England Guide
East Anglia
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Opening time: Tues– Sun 10am–5pm, Wed till 8pm
Price: Free
Address: University of East Anglia campus (bus #25, #26 or #27 from Castle Meadow)
Website: www.scva.org.uk
The buildings of the sprawling University of East Anglia (UEA) campus are resolutely modern, an assortment of concrete-and-glass blocks of varying designs, some quite ordinary, others like the prize-winning "ziggurat" halls of residence, designed by Denys Lasdun, eminently memorable. The main reason to visit is the high-tech Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, built by Norman Foster in the 1970s. The interior houses one of the most varied collections of sculpture and painting in the country; Degas, Seurat, Picasso, Giacometti, Bacon and Henry Moore rub shoulders with Mayan and Egyptian antiquities. The centre also runs a first-rate programme of temporary exhibitions.