A bank is not the kind of place you would expect to see contemporary art on display. And it would be equally unlikely, in terms of artwork, to find anything other than a few subdued prints gracing the walls of a prestige car garage. But for the first week of June, as part of Northampton’s Music and Arts Festival, a selection of contemporary artworks will be cropping up in unusual, non-gallery spaces around the town.
Locals and visitors to Northampton might be surprised when they stumble across life-size figures installed in the local HSBC branch, or discover an exhibition of digital prints at the railway station. Meanwhile, a range of other contemporary artworks will appear in the local Jaguar dealership, Changes Hairdressers and the pub/bar venue, Toad at Sol Central.
