 2008.
Credit Suisse will also sponsor the gallery's late-night opening programme, which is attended by over 170,000 visitors per annum. The National Gallery will also work with Credit Suisse to provide special educational projects for schools and community organisations already
supported by the bank.
Benefits
Dr Nicholas Penny, Director of the National Gallery, put the partnership in context: "We are delighted to announce this unique relationship with Credit Suisse, which will bring tremendous benefits for visitors to the National Gallery. We have successfully worked with Credit Suisse in the past for the Sainsbury Wing exhibition Raphael: From Urbino to Rome and we look forward to building on this success in the years to come."
Russell Chambers, Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse in the United Kingdom and Ireland, said: "Credit Suisse is proud to form this partnership with one of the world's most renowned artistic institutions. We look forward to working with the National Gallery to help bring its innovative exhibitions and other programmes to as wide an audience as possible. We're particularly pleased to launch the partnership by sponsoring the Radical Light exhibition, and we look forward to working with the Gallery on some of our educational projects for schools in
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East London and the Docklands."
The National Gallery has developed strong links with the corporate sector over the past sixteen years through exhibition and education sponsorships and through the gallery's corporate membership scheme which was established in 1992.
Today the gallery is supported by some forty-five corporate members and sponsors. Furthermore, the gallery provides special access to some 20,000 business guests each year.
Credit Suisse has a long and distinguished tradition of supporting the arts, working with leading cultural institutions to encourage innovative projects and wider access to theatre, dance, music and the visual arts.
The company's recent sponsorship commitments include the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Shanghai Museum, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the Kunsthaus Zurich, the Salzburg Festival and the Bolshoi Theatre.
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